Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.23.19

Senate Passes Bill 27 to 23 To Limit Public’s Right To Know Why A Regulation Is Being Proposed [PaEN]

PA Environmental Council, Environmental Defense Fund Ask Senate For No Vote On Bill Impeding Rulemaking Process [PaEN]

Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills Slowing Down DEP Permit Reviews, Narrowing Public Appeals Of DEP Permits [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Meets Oct. 23 On Bills Responding To PFAS Contamination [PaEN]

DEP To Hold Nov. 18 Meeting/Hearing On Easton Road PFOA/PFOS Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan In Bucks County [PaEN]
Kummer: Philly Water Exceeds Environmental Working Group Limits For 5 Chemicals

Rep. Sturla To Introduce Water Usage Fee To Fund Water Cleanup, Maintenance

EPA Approves Pennsylvania’s Drinking Water And Clean Water Infrastructure Intended Use Plans [PaEN]

EPA Awards $2 Million To Greenfield Twp. Sewer Authority

Neville Township Urges Residents To Avoid Water Usage

No Stormwater Fee In 2020 Luzerne County Budget

Lackawanna County Commissioner Candidates Debate Stormwater Management

Penn State Franklin County: Cover Crops Offer A Variety Of Benefits

State GreenGov Council To Begin Analysis Of State Agency Green Practices [PaEN]

Micek: Bipartisan House/Senate Bills Seek To Increase Access To Solar Energy

Sen. Costa, Rep. Mizgorski Introduce Identical Solar Bills
Letter: Cut Carbon Emissions To Save Our Health, Planet
Op-Ed: Wolf’s Cap-And-Trade Plan Isn’t Real Climate Action, Here’s What Is

House Environmental Committee OKs Bill Allowing Longer Shale Gas Drilling Laterals [PaEN]
Op-Ed: County, Municipal Leaders Must Collaborate On Shale Gas Industry In SW PA

Elementary School Evacuated After Gas Leak In Easton, No Injuries Reported
Editorial: Philly Refinery Blast Left Behind A Cloud Of Questions

DEP Awards $430,000 In Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

DEP Awards More Than $264,000 In Lake Erie Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

DEP Awards $264,000 For Lake Erie Coastal Zone
Allegheny Front: Scientists Slog Thru Pennsylvania Peatlands To Study Changing Ecosystems

Keystone Landfill To Dunmore: Override Veto Or Pay Back $21.55 Million

Philadelphia Takes Step Toward Banning Plastic Bags, Drops Fee On Paper Bags

Study: Rail-Trails Inject $930 Million Annually Into PA Economy

Rain Might Just Rescue Fall Foliage Show
Bay Journal: Warmer Temperatures Could Have a Chilling Effect On Fall Foliage

Game Commission Advises Hunters To Take Precautions Against Mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis [PaEN]

Editorial: Sunday Hunting Proposal A Reasonable Approach

Fall Trout Stocked In Western PA Waterways

WITF Smart Talk: Where Have All The Birds Gone?

Help Wanted: PA Master Naturalist Communications & Development Associate [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Policy Director [PaEN]

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Wildfires

Northern California Brace For Another Possible Power Outage Due To Wildfires

National/International

AP-Levy: Pennsylvania’s Gas Politics Churn As Trump Embraces Industry

Toomey Praises Trump For Shale Gas Exploration Policies In PA, U.S. 

Op-Ed: Policies & Priorities For Natural Gas Industry - Marcellus Shale Coalition

AG Shapiro Opposes EPA’s Proposed Rule To Limit States’ Clean Water Act Oversight Of Pipelines, Other Projects [PaEN]

Editorial: Protecting National Parks In PA, NJ Should Be Priority For Lawmakers

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