Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.16.20

Senate returns to voting session October 19, 20, 21 or at the Call Of President Pro Tempore

House returns to voting session October 19, 20, 21 or at the Call Of The House Speaker

PA Farm Bureau, 45 Other Hunting, Angler, Business, Environmental, Watershed Groups Urge Senate, House To Pass On-Farm Conservation Funding Bill This Year [PaEN]

Draft Conowingo Dam Watershed Implementation Plan Calls For An Additional 6.41 Million Pounds Of Nitrogen Reductions In PA; Comment Period Open [PaEN]

WITF Smart Talk: EPA Sued Over PA Not Meeting Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals - TODAY 9:00 a.m.

House Environmental Committee Meets Oct. 20 On Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Companies Decide When They Report Spills [PaEN]

Penn State’s 70-MW Solar Projects Now Producing Power In Franklin County, Saving Money, Lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]

Spotlight PA: Emergency Plans Fail To Consider Complexity Of Mariner East Pipelines, And Those Most At Risk In An Accident

Trouble-Plagued Mariner East Pipeline Project Sparks Fear In Suburbs

National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Accepting Applications For Conservation District Grants [PaEN]

Schuylkill Action Network To Hold Virtual Annual Meeting Nov. 13 [PaEN]

East Marlborough Twp Partners With Agency To Enhance Water Quality

Oct. 16 Delaware RiverKeeper RiverWatch Video Report

PRC Glass Recycling Event Planned Near Boyce Park Soccer Field In Plum, Allegheny County

Bucks County Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Offs Saturday

Penn State Energy Law & Policy Next Webinar On Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative October 16 [PaEN]

UGI Natural Gas Launches Emergency Relief Program For Customers Impacted By Pandemic [PaEN]

Amid ‘Dewatering,’ The Main Lock At Emsworth Becomes A Fascinating Marvel On Allegheny River

DCNR Awards $7.6 Million For 41 Trail Planning, Construction, Rehab Projects, Including ATV, Snowmobile Trails [PaEN]

Allegheny Land Trust Receives $1 Million Grant For Churchill Valley Greenway Preservation Project [PaEN]

Allegheny Land Trust Gets $1 Million Boost For Churchill Valley Country Club Site

Wetlands In French Creek Watershed Now Under Protection From Western PA Conservancy

DCNR’s 4th Fall Foliage Report Shows Fall Colors Blazing All Across PA [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: ‘Incredible Fall Scenery Awaits’ Across Most Of PA

Marcus Schneck: Titusville: Today’s Top Fall Foliage Spot In PA

October 14 DCNR Resource Newsletter

Running Group Brings New Life To North Park’s Fading Tree Canopy In Allegheny County

REI Co-Op Expands Used Gear Business With Trade-In Pop-Up Stores, One In Conshohocken

Op-Ed: As Life Moves Outdoors During COVID, Lean On PA’s Special Strength - Riverlife, Pittsburgh

New River Habitat In Somerset Brings Wild Reproducing Trout, Opportunities For Ecotourism

Penn State Researchers Deconstruct The ‘Biological Clock’ That Regulates Birdsong

Mary Ann Thomas: Don’t Kill That Large Mosquito: It’s Just A Crane Fly Looking For Sex

In Memoriam: Gary Greenfield, Fmr DEP Asst. Regional Director In Wilkes-Barre

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Dept. Of Health Reports 25 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 1,566 New Cases -- 10.16.20

PA Unemployment Rate Drops To 8.1% in September, Down 2.3 Points From August [PaCN]

National/International

AP: Power Cut To Thousands In California To Prevent Wildfires, Trump Administration Rejects Request For Federal Disaster Declaration, Relief Funds

Op-Ed: Masculinity Is The Unspoken Undercurrent In Trumpism And Fracking Debate

NPR: IEA Calls For Action To Aggressively Shift Away From Oil & Gas To Keep Most Devastating Effects Of Climate Change At Bay

UtilityDive: FERC PJM Order Muddies State Subsidy Definition Under MOPR, Potential Hinders Renewables

UtilityDive: FERC Confirms Carbon Pricing Jurisdiction In Wholesale Markets, Chatterjee ‘Encourages’ Proposals

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[Posted: October 16, 2020]  PA Environment Digest