Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.3.20

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

TODAY 11:30 a.m.: Senate Environmental Committee meets on bills to take away DEP’s authority to adopt a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program for Power Plants.  Info:  https://bit.ly/3be3h9g  Watch live: https://bit.ly/2QM6MdF 

DCNR, Officials Celebrate Ghost Town Trail In Cambria, Indiana Counties As PA’s 2020 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Ghost Town Trail Spotlighted By State

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Trevor Nordquist Visited Every State Park [PaEN]

Clean Air Task Force Founder Armond Cohen To Receive Dickinson College’s Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism [PaEN]

DEP Receives $25 Million From Feds For Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Economic Development Projects [PaEN]

Federal Mine Reclamation Grants Announced Aimed At Cleaning Up Polluted Waterways

EPA, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award Record $18 Million For Projects In Chesapeake Bay Watershed;  $7.46 Million In PA [PaEN]

CBF-PA: 8 PA Counties To Add Buffers, Advance Their Clean Water Plans With EPA/NFWF Grant [PaEN]

EPA/NFWF Grant Awarded To Chesapeake Conservancy For Precision Conservation In PA [PaEN]

Initiative Slated to Address Water Quality Issues, Restore Farmland In Centre County

Western PA Conservancy: Partnership, Generosity Lead To Ohiopyle Stream Restoration In Fayette County [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Another 360 Acres Of New Trees Slated For Chesapeake Bay Watershed

State Grant Will Pay For Dredging Of Turtle Creek, Dirty Camp Run In Pitcairn

House Hearing: $2 Billion In Community Solar Projects, Family Farms Waiting For Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation That Costs Taxpayers Nothing [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: Community Solar Proposal Getting Bipartisan Support At Hearing

Sustainable Business Entrepreneur Judy Wicks Will Headline Sept. 15 Virtual Program At NE Sustainable Energy and Education Development Support Meeting [PaEN]

Earthworks: Oil & Gas Industry Can Cut Methane Emissions

Jon Hurdle: New DRBC Climate Panel To Focus On Sea-Level Rise As Salt Front Threatens Drinking Water

Poll From Environmental Group Says Pennsylvanians Support More Regulations On Fracking

Clarks Summit Council Votes To Oppose LNG Plant In Bradford County

PEMA Shares Preparedness Tips, Encourages Participation In National Preparedness Month [PaEN]

Nanticoke Boil Water Advisory Lifted

Birders!  Graduate Student Needs Your Help In Reporting Birds Eating Spotted Lanternflies [PaEN]

Sean Sauro: Sept. 13 Free Lanternfly Event In Lancaster, Participants Asked To Register

Op-Ed: If Lanternflies Can Teach Us Anything, It’s That We Must Remain Vigilant

September Eastern & Western Trail Summits Go Virtual [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: On The Trail Of Geology [PaEN]

Gap In D&L Trail Between Allentown And Northampton Will Soon Be Bridged

Delaware Highlands Conservancy Virtual Conservation Conservation About How To Protect Your Land On Oct. 15 [PaEN]

Natural Lands Invites Participants To A Virtual ChesLen Chase For Open Space Race Oct. 10-18 [PaEN]

Free Fallingwater Lecture: Environment Creating Healthy Wellbeing, Wellbeing Creating Healthy Environments Sept. 29 Online Event [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Hunting & Fishing License Sales Climb During Pandemic

Game Commission: Online Elk Cam Goes Live [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Let The Bugling Begin: Pennsylvania Elk Cam Goes Live

Elk County Visitor’s Center Announces September Programs

Outdoor Discovery Center At Crooked Creek Hosts Peregrine Falcons - An Environmental Success Story Online Program Sept. 17 [PaEN]

Brodhead Watershed Assn./Pocono Avian Research Center Host Virtual Birding At Camp William Penn In Monroe/Pike Counties [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Bumble Bee Watch Really Needs Your Help

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AP: Trump, Biden Will Both Mark 9/11 Anniversary In Shanksville, PA

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[Posted: September 3, 2020]  PA Environment Digest