Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.3.20

SUNDAY - No Live COVID-19 Briefing Scheduled At This Time

PA Capitol & COVID-19 Report: First Steps Toward Reopening; Revenues Take $395 Million Hit; Schools Could Lose $1 Billion [PaCN]

DCNR Announces Plan For Reopening Some State Park, Forest Facilities [PaEN]

Marinas, Restrooms, Other Facilities Reopening At Some State Parks May 8

Lackawanna County To Reopen 4 Parks Monday

COVID-19 Remakes Erie’s Summer

Ad Crable: Paddling Lure Of The Susquehanna River’s Mysterious Conowingo Islands

3 People Rescued After Kayak Flips In Yellow Breeches Creek

Ticks And Tickborne Diseases In Pennsylvania Webinar May 5 [PaEN]

Spotted Lanternfly Killing: The Pandemic Hobby We All Need Right Now

DEP Works Through Pandemic: 2,881 Permits, 5,525 Inspections, 42 Emergencies [PaEN]

May 3-9 County Conservation Districts Week Overshadowed By Lawmaker Efforts To Freeze, Shutdown Conservation District Funds [PaEN]

Conservation District Week Underway In Indiana County
Letter: Freezing Environmental Funding Would Be Devastating to Lancaster’s Economy, Clean Water Efforts - Lancaster Clean Water Partners

Gov. Wolf: Planting A Tree, Vegetables, Native Plants Will Give Us Hope [PaEN]

Penn State Master Gardener: Victory Garden Reinvented Webinar Series Thru June 16 [PaEN]

Farmers Markets Scaling Down With Eye On Virus Safety

Western PA Farms Shift From You-Pick To You-Pick Up

Letter: Better Than Before Is Not Good Enough

Work Continues To Bring Mine Lokie Railroad To Ashley

Dept. Of Health Reports Rabid Deer Found In Cambria County

Nature Watch: Record Number Of Willets Noted For Erie County

Visit PA: Wildlife Watching In Pennsylvania

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AP: Solar, Wind Energy Struggle As COVID-19 Takes Toll

The Guardian: Pandemic Brings Trump’s War On Science To A Boil, But Who Will Win?

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[Posted: May 3, 2020]  PA Environment Digest