Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 3.21.20

*House returns to voting session Sept. 1 &2 and then Sept. 15 or at the Call Of The House Speaker

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

DEP Assesses $355,000 Penalty On Sunoco For 2018, 2019 Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Violations [PaEN]

DEP Fines Sunoco $355,000 For Pipeline Construction Violations In Blair, Cambria, 6 Other Counties

AP: Mariner East Pipeline Fined Again As Another Spill Fouls State Park

DEP: CNX Gas Company Agrees To Pay $175,000 Penalty For Uncontrolled Methane Leaks At The Shaw Well In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: DEP Fines CNX For Well Failure Near Westmoreland County Reservoir

Don Hopey: CNX Fined For 2019 Shale Gas Well Blowout

IFO Reports PA Natural Gas Production Increased 2.8% In Second Quarter Over Last Year, But Over 31% Drop In New Producing Wells [PaEN]

Agenda Added - House Environmental Committee To Hold Aug. 24 Hearing On Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: Report: Clean Energy Jobs Among Fastest-Growing In PA From 2017-19

Op-Ed: How Much Has Your Life Improved In The Past Four Years?  - Richard Whiteford

Donna McDermott: Nature Groups Say They’re Working To Reach Out To Black Environmentalists, Environmental Justice Expert Says They Need To Go Deeper

New PUC Report Indicates Severe Storms Drive Record Number of Power Outage Events Across Pennsylvania [PaEN]
PUC: Severe Weather Drove Record Number Of PA Power Outages In 2019

GASP: Air Pollution Violations In Allegheny County Lead To Penalties For ATI, Harsco Following Dust Complaints

EPA Awards $33.9 Million In Safe Drinking Water Revolving Fund Monies To PA [PaEN]

Erie Mayor To Use Erie Water Works Lease To Keep City Afloat

Altoona Water Authority Commits To $36 Million Wastewater Digester Project

A Secret Hidden In Centuries-Old Legacy Sediments Reveals A New New Way To Save Polluted Streams, Rivers

PA Resources Council Announces 6 Composting, Rain Barrel, Recycling Webinars For Southwest PA [PaEN]

PA Resources Council Announces Schedule Of Webinars Thru September

Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 21 RiverWatch Video Report

PA Farmland Preservation Program Adds 2,512 Acres, 33 Farms; 586,884 Total Acres Preserved [PaEN]

Three NE PA Farmers Join Agricultural Preservation Program

State Spends $1.1 Million To Help Preserve 4 Lancaster County Farms

Goats Arrive At Frick Park In Pittsburgh To Devour Invasive Plants

Highline Opens New Public Green Space Along Riverfront In Pittsburgh

Student Intern At Eckley Miners’ Village Museum In Luzerne Doesn’t Know What The Future Holds

DCNR Appoints James McCorkle Shawnee/Blue Knob State Park Complex Manager

Exotic Crayfish A Growing Issue - John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

Eugene Ware: Get To Know The Firefly, Pennsylvania’s State Insect

Marcus Schneck: What PA City Is Most At Risk For Mosquitoes And Ticks?

SCI Phoenix Invites Public To Participate In Deer Hunts

Ross Twp Deer Management Program To Begin Next Month With Archery Season

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Other States/National

AP: California Wildfire Firefighters ‘Taxed To The Limit’ Seeking Help

Fox: Trump Rips Biden Over Fracking, Energy Policy: ‘Get Used To No Air Conditioning’

The Guardian: Human Consumption Of The Earth’s Resources Declined In 2020 Due To COVID-19

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[Posted: August 21, 2020]  PA Environment Digest