Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.18.19

House Committee Approves Bills To Fire All DEP Employees Reviewing Environmental Permits & Create Another Bureaucracy; Cut Public Comment Out Of Permit Reviews [PaEN]

First Probable Human Case Of West Nile Virus Detected In Philadelphia [PaEN]

PFAS Action Team To Release Recommendations For Action, Funding Needs Soon; 25 Sites Now Contaminated In PA [PaEN]

Bagenstose: DEP: First Statewide PFAS Testing Results Due Within Weeks

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves $20 Million For Watershed, Environmental Projects Funded By Drilling Impact Fee [PaEN]

NFWF Announces $6.9 Million In Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware Watershed; $3.4 Million To PA [PaEN]
Kummer: Delaware Watershed Conservation Projects Awarded Nearly $16 Million In Grants

Lehman Twp Staying In Regional Stormwater Program In Luzerne

A Green Infrastructure Research Lab Grows At Villanova

Sewickley Watershed Assn. To Hold Field Day TODAY At Lowber Mine Drainage Treatment Site, Westmoreland County

Lebanon Valley Conservancy Needs Volunteers To Plant 1,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

Mayor: 2 Companies Express Interest In Buying Harrisburg Capital Region Water System

Luzerne County Flood Authority Agreement With County On Hold

Westmorland, Allegheny County Shred-It Events Accept Unwanted Documents, Electronics

Illegal Dumping Recurring Problem In Wilkes-Barre, Cleanup Taking Time

Maykuth: Delaware County Sewer System Serving 42 Towns Sold For $276 Million

PA Given F Grade For Spending Volkswagen Settlement Money

Groups: PA Failing To Promote Electric Vehicles With $118M Volkswagen Settlement
Here’s What PA Is Doing To Address Climate Change, Any Why Politics Is Making It Difficult

Lawmakers From Both Parties Call On Wolf To Move Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rules Without Delay [PaEN]

PA Legislators Call For Strong Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Rules

Meyer: Environmentalists Pressure Wolf To Act Faster On Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rules

Caruso: PA Environmental Board Will Wet Proposed Rules Restricting Potent Oil & Gas Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Hurdle: Court Ruling Clears Way For Mariner East Pipeline Construction To Restart In Chester County

CFA Awards 3 Grants Totaling $2.8 Million To Extend Natural Gas Service Pipelines In Bradford, Lancaster, and Lebanon Counties [PaEN]

Op-Ed: If Fracking Is Banned, What Happens To Jobs In Western PA?

Chester County Clean Energy Tour Oct. 19 Features 24 Open Houses

Crown Packaging To Set Science-Based Sustainability Climate Targets In Early 2020 [PaEN]
Deadlines Set In Erie Coke (Coal) Appeal

Editorial: State Board Of Education Not Blind To Science
Spotted Lanternfly Invasion Prompts A Horror Film In Philly

Marcus Schneck: When Should I Plan My Fall Foliage Trip In PA This Year?

Freeport Park Gets $240K CFA Grant In Armstrong County

Lower Burrell’s Central Park Gets CFA Grant For Upgrades In Westmoreland

Northmoreland Park On Deck For Potentially Millions Of Dollars In Upgrades In Westmoreland

Family Bicycle, Poker Run In Jefferson County A Success

Western PA Conservancy Receives CFA Grant To Improve Boater, Angler Access In Elk County

Marcus Schneck: Game Commission Stony Valley Tour Set For Oct. 20

Voters Choose New Design For 2020 PA Fishing License Button!

Marcus Schneck: Anglers Decide On Sunfish Pattern For PA Fishing Licenses

Kummer: Peregrine Falcon From Manayunk Found Dead With Severed Leg, Did Drone Do It?

Where Do You Mail A Deer Head For Chronic Wasting Disease Testing?

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National/International

DRBC To Reconsider Approval Of Proposed New Jersey LNG Export Terminal

NJ Wind Farm Gets Permission To Connect To Fmr Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Equipment

Natural Gas Customers In NJ, NY Casualties In Fight Over New Pipelines
Virginia Governor Orders 100% Carbon-Free Power By 2050

AP: Trump To Challenge California Authority To Set Auto Emission Rules
PJM Capacity Market Plan To Increase Costs $8.4 Billion, Market Monitor Estimates

Oil Prices Plunge As Saudi Arabia Says Output Will Return To Pre-Attack Levels In Weeks

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