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We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy

PA Environment Daily

We all remember where we were and what we were doing on September 11, 2001, but the employees of the Department of Environmental Protection remember better than most because they played a key role in responding to the Somerset County crash site of Flight 93. It was from one of the passengers writing to a loved one for the last time.

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We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy

PA Environment Daily

By David Hess, Former Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection We all remember where we were and what we were doing on September 11, 2001, but the employees of the Department of Environmental Protection remember better than most because they played a key role in responding to the Somerset County crash site of Flight 93.

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Transforming a 3000 Acre Steelmaking Complex from Hazardous Waste Site to a Restoration Success

Acoel

Decades of steelmaking had produced enormous quantities of hazardous wastes, including metals and organics, which were disposed of in unlined ditches and ponds, or simply dumped on the ground. One such unlined impoundment was over a mile long, 80 feet wide, and according to EPA received at least 36 types of RCRA hazardous waste.

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Is York Region about to Hit the Accelerator on Car-Dependent Sprawl?

Enviromental Defense

Bowing to months of behind-the-scenes manipulation by politically-connected landowners and their allies at Queen’s Park, York Region Council is set to vote September 16th on a plan that would commit it for the next 30 years to the paving of countryside at more than double the rate it has since 2001. .

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Pennsylvania's Penncrest High School Team Places 10th In International Envirothon Competition!

PA Environment Daily

The teams were also tested on and then prepared oral presentations on this year’s current issue, “Waste to Resources.” Pennsylvania has won the International Envirothon competition in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2017 and frequently places in the top 10 finishers.

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Lessor Prevails in Texas Lease Termination Dispute

Energy & the Law

Lollygag: To fool around and waste time; dawdle. Lessees Gramwich et al sued in 2001 alleging that lessor Meng engaged in “actions that were bizarre and numerous” that interfered with operations under a 1996 oil and gas lease on 2,000 acres in Throckmorton County. Gramwich Oil and Gas Corporation et al v.

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Keep PA Beautiful’s Cumberland County Affiliate Transitions From All Volunteer Led To County Recycling Office

PA Environment Daily

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Cumberland County affiliate formed in 2001 by a group of dedicated local volunteers, with support from the County Conservation District Office. More importantly, I want to see the previous group’s efforts carry into the future,” said Recycling and Waste Authority Coordinator, Justin C.