Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.20.20

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.]

4th DCNR Wildfire Crew Leaves For California; National Wildfire Center Raises Preparedness To Highest Level [PaEN]

AP: California Wildfires Chase People From Homes Into Smoky Air

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Ben Mummert, Central PA Conservancy [PaEN]

Grad Student Visited All 121 PA State Parks In 303 Days, Give That Guy A Bandanna

Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 9 Hearing On Setting Proposed Toxic Substances Standard For Manganese In Water [PaEN]

CFA Awards More Than $8 Million To 42 Flood Control, Dam, Water, Sewer, Stormwater Projects [PaEN]

PennVEST Announces New Small Water Infrastructure Project Funding Program [PaEN]

Dept. Of Agriculture Announces Virtual 2021 PA Farm Show Celebration [PaEN]

AP-Mark Scolforo: In-Person PA Farm Show Canceled Over Virus Worries

Pennsylvania Farm Show 2021 To Be Held Virtually

Penn State: Cover Crop Roots Are Key To Understanding Ecosystem Services

Penn State: Cover Crop Mixtures Must Be ‘Farm-Tuned’ To Provide Maximum Ecosystem Services

Penn State: Citizen Scientists Confirm Invasives Have Advantage Over Native Shrubs Contributing To Proliferation

DCNR Good Natured Blog: For Cleaner Water, Convert Some Lawn [PaEN]

PA Horticultural Society Offering Basic Tree Tenders Training In September [PaEN]

Penn State: Geoscientist’s Professorship To Drive Research On Landscape Hazards

News & Views Newsletter Now Available From The Dept. Of Environmental Protection [PaEN]

Ohio River Valley Institute Announced To Promote Sustainable Economic Strategies In Ohio Valley, Western PA [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: Unpaid Utility Bills Are Soaring In The Pandemic, Consumer Advocate Fear Mass Shut-Offs Loom

PUC Reminds Consumers About Hearings On PA American Water Rate Increase Requests

Erie City Council Approves Water Lease Deal

Flooding, COVID-19 Still Hamp Trash Collection In Upper Darby

Lawyer Seeks Mercy In $9 Million Keystone Biofuels Tax Fraud Case

Wildlands Conservancy: Lehigh River Sojourn Set For Sept. 19-21, Register Now! [PaEN]

Aug. 19 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: What’s Causing All Those Webs In The Trees?

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Other States/National

Ohio AG Seeks To Halt Bailout Payments To Bankrupt Nuclear, Coal Plants

PA Congressmen Speaking Out Regarding State Fracking Concerns

AP: California Wildfires Chase People From Homes Into Smoky Air

The Guardian: California Wildfires: Thousands Evacuate As ‘Siege’ Of Flames Overwhelms State

Op-Ed: Trump Administration Has Removed Environmental Regulations That Hamstring American Businesses - EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler

The Guardian: How The Gas Industry Is Waging War Against Climate Action

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[Posted: August 20, 2020]  PA Environment Digest