Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.28.20

CHANGE: House in voting session May 28; canceled session for June 1, 2, 3 [Call Of House Speaker]

Senate in voting session May 28 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

Reminder: L&I Holding Unemployment Compensation Virtual Town Hall TODAY At 1:00 p.m.  Watch Here:  https://bit.ly/2TKqAzK  Submit Questions By Noon To: UCTownhall@pa.gov

House Republicans Pass Bill Rolling Back Environmental Protection Requirements For Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling [PaEN]

Senate Republicans Move Bill Out Of Committee To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing [PaEN]
Rachel McDevitt: DEP Stood To Gain New Staffers, Now Faces Flat Funding To Start Next Fiscal Year [Thru November, But After Is A Crapshoot]

TODAY: StateImpactPA, NPR Reporters Hold Virtual Town Hall About Pandemic’s Effect On The Environment [PaEN]

Senate Passes Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf, Certify Applicators; Now Goes To House Where It Died Last Session [PaEN]

Editorial: No Way To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals Without Federal Help

Wildlands Conservancy Presents State Of The Lehigh River Watershed June 5; More Online Programs Coming Up [PaEN]

PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Awards Scholarship Grants To Livengood Brothers [PaEN]

Pennsylvania, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Partners File Lawsuits Against EPA For Rolling Back Clean Car Standards [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Water Authority Repairing Infamous Downtown Sinkhole

PUC Reminds Consumers Of June 1 Utility Electric Energy Price Changes; Highlights Online Power Shopping [PaEN]

PUC: Deadline To Sign-Up For Philadelphia Gas Works Hearing May 29

DCNR Good Natured Blog: DCNR Staff Answered Call To Support PEMA During COVID-19

State’s Outdoor Pool COVID-19 Guidelines May Have Come Too Late For Many Swimmers

North Branch Land Trust Urges People To Experience, Enjoy Nature

Allentown Police Cracking Down On ATV, Dirtbike Riders

Uncertain Summer Looms For Presque Isle, Erie Tourism

AP: Teen, 16, Dies After Jumping Off Cliff At Francis E. Walter Dam In Luzerne County

June 11 Connecting Wildlife, Connecting Communities: Wildlife Corridors In PA Online Event [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Massive Number Of PA Streams Remain Unknowns, Says New Trout Plan

Game Commission Seeks Information On Northern Goshawks

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Offers New Virtual Education Programs, Prior Programs Available On Demand [PaEN]

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Holds Virtual Benefit For The Birds Gala In June [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Snakeheads Shut Down Late-Starting Shad Lift At Conowingo Dam On Susquehanna

Marcus Schneck: Citizen Scientists Tapped For PA Invasive Species Missions

Marcus Schneck: Rattlesnakes Catch A Break During Pandemic, As Hunts Are Canceled

Noticing A Lot Of Dead Birds Lately?  Has Nothing To Do With Pandemic

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Thursday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 5.28.20 -- Click Here
Stephen Caruso: One Republican Rep. Lewis Positive For COVID-19, Republic Rep. Diamond [A Leader Of The Open Now Movement] In Quarantine After Potential Exposure; Democrats Not Informed
NBC: PA Lawmaker Goes On Epic Rant After Republican Colleague Admits Hiding Positive COVID-19 Test

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Reid Frazier: Can Joe Biden Convince Climate Voters He’s One Of Them?

EPA Lets Corporations Delay Paying Environmental Fines Amid Pandemic

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[Posted: May 28, 2020]  PA Environment Digest