Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.29.19

Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution Urging Reauthorization Of Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund [PaEN]

House Committee Hearing Pits Climate Change Skeptics/Deniers Against Most Of The Scientific Community, Major Companies On Climate Change Impacts, Solutions [PaEN]

Caruso: Climate Skeptics Meet Their Own Critics At House Committee Hearing

Debate Over PA Climate Policy Leads To Contentious House Committee Hearing

Senate Consumer Protection Committee Meets Oct. 30 To Consider Electric, CNG, Hydrogen Vehicle Infrastructure Bill [PaEN]

Letter: Senate Passage Of Bill Legalizing Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater A Win For Industry, Loss For Citizens

Stormwater Fee Expected To Be Attached To Lycoming County Water & Sewer Plan [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

House Judiciary Committee Holds Dec. 16 Hearing On Bipartisan Anti-SLAPP-- Citizen Intimidation-- Lawsuit Legislation [PaEN]
Allegheny Front: Outdoor Afro In Pittsburgh Celebrates Freedom In Nature

Clean Water Action Says Senate Bill 919 PFAS Bill Is Meant To Protect The Industry [PaEN]

Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Accepting Entries For Philadelphia and Schuylkill Student Art Contests [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Rivers Conservation Camp Registration About To Open For Ages 14-17

Kummer: PA AG, 12 Others Say Philly Refinery Fire Shows Why EPA Must Not Cut Regulations
Shale Support Signs Agreement To Expand Partnership With Shale Rail In Wysox Area
Fmr York Barbell Foundry Site To Become $27M Housing Development In Lancaster County

EPA Awards Brownfields-Related Job Training Grant To Earth Conservancy, Luzerne County [PaEN]
Earth Conservancy Receives $200,000 EPA Job Training Grant

Keystone Landfill Attorneys: Dunmore Mayor’s Veto Is Invalid

PA Environmental Council, EPCAMR, Partners Hold Illegal Dumpsite Cleanup In Luzerne County Nov. 9 [PaEN]

DEP Sets Informal Conference On New Wilkes-Barre High School Mine Reclamation Issues For After Election
West Mifflin School District Energy Saving Plan Advances In Allegheny County
Anya Litvak: Judge OKs Aqua’s Bid For Peoples Gas Bringing Deal One Step Closer

Newest PUC Commissioner, Yanora, Is From Northeast PA

What’s The Deal With The Pittsburgh Sinkhole Swallowing At Bus?

AP: Cranes Remove Bus Partially Swallowed By Sinkhole In Pittsburgh

Editorial: What We Learn From Sinkholes

AP: Bill To Allow 3 Sunday Hunting Days Altered In House

Mary Ann Thomas: No Webcam Planning For New Pittsburgh Bald Eagle Nest

John Hayes: Efforts Underway To Enhance Eagle Watching In Allegheny County

Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission To Stock Twice The Trophy Trout In 2020

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Wildfires

PG&E Says Power Lines May Have Started 2 California Wildfires

National/International
Murray Energy Coal Company Files For Bankruptcy

Murray Energy, Largest U.S. Producer, Joins Long List Of Bankrupt Coal Companies

Stanford Law Review: Bankruptcy As Bailout: Coal Company Insolvency & The Erosion Of Federal Law

U.S. Park Service Scraps Plan To Charge Protesters For Security Costs

Op-Ed: Trump’s Withdrawal From Paris Agreement Will Be Disastrous

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[Posted: October 28, 2019]  www.PaEnvironmentDigest.com