Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.8.20

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.]

DCNR Posts Overcrowding Alerts For Certain State Parks, Forests Because ‘Extraordinary’ Numbers Of People Are Using These Areas [PaEN]

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Launches New Protect Our Parks And Forests Website [Take Action]

Ohio River Basin Alliance Discusses Threats To Ohio River Watershed With PA Stakeholders In Online Forum; Calls For Action [PaEN]

Reminder: Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 Virtual Ohio River Basin Summit & Symposium Call For Presentations, Posters; Registration Open [PaEN]

Reclaiming Appalachia Coalition Supports EPCAMR Partnership To Develop Solar Energy On Mine Reclamation Sites [PaEN]

USDA NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For Regional Conservation Partnership Grants [PaEN]

Days After Isaias, Lehigh Valley Sees More Rain, Flooding, Water Rescues

Bethlehem Family Swims To Safety, Another Rescued By Boat Out Bedroom Window During Flooding

Teenager Dives In To Rescue Boy Sucked Into Bethlehem Twp. Drain Pipe During Flooding

Red Cross Storm Cleanup Kits Being Distributed Sunday In Northampton, Berks Counties

Tornado With 115 MPH Winds Hit Philly, bucks During Isaias, Traveled 20 Miles

Flooding In York County: Multiple Sinking Vehicles, Water Rescues

York County 911 ‘Crushed’ As Heavy Rains Hit

Paul Muschick: Flooding: Will PA Act Before Next Storm Damages Lehigh Valley?

Local Sewage Enforcement Officer Exams Rescheduled To September 28 [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Utility Shutoffs Unfairly Impact Black And Brown People, Must Be Repealed

PA Environmental Council: Renewable Energy In Southwestern Pennsylvania [PaEN]

PA Says Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Create Jobs, Raise $300 Million In Revenue

COVID-19 Compounds PA’s Fracking Industry Problems

Project To Make Natural Gas Available To Homes In Wayne County

DEP To Hold Aug. 25 Virtual Informal Conference On Glacial Sand & Gravel Mining Permit In Lawrence County [PaEN]

The July In Case You Missed It Now Available From PA Environmental Council [PaEN]

DEP Posts 54 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PA Resources Council Holds Next Household Chemical Collection Event In Allegheny County Aug. 15 [PaEN]

Don Hopey: Allegheny County’s Tick Collector Warns Of Lyme Disease Risks

Op-Ed: Killing Spotted Lanternflies Is The Relief I Needed In 2020

Rabid Fox Killed By Twp. Police In Centre County After Injuring 3-Year-Old

Philly Please Touch Museum Laid Off Most Of Staff, Won’t Reopen In 2020

Philadelphia Flower Show Will Hold 2021 Event Outside And In Summer

Mary Ann Thomas: Rare Blazing Star Wildflowers In Bloom In Butler County Prairie

Westmoreland Master Gardeners Take Monarch Migration Celebration Online

Pennsylvania Makes Strides To Protect Its Pollinators [PaEN]

COVID-19 Makes Boat Sales Soar As Families Seek Social Distancing On Water

Centred Outdoors: What To Know About Exploring Centre County’s Man-Made Lakes

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Federal Land & Water Conservation Funding Made Permanent [PaEN]

Presque Isle Houseboats: Good Life, Lots Of Work

August 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Anne Danahy: Some Faculty’s Environmental Science Research On Hold, While Others Find COVID-19 Work Around

John Zaktansky: Native Crayfish Being Wiped Out By Exotic Species

Pennsylvania Sea Grant Awards $1.4 Million To Support Critical Aquatic Ecosystem, Watershed Research [PaEN]

Penn State Biology Prof Awarded Grant Toward Researching Invasive Flathead Catfish In Susquehanna River [PaEN]

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Flies Into Fall With Annual Autumn Migration Kick-Off Aug. 15 [PaEN]

Erie Nature Watch: Swallowtails, Skippers Alight At Presque Isle State Park

Wild Animal Rescuers Struggle To Adapt As Pandemic Reduces Donations, Increases Need

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The Guardian: COVID-19 Lockdown Will Have ‘Negligible’ Impact On Climate Crisis, Study

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[Posted: August 8, 2020]  PA Environment Digest