Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.16.20

House returns to voting session Sept. 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 10:00 a.m.: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds informational meeting on recycling solar panels and  House Bill 2197 (Dush-R-Clearfield) which would add solar panels-- “photovoltaic modules”-- to the state’s Electronic Waste Recycling Program-- Covered Device Recycling Act--  requiring manufacturers to support recycling programs that collect solar panels for recycling.  Click Here for more on agenda.  Watch Live

TODAY Call Of Chair [After 11:00 a.m.]: House State Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1235 (Street-D-Philadelphia) leasing a portion of the Delaware River bed to L-A-Battery in Philadelphia.  Watch Live

EQB Votes 13 To 6 To Approve  Proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations Covering Power Plants For Public Review [PaEN]

Charles Thompson: Regulatory Board Opens Door To Public Review Of Controversial Climate Change Initiative

Laura Legere: PA Plan For Carbon Cap On Power Plants Advances

PLS Reporter: State Regulatory Board Votes to Advance Climate Cap-And-Trade Regulation
In Contentious Vote, PA Takes Formal Step Towards Joining Regional Climate Cap And Trade Market

NRDC: PA Takes Major Step To Join RGGI In Fight Against Climate Crisis
Op-Ed: Letting PA Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Makes Economic, Environmental Sense - Clean Air Council

Letter: Time To Pay Attention As PA Gets Closer To Climate Goals

Will Bunch: The West Coast Is Burning, But PA Can Help

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 685 More Permits, 1,650 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

New Poll Shows Bipartisan Support Across Pennsylvania For Passage Of Community Solar Bill [PaEN]

PA Forestry Assn. Exploring Change In Penn's Woods 2020 Symposium Oct. 26-30 [PaEN]

Smoke From Western Wildfires Intensifies In Western PA

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

Smoke From Deadly California Wildfires Making Philly Weather Cooler, Skies Milkier

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Approve Letter Opposing DEP Air Quality Fee Increase [PaEN]

USDA Opens Application Period For Rural Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Grants/Loans [PaEN]

Don Hopey: In PA Gas Drilling Is Down, But Production Higher Than It Has Ever Been

Fmr Worley & Obetz Oil Co. Exec Admits Creating Bogus Documents For $67 Million Bank Fraud

Game Commission’s Lisa Williams And Wildlife On WiFi Recognized By National Assn. Of Fish & Wildlife Agencies [PaEN]

PA Resources Council Traveling Glass Recycling Program Collects 58+ Tons Of Glass [PaEN]

PA American Water Launches New PA Environmental Stewardship StoryMap [PaEN]

Audubon PA: Return On Environment, Placing Value On What We Value Most

Frank Kummer: TreePhilly Launches Fall Giveaway With 1,000 Trees For Pickup

Central PA Conservancy Preserves 404 Acres Of Land On Peters Mountain, Dauphin County [PaEN]

Manheim Twp., Lancaster County Hears Review Of Farmland Preservation

Collier’s Walker-Ewing Log House Under Ownership Of Allegheny Land Trust

$2.3 Million Awarded To Circuit Trails Coalition Members In Philadelphia Region

Kayaking Popular On Beaver County Waterways

Outdoor Discovery Center At Crooked Creek Hosts Oct. 3 Knee High To Nature Program For Elementary Students [PaEN]

Northeast PA Audubon Hosting Fall Bird Migration Hike Sept. 19 [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Massive Bird Migration Over Pittsburgh Was Spectacular, If You Had Binoculars

Marcus Schneck: Read For Fall?  First Day Is Just Around The Corner

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Scientific American Magazine Makes First Presidential Endorsement In 175 Years - Joe Biden

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[Posted: September 16, 2020]  PA Environment Digest