Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.14.20

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.]

Mariner East Pipeline Drilling Stopped Indefinitely At Site Of Leak Into Marsh Creek State Park Lake, Chester County; Pipeline Company Will Be Held Accountable [PaEN]

EPA Finalizes Methane Emission Standards For Oil & Gas Industry; Does Not Affect DEP Methane Proposal [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: EPA Announces Methane Rollbacks For Oil & Gas Big Companies Don’t Want

Don Hopey: EPA Announces Controversial Rules On Methane Emissions

Stephen Caruso: Trump’s EPA Announces Methane Rule Rollback For Gas Wells, Pipelines In Pittsburgh

The Guardian: Trump Rolls Back Methane Climate Standards For Oil & Gas Industry

NPR: Big Oil Companies Don’t Want Trump’s Methane Rollback

Senate Environmental Committee Holds Aug. 25 Hearing On Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Labor Union Leaders Hurting PA Climate Efforts - Rep. Vitali

GASP: Allegheny County Health Issues Order To U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant Over Visible Emissions

Rachel Carson, LaBelle, Stein Among Pennsylvania’s Inspiring Women

CBF Assesses State Progress On Restoring Chesapeake Bay - PA Is Not On Track To Meet 2025 Goals [PaEN]

Report Says Pennsylvania Isn’t Doing Enough To Help Clean up Chesapeake Bay

DEP Invests $3.7 Million To Help Farmers Plan, Install Best Management Practices In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 14 RiverWatch Video Report

KPB: Waste Tire Collections To Help Prevent West Nile Virus In Cambria, Mifflin, Perry, Venango Counties Planned [PaEN]

Fed Up With Recycling Delays, A South Philly Neighborhood Is Hiring Its Own Trucks

Editorial: Extending Moratorium On Utility Shut-Offs Right Call Amid Pandemic

Gov. Wolf Announces 2020 Funding For Affordable Housing Funded In Part By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees

AP: Developer Drops Plans To Build Townhouses On Montgomery County Farm That Served As Underground Railroad Site

Officials Treat Industrial Park In Lackawanna County For Spotted Lanternflies

Allergy Season Plagues Western PA, Thanks To Grass, Ragweed, Pollution

Community Garden A Vital Resource During Pandemic In Lackawanna County

York County Open Space, Land Preservation Grant Program Opens For Applications

Large Crowds Taking Toll On Pennsylvania State Parks

Walk In Penn’s Woods Expands To Full Month Of October To Showcase Diversity Of State’s Woodland Resources; Fundraising Campaign Launches [PaEN]

John Hayes: Hunters Asked To Shoot More Deer In Chronic Wasting Disease Areas

John Hayes: Are We And COVID-19 Making Birds Fat Due To Increase In Home Wildlife Watching

Marcus Schneck: Game Commission Cancels Elk Expo, Will Reveal Elk Hunting License Winners Live Online

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Encouraged By Federal Court Ruling Striking Down Reinterpretation Of Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: What Happened To Our Butterflies This Summer?

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[Posted: August 14, 2020]  PA Environment Digest