Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.2.20

Senate [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

House returns to voting session July 7 & 8 [Call Of House Speaker]

House Speaker Cutler: Republicans Will First Raid Dedicated Funds To Balance Budget In November [PaEN]

U.S. House Passes Infrastructure Bill Including Abandoned Mine Reclamation Initiatives, And Extending Federal Reclamation Fee [PaEN]

Susan Phillips: Charges Dismissed In Alleged Mariner East Pipeline Buy-A-Badge Scheme In Chester County

Marcellus Shale Coalition Strikes Back At Grand Jury Report Blasting Fracking Industry

Letter: Republican Lawmakers Are Prioritizing An Industry Over Public Health

Op-Ed: We Must Confront The Short, Long-Term Threats Of Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Development - Friends Fiduciary Corp, A Quaker Investment Company

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 475 More Permits, 1,656 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

GASP Awarded Grant To Help Educate Students About Air Quality, Climate Change

Pittsburgh Cosponsors U.S. Conference Of Mayors Resolution Calling On Cities To Divest from Fossil Fuel Industries [PaEN]

Frank Kummer: These College Conservatives Say Climate Change Is Real, Now To Convince Their Elders

CBF Blog: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Helping To Reclaim Abandoned Mine Land [PaEN]

Pike Conservation District Highlights Resources For Managing Small Woodlots, Protecting Clean Water [PaEN]

NRCS: Perry County Natives Carry On An American Military Tradition On A Virginia Farm

Dept. Of Agriculture Awards $1 Million In Farm Vitality Grants

State Redevelopment Assistance Capitol Program Opens Application Period July 15 [PaEN]

Stephen Caruso: Legislative Plastic Bag Study Used Industry Research, Finds Fee Effective

Shell Cracker Plant Sees Two New COVID-19 Cases, Total Hits 6

Does PFAS Exposure Make People More Vulnerable To COVID-19?  U.S. Senators Want A Study To Find Out

Testing Of Alle-Kiski Valley Sewage Shows No Signs Of COVID-19

U.S. Senator Casey Opposes Keystone Landfill Expansion In Letter To DEP

Gnat Attack: Black Flies Swarm NE PA

‘A Breathing, Living Memorial’ At Flight 93 Site, Flora & Fauna Return To Hallowed Ground

Marcus Schneck: Streamside Cliff, Waterfall Access Saved In Northern PA Land Deal

TreeVitalize Pittsburgh: Apply Now For Spring 2021 Tree Plantings In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

Allegheny National Forest, Western PA Conservancy Collaborate On Large Wood Projects

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Holds Online Native Plant Sale For Pickup September 12 In Monroe County [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Camping At State Parks ‘Going Through The Roof’ As Virus Restrictions Ease

Historians Collaborate On Presque Isle Book

PA Land Trust Assn. September Building Trails In Wetlands & Wet Areas Workshops In Allegheny, Cumberland Counties [PaEN]

PA Sea Grant: Boaters Reminded To Clean, Drain, Dry Equipment To Prevent Spread Of Aquatic Invasive Species [PaEN]

Household Chemicals That Harm Fish Found In Susquehanna River, Penn State Research Aims To Help Lessen The Problem

Study Shows Steady Microplastic Increase In Susquehanna River’s Bass

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National/International

Federal Court: FERC Can’t Indefinitely Delay Action On Gas Pipeline Challenges

EPA Ending Policy Of Relaxed Enforcement Standards Aug. 31

The Guardian: Revealed: Legislators’ Pro-Pipeline Letters Ghostwritten By Fossil Fuel Company

The Guardian: U.S. House Democrats Say they Have A Bold Climate Plan, But Republicans Have Other Plans

BBC: Amazon Wildfires At 13-Year High In June

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[Posted: July 2, 2020]  PA Environment Digest