Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.15.20

Senate returns to voting session July 15 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

House returns to voting session Sept. 15 or at the Call Of The House Speaker

TODAY Live Briefing 3:30: Gov. Wolf, Secretary of Health On Recent Surge In PA Cases, How To Mitigate Them.  Watch Live::  https://www.governor.pa.gov/live/,  facebook.com/governorwolf/   or pacast.com/live/doh

Stephen Caruso: After Closed Door Deal, General Assembly Sends Wolf Revised Natural Gas Tax Credit Bill, Signature Expected

Laura Legere: Legislature Adopts $670 Million Tax Credit Bill For Petrochemical Plants

Jan Murphy: General Assembly Sends $667 Million Natural Gas Tax Credit Bill To Governor Who Plans To Sign It

AP: Gov. Wolf Backs Petrochemical Tax Break Bill In PA

Natural Gas Industry Is Cooling Off, Analyst Says

CFA Awards Over $1 Million In Pipeline Investment Program Grants In Monroe, Snyder Counties [PaEN]

Op-Ed: AG Shapiro’s Report ‘Disservice To Commonwealth’ - Marcellus Shale Coalition

CFA Awards $10.9 Million To Support Clean Energy Projects In 8 Counties [PaEN]

NRDC: Pennsylvania, 14 States, DC Sign MOU To Zero Out Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Trucks By 2050 [PaEN]

Op-Ed: To Build An Energy Efficient Economy, PA Needs To Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Compact

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 770 More Permits, 1,560 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

Three Philly-Area Environmental Groups Took Million In Paycheck Protection Loans

PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Lake Erie Algal Bloom Factors Webinar Aug. 4 [PaEN]

USGS PA Water Science Center: New Pennsylvania Waters Newsletter Available [PaEN]

NRCS-PA Invites Public To PA State Technical Committee Virtual Meeting July 22 [PaEN]

PA Resources Council Holds Household Chemical Collection Event Aug. 1 In Cambria County [PaEN]

Editorial: Commission A Real, Independent Study On Plastic Bags

Murrysville King Nature Reserve Gains 26 Acres Through Land Swap In Westmoreland

Study In Philadelphia Links Growth In Tree Canopy To Decrease In Human Mortality [PaEN]

Penn State Extension Hosts Improving Forest-Bird Habitat Through Forestry Webinar Series [PaEN]

COVID-19’s Impact On Trail Usage - People Outside In Unprecedented Numbers

PA Greenways & Trails: Trail Running The Standing Stone Trail In Huntingdon, Mifflin, Fulton Counties

Scranton Council Introduces ATV Ordinance

AP: ‘There’s So Much Life There Now,’ Sister Of Flight 93 Victim Says Of Hallowed Ground In Shanksville

What Determines The Color Difference Between Blue-Winged, Golden-Winged Warblers?

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New PA Monmouth Poll: 67% Of Voters Feel Gov. Wolf Has Done A Good Job Handling Pandemic; Trump - 42%

National/International

NYT: Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives, Chesapeake Energy Has $1.4 Billion In Potential Cleanup Costs, $41 Million In Bonds To Cleanup Its 6,800 Wells 

AP: Trump To Move Forward With Rollback Of Bedrock Environmental Law

Bloomberg: Biden Touts Union Jobs In $2 Trillion Plan To Build Clean Energy

FT: Biden Promises $2 Trillion Green Energy, Infrastructure Plan

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[Posted: July 15, 2020]  PA Environment Digest