Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.18.20

Senate swearing in day January 5

House swearing in day January 5; House 2021 Voting Session Days

PUC Bureau Of Investigation Proposes $1 Million Penalty For Multiple Violations That Led To Explosion Of Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline In Beaver County [PaEN]

PA’s Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue Sinks To Record Low Amid Pandemic Losses

Presentation Videos From 2020 Delaware Watershed Congress Now Available [PaEN]

WITF Smart Talk: Bringing Life Back to Impaired PA Waterways -TODAY 9:00 a.m.

DEP Announces $248,000 In Grants For Lake Erie Coastal Zone [PaEN]

DEP Announces $579,432 In Grants For Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone [PaEN]

DEP: CrossAmerica Partners To Pay $125,000 Penalty For Violations At 18 Underground Storage Tank Facilities In SE PA [PaEN]

DEP News & Views Newsletter Now Available

CBF: Salt For Snow And Ice: Effects On Waterways Not Very Nice [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 18 RiverWatch Video Report

KPB Surveillance Cameras Catch Illegal Dumping In Michaux State Forest; Reports Of Illegal Dumping Up 212% In 2020 [PaEN]

CNHI: Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Falling Far Behind On Utility Bills

PUC Moves To Require Diversity Reporting by Public Utilities [PaEN]

PUC Highlights 2020 Accomplishments At Final Meeting Of 2020 [PaEN]

PJM Interconnection Conducts Exercise To Gauge Response To Natural Gas Pipeline Outages In Winter

Letter: There’s Injustice In Our Drinking Water

Op-Ed: The Nature Of Environmental Quality - KU Resources, Environmental Consultant

Op-Ed: PA Must Do More To Address Climate Change - Sen. Katie Muth

Deadline Extended: PennDOT's Innovations Challenge Invites Students To Develop Solution For Funding Transportation With Electric, Fuel Efficient Vehicles [PaEN]

Essential Factors For Park Maintenance, Building Resilience From The Ground Up [PaEN]

Boyce Park Ski Slopes, Snow Tubing Opens Saturday In Allegheny County

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Arts Barn In Schuylkill County Host Winter Artisan Series [PaEN]

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Accepting Applications For College Directorate Fellows Program [PaEN]

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Dept. Of Health Reports 216 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 9,320 New Cases-- 12.18.20

PA Unemployment Rate Declines To 6.6% In November [PaCN]

COVID - When Will General Assembly Act?

John Baer: Government Is Supposed To Work For Us, But It's Doing A Terrible Job

NE PA Chambers Of Commerce Urge Legislators To Pass Stimulus Packages

Ford Turner: Lehigh Valley Lawmakers Want PA Restaurants To Keep Sales Tax They Collect

Bucks County Seeks State Help On Gym, Restaurant Shutdowns

New Year’s Becomes Countdown To Homelessness For Thousands In PA Facing Eviction

CNHI: Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Falling Far Behind On Utility Bills

Food Assistance Available For Out-Of-Work Pennsylvanians With Federal Unemployment Programs Ending Soon

PLS Reporter: 634,000 More Pennsylvanians Facing Food Insecurity Due To Pandemic, 2 Million Experiencing Hunger

National/International

Reuters: With Climate Change Focus, Biden Filling Environmental, Interior Posts

AP: In Historic Pick, Biden Taps Haaland As Interior Secretary

AP: Deal-Makers, Fighters Make Up Biden’s New Climate Team

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[Posted: December 18, 2020]  PA Environment Digest