Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.20.19

House Republicans To Move Bills To Demolish Environmental Permitting, Stop Development For 3-5 Years, Cut Public Out Of Permit Reviews [PaEN]
New Allegheny County Sanitary Authority Agreement With Feds Includes Green Infrastructure, $2 Billion Plan To Help Control 6.6 Billion Gallons Of Wet Weather Sewer Overflows [PaEN]

ALCOSAN Unveils $2 Billion Clean Water Plan That Extends To 2036

Hopey: ALCOSAN Plan To Deal With Wet Weather Sewage Overflows Flows Forward

Allegheny County Agency Releases Plan To Control Sewage Overflows, But Critics Say It’s Not Enough

Pittsburgh Water Authority 10 Months Ahead Of DEP Schedule In Replacing Lead Drinking Water Service Lines [PaEN]

Lead-Safe Group Recommends Demolition Rules To Reduce Health Hazards In Allegheny County

Philly Landlords Win Concession In Council Battle Over Lead Safety Bill

Philly School Board Gets Earful On Asbestos Risks At Middle School
Residents, Pets Rescued In Flood From Massive Water Main Break In Carrick, Allegheny County

Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee Defaulters Urged To Pay

Altoona Authority Plans Cleanup Of Tank Site That Held Wastewater From Natural Gas Pipeline Construction

DEP To Hold Open House Sept. 23 In Mansfield On Doing Work In Streams Affected By Flooding, Erosion [PaEN]

Stroud Water Research Center Celebrates Chad Pregracke Of Living Lands & Waters [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 20 RiverWatch Video Report
TMI Will Shut Down Friday, Ending A Contentious Chapter In Country’s Nuclear History
Sholtis: As TMI Stops Producing Electricity, One Community Braces For Change

Thompson: Three Mile Island Power Plant Last Day As Working Reactor Will Be Friday

AP: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown Is Imminent

TMI Unit 1 To Produce Power For Last Time Friday

Maykuth: Three Mile Island to Shut Down For Good Friday After PA Said No To Financial Rescue

PUC Dismisses Complaint Filed By Sen. Dinniman Against Mariner East Pipelines Per Court Order, But Continues Proceedings On Related Complaints [PaEN]

PUC Dismisses Complaint Filed By Sen. Dinniman Against Mariner East Pipelines As Ordered By Court

AP: House Backs Tax Credit For Dry Natural Gas Cracker Plants

$2.7 Million Centre Hall Natural Gas Project To Supply Gas To Hanover Foods

PUC Takes Major Steps To Address Energy Affordability For Low-Income Households [PaEN]

Maykuth: PUC Dramatically Expands Utility Assistance For Low-Income Consumers At A Cost Of  $102 Million

Anya Litvak/Laura Legener: New Utility Policy Aims To Reduce Energy Burden For PA’s Poor

UGI Natural Gas Hike Means Higher Bills For Some Customers, Lower Bills For Others

UGI Residential Gas Rates To Leap 13%, Biggest Hike In 14 Years

Litvak: Duquesne Light Leans Into Electric Transportation, Just As Feds Go In Opposite Direction

Caruso: Electric Vehicle Drivers In PA Would Pay $250/Year Fee Under Advancing House Bill

Sept. Joint Conservation Committee Newsletter Highlights Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Pentagon Report Calling Climate A National Security Concern [PaEN]

Lehigh Valley Climate Strikes Planned For Global Student Day Of Action

Western PA Students Call On Politicians To Take Climate Action After Conference

Op-Ed: Boomers Take Note: The Kids Are Right About Climate Change

Letter: Climate Change Needs Nonpartisan Solution

Dunmore Council Vote Gives Boost To Keystone Landfill Expansion Plans

Pittsburgh Appeals Mount Washington Billboard Ruling

Presentation Proposals Due To PALTA For April 1-3 PA Land Conservation Conference Nov. 1 [PaEN]

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Next Webinar Oct. 11 - New Conservation Planning Tool For At-Risk Species [PaEN]

John Hayes: State Action Sought To Fight Great Lakes Pollution

John Hayes: Study Puts the Crosshairs On American Attitudes About Hunting

Editorial: PA Should Consider Expanding Length Of Hunting Season For Canada Geese

Editorial: Game Commission Appropriately Steps Up Chronic Wasting Disease Efforts
Marcus Schneck: Last Of 2019 Monarch Butterflies Leaving Pennsylvania

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Hurricanes

More Than 1,000 Rescues, Evacuations As Imelda Soaks Texas

National/International

Wolf, 14 Governors Tell Congress To Include Strong PFAS Provisions In Defense Bill

30% of Birds (2.9 Billion) In U.S., Canada Since 1970 Are Going, According To New Study

AP: Where Have The Wild Birds Gone? 3 Billion Fewer Than 1970

Missing: Nearly 3 Billion Birds that Used To Live In North America

Silent Skies: Birds Are Vanishing From North America

Cong. Lamb To EPA Chief: You’re On The Wrong Side After Methane Rule Rollback

Column: A Democratic President Might Try To Ban Fracking In 2021, Is PA Ready For This?

Editorial: Fracking Shouldn’t Be Banned

Trump Campaign Sees PennEast Pipeline As Route To Taking Down Biden

In Coal-Centric West Virginia, Climate Change Discussion Starting To Grow

Philly Students Will Be Marked Absent If They Join The Climate Strike Friday

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