Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.11.20

Game Commission: Deer Abuse Charges Filed Against 2 In Jefferson County [PaEN}

AP-Mark Scolford: 2 Charged In Videotaped Kicking Of Wounded Deer
Marcus Schneck: Deer Torture Video Charges Draw Massive Reation From Hunters, Others

Teen In Deer Torture Video Hit With Criminal Charges That Could Send Him To Prison

First Meetings Of DEP Regional Water Resources Committees Jan. 14, 16 - Join Online; PA Clean Water Academy Presentation Available On State Water Plan Process [PaEN]

Members Of Congress Demand To Know If EPA Is Backing Away From Chesapeake Bay Enforcement
CBF: Statement On U.S. Senate Passage Of Bill Increasing Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program

Mike Reuther: Lycoming County Groups: Healthy Streams Promote Fish Numbers [Local Leadership In Sen. Yaw’s District]

Editorial: CFA Members Need To Get The Job Done

WITF Smart Talk: Road Trip To PA Farm Show [Chesapeake Bay]

Rachel McDevitt: Young Future Farmers Plan To Pursue A Range Of Careers, Including Sustainable Agriculture

Reminder: Talk To Your State Senator Student Video Contest -- How To Support Agriculture In PA?   IDEA: How About Funding Farm Conservation Measures? [PaEN] 

Audubon Of Western PA Hosts First Buffalo Creek Watershed Coalition Meeting Jan. 23 In Armstrong County [PaEN]

DCNR Begins Accepting Riparian Forest Buffer Grant Applications January 15 [PaEN]

DCNR Reminder: Community Conservation Partnership, Rivers Conservation Grants; ATV & Snowmobile Trail Project Grants Opening Shortly [PaEN]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets Feb. 6 Hearing On Groundwater  Monitoring Plan Guidance For Project Sponsors; Proposed Water Projects [PaEN]

Feb. 3 Joint Conservation Committee Hearing On Impact Of Cap-And-Trade Programs On Coal Waste, Co-Generation Power Generators [PaEN]

AP: Pennsylvania Gas Drilling Fee Revenue Slides In 2019
Report: Pennsylvania A Leader In U.S. Natural Gas Production Growth

Lawmakers Want Mariner East Pipeline Opponents To Be Heard

Allegheny County Residents Rally For Better Clean Air Enforcement

Don Hopey/Abigail Mihaly: Clairton Residents, Activists Protest Air Pollution

Allegheny County Fines Natrona Slag Processor $100,000 For Dust Emissions

Report: Google Apologizes After Company Workers Told Other Employees To Avoid Pittsburgh Over Air Quality Concerns

DEP Determining Next Steps For Erie Coke (Coal) Plant After Closure - Video

DEP Sets Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For Facilities In Beaver, Berks, Greene, Lancaster, Washington, Westmoreland, York Counties [PaEN]

DEP Posts 55 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 11 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

City Of Erie To Distribute Blue Recycling Bins Saturday

Editorial: Philly Streets Won’t Clean Themselves

ECOS Environmental Research Institute Of The States Launches Website [PaEN]

New Film Explores Huber Coal Breaker’s Role In History

Early History, Legends About Presque Isle And Old Time Erie - Part I

Jan. 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation; 3,783 First Day Hikers! [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Empower Communities To Protect Cyclists, Pedestrians - Sen. Farnese

In Memoriam: Ken Planinsek, 30-Year DEP Employee From Westmoreland County

Saturday PA Capitol NewsClips 1.11.20 -- Click Here

Katie Meyer: Lawmakers Plan To Try, Once More, To Make Legislative Redistricting Less Political

Op-Ed: How Do We Fix Democracy In PA And Elsewhere? Local Elections
Wildfires
AP: 2 Australian Wildfires Merge Into 1.5 Million Acre Inferno; Man Seriously Burned

National/International

U.S. House Votes To Crack Down On PFAS Contamination, Trump Threatens Veto

U.S. House Passes Legislation To Address PFAS Chemical Contamination
AP: Another Earthquake Rocks Quake-Stunned Puerto Rico

Editorial: Aid After Quake In Puerto Rico Direly Needed, As Is Oversight

John Micek: From Fires In Australia To Looming War, Our Children Deserve Better Answers

Editorial: NEPA  Environmental Works Well To Evaluate Impacts Of Projects

Editorial: Light Bulb Efficiency Rules Should Remain

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[Posted: January 11, 2020]  PA Environment Digest