Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.14.20

Change: House in voting session May 14-New, 18, 19, 20, 26 & 27 [Call Of House Speaker]

Senate [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

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

Senate Republicans Pass Bill Blocking Environmental, Other Regulations; Returns To House [PaEN]

EDF Analysis Finds PA Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Are Double Previous Estimate [PaEN]

Don Hopey: Methane Leaks From Oil & Gas Operations Much Worse Than Previously Thought

Anya Litvak: Shell To Reintroduce 300 Construction Works At Week At Ethane Plant Site
Laura Legere: Could Plugging Orphan Wells Keep Suffering Oil Industry Afloat?
DEP Worried Taxpayers May Be At Risk With Cleanup Of Damaged TMI Unit 2 Sale

Marcus Schneck: Waterways In PA, Beyond Filled With Dangerous Levels Of Road Salt

DEP Gives Greencastle Borough MS4 Waiver, Has 5 Years To Comply

Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership Hosts May 20 Online Student Presentations On Stormwater, Green Infrastructure [PaEN]

Port Authority Moves To Protest Erie’s Shoreline

Editorial: Study Shines New Light On Lake Erie Plastic Pollution

PA American Water Updates Proposed Sewer Rate Hike For Scranton

Exelon Began Lifting Shad Over Conowingo Dam On Susquehanna River After COVID-19 Delay

Allegheny Front: Ohio River Alliance Charts Coordinated Path For Watershed

More Than 40 Tires Dumped On Lancaster County Road

PUC Announces Public Input Hearings In Early June For UGI Gas Rate Case

Reward Offered For Information On Avondale Mine Memorial Vandalism

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Reopening PA State Park And Forest Facilities

Army Corps Partially Opening Crawford County Lake Facilities May 22

DCNR: At Home And Online Environmental Ed Resources For Educators And Parents [PaEN]

Penn State Extension Extends Discounts For Online Courses Thru End Of May
Bay Journal: Union Canal Ride Leads Passengers Down Path To Past

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Online Video Hike To Targa Falls In Monroe County [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: CASA Youth Group In Adams, Chester, Dauphin, Lancaster, York Counties [PaEN]

Presque Isle State Park Requests Memorabilia To Help Celebrate 100th Anniversary [PaEN]

May 13 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

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Other States/National/International

With Ohio Bailout Law Secured, FirstEnergy Generation Increases Stock Buybacks By $300 Million

The Guardian: Drop In Air Pollution May Bring Hotter Weather, Heavier Monsoons

EIA: Renewables Poised To Outstrip Coal Generation In 2020 As COVID-19 Accelerates Transition
The Guardian: Revealed: Long-Troubled U.S. Oil Firms Are Capitalizing On Virus Assistance

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[Posted: May 14, 2020]  PA Environment Digest