The Milford/Matamoras Chapter of Rotary International has committed $3,000 toward developing educational materials for a new hiking trail currently under development in the Milford Experimental Forest (MEF), Schocopee Road, Milford, that is expected to open for education programs later this...
Property along the South Branch of French Creek in Concord Township is open to the public and may one day be a link in a series of trails between Erie and Pittsburgh. The 17.9-acre property off Lovell Road has been...
New efforts to clean the sites of illegal dumps in Potter County are under way, paid for with the help of a settlement from allegations of environmental law violations. In a settlement between Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., the Commonwealth and...
A new guide released earlier this month by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council aims to spur low-impact hydropower growth within the state. The guide, called the “Hydroelectric Permitting Manual for Pennsylvania”, was created based on feedback from the 2011 PA Hydropower...
New faces in the governor’s office, changes in the makeup of two advisory boards and a series of delayed meetings will not derail Pennsylvania’s largest rewrite of environmental rules for gas and oil drilling since the shale era began, the...
A new advisory board focusing on the conventional oil and gas producers often overlooked in the surge of shale gas drilling will examine how best to regulate the legacy wells in Pennsylvania. The state Department of Environmental Protection announced Tuesday...
Imagine the beloved Towpath Trail hopped up on steroids. That’s one way to describe a brash, over-the-top vision that trail advocates are pushing in Ohio and four other states to boost economic development. The envisioned interconnected trail system would cover...
Gov. Tom Wolf at the end of January reissued a Rendell-era Executive Order placing a moratorium on natural gas drilling and development on state parks and forest lands. However, the order only applied to land where the Commonwealth owns both...
Dunbar Borough Council is moving ahead with plans to complete a coke oven restoration project. Council announced plans Monday night to meet with Brad Clemenson of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council at its next work session, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Feb....
The next draft of a controversial package of state environmental rules for oil and gas well sites is due to be revealed near the beginning of March, and observers will be watching to see how Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration leaves its mark...
In response to the article “Gas producers: EPA methane rules too costly,” in the Jan. 23-29, 2015, edition of the Pittsburgh Business Times, it would be helpful to consider the actual costs and benefits of addressing methane emissions from the...
Environmental and conservation groups tipped their caps and applauded Gov. Tom Wolf for his decision to restore a moratorium on new leases for oil and gas development in state parks and forests. On Thursday, Wolf signed an executive order ending a...