Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.17.20

Performance Based Budget Board Holds Jan. 22 Hearing On Performance-Based Budget Report For DEP [PaEN]

House Committee Discusses Where To Find $500 Million To Fix State Parks; Don’t Forget $500 Million Needed To Address State Forest Maintenance Needs: http://bit.ly/2swE1cr [PaEN]

$500 Million Needed For Fixes To PA’s State Parks, No Agreement On Where To Get That Money

PEC, EDF: Senate Bill 790 Includes Dramatic Reductions In Health, Environmental Protections From Impacts Of Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling [PaEN]

DEP Issues $1.95 Million Penalty To Sunoco For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Violations At Raystown Lake, Huntingdon County [PaEN]

Laura Legere: Raystown Lake Spill Earns Mariner East Pipeline Another $1.95 Million Penalty

Feb. 5 Hearing Set By House Environmental Committee On Bill To Take Away DEP’s Authority To Enact Any Program To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]

Rep. Metcalfe Warns Top Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Officials “Rogue Governor”  Doesn't Have The Authority To Join RGGI [PaEN]

Susan Phillips: Study: Redlining’s Ongoing Harm: Intensifying Impact Of Climate Change

For First Time, The Top 5 Risks In The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report Are All Environmental [PaEN]

Letter: Ratepayers Shouldn’t Have To Foot The Bill For Obsolete, Unwanted Dirty Power Plants

Rep. Dush To Introduce Bills To Terminate Delaware, Susquehanna River Basin Commission Compacts [PaEN]

Rep. Causer Introduces Bill To Make It Harder To Buy Forest Conservation Easements With Public Funding [PaEN]

Potential Economic Damage Due To Spotted Lanternfly In PA Could Reach $324 Million Annually, Now Stands At $50.1 Million [PaEN]

AP: Study: Spotted Lanternfly Costing Pennsylvania $50 Million Annually

100 Projects Recommended For Upper Toby Creek Watershed In Luzerne

Editorial: Lackawanna River Needs Your Vote Today As River Of The Year

Green Roof At Temple Library Embeds Visitors In Nature

NRCS-PA Holds Jan. 23 PA State Technical Committee Meeting In Harrisburg [PaEN]

Schuylkill Action Network 2020 Water Utility Forum On Emerging Contaminants Jan. 28 In Reading [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Jan.17 RiverWatch Video Report

Report Reveals High Levels Of Cancer-Causing Chemical Recorded At Philly Refinery

Oil Refinery Leaks Toxic Chemical In The Middle Of Philadelphia

Federal Judge Dismisses PFAS Contamination Suits Over Hazardous Substance Designation

PUC Pipeline Safety Investigation Ongoing In Philadelphia House Explosion In December

South Philly Explosion Caused By Crack In Gas Main, Officials Say

PUC Approves Settlement for Aqua America’s $4+ Billion Acquisition of the Peoples Natural Gas Companies [PaEN]

Anya Litvak: Aqua America, Peoples Gas Wins PUC Approval, But Not Everyone’s On Board

Andrew Maykuth: PUC Approves Aqua American, People’s Gas Merger, Now Rebranded To Essential Utilities, Inc.

Scranton Sewer Authority OKs $7 Million Settlement Over 600 Missing Easements

Stephen Huba: Tenaska Natural Gas Power Plant Offering Scholarships For Belle Vernon, Yough Students

Complaints Of Rotten Smell Multiply At Keystone Landfill, Critics Call For Reporting Reform

Fmr Senator Scott Wagner Sells Penn Waste To Canadian Company

IFO Soliciting Comments For Economic Impact Study On Regulation Of Single-Use Plastics [PaEN]

Allegheny Land Trust Hosting Master Naturalist Program In Allegheny, Westmoreland Counties

PA Recreation & Park Society Releases 2020 Training & Events Calendar [PaEN]

Saturday Deer Hunting Opening Not Supported By Hunters, Businesses

House Game & Fisheries Committee Holds Feb. 20 Hearing On Saturday Opening Of Deer Season In Washington County

Marcus Schneck: PA’s Coyote Hunting Season Gets Under Way

Obese Bear Removed From Union County Roadside Zoo
Bill Uhrich: 3 Great Birding Spots In Berks County

Help Wanted: Sierra Club Clean Energy Advocate In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

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Gov. Ridge Reflects On 25 Years Since Inauguration

PA Cable Network: Tom Ridge: An Oral History - Jan. 17 10:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m.

Jan Murphy: Fmr Gov. Ridge Reflects On Becoming Governor 25 Years Ago

Wildfires

Amid Australia’s Wildfires, A Secret Quest Saves the Last Dinosaur Trees

Late Posted From Thursday:

Oil & Gas Brine On Dirt Road Usage Remains Cloudy

Bucks-Montco Group Joins Nationwide Petition To Designate PFAS As Hazardous Waste

WITF Smart Talk: Health Of The Deer Herd And Impacts On PA Forests

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough Warns Of Climate Crisis Moment

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[Posted: January 17, 2020]  PA Environment Digest