Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.1.20

Senate returns to session January 1

House returns to session January 1

Nonprofits Count On Giving Tuesday To Balance Out Tough Year

Wallace McKelvey: Feds Speed Sale Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Site Amid State Concern About Decommissioning

Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant To Test Emergency Sirens Wednesday In York County

Final Test Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Station Emergency Sirens Thursday

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Dec. 10 Webinar On DEP Integrated Water Quality Report, Mapping Application [PaEN]

NRCS-PA Hosts Virtual Open Houses On EQIP Financial Assistance For Urban Agriculture On Dec. 1 For Harrisburg, Dec. 7 For Philadelphia, Dec. 9 For Pittsburgh [PaEN]

Registration Open For Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit; Call For Presentations Extended To Dec. 4 [PaEN]

UGI Lowering Natural Gas Costs

UGI Cuts Residential Gas Rate 1.1%, But January Hike Still Looms

Op-Ed: PA Doesn’t Have To Choose Between Good Jobs And A Healthy Environment - Clean Air Council

Joint Conservation Committee: Spotlight On Organizations Fighting Illegal Dumping & Littering [PaEN]

Dec. 4 Penn State Seminar To Examine Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative And State Energy Policy [PaEN]

Christmas Tree Growers See Strong Opening Weekends Amid Pandemic

Dan Nephin: Trio Kayaks The Entire 444-Mile Susquehanna River In 18 Days

New Path Along Pittsburgh Street Meant To Keep Cyclists, Pedestrians Safe

Editorial: Invest In Pittsburgh Innovation: Transit, Flood Protection, Trails, Economic Development

Reminder: Nominations For PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2021 Annual Awards To Recognize COVID Champions Due Dec. 31 [PaEN]

Marci Mowery, PA Parks & Forests Foundation, Named Chair Of New National Group To Support The Nation's State Parks [PaEN]

Editorial: Hunting Changes Could Feed Families

Meteorologists, Trends, History Argue For 6th Straight Mild Winter In Philly

Smokey Roberts, Pioneering Underwater Filmmakers From Lancaster Succumbs To COVID

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Dept. Of Health Reports 180 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 5,676 New Cases-- 12.1.20

Independent Fiscal Office Reports November State Revenues $90.9 Million Above Its Estimates [PaCN]

Dept. Of Revenue Reports Collecting $2.3 Billion In November [PaCN]

Jan Murphy: PA Senate Republicans Silent On Report Of Sen. Mastriano’s Positive COVID Test

Jan Murphy: Second PA Republican Senator- Judy Ward-- Tests Positive For COVID

Cap-Star: Senate Republicans Silent As Another Senator- Judy Ward-- Tests Positive For COVID

National/International

UtilityDive: Moody’s, S&P Lower FirstEnergy Credit Rating To ‘Junk’ Amid More Potential Fallout From Ohio Nuclear/Coal Corruption Probe

The Guardian: Climate Crisis To Triple Flooding Threat For Low-Income U.S. Homes By 2050

AP: Dutch Climate Activists Take Shell To Court Over Emissions

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[Posted: December 1, 2020]  PA Environment Digest