Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.5.20

TODAY 9:00 a.m. House Environmental Committee hearing on RGGI climate issue with 11 witnesses who testified at other House and Senate hearings pointing out only the disadvantages.  Background.  Click Here to watch live.

TODAY 9:00 a.m. Senate Environmental Committee meets on alternate on-lot sewage system bill introduced Feb. 3, waste tire dumping fines in Philly.  Background.  Click Here to watch live.

Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposal Repairs Damage To Environmental Funding Done Last Year; Proposes Additional Funding For FY 2020-21 [PaEN]

Budget Background: Where Did The $2.93 Billion In Environmental Funding The General Assembly Diverted Or Cut Go? [PaEN]

Susan Phillips: Wolf’s Budget Proposes Boosting Staff At Environmental, Conservation Agencies

Sen. Yaw Doesn’t Disagree With Wolf Proposal To Increase DEP Staffing, More Chesapeake Bay Funding

NRDC: Gov. Wolf Affirms Support For RGGI In 2020-21 Budget Address

AP: Senate, House Operating Budget Surplus Grew To $172 Million; Spent More Than Last Year [PaCN]

Penn Students Celebrate Small Victory After University Announces It Won’t Invest Directly In Some Fossil Fuels

Senate, House Take Final Action On Bill Providing Unlimited Subsidies To Industries Using Natural Gas In Manufacturing; Governor Set To Veto [PaEN]

Lawmakers Send Natural Gas Use Tax Credit Bill To Wolf Who’s Promised Veto

Outgoing Speaker Turzai Proud Unlimited Natural Gas Subsidy Bill Going To Governor’s Desk

Senate Agriculture Committee Reports Out Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf, Certify Applicators [PaEN]

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Disapprove Final EQB Triennial Water Standards Reg. Because DEP Didn’t Fill Out Regulatory Analysis Form Properly [PaEN]

Sen. Santarsiero To Introduce Bill Banning The Harmful Pesticide Chlorpyrifos [PaEN]

One Health Seminar Series: PFAS Chemicals In PA Threaten Our Health, Environment, What Can We Do? Feb. 11 Bucks County [PaEN]

No Elevated Lead Levels Reported In Luzerne County Schools’ Drinking Water

Volunteers Needed At Fire Departments Across Pennsylvania

Deadlines Extended: Keystone Coldwater Conference Student Poster, Mentoring Program Submissions [PaEN]

Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts Hold March 5 Workshop On Resource Conservation Issues Affecting Local Realtors [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Human Toll On Mighty Susquehanna River

PA Environmental Professionals Call For Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Award Nominations [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: Bankrupt Philly Refinery Sale Delayed, Will Not Be Resolved This Week

Jessup Council To Send Letter To DEP Over Keystone Landfill Leachate Discharge

DEP Environmental Justice Update Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In January Now Available [PaEN]

National Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Awards 2 Grants For Pennsylvania Projects [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Pittsburgh Bald Eagle Dad Pummels Intruding Eagle

Marcus Schneck: With Cameras, Critters, Little Privacy Exists For Nesting Eagles, Falcons In PA
Marcus Schneck: Almost 8,000 Bluebirds, Swallows, Kestrels, Others Fledged In PA State Parks

The Strange Story Of Bill Murray’s Super Bowl Ad And A PA Groundhog That Has Her Own Merchandise

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Earthquakes

Mennonite Disaster Service Reviewing Efforts In Puerto Rico Following Earthquakes

National/International

Trump Credits Economic Progress To Environmental Rollbacks

AP: Photos Of King Tides Globally Show Risks Of Climate Change

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[Posted: February 5, 2020]  PA Environment Digest