Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.9.20

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

 

DCNR Invests $17 Million In Land Conservation Projects To Protect 13,300 Acres Of Open Space, Natural Areas [PaEN]

Schuylkill River National Heritage Area Will Honor 5 Award Winners, Host International Paddling Film Festival Oct. 22 In Montgomery County [PaEN]

DCNR 3rd Fall Foliage Report Showing More Counties At Best Color [PaEN]

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

Environmental Groups To Spend $2 Million To Flip PA Legislature

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Keeps Eyes On Hurricane Delta For Potential Drought Relief [PEN]

Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborate Oct. 10 Virtual Aquaculture Day 2020 [PaEN]

PA Sea Grant Releases First In Series Of Videos On Aquatic Invasive Species [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 9 RiverWatch Video Report

Oct. 17 PA Resources Council Reuse Fest In Pittsburgh Provides Opportunity To Donate Items For Reuse By Nonprofits [PaEN]

PUC Modifies COVID Utility Termination Moratorium With Enhanced Protections For Families & Businesses [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: PUC: Utilities Can Soon Cut Off Nonpaying Customers, But Poorest Customers Are Protected

Anya Litvak: PUC: Utilities Can Resume Shutting Off Non-Paying Customers Next Month

PUC Cybersecurity Awareness Month Highlights Efforts To Safeguard Critical Utility Systems [PaEN]

PUC Approves Lower UGI Utilities Rate Increase Than Requested

UGI Agrees To Less In Rate Hike Settlement

PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Call For 2021 Virtual Annual Conference Presentation Proposals [PaEN]

Public Invited To Help Shape Hazelwood Green Riverfront Master Plan Oct. 15-17 In Allegheny County [PaEN]

Gaming Grants To Fund Fishing, Birding, Other Presque Isle Projects In Erie

Local Mountain Bike Team Experiences Growth During COVID Uncertainty In Allegheny County

Op-Ed: Creating A More Equal America Demands More Urban Green Spaces

Pennsylvania Permanently Protects 2,224 Acres Of Farmland On 25 Farms [PaEN]

Penn State Extension Offers 4-Part Natural Area Management Webinar Series [PaEN]

Central PA Conservancy, Diakon Wilderness Greenhouse Partner On Native Plant Sale Thru October [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Why Acorns Are Everywhere This Year

John Hayes: Donated Venison Needed Now More Than Ever

Help Wanted: PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Agricultural Conservation Technician [PaEN]

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National/International

Bay Journal: Tests Find Low Levels Of PFAS/PFOS Chemicals In Some Maryland Oysters

Commissioners From 3 Southwest PA Counties Write Trump, Biden In Support Of Domestic Energy Production

Energy Transfer Pipeline’s Kelcy Warren Turns Over Day-To-Day Control To Co-CEOs, Not Going Far

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[Posted: October 9, 2020]  PA Environment Digest