Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.11.20

Senate scheduled to return to voting session June 15, 16, 17 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

House scheduled to return to voting session June 22, 23, 24 [Call Of House Speaker]

Senate Republicans Move Bills To Block Regulations Because They Have Too Many Words; Promote Expensive 3rd Party Permit Reviews [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: House Committee Takes First Step To Block PA’s Entry Into Carbon Pollution Reduction Cap-And-Trade Program

Laura Legere: Downwind States Vote To Push PA Coal Plants To Run Air Pollution Controls

Allegheny Front: Can The Environmental Movement Address American Racism?

DCNR Good Natured Blog: June Is Rivers Month! [PaEN]

Delaware River Basin Commission Faces Pressure To Reject PennEast Pipeline

House Republicans Move Amended Bill To Focus On Recycling Of Post-Use Polymers Not Mixed With Garbage [PaEN]

City Of Erie Cancels Saturday Electronics Recycling Event

Delmont Officials Look To Address Improper Dumping At Shields Farm In Westmoreland

Keystone Landfill Threatens Litigation If Dunmore Council Sends Letter Opposing Expansion

Anya Litvak: Solar Firms Pick Back Up After Tremendous Growth Curtailed By COVID-19

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available [PaEN]

Letter: Call To Action Against Cuts To Our Park System

2 Fishermen Dead After Incident At Cambria County Dam

Nay Aug Gorge Now Under Video Surveillance In Lackawanna To Prevent Trespassers

Marcus Schneck: Rivers, Large Streams More Important Than Previously Thought For Brook Trout

Marcus Schneck: It’s Official, River Monster Is New Top Fish For Pennsylvania

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Gov. Wolf: Legislature Cannot End Disaster Declaration Unilaterally; Their Vote Did Not Open A Single Business; Will Take The Issue To Court [PaCN]

Senate Republicans Move First To Court Asking It To ‘Command’ The Governor To Carry Out Their Mandate To End COVID-19 Emergency Declaration [PaCN]

Cap-Star: Wolf, Senate Republicans Headed To Court In Fight Over COVID-19 Emergency Declaration

Editorial: If Political Stunts Could Cure COVID-19, PA Would Be Virus-Free

Spotlight PA: Republican Mike Turzai Will Resign As House Speaker On June 15

Charles Thompson: Lancaster County’s Bryan Cutler Likely To Be Next House Speaker
Other States/National/International

Bloomberg: Shale Pioneer Chesapeake Energy Plans Bankruptcy As Options Dwindle

Environmental Defense Fund: The Energy Job Market Is In Trouble, Here's How We Fix It

Trump’s Grid Security Order Sows Confusion In Power Sector, But Don’t Expect A Quick Fix

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[Posted: June 11, 2020]  PA Environment Digest