Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.10.20

House returns to voting session Sept. 15, 16, 17 or at the Call Of The House Speaker

Senate returns to voting session Sept. 21 or at the Call Of President Pro Tempore

Senate Republicans Cut Off Debate, Amendments Then Pass Bill Taking Away DEP’s Authority To Adopt A Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants; Bill Goes To Governor [PaEN]

PLS Reporter: Parliamentary Maneuver Sparks Tense Exchange On Senate Floor

Cap-Star: Senate’s Vote On RGGI Bill Devolves Into Partisan Shouting Match

Rachel McDevitt: Bill To Keep PA Out Of Regional Climate Program Passes, But Faces Veto

AP: Wolf To Protect Climate Change Strategy With Veto

Pro/Con: Should PA Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative To Fight Climate Change?

Senate Passes Bill Limiting Authority On Carbon Tax

Op-Ed: EPA’s Methane Rollback Is Bad For PA - Clean Air Council

Bay Journal: COVID-19 Disrupts Local Efforts To Cleanup Streams And Rivers In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Hearing Pits Mining Industry Against Water Suppliers On Manganese Standard [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Natural Gas Fracking Under Fire In Pennsylvania

USGS PA Water Science Center: Fall Pennsylvania Waters Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: WITF’s Toward Racial Justice Panel Links Environmental Justice With Health, Human Rights And Self-Determination

Gov. Wolf Applauds State Board Of Education For Advancing Modern Science, Environment & Ecology Standards

Illegal Trash Dumping Plagues Rural PA Roadsides During Pandemic

Pandemic Prompts Plague Of Roadside Trash Dumping In Poconos

Bags Of Household Garbage Dumped At Wilkes-Barre Park

Plastics Recycling Company Scouts For Erie Sites

PUC Hold Public Hearings Sept. 16 On Aqua PA Wastewater Acquisition Of DELCORA System Assets

Flash Flood Watch In Effect For Entire Philly Region Thursday

Flight 93 Memorial Service Closed To Public, Park To Reopen Afterward

DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: DEP Employees Join Effort To Fight Invasive Water Chestnut [PaEN]

Frank Kummer: What Are All Those Silky White Webs Covering Trees In The Philly Region?

Marcus Schneck: Big Stink Bug Home Invasion Season Is Coming

Help Wanted: Northumberland Conservation District Erosion & Sedimentation Technician [PaEN]

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National/International
Pence Talks Jobs, Repeats Falsehoods On Biden’s Fracking Position In Western PA

NYT: Federal Report Warns Of Financial Havoc From Climate Change

The Hill: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Calls For Carbon Pricing, Better Prep For Climate Change

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[Posted: September 10, 2020]  PA Environment Digest