Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.22.20

Senate: Call Of President Pro Tempore

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

TODAY 10:00 Virtual WebEx Meeting [Register Now]: DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Hears Presentation On Park, Forest Infrastructure Needs: https://bit.ly/3jvCYiA

DEP Issues Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Warning For July 22 In Southeast PA [PaEN]

EQB Approves Final Air Quality Fee Increase, Proposed Revisions To Chapter 105 Permitting Regs [PaEN]

DEP Told Citizens Advisory Council No Decisions Yet On How To Decommission Damaged Unit 2 At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant [PaEN]

AG Shapiro Promises More In Natural Gas Investigation

AG Shapiro Reiterates Call For Fracking Reforms

Anya Litvak: Split On PUC Muddies Future Of Utility Shutoffs During Pandemic

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 582 More Permits, 1,392 More Inspections Since Last Week; Not Accepting New Reg Suspension Requests [PaEN]

EPCAMR Welcomes Americorps VISTA Volunteer Kyle Argenziano For A Year Of Community Service [PaEN]

Alliance For Watershed Education Of The Delaware River: Young Environmental Fellows Connect Communities To Nature

2nd Heat Wave In Western PA Strains Power Grid But Utilities Handle Extra Demand

Philly Heat Emergency Extended, Strong Storms Possible Wednesday, Thursday

Spotlight PA: More Financial Assistance May Be On The Way For People Struggling To Pay Utility Bills

State Grants Will Expand Alternative Fuel Fleets In Western PA

Wyoming Valley Levee Authority Eyes New Option To Reduce Sandbag Closures

Flood Study Leaves York County Twp With Few Options From 2018 Flash Flood

Meth Lab Dump Sites ‘Fairly Common’ On Indiana County’s Rural Roads

DCNR Awards $591,975 Grants To Support Volunteer Fire Companies To Fight Wildfires Across PA [PaEN]

Blair County Residents Urged Not To Burn After Brush Fires

Frank Kummer: Construction Of 10-Acre Waterfront Park Set To Move Forward In Philly

Monuments To America’s Racist Past Don’t Belong In Our Public Parks

Frank Kummer: 1,000 Acres Once Owned By Campbell’s Soup Scion Are Now A PA Preserve

Marcus Schneck: Giant Wasps Emerging Across PA, But They’re Native, Relatively Harmless

Marcus Schneck: Giant ‘Mosquitoes’ Freaking You Out?  Case Of Mistaken Identity

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Other States/National/International

New York Utilities To Fund $701 Million Make-Ready EV Infrastructure Program

AP: Ohio House Speaker, 4 Others Arrested In $60M Bribery Case Related To Coal/Nuclear Bailout

The Guardian: Rich Americans’ Homes Generate 25% More Greenhouse Gasses Than Those Less Affluent

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[Posted: July 22, 2020]  PA Environment Digest