Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.20.20

Senate swearing in day January 5

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

*PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Senate Republican Leader Outlines Priorities; COVID Challenges [PaCN] 12.20.20

15 Stories - What REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership Looks Like In PA [PaEN]

Ralph Streibig Protects 70 Acres With The Lancaster Conservancy In York County In Memory Of His Family [PaEN]

Tim & Aurora Hughes, Saly Glassman & Ira Berman Partnered With Wissahickon Trails 

To Protect 31 Acres Of Watershed Land In Montgomery County [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Mayor, Western PA Energy Consortium Win U.S. Conference Of Mayors Climate Protection Award [PaEN]

Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Sulfur Dioxide Pollution In Indiana, Armstrong Counties [PaEN]

DEP Issues Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Warning For Sunday, Dec. 20 For Lehigh Valley, Susquehanna Valley [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf: SBA Approves Low-Interest Loans For Survivors Of Flooding From Tropical Storm Isaias In Berks County, Philadelphia [PaEN]

Biden Taps Erie County Resident As Deputy National Climate Advisor

Op-Ed: It’s Time To Reclaim Global Leadership On Climate Change - 5 Years After Paris Agreement - Andrea Wittchen, iSpring Associates

EnergySolutions, FirstEnergy Finalize Sale Of Three Mile Island Damaged Unit 2 Reactor

Op-Ed: Protect Low-Income, Senior Households By Protecting Natural Gas - John Leary, Gas Superintendent, Borough Of Chambersburg

PHLDonateTech Program Offers Free Computer Recycling Thru Jan. 15

PA Recreation & Park Society Accepting Applications For Conference & Training Scholarships For Students and Professionals [PaEN]

John Hayes: Hunting Is One Activity COVID Hasn’t Knocked Down

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National/International

Nature.com: Biden’s Pick To Head U.S. Environment Agency Heartens Scientists

The Hill: Five State Sue EPA Over Rule Limiting Pesticide Safety Enforcement

AP: Biden Introduces His Climate Team, Says ‘No Time To Waste’

The Guardian: ‘Folks, We’re In Crisis’: Biden Introduces Environmental Advisers

Year In Review: 50 Major Stories About The Environment In 2020

AP: Damage From Border Wall: Blown-Up Mountains, Toppled Cactus

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[Posted: December 20, 2020]  PA Environment Digest