Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.4.20

Senate returns to session January 1

House returns to session January 1

90% Of PA Voters Want Senate, House To Provide More Funding For Critical Environmental, Conservation Programs; That Didn’t Happen In 2020 [PaEN]

Laura Legere: DEP Advancing New Rules For Conventional Oil Drilling After Veto Of Industry-Backed Bill

Local Groups Unveil Community-Driven Common Agenda To Protect PA Lake Erie Watershed [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 4  RiverWatch Video Report

Dickinson College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Muhlenberg College Multi-Campus Solar Project Wins Global Sustainability Award [PaEN]

Real Christmas Trees Become A Bright Spot Amid Pandemic

Western PA’s First EcoVillage Planning 35 Houses At Chatham U. Eden Hall Campus

Pittsburgh Transit Will Use $5.7 Million EPA Grant To Buy Electric Buses

EPA Grant Will Go Toward Electric Pittsburgh Transit Buses In Allegheny County

Andrew Maykuth: PUC OKs PECO Plan To Offer Hourly Rates To Encourage Customers To Shift Usage To Off-Peak Periods

PUC Allows Resumption Of Energy Sales & Marketing At Outdoor Public Events; Ban On Door-To-Door Sales Remains In Effect

Andrew Maykuth: PUC Lifts COVID Restrictions On Energy Marketers, But Not Door-To-Door

PA’s Natural Gas Is Stranded From Energy Regions Like New England

Op-Ed: Some States At High Risk For Power Disruptions If Winter Turns Brutal

Op-Ed: PennEast Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Could Aid In COVID Recovery

Shankar, Zwerko Join Sustainable Energy Fund Board

Letter: Show Your Support For PA To Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Frank Kummer: PA Law Paves Way For ‘Advanced Recycling’ Of Plastics, But Environmentalists Remain Skeptical

Lackawanna County Land Bank, NeighborWorks Mark Completion Of Vacant Lot Cleanup

After Decades Of Flooding, Finished Solomon Creek Flood Control Project Unveiled In Wilkes-Barre

PUC Approves Smaller Water And Wastewater Rate Increases By Pittsburgh Water Authority

Nation’s Oldest Publicly Traded Utility Company-- York Water Co.-- Calls Central PA Home

AP: Small Earthquake Rattles Parts Of Eastern PA, NJ

PA Environmental Council: Embrace The Cold, Remain Outside

Allegheny Front: 70-Mile Hike Provides A Refuge From A Stressful Year

Philly Parks Going Organic With Ban On Synthetic Weed Killers

Altitude Marketing Donates To Wildlands Conservancy

Marcus Schneck: Winter Ticks?  Yeah, That’s A Thing In PA

Marcus Schneck: Readers Share Photos Of Their Bear And Buck Harvests

Marcus Schneck: ‘Christmas Star’ To Shine In Great Conjunction In Time For Christmas

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Dept. Of Health Reports 169 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 11,763 New Cases-- 12.4.20

PA Senate Democrats Announce $4 Billion PA CARES 21 Initiative To Provide Relief To Workers, Businesses

National/International

AP: Californians Flee As Strong Winds Push Wildfires Through Canyons

NPR: ‘We Don’t Have To Live This Way’: Doctors Call For Climate Action

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[Posted: December 4, 2020]  PA Environment Digest