Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.2.19

DCNR Invites Comments On Pennsylvania's 2020-24 Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan [PaEN]
Meyer: New Report Says State Parks Funding Hasn’t Kept Pace With Inflation

Talk To Your State Senator Student Video Contest -- How To Support Agriculture In PA?  Here’s A Video Idea, How About Funding Farm Conservation Measures? [PaEN]

Westmoreland Conservation District Celebrates 70 Years [PaEN]
Wolf Announces $500,000 In First Round Of Urban Agriculture Grants
WITF Smart Talk: Is It Time To Update PA’s Science Curriculum?  TODAY 9:00 a.m.

ALCOSAN Awards Nearly $10 Million In Green Infrastructure Grants

How PEC’s Philly-Based Watershed Education & Outreach Team Spent Their Summer [PaEN]

Wyoming Seminary Upper School, EPCAMR Present: STEM And Art: Changing Perspectives Of Waterways Opening Oct. 4, Luzerne County [PaEN]

Nov. 4 Meeting Set In Erie County On Trout Run Watershed Water Quality Improvement Study [PaEN]

DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Oil Sheens - All That Glitters Isn't Necessarily Pollution [PaEN]

Bagenstose: Stephens Bill To Pay For PFAS Costs Passes House

DEP To Hold Oct. 30 Hearing On Bivouac Swine Facility Water Quality Permit In Fulton County [PaEN]

NRCS-PA: Pennsylvania State Technical Committee Meets Oct. 16 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

Editorial: Community Cleanup Efforts Important
Zelienople House Just One Stop On Oct. 5 Butler County Harvest Solar Tour

City Of Lancaster Adopts Municipal Climate Action Plan To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050 [PaEN]

Crowd At Pittsburgh Council Hearing Supports Mandating Net-Zero Energy Efficient Municipal Buildings

Allegheny Front: The Philosophy Of Climate Denial

Caithness Cuts Ribbon To New 1,050 MW Natural Gas Power Plant In Luzerne County [TMI was 819 MW]

1,050 Natural Gas Power Plant Opens Close To Nuclear Plant In Luzerne County [Susquehanna Nuclear Plant 2 Units 1,180 MW each]
Frazier: PA’s Fracking Boom Produces Glut Of Ethane That’s Helping Fuel Plastics Production Overseas
Letter: Ban On Fracking Would Reverse Environmental Progress
Report: PA Ranks 18th Nationwide For Its Energy Efficiency Efforts
ACEEE Report: Maryland Sees Biggest Energy Efficiency Improvements, KY Largest Decline

Maykuth: Closed Philly Refinery Wants To Hand Out More Executive Bonuses, This Time In Secret

DCNR Discusses Benefits Of Restore PA At Playground Dedication In Cumberland County

Western PA Conservancy Canoe Access Fund Begins Accepting Applications Oct. 15 [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Halloween Frights In Pennsylvania Caves

Marcus Schneck: Is Invading Frankenfish Continuing Its Spread Across PA?

Help Wanted: The Nature Conservancy-PA State Director [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Northumberland Conservation District Erosion & Sedimentation Technician [PaEN]

Help Wanted: PennFuture - Philadelphia/Delaware Watershed Communications Consultant [PaEN]

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National/International
Court Rules Against EPA On Interstate Smog Rule In Case Filed By CT, NY, NJ Citing Pollution From PA Other States
EPA Exceeds President’s Goals For Reducing Regulations

Op-Ed: U.S. Must Prioritize Rare Earth Mineral Mining To Win Clean Energy Race

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