Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.4.20

IMPORTANT: PA Land Trust Assn: Federal COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program For Nonprofits, Small Businesses
AP/Ford Turner: Sen. Browne: Effects Of COVID-19 Could Mean $4 Billion State Budget Deficit

Spotlight PA: State Won't Pay 9,000 Employees After April 10 To Reduce State Spending [PaEN]

Laura Legere/Anya Litvak: PA Faces New Wave Of Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [Primarily Because Of Inadequate Plugging Bond Breaks Politicians Gave Them Over The Decades When Times Were Good]

Laura Legere: Utica, Marcellus Shale Condensate Prices Plunged Below Zero This Week

Anya Litvak: Shell’s Ethane Plant, Other Construction Projects Await State’s Verdict On Resuming Work

Allegheny Front: Why Some Financial Analysts Are Questioning Viability Of Appalachian Plastics Hub

Andrew Makuth: Limerick Nuclear Plant Worker Tests Positive, Raising Fears During Refueling Outage

Editorial: COVID-19 Pandemic Can Be Lethal To The Environment Too

NRCS-PA Invites Proposals For 2020 Conservation Innovation Grants [PaEN]

Dept. Of Agriculture Extends Deadline For Farm Vitality Planning Grant Applications [PaEN]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Videos Highlight Efforts On Mine Drainage Treatment, Aquatic Life Restoration In Watershed [PaEN]

Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Creates Online Explorer Guide To Creek [PaEN]

Stroud Water Research Center Hosts April 8 Webinar On Salt In The Water, Action On The Ground [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: Can Air Pollution Make COVID-19 Worse! Scientists Say Yes

How Some Of PA’s Public Utility Companies Are Adjusting During Virus Outbreak

DEP Sets Virtual Hearing April 17 [If Needed] On Proposed Air Quality Infrastructure Plan Revisions [PaEN]

DEP Posts 25 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 4 PA Bulletin

Deadline Extended To Apply For DEP Food Recovery Infrastructure Grant [PaEN]

Manada Conservancy Preserves Property In Dauphin County Along Kittatinny Corridor [PaEN]

April 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Nature Watch: Egrets, Scoters Highlight Erie-Are Bird Sightings

Marcus Schneck: Watch Adorable Clouded Leopard Cubs Romp At Pittsburgh Zoo

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Other States/National/International

National Geographic: Carbon Emissions Are Falling Sharply Due To COVID-19, But Not For Long

EPA Rebukes COVID-19 Compliance Flexibility Backlash; FERC Gives Regulated Entities Leeway

Editorial: Lower Vehicle Emissions Standards Make No Sense

NPR: Plastics Industry Spent Millions Selling Recycling, To Sell More Plastic

The Guardian: Climate Monitoring, Research Could Fall Victim To COVID-19

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[Posted: April 4, 2020]  PA Environment Digest