Emissions Standards Tightened
Sep 5, 2008   The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday tightened emissions standards  for new gasoline-powered lawn mowers, weed trimmers and boat engines,  reducing the amount of smog-causing pollution these motors will be allowed  to emit.  In adopting long-delayed rules that will require small gas engines to have...  - WASH POST

Drilling For Clean Energy
Sep 5, 2008   The controversial bans on drilling offshore and in the Arctic National  Wildlife Refuge have preserved precious oil and natural gas reserves owned  by the public. Thank environmentalists for this unintended gift.  But for these bans, we would have wasted the reserves without a strategic...  - WASH POST

Assessing the Value of Small Wind Turbines
Sep 5, 2008   SAN FRANCISCO — With the California blackouts of 2001 still a painful  memory, Chris Beaudoin wants to generate some of his own electricity. He  marveled the other day at how close he is to that goal, gazing at two new  wind turbines atop his garage roof. They will soon be hooked to the power...  - NY TIMES

State: Water quality faked
Sep 5, 2008   The former head of Northwest Lancaster County's wastewater treatment plant  has been charged by the state attorney general with falsifying nearly three  years worth of samples -- with a paper towel.  J. Scott Shank allegedly used a paper towel to filter sewage water and...  - LAN. NEW ERA

Rendell urges alternative energy production
Sep 5, 2008   HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania should convert abandoned and reclaimed  minelands to grow switchgrass and other feedstocks that can be used in  biofuel production, urged a report issued Thursday by Gov. Ed Rendell’s  administration and the Chesapeake Bay Commission.  The land-use recommendation is among a number offered by policymakers at a...  - WB CIT. VOICE

PPL rate hikes too much, too soon
Sep 5, 2008   How many rate hikes can the customers of PPL Electric Utilities take?  That’s the question that arises as the company is asking for an  increase in transmission rates on top of a huge increase in electricity  generation rates.  The increase in electricity generation rates, which is to go into effect in...  - WB CIT. VOICE

Forty-mile Lackawanna Valley trail stuck with a gap of 800 feet
Sep 5, 2008   A critical 1-mile link in a proposed recreational trail that would stretch  the length of the Lackawanna Valley could come up 800 feet short.  The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority is preparing to break ground later  this year for the long-delayed Scranton Riverfront Heritage Greenway...  - SCRANTON TIMES

ACOG gets answers on natural gas drilling
Sep 5, 2008   CLARKS GREEN — If your well becomes contaminated during the course of  drilling for natural gas, the drilling company is required to replace your  water supply, under state regulations.  If the company tells you it doesn’t have to release a list of the  chemicals it’s using, it does, but you have to request the information...  - SCRANTON TIMES

Electricity realities ahead require conservation
Sep 5, 2008   When the state lifts electricity rate caps at the start of 2010, the  monthly bill for most electricity users of PPL will be rising 34 percent.  That increase amounts to about a dollar a day for the typical user. It also  is less than the increases that occurred in other areas of the state when...  - WILLIAM. SUN

Removal of state’s largest waste tire pile complete
Sep 5, 2008   WILLIAMSPORT — The remnants of what was once the largest waste tire  pile in the state were loaded onto a truck Thursday and removed from the  Greenwood Township, Columbia County, farm where they had threatened the  public health and environment for two decades....  - NEWS ITEM

Slow down on leases for gas drilling
Sep 5, 2008   You know the drill.  As the price of fuel increases, so does the pressure to open up new sources  of oil and natural gas.  After all, more fuel means lower prices, right?  Well, not always. The recent gas-price roller-coaster ride made it clear  the price of the supply is only loosely related to the severity of the...  - HAN. EVENING

PEC short film selected for Eco Film Forum in Philadelphia
Sep 4, 2008     (Press Release)

PennFuture Facts: Every environmental victory grows the economy
Sep 4, 2008     (Press Release)

Watershed project rolls out the barrels to East Enders
Sep 4, 2008   A growing number of East Enders are working to conserve water and improve  their community one rain barrel at a time.  Since 2004, the Nine Mile Run Watershed Association has offered homeowners  large rain barrels to hook up to their downspouts. Rain fills the barrels,...  - TRIB

Township amends law to cover home windmills
Sep 4, 2008   By PATRICK BUCHNOWSKI  The Tribune-Democrat  LILLY — Guidelines now are in place for Washington Township residents  who plan to erect wind turbines on their property.  Township supervisors on Wednesday amended an ordinance they passed in 2006  to govern electricity-generating wind turbines for commercial use....  - JOHN. TRIB

Damaged Power Lines Blamed for Wildfires
Sep 4, 2008   LOS ANGELES — A new report by state regulators has blamed improperly  maintained power lines by two companies, one of which impeded  investigators, for some of the most devastating wildfires in Southern  California last year.  Skip to next paragraph  California Public Utilities Commission Report (PDF)...  - NY TIMES

Mill Creek gets pristine makeover
Sep 4, 2008   When Lou Izzo landed 12 brook trout and watched 12 others jump his hook  while fishing Mill Creek one day in July, he judged the Laurel Mountain  watershed and Loyalhanna Creek tributary to be in pristine ecological  health.  "It's kind of like sending the canary through a coal mine. If a stream is...  - TRIB

Energy conservation seminars scheduled
Sep 4, 2008   Saving on energy costs and erecting energy-efficient buildings are closely  related, topics both discussed at upcoming, separate SEDA-Council of  Governments seminars.  Speakers will visit the area for two educational speaking series:  "Energizing our Region" and "Building Green." Opportunities for the general...  - WILLIAM. SUN

Conserving energy may be answer to avoiding pipelines
Sep 4, 2008   It's the classic catch-22.  Advertisement  We're all screaming about energy prices ... the price of gasoline,  electricity, natural gas. Yet we continue to use our energy at a record  pace. We struggle with conservation and only within the past several months  have the record gasoline prices started to wake us up to reality....  - WC DAILY

Laceyville Well Drilling Set for September 15
Sep 4, 2008   In most parts of northeast Pennsylvania, it’s drilling for natural gas  that’s a hot topic, but that’s not the sort of well that’s  going to be drilled in Laceyville.  In Laceyville, they’re drilling for water. The borough’s water  company superintendent Tim Shotwell told the town council Tuesday night...  - WYALUSING R. C.

Tour highlights Cabot natural gas wells
Sep 4, 2008   Faced with higher costs, farmers struggle.  Hopeful for more money, some farmers have signed leases with companies to  have natural gas drilling done on their property, including with Cabot Gas  and Oil Corp.  On Friday, Cabot spent about four hours showing drilling sites in...  - NEW AGE EXAMINER

Natural gas main focus of economic development annual meeting
Sep 4, 2008   Natural gas exploration and development topped the discussion at the annual  economic development breakfast meeting held Thursday, Aug. 29.  Pennsylvania IOGA (Independent Oil and Gas Association) executive director  Louis D'Amico delivered the keynote address at the meeting....  - SUSQ. IND.

County adopts wind farm ordinance
Sep 4, 2008   The wind energy ordinance is an amendment to the county's subdivision and  land development ordinance passed in 2005 and was recommended by the  Planning Commission.  Advertisement  Click Here!  In the public hearing held prior to the ordinance adoption County planning...  - SUSQ. IND.

Commissioners seek conservation director, accept petition
Sep 4, 2008   CLARION - The Clarion County Commissioners announced at their Aug. 26  business meeting that they are looking for another member for the  county’s conservation district.  “District directors have a direct say in how people in the county deal  with many important natural resource issues such as water quality,...  - CLARION NEWS

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