Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.4.21

House returns to voting session Feb. 4, 5

*Senate returns to voting session Feb. 4, 22, 23, 24

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Patrick J. Solano, Longtime Friend Of DCNR

DCNR Blog: Telling Untold Stories In PA State Parks And Forests

PA Environmental Council Updated Survey Shows Trail Use Increased 17% In 2020, Some Trails By Over 150% [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: State Park Fees Set To Go Up In 2022

Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study Shows Use Of Digitized Museum Data And Citizen Science Results Are Launching Biodiversity Research Into A New Era [PaEN]

York Daily Record/USA Today Special Report: PA’s Polluted Susquehanna River Is Poisoning The Chesapeake Bay - What Can Be Done [PaEN]

State, Local Partners Made Record Progress In 2nd Year Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan [PaEN]

Rodale Institute Grow Clean Water Initiative Establishes Food & Water Education Hub In Philadelphia Secret Garden; Feb. 27 Webinar On Food, Farming [PaEN]

YorkDR: Poet Michael Garrigan On The Susquehanna, Students And Hope

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 575 More Permits, 2,100 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

DEP Newsletter Provides Updates On Environmental Justice Issues Statewide [PaEN]

Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Approve Letter Urging IRRC To Disapprove Reg. Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [PaEN]

Wolf Budget Proposes Energy Communities Trust Fund To Ease Transition Of Workers, Communities Impacted By Power Plant Closures [PaEN]

Public News Service: Report: ReImagine Appalachia Climate Plan Means PA Jobs

WESA: PA Ranks 17th Among States Gearing Up For Shift To Electric Vehicles

Op-Ed: A Realistic Climate Agenda For Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Anya Litvak: Consol Can’t Appeal Murray Coal’s Bankruptcy Plan, Judge Rules

EnergyWorld: RIL Sells SW PA Shale Gas Assets For $250 Million To Northern Oil & Gas

TribLive: Triboro Ecodistrict Awarded Hillman Foundation Grant For Sustainability Projects

PA Wilds Outdoor Discovery Atlas Showcases Rural Region's Unique Recreation, Travel Destination Assets [PaEN]

ReadingE Editorial: PA Parks, Trails Good For Mental, Physical Health

French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Holds Chester County French Creek Iron Tour Cycling For Open Space & Trails In June [PaEN]

Buck Hill Conservation Foundation Helps Protect Forests For The Future In Monroe County [PaEN]

LancasterOnline: Get Schooled On Invasive Plants Before They Return This Spring

AP: Punxsutawney Misses Groundhog Day Boost

Marcus Schneck: Urban, Suburban Bird Feeders Critical For Common Birds In Winter, Says Study

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Dept. Of Health Reports 146 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 3,370 New Cases-- 2.4.21

National/International

Post: Biden’s EPA Nominee Vows ‘Urgency’ On Climate Change

AP: U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Of PennEAST Pipeline Eminent Domain Case In NJ

Utility Dive: Social Factors Could Be Final Barrier To Deep U.S. Decarbonization, National Academies Report Finds

ScrantonT: Get Fair Return On Federal Oil Leases

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[Posted: February 4, 2021]  PA Environment Digest