Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.5.19

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Now Found In 5th County - Luzerne County [PaEN]

City Of Pittsburgh Becomes 2nd City In U.S. To Integrate UN Sustainable Development Goals [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainable Development Goals, But Mayor Offers Few Specifics

Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainable Development Goals

Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainability Goals

6 PA Colleges, Universities Included In 2019 International Sustainable Campus Index Top Performers [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 22 Briefing On Governor’s Order To Join RGGI To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants [PaEN]

House Government Oversight Committee To Hold First Hearing/Meeting Oct. 21 & 30 On An Issue Known Only As Investigation 1-2019 [PaEN]

Dept. Of Health To Give DEP Advisory Committee Update On Oil & Gas Production Health Registry Oct. 17 [PaEN]

Templeton/Hopey: Health Dept., UPMC Experts To Discuss Washington County Ewing Sarcoma Cancer Cases At Oct. 7 Meeting

Legislation Aims to Make Natural Gas New Coal Industry In NE PA [With Massive Taxpayer Subsidies]

Letter: Natural Gas No Longer Considered Clean Energy

Editorial: Severance Tax Makes Sense, PA Net Exporter Of Natural Gas

Oct. 10 Deadline For Comments On Exelon’s Request To Change TMI Emergency Planning

DEP Invites Schools To Submit Student Entries For The  2020 Radon Poster Contest [PaEN]

Asbestos-Tainted Philly School To Close Indefinitely, District Seeks Alternative Sites For 1,000 Students

DEP Invites Comments On State Air Quality Plan Certification Of Previously Approved Emission Control Regulations [PaEN]

DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Hear From Compacts & Commissions Office Oct. 15 [PaEN]

DEP Finalizes New Soil Erosion & Sediment Control Manual For Agricultural Operations [PaEN]

AccuWeather: Active Winter With Snow, Cold Forecast For PA

2 People Rescued After Plane Crash-Lands In Susquehanna River Near Harrisburg

Tour Highlights Infrastructure Challenges Faced At Frances Slocum State Park In Luzerne

DCNR Signs Submerged Lands Drilling Lease In Greene County For $162,400 In Upfront Payments [PaEN]

Master Gardener: A Lancaster County Garden Grows From Success And Failure

Tree Pittsburgh Aims To Restore Allegheny County’s Tree Canopy

French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Hosts Oct. 13 Nature Preserve Hike In Chester County [PaEN]

Walk Where A Community’s Idea Changed Things For Good To Create Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge In Monroe County Oct. 19.

Philly Rail Park’s First Public Art Festival Highlights its Locomotive History

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In September Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

Oct. 4 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Saturday PA Capitol NewsClips 10.5.19 -- Click Here

National/International

Trump Sides With Farmers In Ethanol Proposal, Angering Oil Industry

Op-Ed: Why I’m Suing To Block Trump’s Rollback Of Clean Car Standards - AG Shapiro

Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Fight Over Atlantic Coast Pipeline Under Appalachian Trail In VA

EPA Tells Churches To Cut Mercury, But Says Restrictions On Power Plants Unnecessary

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