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Top DEP Stories Citizens’ Voice: Wyoming Valley Sanitary authority waiving late fees for commercial stormwater bills https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/sanitary-authority-waiving-late-fees-for-commercial-stormwater- bills-1.2477174 Citizen’s Voice: Commercial properties' WVSA bills at $1.4M for first quarter of 2019 https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/commercial-properties-wvsa-bills-at-1-4m-for-first-quarter-of- 2019-1.2477352 Mentions Scranton Times: Keystone Sanitary Landfill attempts to change Dunmore zoning ordinance https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/keystone-sanitary-landfill-attempts-to-change-dunmore- zoning-ordinance-1.2477331 Sunbury Daily Item: Route 11 corridor interests developers as water, sewer expansion is planned https://www.dailyitem.com/the danville news/news/route-corridor-interests- developers/article 22a22b38-6c8f-11e9-b281-47029ed601f2.html Shamokin News-Item: Envirothon students compete at Shikellamy Marina https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/envirothon-students-compete-at-shikellamy- marina/article ffbd13e8-5ecb-597a-bbde-96be5c565d1d.html Shamokin News-Item: Coal Township receives complaints about air quality from plant https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/ct-approves-vfw-requests-at-agenda- meeting/article 59592d89-020c-5316-98f4-551a25ce96b9.html Clarion News: Planning commission OKs projects, plans https://www.theclarionnews.com/news/frontpage/article e55b409e-76c2-59f6-960c- b1a2893ed521.html Tribune-Review: Appalachian Basin’s methane emissions fall despite increase in gas production https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/areas-methane-emissions-fall-despite-increase-in-gas- production/ Restore Pennsylvania Your Erie: City of Erie sponsors Governor Wolf's 'Restore Pennsylvania' initiative https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/city-of-erie-sponsors-governor-wolf-s-restore- pennsylvania-initiative/1970871726 Towanda Daily Review: A severance tax threatens economic growth (Op-Ed) https://www.thedailyreview.com/opinion/guest viewpoints/guest-viewpoint-a-severance-tax- threatens-economic-growth/article c2790aa6-52f7-56e3-b7e4-039cf12500e9.html Wyalusing Rocket-Courier: Severance tax threatens economic growth (Op-Ed) http://www.rocket-courier.com/news/2019-05- 02/Letters/Severance Tax Threatens Economic Growth.html Sunbury Daily Item: Correcting the record about the severance tax (Op-Ed by Dennis Davin) https://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/correcting-the-record-about-the-severance-tax/article 39677136- 5a1b-54b1-81f5-5f65e2bc9d6a.html Milton Standard-Journal: Students gather for Envirothon http://www.standard-journal.com/article 1ed479b0-6bf5-11e9-89c4-17fb64b37be4.html Wyalusing Rocket-Courier: Severance tax on natural gas (LTE) http://www.rocket-courier.com/news/2019-05-02/Letters/Severance Tax On Natural Gas.html Observer-Reporter: OP-ED: Correcting the record about the severance tax https://observer-reporter.com/opinion/op-eds/op-ed-correcting-the-record-about-the-severance- tax/article f34d9b4c-6b85-11e9-baf7-27b3cdcd062a.html Air Carlisle Sentinel: Cumberland County's air improving, still needs help https://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/carlisle/report-cumberland-county-s-air-improving- still-needs-help/article 487520c3-dd4e-543d-a798-c803718b791a.html Pittsburgh Business Time: U.S. Steel plans $1B upgrade to Mon Valley Works https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2019/05/02/u-s-steel-plans-1b-upgrade-to-mon-valley- works.html Post-Gazette: Cleaner air, but not clean enough for Mon Valley residents https://www.post-gazette.com/news/2019/05/01/Cleaner-air-but-not-clean-enough-Clairton-Coke- Works-Allegheny-County-Health-Department-PM-2-5/stories/201905010161 Tribune-Review: Protect PT to hold pollution monitoring workshop https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/protect-pt-to-hold-pollution-monitoring-workshop/ Climate Change Pennlive: Climate illiteracy or worse in Harrisburg https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2019/05/climate-illiteracy-or-worse-in-harrisburg.html My ChesCo: Sappey: Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan Is Good Start https://mychesco.com/a/news/pennsylvania/sappey-pennsylvania-climate-action-plan-is-good-start/ Daily American: A serious education gap on climate change is rooted in politics, not science https://www.dailyamerican.com/news/opinion/editorials/a-serious-education-gap-on-climate-change- is-rooted-in/article b39c904a-8ddb-546b-8ed2-c4e9a9fbc0a1.html Conservation & Recreation WITF: Rowing clubs, supporters raise $4.5 million to keep racing afloat on the Schuylkill https://www.witf.org/news/2019/05/rowing-clubs-supporters-raise-45-million-to-keep-racing-afloat- on-the-schuylkill.php Waynesboro Record Herald: Rotary Club plants 100 trees https://www.therecordherald.com/news/20190502/rotary-club-plants-100-trees Meadville Tribune: DCNR offers to add $55K in support for H.P. Way Park's second phase https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/dcnr-offers-to-add-k-in-support-for-h-p/article 12762912- 6c71-11e9-aabd-9b3ea1767d2d.html Times Observer: Scout’s project replaces fish habitats at Chapman Dam http://www.timesobserver.com/news/local-news/2019/05/scouts-project-replaces-fish-habitats-at- chapman-dam/ Sunbury Daily Item: Students test environmental knowledge at Envirothon https://www.dailyitem.com/news/local news/students-test-environmental-knowledge-at- envirothon/article de46ed06-0adf-55b0-8fd0-cf05ab120a4e.html Sunbury Daily Item: Do not destroy precious land (LTE) https://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/do-not-destroy-precious-land/article cc5ddb03-fd14-52ae-aed9- a067b70cc90c.html Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Conservation District plans open house event https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/050119/page/7/story/conservation-district-plans-event Butler Eagle: Bird is soon to be the word in Butler County http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20190501/FOCUS01/705019898 Tribune-Review: Trout Unlimited to aid disabled vets in fly fishing at Foggy Mountain Lodge https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/trout-unlimited-to-aid-disabled-vets-in-fly-fishing-at-foggy- mountain-lodge/ Tribune-Review: Not 1 but 2 Harmar eaglets have their day in the sun https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/not-1-but-2-harmar-eaglets-have-their-day-in-the-sun- wednesday/ Tribune-Review: Cicada swarm to emerge this month across Western Pennsylvania https://triblive.com/local/regional/cicada-swarm-to-emerge-this-month-across-western-pennsylvania/ Indiana Gazette: Marion Center students mark Arbor Day https://www.indianagazette.com/news/marion-center-students-mark-arbor-day/article 5f15c63e- 6c1b-11e9-85bc-8397ed2a62d0.html Energy Lancaster Newspapers: PPL sets 7.8% price hike on June 1 for residential customers https://lancasteronline.com/business/local business/ppl-sets-price-hike-on-june-for-residential- customers/article e8477924-6c53-11e9-a689-5378894b6c91.html WITF: Workers rally at Capitol amid debate over nuclear power bill https://www.witf.org/news/2019/05/workers-rally-at-capitol-amid-debate-over-nuclear-power-bill.php ABC27: Rally at State Capitol to save nuclear jobs https://www.abc27.com/news/local/rally-at-state-capitol-to-save-nuclear-jobs/1970949668 WGAL: Nuclear power plant workers rally for bill that would keep Three Mile Island open https://www.wgal.com/article/nuclear-power-plant-workers-rally-for-bill-that-would-keep-three-mile- island-open/27335467 Pocono Record: S-burg installs 2 charging stations, 38 solar compacting cans coming soon https://www.poconorecord.com/news/20190501/s-burg-installs-2-charging-stations-38-solar- compacting-cans-coming-soon Morning Call: Bethlehem biofuel entrepreneur convicted in renewable energy fraud trial https://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-nws-bethlehem-renewable-energy-entrepreneur-fraud-trial- verdict-20190501-3tuewlsjcjempi4c62vfmzvtwy-story.html Wyalusing Rocket-Courier: Gas production up in Marcellus Shale; Energy Forum in Troy also addresses proposed PA electricity legislation http://www.rocket-courier.com/news/2019-05- 02/Front Page/Gas Production Up In Marcellus Shale.html WJAC: Workers rally at Capitol amid debate over nuclear power bill https://wjactv.com/news/local/workers-rally-at-capitol-amid-debate-over-nuclear-power-bill Beaver County Times: Lamb to host congressional hearing in Shippingport regarding nuclear plant https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190430/lamb-to-host-congressional-hearing-in-shippingport- regarding-nuclear-plant Beaver County Times: Letter: Let free market determine price of electricity https://www.timesonline.com/opinion/20190501/letter-let-free-market-determine-price-of- electricity/1 Tribune-Review: Letter to the editor: 100% renewable energy is possible https://triblive.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-100-renewable-energy-is-possible/ Mining Gant News: Wildlife Technology students help to reclaim PA forests https://gantdaily.com/2019/05/01/wildlife-technology-students-help-to-reclaim-pa-forests/ Clarion News: ‘Little ducky’ race helps battle AMD https://www.theclarionnews.com/news/frontpage/article 84ea9cd3-cf45-5017-bdd4- 52a8e5f90bf5.html Oil and Gas Philadelphia Inquirer: Pa. lawmaker’s ‘nazis’ tweet about Sunoco pipeline workers sparks fury, and rightly so https://www.philly.com/news/columnists/sunoco-pipeline-nazi-danielle-friel-otten-chester-county- maria-panaritis-20190502.html The Derrick: Casey, Thompson back Oil Region Heritage Area https://www.thederrick.com/news/front page/casey-thompson-back-oil-region-heritage- area/article 7ddc4a43-0895-5e49-95f1-9ebadf29a2f0.html Observer-Reporter: