Friday, March 5, 2021

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 3.5.21


Senate
returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17

Senate Budget Hearings Start March 8

House returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17


DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets March 16 On Mine Reclamation Needs; Expiration Of Federal Fee Would Leave PA With No Resources To Deal With This Critical Issue [PaEN]

Environmental Quality Board Meets March 16 On Final Water Quality Permit Fee Increases [PaEN]

Study For Great Lakes Protection Fund Identifies Erie County, PA As One Of 10 Priority Areas For Green Infrastructure Investment In Great Lakes Region [PaEN]

Registration Open For Southwest PA Regional Water Network Virtual Meetings On PA Ohio River Watershed Issues April 20, May 4 & 18 [PaEN]

NextPittsburgh: How Bad Is PA’s Microplastics Problem?  It’s Like Eating A Credit Card Every Week

PennLive: City Of Lancaster To Begin Using Red, Yellow Lights To Warn Public When Untreated Sewage Overflows Are Going Into  Conestoga River

Delaware RiverKeeper March 5 RiverWatch Video Report

WeConservePA: Registration Now Open For Environmental Advisory Council Virtual Conference April 10 [PaEN]

Energy & Policy Institute: Coal, Natural Gas Lobbyists Behind PA Officials’ Letters Against RGGI, Emails Show

CitizensV: Residents Near Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne County Asked To Complete Survey

ErieT: Electric Vehicle Charging Stations On Way To Presque Isle State Park

Hershey Company Announces Goal To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 25% By 2030 From 2018 Baseline [PaEN]

Op-Ed: PA Agriculture Is Vulnerable To Climate Change And Feeling Impacts Now - PA Assn. For Sustainable Agriculture [RGGI]

PG Editorial: Invest In Electrical Grid Infrastructure

TribLive: Chatham University’s Rachel Carson EcoVillage Moves Forward In Allegheny County

MCall: For Lehigh Valley Students, Making A Candle A Lesson In Toxicology, Sustainability, Design, Marketing

ScrantonT Editorial: Legislature’s Plastic Bag Full Of Narrow Interests

SEEDS Program Accepting Entries To Burkhardt Sustainability Essay College Scholarship Contest In Monroe, Pike Counties [PaEN]

WESA: GASP Starts Air Quality Educational Program For Teens

Penn State Students Need Help From Individuals Who Harvest Wild Ramps For Personal Use Or Commercial Sale [PaEN]

PA Nature Conservancy Adds 1,058 Acres To Cove Mountain Preserve In Perry County [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Nun Protects 100 Acres Of Wild Space In Pennsylvania

First Lady Frances Wolf Discusses PA Tourism And Increased Outdoor Activities During COVID Pandemic [PaEN]

TODAY: WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.: DCNR Talks About Pandemic And Impact On Outdoor Recreation In PA

Votes Are In For 3 Pennsylvania Trails In USA Today 10Best Recreational Trails Competition! [PaEN]

TribLive: Work On 1st Phase Of New Hampton Community Park Loop Trail Set To Begin

TribLive: Export Officials Continue Community Park Upgrades

TribLive: Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater Home Tour Season Begins March 6

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In February [PaEN]

House Committee Hears Annual Reports From Game, Fish & Boat Commissions [PaEN]

Penn Power Partners With Erie Bird Observatory For 2nd Year To Protect Osprey, Birds Of Prey [PaEN]

Save The Date: 9th Annual PA Firefly Festival June 25 & 26 In Forest County [PaEN]

DCNR Awards $357,211 In Wild Resource Conservation Grants To Foster Biodiversity, Protect Non-Game Species [PaEN]

DCNR Blog: How You Can Help Protect The Diversity Of Plants And Animals In Pennsylvania [PaN]

PennLive: Snow Geese Arrive At Middle Creek Wildlife Area In Lebanon County

Lancaster Online: Geese At Middle Creek Wildlife Area - Photos

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National/International

KYW: PA’s Infrastructure Gets A C- Grade From Civil Engineers

Anya Litvak: An Infrastructure Bill Would Be Great For Pittsburgh Area’s L.B. Foster, CEO Says [Land & Water Conservation Fund]

The Guardian: Butterfly Numbers Plummeting In U.S. West As Climate Crisis Takes Toll

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[Posted: March 5, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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