Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.16.21

House returns to voting session Jan. 25, 26, 27

Senate returns to voting session Jan. 25, 26, 27

Sen. Corman: All Senate District, Harrisburg Offices To Work Remotely Jan. 16-20

Luzerne County Conservation District Seeks Funds To Cleanup Plainsville Borehole Mine Drainage [PaEN]

Stroud, Many Partners’ Soil Health Initiative Expands Watershed Restoration Beyond The Stream Corridor

NRCS-PA Invites Proposals For 2021 Conservation Innovation Grants [PaEN]

New DEP Air Quality Permit Fees Effective January 16 [PaEN]

DEP Renews General Permits For 27 Facilities In 11 Counties To Process/Reuse Oil & Gas Drilling Waste [PaEN]

River Reporter: Wayne County Landowners’ Case Against DRBC Drilling Moratorium Will Go To Trial

Susan Phillips: Harrisburg Resident’s Charges Dismissed In Mariner East Pipeline ‘Buy-A-Badge’ Scheme In Chester County

City Of Philadelphia Commits To Carbon Neutrality By 2050, Releases Climate Action Playbook, Hires First Chief Resilience Officer [PaEN]

Susan Phillips: Philadelphia Aims To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050

Frank Kummer: Philadelphia Appoints Climate Officer, Sets More Aggressive Carbon Reduction Goal

Rachel McDevitt: With Solar Energy On Rise In PA, Some Worry Panels Will Be Harmful, Scientists Say Most Fears Have Been Disproven

Allegheny Community College Goes Big On Solar With Planned 540-kilowatt Panel Installation

Penn State Extension, DEP To Host 8-Part Farm Energy Day Webinars; Offer New Farm Utility Bill Analysis Service [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Have We Reached The Limits Of Partisanship? - State College Citizens’ Climate Lobby

PUC Extends Deadline For Comments On Electric Storage Policies To Increase Reliability And Resiliency Related To Increasingly Frequent Weather-Related Threats [PaEN]

DEP Sets Feb. 17 Virtual Hearing On New Coal Refuse Disposal Facility To Discharge Into An Already Water Quality Impaired Stream In Somerset County [PaEN]

DEP Publishes Final Management Of Fill Technical Guidance [PaEN]

DEP Posts 53 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 16 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Gilpin Twp Seeks Volunteer Member For Its Water, Sewer Authority

Wilkes-Barre Council Nixes Sewer, Recycling Fee Increases

Lancaster County Twp Composting Facility Revaluates Price Hike, Outsiders Still Excluded

Met-Ed: If You See A Black, Low-Flying Helicopter In Easton, Don’t Be Alarmed

Two Sites Of Heroism Just 12 Miles Apart: Flight 93 Memorial, Quecreek Mine Rescue

Editorial: Where Will Pittsburgh’s Parks Tax Go?

Marcus Schneck: State Parks, Forests Pushed To Their Limits In 2020 With 45.3 Million Visitors

January 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Winter Lantern Festival Resounding Success For Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy

Lancaster Farming: York Volunteer Cares For Injured Hawks, Other Birds Of Prey While Educating Public

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Dept. Of Health Reports 231 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 7,166 New Cases-- 1.16.21

NBC: PA Republican Lawmakers Fostered False Election Allegations That Fueled Assault On U.S. Capitol

National/International

Reuters: Ohio AG Asks Judge To Block $102 Million FirstEnergy Surcharge In Nuclear/Coal Bailout Scandal

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[Posted: January 16, 2021]  PA Environment Digest