Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.9.20

Independent Fiscal Office Projects $2.7 Billion To $3.9 Billion Reduction In Revenues Over Current, Next Fiscal Year [PaCN]

Stephen Caruso: PA’s 2020 Budget Could Be Up To $1.8 Billion Short Due To COVID-19 Closings

Spotlight PA: PA Facing Up To $4 Billion Shortfall As COVID-19 Shutdown Upends State Budget

Keep PA Beautiful Urges Residents To Report Illegal Dumping Thru New Report It Webpage [PaEN]

Paul Muschick: COVID-19 Isn’t An Excuse To Be A Pig. Throw Your Used Gloves In The Trash

Bay Journal: PA Initiative To Convert 10,000 Acres Of Lawns Into Meadows, Forests [PaEN]

NEW: DEP Guidance For Water & Wastewater Operator Examination Providers

NEW: DEP Guidance On County Conservation District Site Inspections

5 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed At Limerick Nuclear Plant; 38 Employees Quarantined

Andrew Maykuth: More Limerick Nuclear Plant Workers Test Positive For COVID-19, Refueling To Continue

Andrew Maykuth: Confusion Prevails As Mariner East Pipeline Gets Construction Waivers By Mistake

Op-Ed: Renewable Energy Sources Can’t Meet Needs Of PA’s Economy - PA Chamber

PUC Urges Consumers To Seek Out Needed Resources To Keep Utility Bills Affordable [PaEN]

2 Tornadoes Confirmed As Heavy Storms Ravage Western PA

Solomon Creek Flood Protection Project To Resume As Wolf Issues Waiver

South Fayette Reminds Residents: Flush Toilet Paper Only

What’s In Mt. Trashmore In Luzerne County?

Fear Of COVID-19 Hasn’t Emptied Philly’s Basketball Courts Or Region’s Parks

Centre Region Parks & Recreation Prepares For Uncertain Summer

Op-Ed: Philly Officials Stopped Rivers Casino From Closing Off Delaware River Trail, But That’s Not Enough

PA Land Trust Association Adds New Topics To April Webinar Series [PaEN]

Natural Lands Preserves 54-Acre Castle Rock Farm In Chester County [PaEN]

Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Native Plant Sale May 1-31

Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Elects Dennis Coleman New Board Member [PaEN]

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Other States/National/International
Clearer Picture Of COVID-19-Driven Grid Load Declines Emerges After Weeks Of Lockdowns
Global Sales Of Electric Vehicles Projected To Drop 43%
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[Posted: April 9, 2020]  PA Environment Digest