Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 3.5.20

DEP Senate Budget Hearing: DEP - Coal-Fired Power Plants Are Closing Without RGGI, We Have To Confront This Issue, Help Workers, Communities [PaEN]

Senate DCNR Budget Hearing: 26.8% Of State Forest Land Leased For Natural Gas Drilling Was Returned To DCNR Undeveloped Due To Low Natural Gas Prices [PaEN]

Penn State Research/Extension Highlights Critical Work On Spotted Lanternfly, Farm Conservation, Public Education & Involvement [PaEN]

Agriculture: Spotted Lanternfly Eggs Must Be Destroyed

PUC Releases Reports Showing Act 129 Energy Efficiency Program Could Deliver $3 Billion In Benefits Over Next 5 Years [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Water Quality And Beer Go Hand In Hand [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Growing Craft Brewery Industry Expected to Drive New Hop Production In PA

PennVEST Schedules 16 Meetings Around The State On Clean Water Funding Opportunities [PaEN]

Editorial: Local Oversight Needed For Lancaster County’s Private Water Wells

EPA Awards Pennsylvania $372,054 Multipurpose Grants To Address Priority Issues [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: Petrochemical Town Hall Near Pittsburgh Spotlights Pollution, Health Worries
PA Proposes To Relax Non-Residential Land Recycling Program Lead Cleanup Standards

Penelec Lowers Electricity Rates

Marcus Schneck: Man Who Hiked 2,180-Mile Appalachian Trail 18 Times Headed To Hall Of Fame

2020 Appalachian Trail Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced By Appalachian Trail Museum

Why Trees Connected to Lincoln, Kennedy Were Moved To York County Park
Rare But Harmless Alligator Gar Fish Found In Pennsylvania Pond

Help Wanted: Northumberland Conservation District Mosquito-borne Disease Control Technician [PaEN]

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Other States/National/International

AP: U.S. Consider More Wastewater Recycling, Including From Oil Fields
Renewables, EV Tax Credits Won’t Be Included In U.S. Senate Energy Bill

As EU Proposes A Climate Law, Greta Thunberg Hears Empty Words, And A Surrender

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[Posted: March 5, 2020]  PA Environment Digest