Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.9.20

House is scheduled to be in voting session May 18, 19, 20, 26 & 27 [Call Of House Speaker

Changed Again: Senate added May 11, 12, and 13 to voting session schedule. [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

Note: Both the House and Senate Are Operating Under Remote Voting Rules That Limit Debate and Public Access To Legislators

No Live COVID-19 Briefings Saturday Or Sunday Scheduled At This Time.

Note To Senate, House Members: You Can’t Negotiate With A Virus, They Have No Brain

Editorial: Bad Timing For Harrisburg’s Anti-Environment Efforts [PaEN]

Governor’s Office Updates List Of Regulations In Development By State Agencies [PaEN]

As PA Emerges From Shutdown, Climate Activists See Parallels And Opportunities

Down In The Dumps: Poconos Seeing Rash Of Illegal Dumping

DEP, Health Provide Guidance For Flushing Water Systems In Buildings Closed During COVID-19 Pandemic [PaEN]

Westmoreland Authority Reminds Businesses To Flush Water Before Reopening

Lycoming County Water, Sewer Customers Won’t Face Shut-Offs

PA American Water Provides $100,000 In COVID-19 Relief Funding

Agriculture Now Accepting Research Grant Proposals For Spotted Lanternfly, Pollinator Protection, Organic Farming, Climate Resiliency, Water Quality Protection [PaEN]

NRCS-PA Hosts PA Conservation Innovation Grant Virtual Information Meeting May 21 [PaEN]

Presentation Proposals Wanted For 2021 PA Assn. For Sustainable Agriculture Annual Conference [PaEN]

Conservation District Week: Stabilization For PA’s Streams [Warren County]

Conservation District Week: Help People Understand, Appreciate The Environment [Warren County]

Warren County Conservation District: Its Role In Wise Land Use

Conservation District Week: Have A Do-It-Yourself Outdoor Project, Maybe The Conservation District Can Help [Warren County]

National Organic Coalition & Organic Farmers Association Ask Congress To Protect Organic Food, Agriculture In Next Relief Package [PaEN]

Westmoreland Cleanways & Recycling Opens New Recycling Center In Greensburg May 11 [PaEN]

DEP Accepting Comments On Kwiatkowski Landfill Hazardous Cleanup Site, Lawrence County [PaEN]

DEP Finalizes Alternative Onlot Sewage Pretreatment Technology Verification Policy [PaEN]

Revised Examination Schedule For Local Sewage Enforcement Officers Now Available [PaEN]

DEP Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 9 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In April [PaEN]

Discover The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum Of Art At Home [PaEN]

Manada Conservancy: Ecological Gardening - Reap What You Sow! Program Now Available Online [PaEN]

Open Space Preservation In Honey Brook Township, Chester County

Upper Allen Twp., Dauphin County Adds More Than 60 Acres For Recreation

May 8 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Was Sand Dumped At Pittsburgh City Hall Retaliation To Shuttered Skateboard Park?

Allegheny Front: COVID-19 Delays Conservation Efforts In PA

Nature Watch: Slow Start To Erie-Area Warbler Migration

Man Placed On Probation For Illegally Catching Rattlesnakes, Killing Deer

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E&E News: How Will Biden’s Shifting Views On Fracking Play In PA?

The Guardian: Potentially Fatal Bouts Of Heat, Humidity On The Rise, Study Says

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[Posted: May 9, 2020]  PA Environment Digest