Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.25.20

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

TODAY 1:00 p.m.: Senate Environmental Committee Hearing On Proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants (RGGI). More Info & Watch Live:  https://bit.ly/2D0ee1y 

Gov. Wolf Calls On Legislature To Act Immediately On COVID-19 Recovery, Government Reform [PaCN]

Jon Hurdle: Sunoco Asks EHB To Block New DEP Shutdown Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction In Chester County 

31 Environmental, Conservation Groups Demand DEP Revoke Mariner East Pipeline Permits [PaEN]

Sen. Yaw Among State, National Leaders Pledging To Keep Country Dominant Natural Gas Producer [PaEN]

Martins Creek Power Plant Badly Damaged In Overnight Fire In Northampton County

Largest Solar Array Of Its Kind Sits Atop Former Pittsburgh Steel Hill At Hazelwood Green

PowerHouse Solar Announces Pennsylvania Expansion

Meet The 11 People Who Help Set Air Quality Rules For Allegheny County

PA American Water Urges Customers Under Drought Watch To Use Water Wisely [PaEN]

Centre County’s 6-Week Drought Has Bordered On Historic, But You Shouldn’t Panic

Register Now! PA Environmental Professionals Virtual Conference Speakers Series In October [PaEN]

PA Resources Council Schedules Online Conservation Workshops

Justin Stockdale To Leave PA Resources Council, Search Underway For New Executive Director [PaEN]

Powerful Storm Leaves Trail Of Damage, Flash Flooding In NE PA

Fierce Storm Topples Utility Poles On Wilkes-Barre’s Main Street, Floods Kingston

Op-Ed: Bethlehem’s Famed Colonial Buildings Are In Danger From Floods

Marcus Schneck: Farmer’s Almanac: Winter Of The Great Divide With A Blizzard Of 1-2 Feet Of Snow

Marcus Schneck: First West Nile Virus-Positive Mosquitoes Found In Dauphin County

Sean Sauro: Lancaster Event Makes Free Traps Available For Spotted Lanterfnlies

Republican Lawmakers Push For Entrance Fees To PA State Parks

Despite Voter Approval, Pittsburgh Council Members Wary About Tax Hike For Parks

South Mountain Partnership To Hold Virtual Fall Meeting Sept. 18 [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Albino Buck Caught On Camera In Butler County

State Police Seek Public’s Help After Alligator Thefts In Indiana County

Marcus Schneck: Why Are We Seeing So Many Chipmunks This Year?

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Other States/National
Natural Gas Largest Source Of Power Generation, But Faces Challenges

The Guardian: Children Raised In Greener Areas Have Higher IQ, Study Finds

The Guardian: Infants Exposed To Even Low Levels Of Air Pollution Have Reduced Lung Function, Researchers Find

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[Posted: August 25, 2020]  PA Environment Digest