Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.16.20

Senate swearing in day January 5

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

TODAY 10:00: DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting - Permit fees, Oil and gas  health studies, regulating natural gas storage fields.  Click Here for more.

TODAY 1:00: DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting - PFOS/PFAS and lead cleanup standards. Click Here for more.

Clean Power PA Coalition: 95% Of Commenters At EQB Hearing On Proposed Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Hearings Supported The Proposal [PaEN]

Sen. Pittman (R-Indiana) Testimony On Propose Power Plan Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation (RGGI)

Anya Litvak: New Operator Of PA’s Third Largest Coal Mine Remains A Mystery

DEP Provides Update On Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan Efforts; New Stormwater Manual Coming; Next State Team Meeting Jan. 26 [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Landowners, Turkey Hill Dairy, Trout Unlimited, Lancaster Clean Water Partners, Conservation Districts, NFWF, Chesapeake Conservancy, Others Partner On Precision Conservation In PA [PaEN]

Water Quality Cleanup Needs To Focus Not Only On 'Hot Spots' But 'Hot Moments' In Time During Increasingly Frequent Storm Events Using Buffers, Stream Fencing, Cover Crops, No-Till [PaEN]

EPA Recognizes Excellence & Innovation in Clean Water Infrastructure Projects, Including Temple University Green Roof Project [PaEN]

USDA NRCS Seeks Public Input On Guidance Defining Nonindustrial Private Forest Land Eligibility [PaEN]

Grant Twp. Indiana County Defends Itself Against Another Lawsuit By PA General Energy Company Over Its Ordinance Banning Drilling Waste Injection Wells Based On Environmental Rights Amendment [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Enact Strong Rules To Protect All Life From Gas, Oil Industries - PA Interfaith Power & Light

PA Environmental Council - The Next 50: The Only Constant Is Change [PaEN]

Christina Smith & Berks Nature Permanently Protect 70 Acres Of Farm, Forest, Watershed Lands In Berks County [PaEN]

Andrew Johnson, William Penn Foundation’s Director Of Watershed Programs, To Retire In 2021 [PaEN]

PA Environmental Educators: Nominations Now Being Accepted For PA's Pathways To Green Schools, Green Ribbon Schools Awards Programs [PaEN]

Nanoengineered Cement Shows Promise For Sealing Conventional, Shale Natural Gas Wells Leaking Climate-Damaging Methane [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Penalizing Owners Of Electric Vehicles With New Fees Inconsistent With Sustainability Goals

Leetsdale Company Fined For Violations Of Federal Clean Water Act

Hussey Cooper Fined, Put On Probation For Knowingly Polluting Ohio River

Brentwood Sells Sewer System For $19.2 Million To PA American Water

PA American Water Plans Multimillion Dollar Rate Hike, Customers Can Learn About Financial Help To Pay Bills

WITF Smart Talk: Testing Sewage For COVID Is Another Tool For Disease Monitoring - TODAY 9:00 a.m.

Aqua Water Offers Tips To Keep Pipes From Freezing This Winter

Groups Challenge PennDOT, FHA Vehicles-First Erie Bayfront Parkway Project [PaEN]

AP: NAACP Files Suit Over Erie Highway Plan, Waterfront Access

AG Shapiro Accuses Boucher & James Engineers Of Stealing $2 Million By Overbilling Municipalities

Lancaster City Recycling Center To Reopen Monday After Possible COVID Exposure

Duo Charged With Stealing $100,000 In Catalytic Converters Across Lancaster County

Workers From Carnegie Museums Of Pittsburgh Vote To Unionize

Op-Ed: Finding The Garden At The End Of The Tunnel - Burpee Chairman

Pittsburgh City Council Revisits Parks Property Tax Approved By Voters

Op-Ed: Celebrating Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Win In Year Of Loss - DCNR Secretary, PennEnvironment

Black-Owned Camp In Poconos Aims To Make Hunting More Diverse

Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission Announces Trout Fishing Dates For 2021, Subject To Change

Marcus Schneck: Carnivores Like Coyotes, Foxes See Humans As Abundant Source Of Food

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Dept. Of Health Reports 278 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 10,049 New Cases-- 12.16.20

National/International

Bay Journal: Maryland Advisory Group Backs Expanding Maryland Limits On Manure Fertilize Use

AP: Feds To Delay Seeking Legal Protection For Monarch Butterfly

Reuters: U.S. Finalizes Shower Head Rule AFter Trump Complains About Hair Rinsing

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[Posted: December 16, 2020]  PA Environment Digest