Thursday, October 15, 2020

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.15.20


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


TODAY 9:15 & 1:00: 2 DEP Advisory Committees Meet Oct. 15 On RGGI Equity Principles, Medium-Heavy Duty Zero Emission Trucks MOU: https://bit.ly/2IvGqvA  


DEP Announces Winners Of 2020 Governor's Awards For Environmental Excellence; 2021 Nominations Open [PaEN]

House Republican COVID Economic Stimulus Package Includes A ‘Deemed Approved’ Environmental Permit Approval Process [PaEN]

State Parks Continue To Break Visitor Records In September: 4.7 Million Visitors, Up 31 percent Over Last Year [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Lesli Barnett & Dave Saidoo [PaEN]

3 Dam Removals Completed In West Branch Susquehanna River Reconnected 63 Miles Of Aquatic Habitat

Editorial: The Triumph Of A Healthy Kiski River - Bulging With Mussels

Forests For The Chesapeake Bay October Newsletter

Spotlight PA: Secrecy, Patchwork Of Emergency Plans Left Many Communities In Dark Along Mariner East Pipelines Route

UtilityDive: PPL To Be Testing Ground For How Utilities Manage Distributed Energy

UGI Offers Emergency Relief To Lehigh Valley Customers As Part Of Rate Settlement

Editorial: PUC End To Utility Shut Off Moratorium Wise

Erie Water Works Office Closes Due To COVID Case

Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $15 Million+ For Trails, Job Training, Broadband In PA Communities Impacted By Slowdown In Coal;  RGGI Could Help More [PaEN]

Earthworks: Quest To Avoid Regulation By PA’s Conventional Oil & Gas Industry

Op-Ed: Worst Of The Worst: A First-Hand View Of PA’s Oil And Gas Polluters - Earthworks

RealClear Energy: Exposing The Eco-Activists’ Greening Of PA In 2020

Op-Ed: Controlling Climate Pollution In Pennsylvania - Larry J. Schweiger

Editorial: Commonsense Green Needed On Climate Change

Anya Litvak: Wabtec Making Its Pitch For Battery-Powered Trains

DEP: Westmoreland Landfill To Pay $59,000 Penalty To Address Multiple Violations [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: DEP Issues New Fines For Westmoreland County Landfill That Accepts Drilling Waste

Bucks County Residents Push Back On Proposed Quarry

Ernst Seeds: Vindicating The Goldenrod, Crucial Sources Of Nectar For Monarch Butterfly

Latest Penn’s Stewards Newsletter: Staycation Ideas, Parks Used Like Never Before, Graffiti Removal, Volunteers Make It Happen [PaEN]

Floating On The Shenango River In Mercer County - Western PA Conservancy

DCNR Plans White-Water Release Into Tohickon Creek For Boating Opportunity In Bucks County

$14 Million Structural, Biking Upgrades To Philly Bridge Should Be Finished In Spring

Op-Ed: Unintended Harm Of Giving Civic Groups Veto Power Over Bike Lanes In Philly

Racial Slur, Threats Mark Incident In Pittsburgh’s Riverview Park

Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Ends 2020 Season; Edgar Allan Poe, Holiday Tours Postponed To 2021 [PaEn]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Cooperation Is Key To Managing Chronic Wasting Disease In PA

Marcus Schneck: Could PA Hunters Kill A Record Number Of Bears Again This Year?

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

Click Here For This Week’s PA Coronavirus NewsClips

Thursday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 10.15.20 -- Click Here

Dept. Of Health Reports 21 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 1,598 New Cases -- 10.15.20

National/International

Op-Ed: What Biden Gets Right About Energy In PA - Third Way

Fact Checking Trump’s Claim He Put Coal Miners Back To Work In PA

AP: Health Issues As Wildfire Smoke Hits Millions In U.S.

AP: Earth Breaks September Heat Record, May Reach Warmest Year Yet

Helpful Resources:

Click Here for latest Environmental NewsClips & News (Daily Subscriber Email 2:00)

Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook

Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter

Read Weekly PA Environment Digest

Click Here for latest PA Capitol NewsClips & News (Daily Subscriber Email 2:00)

Like PA Capitol News on Facebook

Follow PA Capitol News on Twitter

FairDistrictsPA: Fix Our Broken Redistricting Process 

[Posted: October 15, 2020]  PA Environment Digest

No comments:

Post a Comment