Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.19.20

Senate scheduled to return to voting session June 22, 23, 24 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

House scheduled to return to voting session June 22, 23, 24 [Last Scheduled Voting Days Before Summer Break]

Bill Taking Money Away From Farmer Conservation Efforts At The Time They Need It Most To Be Considered By House Committee June 22 [PaEN]

IRRC Unanimously Approves EQB Regulation Increasing The Unconventional Gas Well Drilling Permit Application Fee [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: Impact Fees Collected From Gas Drillers Dropped In 2019

PA Municipalities To See 20% Less In Shale Gas Payouts, Following Last Year’s Price Drop

AP: Cabot Oil & Gas Pushes Back Against Grand Jury Charges, Defends Record

StateImpact PA: PA Supreme Court Denies Sunoco’s Appeal Over Permits For Mariner East 1 Pipeline Buildings In Lebanon County

Washington County To Receive Largest Share Of Gas Impact Fees

Joint Conservation Committee Meets June 23 On Impact Of Carbon Pollution Reduction Program On Coal Waste Power Plants [PaEN]

Food & Water Watch Hosting Fracking Webinars June 20, 22

PUC Implements Phase IV Of Act 129 Energy Efficiency Program To Reduce Energy Use; Studies Show Could Save Consumers $3 Billion [PaEN]

Senate Agriculture Committee Holds Virtual Meeting June 23 On Bill Allowing Wind Energy Facilities In Ag Preservation Areas [PaEN]

Climate Power 2020 Names Reps. Innamorato, Kenyatta, Pittsburgh Mayor PA Co-Chairs

Letter: Pennsylvanians Need RGGI Without Delay

House Committee Meets June 23 On Bill To Add Member To DEP Mining & Reclamation Advisory Board [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay’s Dead Zone Expected To Be Smaller This Year

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Postpones June 19 Meeting; Agenda Items Moved To Sept. 18 [PaEN]

PA Land Trust Association Makes Available Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice Resources For Conservation Groups [PaEN]

Op-Ed: 31 Pittsburgh Environmental Groups On Justice, Race And Responsibility

Pocono Organics Opens 381-Acre Farm, Market & Cafe To Showcase Power Of Soil Health, Human Health Connection In Monroe County [PaEN]

Organic Farmers Association Calls Out USDA For Letting Down Organic Dairies

Juniata County Farmer Among EPA Appointments To Farm, Ranch & Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee [PaEN]

Editorial: No More Ag-Gag Laws

Delaware RiverKeeper June 19 RiverWatch Video Report

Public Meeting Will Outline Plan To Address Sewage, Stormwater Issues In Westmoreland

AP: PUC Keeps Moratorium On Service Terminations In Place

Consumer Advocate: Columbia Gas 18% Rate Hike Request Seeks ‘Large Profit Margin’

DCNR Conducting AgroForestry Survey Of Practices Combining Raising Trees With Crops, Livestock, Ecological Benefits [PaEN]

Forests For The Bay: Of Willows And Willow Flycatchers In Lancaster County By Ryan Davis

Western PA Audubon: Back On The Trail - Group Hikes Restart In Western PA

Registration Open For Capital Area Greenbelt Assn. Virtual Tour de Belt July 20-August 8 [PaEN]

DCNR Names Tarah Brugger Manager Of Promised Land State Park, Pike County

Game Commission: Wildlife On WiFi To Continue Connecting Pennsylvanians To Wildlife [PaEN]

Game Commission: Hunting Licenses To Go On Sale June 22

Editorial: Wildlife Near Homes Signals Need For Caution

Help Wanted: Stroud Water Research Center Postdoctoral Associate In Microbial Soil Health, Water Quality

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Editorial: U.S. Senate Action On Land & Water Fund Sound Decision

AP: EPA Drops Regulation For Contaminant Harming Babies’ Brains

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[Posted: June 19, 2020]  PA Environment Digest