Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.18.21

*House Budget Hearings Canceled Until Monday, Feb. 22

House returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17

House Budget Hearings Schedule

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

Senate Budget Hearings Start March 8

Delaware River Basin Commission Sets Feb. 25 Meeting On Final Rule Banning Certain Fracking Activities In Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]

AP: DRBC To Take Action On Fracking Ban In Delaware Watershed

Environmental Groups, DEP Agree To Open Public Comment Period On 49 Previously Approved Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment & Storage Facility Permits [PaEN]

Don Hopey: DEP Settlement Grants Public Input On Drilling Waste Treatment, Storage Permits

AltoonaM: State Court Upholds Award Of Legal Fees To Huntingdon County Couple Who Contested Sunoco Mariner East Pipeline

House Environmental Committee Holds 2nd Meeting Feb. 24 On Proposed Changes To Chapter 105 Regulations [PaEN]

Keep PA Beautiful: Volunteers Across Pennsylvania Have Collected Over 1 Million Waste Tires For Recycling, Proper Disposal [PaEN]

WHYY: Philadelphia Still Dumping Trash With Recycling, Frustrating Residents

Members Of PA Veteran Farming Project Adopt Sustainable Farming Methods, Including Planting Forested Stream Buffers In Tioga, Wyoming Counties [PaEN]

USA Today Editorial: Pennsylvania Must Stop Killing The Chesapeake Bay

Dry Hollow Hunting Club, ClearWater Conservancy Partner To Add Over 1,200 Acres To Rothrock State Forest In Centre, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]

CentreDT: More Than 1,200 Acres Added To Rothrock State Forest

DEP Blog: Ten Tools Pennsylvania Is Using To Address Climate Change [PaEN]

IRRC Recommends EQB Consider Adding More Environmental Protections To Carbon Pollution Reduction Reg. Covering Power Plants; Delay Implementation 1 Year [PaEN]

IndianaG: IRRC Sends Comments To EQB Including A Recommendation To Delay Implementing Carbon Pollution Reduction Program  Covering Power Plants For 1 Year

Inquirer: Longwood Gardens Planning $250 Million Makeover

DCNR Blog: Economic Impact: Buchanan Forest District HQ Brings Surrounding Woodlands To Life [PaEN]

Circuit Trails Coalition Calls On Philadelphia To Make Funding For Spring Garden Street  Greenway Project A Priority [PaEN]

Inquirer: There’s A COVID Bike Shortage, But You Can Still Buy Bikes In Philly

Mary Ann Thomas: Pittsburgh’s Hays Bald Eagles Attack Raccoon Intruder To Nest

Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission Holds Feb. 20 Virtual Fisheries Summit

Help Wanted: Wildlife Leadership Academy Field School Operations Coordinator [PaEN]

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Dept. Of Health: Reports 94 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 3,345 New Cases-- 2.18.21

AP: Mistakes Mean Pennsylvania Faces Shortage Of Moderna Vaccine Shots

John Baer: Don’t Delay Election, Lawmakers, Ask The Public to Draw Your Voting Districts Instead  [ So Why Not Privatize This Instead Of Having The Government Do It? ]

National/International

AP: U.S. Needs To Brace Itself For More Deadly Storms, Experts Say

Financial Times: Oil & Gas Industry In Texas Buckles Under Strain Of Arctic Blast

NYT: No, Wind Farms Aren’t The Main Cause Of the Texas Blackouts

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[Posted: February 18, 2021]  PA Environment Digest