Saturday, February 20, 2021

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.20.21


Senate
returns to voting session Feb. 22, 23, 24
Senate Budget Hearings Start March 8

House returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17

House Budget Hearings Schedule


Monday 10:00: House Budget Hearing On DEP. Learn More/Watch: http://bit.ly/3s9ZLnC 


Work The Problem, Cancel The Show: Environmental Funding Is About People, Not Numbers  [PaEN]


DEP Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Update: 86% Of Phase 3 Milestones Are On Track [PaEN]

National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Accepting Applications For Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants [PaEN]

Wallace McKelvey: PA American Water Sues Manufacturers Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ 

PA American Water Accepting Entries For Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest [PaEN]

DEP To Propose New Regulation To Require Automakers To Offer Electric Vehicles For Sale In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Frank Kummer: PA To Install Electric Vehicle Chargers In Philly, Bucks, Delaware Counties

Don Hopey: DEP Funding 4 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

TribLive: DEP Awards $250,000 For Allegheny County Sheetz To Install Electric Vehicle Charging Plugs

AP: Pennsylvania Looks To Boost Electric Vehicle Sales

PA Solar Center Recognizes 10 Solar Energy Leaders In Central PA [PaEN]

Inquirer: Cheaper Solar Power Means Low-Income Families Can Also Benefit, With The Right Kind Of Help

Op-Ed: Lawmakers Can Save $2 Billion If They Stop Subsidizing The Fossil Fuel Industry In PA - PennFuture

IndianaG: Growing Greener Grant To Help Purify Two Lick Creek, Indiana County

MCall: Rodale Institute Involved In $500 Million Partnership To Grow U.S. Organic Farming

Dept. Of Health Seeks Focus Group Members To Discuss Private Water Wells; 13 County Water Supply Testing/Protection Webinars Set [PaEN]

Registration Now Open For 2021 Virtual PA Groundwater Symposium May 6 [PaEN]

Allegheny County Master Watershed Stewards Prep For 3-Year Stream Assessment Project [PaEN]

University Of Pittsburgh Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Featured Exploring The Nature Of Water In Western PA Program By Master Watershed Stewards [PaEN]

3-Part Webinar Series On Mapping Stormwater BMPs In Montgomery County Set For Feb. 24, March 2, 11 [PaEN]

Penn State Extension: Making Riparian Buffers Work For You Webinar March 19 [PaEN]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Monthly Minute Update For February (Video)

Utility Dive: FERC Ends PJM MOPR Proceeding, Paving Way For Next Capacity Auction

Washington Observer: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells Are A Lingering Environmental Issue

Natural Gas Intel: EQT Drilling Shifting Focus To WV, No Plans To Drill In OH, Cheaper To Drill In PA

Andrew Maykuth: PA Utilities Urge A Resumption Of Shutoffs As Pandemic Subsides, Unpaid Bills Soar, About 1 Million Customers Behind On Their Bills

PUC: Approves Smaller Than Requested Rate Increase For Columbia Gas Of PA

PG Editorial: Steel Slag Worth The Recycling Effort

DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 20 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Frank Kummer: 4 Bridges In Wissahickon Park To Be Closed Thru Fall For Renovation

DCNR Accepting Comments On Proposed Land Exchange In Juniata County [PaEN]

Feb. 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

SunburyDI: Union County Volunteers Save Stranded Motorist, Child Near R.B. Winter State Park

Letter: Snowmobiles, ATVs Desecrating Our Woods

National Geographic: Winter Is Prime Time For Bald Eagle Watching In Delaware Highlands

Inquirer: It’s Coyote Killing Season In PA, Are The Hunts Barbaric Or Necessary Population Control?

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Dept. Of Health Reports 90 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 2,818 New Cases-- 2.20.21

Post: A Mass-Casualty Event Every Day: Inside The Dark Winter Of COVID In America [Danville, Pittsburgh]

National/International

AP: Officials: Drought Could Increase Wildfire Threat In Wyoming

NPR: White House Advisor Says Texas Outages Show How U.S. Is Unprepared For Climate Change

TexasTribune: Texas Was ‘Seconds And Minutes’ Away From Catastrophic Monthslong Blackouts, Officials Say 

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[Posted: February 20, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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