Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.15.20

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

TODAY 9:00 a.m. Environmental Quality Board meets to consider proposed regulation adopting a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program for Power Plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Emission Initiative.  Instructions for joining the meeting via WebEx and audio on the Board webpage.  Read more here about the agenda.

TODAY 8:30 a.m.: Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee hearing on State Park, Forest Friends Groups. For Virtual Access Information: please contact Sakura Ung at: sung@jcc.legis.state.pa.us.  Read more here.

TODAY 11:00 a.m.: Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on COVID’s impact on outdoor recreation.  Click Here to watch online.

TODAY 11:00 a.m.: House Consumer Affairs Committee holds an informational meeting on issues impacting the Chester Water Authority and the East Dunkard Water Authority.  Click Here to watch online.

TODAY After 1:00 p.m.: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets on the final Environmental Quality Board regulation increasing DEP’s Air Quality Program fees.  Call of the Chair.  Click Here to watch online.  Read more here.

DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Had Nearly Twice The Violations Of Shale Gas Wells; DEP To Develop New Conventional Drilling Regs [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: Natural Gas Production In PA Hits Record High In 2019

DEP Accepting Applications For Section 319 Watershed Restoration Grants Thru Oct. 23 [PaEN]

Stroud Water Research Center Hosts Nov. 10 Webinar On Stream And Buffer Ecology [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Journal: Latinx ‘Promotores’ Lead The Way For Environmental Action

House Environmental Committee Holds Sept. 15 Meeting On Final DEP Air Quality Fee Increase [PaEN]
Smoke From West Coast Wildfires Shrouds Lehigh Valley Skies, Nearly Blocking Out The Sun
Smoke From West Coast Wildfires Travels To Central PA, Lowering Temps, Not Affecting Air Quality

Rep. Metcalfe Calls On DEP Secretary To Cancel EQB Meeting On Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regulations

Rachel McDevitt: RGGI, Behind The Rhetoric: What We Know About The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Evangelicals Urge Support For Carbon Pollution Reduction At Power Plants To Support Children, Not More Polluting Fossil Fuels [PaEN]

Letter: RGGI Means Sustainable Energy, More Jobs, Less Pollution

Op-Ed: Pennsylvanians Provide Key Advances To Generate America’s Energy Dominance

Editorial: Reject Effort To Kill State Solar Industry [Sen. Yaw’s Solar Bonding Bill]

Op-Ed: Philly School Board Should Vote Against Tax Break For Damaged Philly Refinery - Again

PUC: Hearings On Aqua Application To Acquire DELCORA Wastewater System Assets

Herd Of Hungry Goats Brought In To Nosh On Invasive Knotweed Along Harmony Trail

Find Yourself In Nature, In-Person , Virtual Environmental Events In Sept., October

Brandywine Conservancy Issues Hiking Through History Map Tracing Philadelphia Campaign Of 1777 [PaEN]

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Host Oct. 10-11 Hickory Creek Wilderness Trail Stewardship Weekend [PaEN]

Natural Lands Adds Rayenne A. Chen To Board Of Trustees [PaEN]

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National/International

AP: Trump Spurns Science On Climate: ‘Don’t Think Science Knows’

AP: Dismay As Huge Chunk Of Greenland’s Ice Cap Breaks Off

Post: 2 Major Antarctic Glaciers Are Tearing Loose From Their Restraints, Scientists Say

S&P Global: EPA Denies 17 Small Refineries Waivers To 2011-18 Biofuel Mandates

The Guardian: Up To 48 Species Saved From Extinction By Conservation Efforts, Study Finds

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[Posted: September 15, 2020]  PA Environment Digest