Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.24.20

Senate returns to voting session Nov. 10 or at the Call Of President Pro Tempore

House returns to voting session Nov. 10 or at the Call Of The House Speaker

PEDF: Court Decision Approves Diverting $61.2 Million In Drilling Revenue From State Forest Land To Pay DCNR Operating Costs, Ignoring PA Supreme Court Decision [PaEN]

DCNR Invests $637,700 In 93 Acres Of Streamside Buffers In PA's Part Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

Frank Kummer: Visits To PA’s State Parks Increased By 7 Million, Here Are Top Spots

Allegheny Front: Group Looks To Turn PA General Assembly Blue To Make Progress On The Environment

Rachel McDevitt: Latest Mariner East Pipeline Violation In Lebanon County Could Draw Penalties Against Sunoco

DEP Withdraws Proposed Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy For Reworking [PaEN]

DEP Invites Data On Water Quality For Watersheds In Adams/Franklin, Susquehanna Counties [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Water Is Not What It Used To Be

USDA: Pennsylvania Organic Growers Third In The Nation In Sales

DEP Climate Committee Meets Oct. 27 To Discuss Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Outline of Impacts Assessment, List Of GHB Reduction Strategies [PaEN]

House Committee Hears Comments On Bill Authorizing Local Solar Energy Subscriber Programs [PaEN]

Op-Ed: PA’s Children Could Benefit From A Volkswagen Grant To Re-Power Buses With Propane

Op-Ed: Reducing Methane Is Morally Right - Evangelical Environmental Network

Gov. Wolf Encourages Participation In National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Oct. 24

Editorial: Volunteers Answer The Call To Cleanup Scranton

DEP Increases Permitting Efficiency, Maintains Environmental Protection Amid Pandemic

DEP Posted 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Aquinas Academy Student Liam Ellis Receives Grant From North Area Environmental Council For Pollinator Garden

Unlikely Partners BalletX And Natural Lands Make Nature Center Stage [PaEN]

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

Paul Muschick: Allentown Woman Tells Of Being Stranded On D&L Trail, ‘This Kindness Made My Heart Sing’

Greensburg Seeks Public Opinion For Spring Avenue Park Redesign

Oct. 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

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Dept. Of Health Reports 29 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 2,043 New Cases -- 10.24.20

Reuters: Why The PA Vote Count Might Throw U.S. Into Political Crisis

National/International

AP: Biden’s Warning On Oil Tests Voter Resolve On Climate Change

The Guardian: Biden’s Pledge To ‘Transition’ From Oil Draws Praise, And Republican Anger

Yale Poll: Religious People Believe Climate Change Is Real Threat, Not A Controversy

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[Posted: October 24, 2020]  PA Environment Digest