Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.1.20

*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

DEP Unconventional Drilling Well Permit Fee Increase Effective August 1 [PaEN]

PEMA/Health Urge Residents To Prepare for Hurricane Season Amid COVID-19 Pandemic [PaEN]

Agriculture: Apply Now For $10 Million In REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credits [PaEN]

Fish & Boat Commission Proposes Update To Royalties For Sand, Gravel Dredged From Rivers In PA [PaEN]

PRC, Eastern Delaware County Stormwater Collaborative Complete 3 New Rain Gardens [PaEN]

DEP Invites Comments On Proposed TMDL Plans For Watersheds In Adams, Bedford Counties [PaEN]

Delaware River Basin Commission Virtual Hearing Aug. 12, Business Meeting Sept. 10 [PaEN]

Get Your Items Ready For PA Resources Council ReuseFest In Erie Sept. 12, Pittsburgh, Oct. 17 [PaEN]

DCED Announces $1.042 Million To Clean Up Fmr Industrial Sites In Berks, Bucks, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]

PUC Publishes Final Regs. Increasing Consumer Protections, Price Transparency In Competitive Electric Market [PaEN]

PA Lawmakers Keep Up Battle Against Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

PennFuture Urges Oil, Gas Industry To Explore Green Initiatives, PA Conventional Drillers Call Proposal ‘Laughable’

Editorial: State Ignores Biofuel Potential

DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 1 PA Bulletin

Bethlehem Water Bureau Seeks To Raise Water Revenue More Than 12%

Pandemic Prompts Shortened Sept. 11 Program At Flight 93 Memorial In Somerset

Reports Of Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Up Almost 500%

Editorial: PA Must Provide More Funding To Preserve Its Parks, Forests For Future Generations

DCNR Could Be Changing Shuttle Token Fee At Ohiopyle State Park [PaEN]

July 31 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Murrysville Library, Recreation Dept. Partner On Wetlands Storywalk

Yoga In The Square Returns To Downtown Pittsburgh

Famous River Hot Dog May Keeps Tubers Afloat And Well-Fed On Delaware River

Mary Ann Thomas: Hartwood Acres Wildflowers Reduce Maintenance Costs, Flooding

Audubon PA: Plants For Birds In The Schuylkill Highlands

Erie Nature Watch: American Avocets Spotted At Gull Point

Game Commission Warns Of Algal Bloom On Lehigh Valley Game Lands

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Other States/National/International

New York State Adopts Drinking Water Standard For PFAS Chemicals

Illinois House Speaker Refuses Calls To Resign Over Exelon/ComEd Bribery Scandal Over Nuclear Plant Bailout

Ohio Lawmakers Seek To Repeal Nuclear/Coal Plant Bailout And Another Bill Benefiting FirstEnergy, This Time Over Excessive Profits

Ohio Coal Giant Murray Energy Is $100,000 Dark Money Donor In Federal Bribery Probe Of Ohio Nuclear/Coal Bailout

Frank Kummer: New Jersey’s PSEG Power To Sell Off Fossil Fuel Plants

Reuters: U.S. Solar Power Plant Backed By $700 Million+ In Govt. Loans Goes Bust

AP: Trump Administration Seeks Limit On Habitat For Imperiled Species

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[Posted: August 1, 2020]  PA Environment Digest