By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Gov. Tom Wolf has received a request for $100 million more for students with disabilities. More than 40 organizations and individuals have signed onto a letter asking the governor to increase state funding for special education in his budget for the coming fiscal year. According to Reynelle Brown Staley, policy director […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection could soon resume issuing permits for construction of the Mariner East Pipeline. The DEP announced Friday it has reached an agreement with the company overseeing the construction after banning new permits and approvals last year because of numerous violations associated with its Revolution Pipeline project. But […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – A class-action lawsuit charging abuse and inadequate education at a juvenile detention facility in Delaware County will be allowed to proceed. The ruling issued by a federal court on Friday means virtually all the claims against the Glen Mills School and state officials responsible for licensing and overseeing the […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan for reducing pollution flowing into Chesapeake Bay can’t meet its 2025 goals, but the Environmental Protection Agency is not taking required actions. Under the Clean Water Act, the EPA is supposed to impose consequences on any Chesapeake Bay watershed state that fails to […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s environmental rule-making board has voted to advance a rule to cut down on methane emissions from existing oil and gas facilities. The rule passed the Environmental Quality Board on Tuesday by a 18-1 vote. Methane is responsible for one-quarter of the climate change already taking place, and, as the nation’s […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Planned expansion of oil and gas development would push global temperatures beyond the tipping point of catastrophic climate change, according to a new report. The report, from the Global Gas and Oil Network, says the industry plans to invest $1.4 trillion in new extraction projects by 2024 with 85% […]
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* WHAT…Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches and ice accumulations of a light glaze. * WHERE…Portions of central Pennsylvania. * WHEN…From 2 AM to 4 PM EST Monday. * IMPACTS…Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and […]
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Friday, December 6, 2019 A Trump impeachment vote in the House could come before Christmas; students rally for climate action again today; and other-abled workers fuel a vertical farm in Wyoming. Download QR 🡻
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