Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.7.20

Senate returns to voting session Sept. 8 or at the Call Of President Pro Tempore

*House returns to voting session Sept. 15 or at the Call Of The House Speaker [May be back late August for election fixes Read More Here.]

Senators Yaw, Santarsiero Send Bipartisan Letter To PA Congressional Delegation To Include Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funding In Next Federal Stimulus Bill [PaEN]

Laura Legere: Fee Hike More Than Doubles Price For Gas Drilling Permits In PA

Lancaster Farming: Improving Local Water Quality Through Lawn Conversion - Penn State Extension

New Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Turns Waste Into Valuable Rare Earth Minerals [PaEN]

Most Customers Have Paid Lycoming County Stormwater Fees, Some Remain Delinquent

Lancaster Conservancy Hosts Aug. 10 Clean Water Careers Online Event For Lancaster Water Week [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: How Did 55 Acres Get Saved Every Day Since 2010 In PA?

Paul Muschick: Will General Assembly Act On Restore PA Before The Next Storm Floods The Lehigh Valley?

‘She Loved Everybody’: Lehigh Valley Woman Who Died In Floodwaters Was On Her Way Home

Lower Macungie Twp. Warns About Possible Flood Damage Scammers

Susan Phillips: How Tropical Storm Isaias Is Connected To Climate Change

NOAA: 2020 Hurricane Season Could Rival Busiest On Record

Op-Ed: Philly Needs Free AC And Other Tools To Beat Brutal Heat Waves

PA Resources Council Now Accepting Entries To Gene Capaldi Lens On Litter Photo Contest [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: PA Produces Lots Of Greenhouse Gases, But Its Republican-Led Legislature Isn’t Acting On Climate Change

Don Hopey: DEP Pushing Greenhouse Gas Pact

Delaware River Basin Commission Climate Change Advisory Committee Met For First Time [PaEN]

Exelon’s Nuclear Power Plants Face Uncertain Future

Op-Ed: Joining Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Would Hurt PA - Building Trades Council

Op-Ed: Grand Jury Report A Threat To PA’s Energy Independence - Fmr DEP Secretary Krancer

Lehigh Valley Entrepreneur Gets 7 Years In Federal Prison For Biofuel Fraud

Andrew Maykuth: Deadlocked PUC Rejects PECO Proposal For COVID-19 Relief For Low-Income Customers

PUC OKs Settlement For PA American Water Acquisition Of Winola Water Company

Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Reports Up Nearly 500% In PA This Year

Pitt Offers Free 30-Minute Bike Rides To All Students, Faculty, Staff

August 5 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

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[Posted: August 7, 2020]  PA Environment Digest