Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.23.20

House in voting session May 26 & 27 [Call Of House Speaker]

Senate is now scheduled to be in session May 26, 27, 28 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

Next Live COVID-19 Briefing Tuesday, May 26, at this time.

DEP Invites Public, Businesses, Local Governments To Rate Their Experience With The Agency During The Pandemic Shutdown [PaEN]

DCNR Invites Public To Rate Their Experience With The Agency During The Pandemic Shutdown [PaEN]

EQB Invites Comments On Regulations Controlling VOCs/Methane From Existing Oil, Gas Operations [PaEN]

Sen. Yaw: NY/NJ Rejection Of PA Natural Gas Pipeline Aids Foreign Producers, At Same Time Governor Wants To Join RGGI [PaEN]

Court Denies Citizens Group Appeal Of Murrysville’s Fracking Ordinance

Op-Ed: PA On Forefront Of Energy Technology, Development

Editorial: Plug Abandoned Wells, Plan Has Support Of Industry, Environmentalists

DCED Announces $3 Million+ To Support Water Infrastructure Projects In 5 Counties [PaEN]

Yard Care Practices For A Healthy Watershed - PA Environmental Council

Editorial: EPA Should Help State Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

PA Prepares For Subdued Second Year Of Hemp Growing

Rockhill Quarry Not Appealing Asphalt Plant Denial In Bucks County

Sean Sauro: Has Lancaster County Air Quality Improved During Shutdown?  It's Complicated

PPL Electric Utilities Ready For Predicted Busy Hurricane Season; Customers Should Be Ready As Well [PaEN]

PUC Announces June Public Hearing For PECO Energy Company Default Service Plan

PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Assesses $39,250 In Penalties [PaEN]

PJM Electric Grid Operator Prepared To Meet Summer Demand, Maintain Reliability; COVID-19 Has Reduced Demand By 10% [PaEN]

DEP Posted 49 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 23 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy: Saving Fallingwater, 20 Years of Preserving Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterwork May 28 Online Event [PaEN]

DRBC, Partners Hold Delaware River Sojourn Virtual Campfire Program June 20 [PaEN]

How To Enjoy Nature Without Leaving Home

AP: ‘Crazy Bee Lady’ Gets A Buzz From Educating Public

PA iMapInvasives Citizen Science Initiative To Map Specific Invasive Species Challenges Coming Up [PaEN]

DCNR Warns Of Weekend Capacity Limits At Ricketts Glen State Park

Lehigh Gorge State Park Brush Fire Consumes 315 Acres Of Forest, Officials Say

AP: Roughly 315 Acres Burn At Lehigh Gorge State Park In Eastern PA

May 22 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation; Celebrating Parks & Forests Week With Special Events [PaEN]

Fish & Boat Commission: Anglers Urged To Report, Dispose Of Invasive Northern Snakeheads In Lower Susquehanna River; Fish Lifts Cease Operation [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Northern Snakehead Moves Farther Into Lower Susquehanna River Near Lancaster

Raccoon Tests Positive For Rabies In North Hills, Allegheny County

Game Commission: Public Asked To Report Northern Goshawk Sightings [PaEN]

Nature Watch: Warblers Flock to Presque Isle State Park In Erie

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Other States/National/International

The Guardian: When The 500-Year Flood Hit Michigan, Residents Had To Weigh Risk Of Escape In A Pandemic

FERC OKs PJM Reserve Overhaul With $2 Billion Price Tag, Critics Say Move Ignores Overcapacity

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[Posted: May 23, 2020]  PA Environment Digest