Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.7.20

Wolf To Announce The Next Counties That Will Move Into Yellow Phase Of Reopening Friday
New PA Poll: 72% Of Pennsylvania Voters Say It's Important Their Electricity Comes From Energy Not Creating Carbon Emissions [PaEN]

48 Republican House Members Sign Letter Urging Governor To Halt  Efforts To Join Regional Carbon Pollution Reduction Program; Another DEP Meeting On Program May 7 [PaEN]

DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Hidden Factors When Considering COVID-19-Related Air Quality Improvements [PaEN]

DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Recreational Fires And Air Quality [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Pandemic Underscores The Need For Strong Regulations To Protect The Environment - Oppose HB 2146 - Environmental Defense Fund 

EQB Considers Proposed Rule Eliminating Stage II Vapor Controls At Gasoline Stations May 19 [PaEN]

Reuters: Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission, PA, Asks Trump Administration For Stimulus Funds To Plug Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells
Reid Frazier: Revolution Pipeline Explosion Resulted In Huge Fine, DEP Now Says It’s Found Hundreds Of New Violations

PUC Investigates Natural Gas Surge That Damaged Furnaces, Hot Water Heaters In Indiana County

EPA Selects 8 PA Projects To Receive $3.7 Million For Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment [PaEN]

Cong. Cartwright Announces $500,000 Brownfields Grant For Earth Conservancy

U.S. Forest Service: Planting Riparian Forest Buffers In The Time Of COVID-19

Bay Journal Forum: Do Good - Not Just ‘Less Bad’ - If Restoration Is To Gain Any Ground In Chesapeake Bay Watershed - Tom Horton

Volunteers Plant Trees Along Susquehanna River Bank In Nesbitt Park, Luzerne County

Elk County Conservation District Staff Works To Promote Community Outreach

PA Sustainable Agriculture Assn.: Weekly Online Farmer Forums May 7 & 14 On COVID-19 Challenges & Opportunities [PaEN]

NRCS Now Accepting Applications For $5 Million In Wetland Mitigation Banking Grants [PaEN]

Drive-Thru Plant Sale Culmination Of Student Projects At Ligonier Valley Greenhouse

Lancaster County’s Community Gardens Open With New Growers, New Rules

May Newsletter Available From Joint Conservation Committee [PaEN]

Wolf Announces Progress To Modernize Science Education Standards

Lehigh Valley Nonprofits Project $17.6 Million In Lost Revenue Due To Virus

Sean Sauro: Mild Winter, Wet Spring Provide Ideal Conditions For Disease-Carrying Ticks

Newport Twp. Police, DCNR Take On 40 ATV Riders Illegally Riding, Littering On Reclaimed Land, Pinchot State Forest In Luzerne County [PaEN]

Yudichak, Newport Twp., DCNR Partner On Enforcement At Pinchot Forest

Marcus Schneck: Damage To State Forests, Parks Increased Thru Stay-At-Home Period

Invasive Poison Hemlock Is Aggressively Spreading Across Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Don Hopey: Poison Hemlock Invades State’s Yards, Fields And Roadsides
Marcus Schneck: Poisonous, Invasive Poison Hemlock Plant Spreading In PA

Philly-Area McKaig Nature Education Center Thriving Amid COVID-19, Could It Be A Model For Others?

Wildwood Park/Olewine Nature Center Host Online Kids Discover: Pollinators Program May 30 [PaEN]

Allegheny National Forest Phased Reopening Starts Friday

Water Rescues In York County Serve As Warning For Boaters

Mark National Bike Month By Learning Biking Basics In Centre Region

Pittsburgh Skate Park Beached To Prevent Skateboarders From Gathering

Game Commission To Reopen Regional Offices, Ranges In Yellow Phase Areas

FirstEnergy Deploys Internal Avian App To Streamline Bird Protection Efforts

Historian Lance Metz Who Helped Grow Easton’s National Canal Museum Passes

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Other States/National/International

The Guardian: Critics Alarmed By U.S. Nuclear Agency’s Bid To Relax Rules On Radioactive Waste Disposal

The Guardian: The Climate Can’t Take A Return To Business As Usual Mayors From 33 Cities Say

The Guardian: Promiscuous Treatment Of Nature Will Lead To More Pandemics - Scientists
Op-Ed: New York Fracking Ban Proves Costly During Pandemic

Post: Global Warming Pushes April Temps Into Record Territory, 2020 Heads For Disquieting Milestone

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[Posted: May 7, 2020]  PA Environment Digest