Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.6.20

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

CBF: Draft Federal Rule Change To Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Leaves Out Vital Provisions [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: Farming Advocates Hope To Restore Line Items Cut From Wolf’s Proposed Budget
3 PA Farmers Say They Do Try To Stem Chesapeake Bay Pollution, And It’s Expensive

Greencastle Awaiting Stormwater Waiver Decision From DEP

Want To Sponsor The 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit?  Act Now!  [PaEN]

Keep PA Beautiful: Just 9 Cities In PA Spend More Than $68 Million A Year On Litter, Illegal Dumping Cleanup, Education, Enforcement & Prevention [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Litter Leaves 9 PA Cities With Nearly $69 Million Price Tag

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Ross Snook, New Hanover Twp. Environmental Advisory Board [PaEN]

Attorney General Files Criminal Charges In Lycoming Over 60,000 Gallon Spill Of Frac Water

AP- Mark Scolforo: Gov. Wolf Plans To Veto Natural Gas Manufacturing Subsidy Tax Credit

Laura Legere: Legislature Approves Natural Gas Tax Credit To Lure Petrochemical Makers To PA

Editorial: Republicans Say No Severance Tax, But Give Natural Gas More Subsidies

2 Senators, 1 House Member In SW PA Have Sources Of Income Tied To Fracking Companies

Andrew Maykuth: EPA To Bankruptcy Court: Closed Philly Refinery Owes Us Millions

Delaware RiverKeeper Testifies Before Congress On Needed Natural Gas Act/FERC Reforms [PaEN]

Joint Conservation Committee: DEP- Coal Waste-Fired Power Plants Will Not Incur Significant Compliance Costs Under Draft RGGI Reg. [PaEN]

Stephen Caruso: In One-Sided House Hearing, Coal Workers Lay Out Dire Stakes For RGGI Cap-And-Trade

2020 Industry Forum On Energy Efficiency - Healthcare, Food Services & Higher Education April 3 In Philadelphia [PaEN]

EQT Drilling Shrinks Presence In Downtown Pittsburgh

What We Know About Lead, Asbestos Contamination At Scranton School District

Teachers Call For Rapid-Response Team For Asbestos Problems In Philly Schools

Still Time To Sign Up For PA Master Naturalist Spring Training In Delaware, Montour Counties [PaEN]

Cumberland County Master Gardeners Host Gardening With Nature Feb. 18, Native Plant Fest May 16 [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Recreation That's Accessible For All [PaEN]

New Visit PA Happy Traveler Guide Includes Special Earth Day 50 PA Feature Story [PaEN]

Erie Beaches Suffer Historic Erosion

Editorial: Presque Isle Takes Beating From Climate In Erie

Pittsburgh Parks Tax Bill Moves Ahead After Council Members Drop Funding Demands

Senate Committee Gives Green Light To Sheltered Bike Lanes

Feb. 5 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Friends Of Flight 93 Announces New Leadership

Money Available For Student Buses To Flight 93 Memorial

Citizen Science: Help Bird Conservation By Counting Your Backyard Birds Feb. 14-17 [PaEN]

PA Waters To Get More Trophy-Sized Trout

Marcus Schneck: Draft Plan Asks: Is PA’s Elk Herd Facing A Genetic Timebomb?

Interns Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Hamm Conservation & Stewardship Intern Positions [PaEN]

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National/International
CBF: U.S. House Advances Crucial Bill To Extend Chesapeake Bay Program

World’s Oceans Are Speeding Up Due To Climate Change, A Researchers Find

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[Posted: February 6, 2020]  PA Environment Digest