Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.18.20

Pennsylvania's Chesapeake Bay State Team (formerly the PA Steering Committee) Meets January 30 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

Lancaster Farming: State To Sharpen Focus Of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Penn State Center Pittsburgh To Offer Green Infrastructure Certification Program In April [PaEN] 

Pennsylvania’s State Parks Need $500 Million In Maintenance

DEP Report Documents Impacts From Coal Mining

NEW DATE: House Environmental Committee Meets Jan. 22 On Bill To Exempt Shoreline Landowners From Fees For Using Commonwealth-Owned Submerged Lands [PaEN]

GASP: Allegheny County Health Dept. Fines Clairton Coke (Coal) Works $743,625 [PaEN]

Don Hopey: U.S. Steel Faces $743,625 In Fines For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant Violations

New Asbestos Contamination Closes Philly School For Second Time

DEP Sets Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For 9 Facilities In Butler, Clarion, Elk, Lancaster, Philadelphia, York [PaEN]

DEP: Chapter 102 E&S Permit Application Received For Adelphia Gateway Pipeline Project In Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]

DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For 2 Dominion Energy Pipeline Projects In Beaver, Lawrence, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]

DEP Posts 71 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: Philly Refinery Auction Said To Attract Chicago Developer That Rehabs Industrial Properties

Anya Litvak: Peoples Gas CEO To Give Up His Position In Merger With Aqua

After Deadly Gas Line Blast In Philadelphia, Neighbors Wondering If It’s Safe

Modern Landfill Expansion In York County Worries Residents

Controlled Plant & Noxious Weed Committee Meets Jan. 23 To Consider 6 Additions To Noxious Weed List [PaEN]

Save The Date: 2020 Eastern PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 27-29; Take Pre-Summit Survey [PaEN]

Jan. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Mild Winter Has Some Erie Businesses Wishing For Snow

Sawmill Fire Forces Furlough Of 87 Workers In Clarion County

Game Commission Board to Discuss 202-21 Hunting, Trapping Seasons Jan. 24-25

Bethlehem Casino Discouraging Return Of Nesting Peregrine Falcons During Construction Project

John Hayes: In January, Find Deer Hiding In Their Quiet Place, And Turn Off The Cellphone

Lehigh Valley Seeing Massive Flocks Of Snow Geese, But Are There Too Many?

Marcus Schneck: Trapping In PA: What’s Legal?  What’s Not?

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AP-Marc Levy: Republicans Eye Shakeup Of PA’s Democratic-Majority Supreme Court By Electing Justices From Districts, Rather Than Statewide

Wildfires
BBC: Australia Fires: Heavy Rains Hit Some Wildfire -Hit Regions

AP:  Scientists Seek Rare Species Survivors Amid Australia Flames

National/International

AP: U.S. Court Dismisses Lawsuit By Youths Over Climate Change

Governor Jolts New Jersey’s Electric Vehicle Industry With Driver Rebate Plan

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[Posted: January 18, 2020]  PA Environment Digest