Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.2.20

Senate returns to voting session June 8, 9, 10 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

CHANGE: House cancels sessions days: June 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 29, 30; Will Only Be In Voting Session June 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24 [Call Of House Speaker]

TODAY is Primary Election Day!

PA Envirothon Week: More Than 300 High School Students Take The Natural Challenge [PaEN]

Minsi Lake Habitat Improvements In Northampton County Recognized By National Fish Habitat Partnership [PaEN]

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Launches New Protect Our Parks And Forests Website [PaEN]

May PA Tax Revenue $439.7 Million Below Estimates; $2.9 Billion Below For Fiscal Year [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Slams EPA Rule Limiting Ability Of States To Protect Water Quality On Pipeline, Other Projects [PaEN]

Examiner: EPA Limits State Power To Veto Energy Projects, Setting Up Clash With Democratic Governors

The Hill: Trump Rule Limits States From Blocking Pipeline Projects

NYT: EPA Limits States’ Power To Oppose Pipelines, Other Energy Projects

Post: EPA Limits States, Tribes’ Ability to Protest Pipelines, Other Energy Projects

NRDC: EPA Curbs State, Tribal Authority To Block Projects That Harm Waterways

$20 Million Tioga River Mine Drainage Cleanup In The Works

ARIPPA Anthracite & Bituminous Regions Reclamation Mini Grant Program Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]

PA Trout Unlimited: Keystone Coldwater Conference Put Focus On Conservation, Education [PaEN]

Pike Conservation District: How Your Backyard Activities Affect Your Lake Webinars [PaEN]

Allegheny County Issues Enforcement Orders Over Asbestos Abatement, Dust Mitigation

Susan Phillips: Lawmakers Block Plastic Bag Bans Like Philly’s Called Huge Abuse Of Power

Rachel McDevitt: Wolf Administration Advances Proposed Emission Limits On Most Oil & Gas Sites

Letter: Is Raising Our Energy Costs Really Not Going To Hurt?  [RGGI]

Meteorological Summer, The Atlantic Hurricane Season Start Today

Forecasters See Blistering Summer Despite Cool Start

Capital Region Water Starts Testing Sewage For COVID-19

Delaware County Sewer Authority Moves To Block Takeover By Democrats Calling It A Money Grab

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days Canceled Due To COVID-19 Pandemic

Marcus Schneck: New Penn State Ag Institute Finds Its Mission More Critical In Pandemic

Root Cause Gardening, Homesteading Support Organization Takes Root In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

Gardening: A Diversion With Some Real Benefits

Penn State Extension Hosts June 3 Community Forestry Ordinances Webinar [PaEN]

PA Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau In Northcentral PA Accepting Entries For Summer Sunday Drives Photo Contest [PaEN]

Suddenly Those RVs ARe Looking Like A Pretty Hot Commodity

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Moving Mountains Newsletter For The Birds Now Available [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: River Monsters To PA List Of Biggest Fish; Where, How Were They Caught?

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Murray Coal’s Tailspin Puts Mine Cleanup Fund ‘In Crisis’

The Hill: Democrats Want Congress To Help Plug Orphan Oil & Gas Wells

IRS Clarifies Carbon Capture Tax Credit, But More Policies Needed To Drive Deployment

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[Posted: June 2, 2020]  PA Environment Digest