Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.18.20

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.]

Penn State Master Watershed Steward Native Tree & Shrub Sale Benefits 20 County Programs [PaEN]

Bucks County Master Watershed Stewards Hold Online Native Plant Sale Thru Aug. 31

Penn State Extension: Improving Local Water Quality Thru Lawn Conversion To Meadows [PaEN]

Penn State Extension: What Is Biochar And How Can It Improve Local Water Quality? [PaEN]

Penn State Extension: Resources For Pond And Lake Owners

Sampling Confirms Harrisburg’s Sewage Overflow Is Polluting Susquehanna With E. coli

Eastwick Residents In Philly Struggle To Fix Flooding Damage Without Federal Aid

Report: Clean Energy Is A Leading Creator Of New Quality Jobs In Pennsylvania; Pandemic Caused A 16.2% Drop In Clean Energy Jobs In PA [PaEN]

Clean Energy Jobs Energize State, Report Says

Op-Ed: Our Future Depends On Moving Past Fracking - PennFuture

DEP Local Climate Action Program Helps Community Leaders Address Climate Change In 139 Municipalities [PaEN]

PA Conservative Energy Forum Hosts Town Hall Supporting Bipartisan Community Solar Bills; $2 Billion In Investments Waiting For Passage [PaEN]

Pennsylvania Gets Charged Up For Electric Vehicles At EV Policy Virtual Bootcamp [PaEN]

South Mountain Partnership Joins Shippensburg University Campus/Community Climate Task Force [PaEN]

Bipartisan Chester County Lawmakers Call On Wolf Administration To Revoke Mariner East Pipeline Permits

Chester County Commissioners Urge Wolf To Shut Down Mariner East Pipeline Construction

Help With Energy Bills Available, But Deadline Is Nearing

FirstEnergy Encourages Customers To Arrange Payment Plans To Avoid Unmanageable Balances

$100 Million Plastics Recycling Plant Planned For Erie To Create Fuel

Editorial: Green Tech Eyes New Erie Plant

Marcus Schneck: Family-Friendly Trails To Walk Off Some Excess Energy

It’s Not Just You: There Really Are More People Riding Bikes

Pinwheels In The Parks Kicks Off Easton’s Pocket Parks Project

Marcus Schneck: Bug-A-Salt Insect-Killing Gun: Worth A Shot Against Spotted Lanternfly?

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Other States/National

The Guardian: Extreme Weather Just Devastated 10 Million Acres In Midwest
California Braces For Rolling Outages As Heatwave Continues: ISO: ‘We’re In A Bind’

California Governor Calls For Probe Into Rolling Blackouts

Trump Finalizes Plan to Open Iconic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge To Drilling

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[Posted: August 18, 2020]  PA Environment Digest