Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.29.20

House is scheduled to be in voting session April 29. 

Senate is scheduled to return April 29

11 PA Fishing, Hunting Groups Urge Lawmakers To Oppose Freeze On Local Farm Conservation, Environmental Restoration Project Funding  [PaEN]
PA State Grange Farm Organization Opposes Proposed Freeze On Conservation District, Local Farm, Restoration Project Funding [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Earth Day 50 - A Reflection - Stop The Deception Before It’s Too Late - Larry J. Schweiger, Former President, National Wildlife Federation

Op-Ed: State Government Is Ignoring Pennsylvania’s Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment For Generations Yet To Come - Ron Evans, PA Environmental Defense Foundation

Spotlight PA: Wolf Says He Won’t Abandoned Ambitious Spending Plan As Massive Budget Deficit Looms

Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf Reported Out Of Senate Committee [PaEN]

Senate Passes Bill Making It Easier To Consider Alternative On-Lot Septic Systems In Local Sewage Planning [PaEN]

Senate Committee Reports Out Bill Eliminating Mandatory Public Reporting On Mine Subsidence Damage Caused By Underground Coal Mining [PaEN]

Teen Plants An Apple Seed, Dreams Of Tomorrow During Pandemic

On Temple Library’s Green Roof, Sustainability Starts From The Top Down

Philly’s Water Systems Are Being Clogged By Fatbergs Of PPE

Pittsburgh Water Authority Free Water About To Dry Up; Cost Could Be $20 Million

Aqua PA Addresses Misleading Content On ChesterWater.com Website

Changes Made To DEP Food Infrastructure Grant Program To Help Charitable Food System; Deadline Moved To May 8 [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Special Climate Change Edition Of Magazine

PittMoss Will Deliver Its Recycled Soil With Seed Packets So You Can Start A Victory Garden

Erie-Area Recreation Sites Scramble To Open

Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Receives $1.35 Million Grant To Improve Tracking Migrating Wildlife [PaEN]

Allegheny Land Trust Provides Nature Webinars

Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission Adds Access Areas Across PA

Marcus Schneck: Bald Eagle Deaths In PA Under Investigation By Game Commission

Marcus Schneck: Survey: Pet Owners Considering Environmental When Making Decisions About Their Pets

Marcus Schneck: Bits Of Haley’s Comet About To Blaze Across Our Night Sky

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Other States/National/International

PA Natural Gas Producers Urge COVID-19 Federal Aid Through Loans

Reid Frazier: Ex-EPA Official Says Rollback Of Mercury, Air Toxics Standards Foreshadows What’s To Come

Federal Judges Grill FERC On Use Of Tolling Orders On Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, Other Natural Gas Projects

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Sues EPA’s Nearsighted Decision Against Protecting Streams, Wetlands

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[Posted: April 29, 2020]  PA Environment Digest