Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.20.20

House in voting session May 20, 26 & 27 [Call Of House Speaker]

Senate CANCELED session May 20 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

Dept. Of Health: COVID-19 Data Delayed Until This Afternoon Sometime

Gov. Wolf Vetoes Republican Bill Blocking Environmental, Other Regulations [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill That Would Halt New Regulations During Pandemic

House Republicans Moving Bill To Reallocate Keystone Fund, Damage Vitality Of PA’s Outdoor Economy, Into Position For Final Vote [PaEN]

DEP Citizens Advisory Council Votes Against Moving Proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants To EQB [PaEN]
POSTPONED: Senate Environmental Committee Meets May 21 On Resolution Calling On DEP To Cease All Work On Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants [PaEN]

NRDC: RGGI And Coal In PA: Separating Fact From Fiction

PA Supreme Court Grants PA Environmental Defense Foundation Request For Oral Argument In Challenge To State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers [PaEN]

DCNR’s Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Holds Virtual Meeting May 27 [PaEN]

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 537 More Permits, 1,582 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]
Katie Meyer: Lobbyists Become Essential As PA Debates Who Gets To Reopen

AP: Chesapeake Bay Health Grade Drops To C-Minus

CBF-PA Seeks Pennsylvania High School Students For Environmental Leadership Program; Online Briefing May 27 [PaEN]

Montour Conservation District, Organizations Team With Geisinger On Stream Improvement

Luzerne County Flood Authority Seeks Grant For Levee Study

4 Environmental Issues In The Pittsburgh Region To Keep Your Eyes On In The Age Of COVID-19

EQB Approves Proposed Rule Eliminating Stage II Vapor Controls At Gasoline Stations [PaEN]

Resolution On Individual, Institutional Response Of Penn Faculty To The Global Climate Emergency

Western PA Energy Consortium Goes Green With Direct Energy

Clean Energy Campaign Growing In Bucks County

Erie-Area Gasoline Prices Surge Ahead of Holiday

PUC Announces 2 Hearings In June For Philadelphia Gas Works Rate Increase Request

Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Education Conference June 29-30 Going Virtual [PaEN]

Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center May 23 Our Wild Calling With Author Richard Louv Online Program [PaEN]

Land Conservancy Of Adams County Preserves 87 Acres In Mt. Pleasant Twp. [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: More State Parks, Forests About To Open Across Much Of PA

Human Parking Spots Could Help Philly Residents Keep Social Distance At Parks

Lehigh Valley Municipalities Announce Pools Will Be Closed For The Season

Marcus Schneck: PA A Leader In Record-Setting International Birding Event

New Zealand Mud Snail Poses Threat To Trout As It Invades Allentown Area Waterways

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Other States/National/International

Reuters: EQT Cuts U.S. Natural Gas Production As COVID-19 Depresses Prices

New York Denies Transcon Natural Gas Pipeline For 3rd Time

PJM Market Rule Could Cost Consumers Up To $2.6 Billion Annually, Report Finds

AP: Study: World Carbon Pollution Falls 17% During Pandemic Peak

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[Posted: May 20, 2020]  PA Environment Digest