Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 3.26.21

House returns to voting session April 5, 6, 7

Senate returns to voting session April 19, 20, 21

Senate Budget Hearing Schedule

Federal Court Grants Request For 16 PA Senate Democrats To Intervene In PA Senate Republican Caucus Legal Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban [PaEN]

Cub Scouts Help Improve Streambank While Learning About Erosion Issues From Snyder County Conservation District [PaEN]

Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Provides Updates On Rehab Of 2 Passive Mine Drainage Treatment Systems In Butler County [PaEN]

WilliamsportS: Senator’s Bill To Help Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf Passes Thru Committee

Dept. Of Agriculture: March 26 Webinar On Urban Agriculture Grants

7 Out Of 10 PA Voters Are Concerned About Climate Change Impacting Their Children, Grandchildren [PaEN]

Senate Committee OKs Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen [PaEN]

Sen. Scavello Reintroduces Legislation To Enable Community Solar Projects [PaEN]

Letter: Wolf Solar Initiative Unfortunate Use Of Farmland

ScrantonT Editorial: Set Standards For EV Charging

House Republicans Introduce Package With Bill Saying Permit Applications To DEP Are Automatically Deemed Complete If Submitted By Professional Engineer  [More Than Half Of Applications Submitted To DEP By Engineers Are Incomplete.  Read more here.]

Senate Republicans Introduce Package With Bill Supporting The Killing Of Regulations By Doing Nothing [Senate Bill 32]

PennLive: PA Supreme Court Says Attorney General Can’t Use Consumer Protection Law In Oil & Gas Royalty Cases

AP: Gas Drilling Firms Defeat Pennsylvania’s Antitrust Lawsuit

ErieT: Oil & Fire: Bradford Forged By Oil Success And Zippo Lighters

Andrew Maykuth: Philadelphia Refinery Fire Report Languishes In Federal Safety Agency Depleted By Trump

Patch: Volunteers Needed For April 10 Darby Creek Watershed Cleanup, Montgomery County

Volunteers Needed For Capital Area Greenbelt Cleanup March 26-27 In Dauphin County [PaEN]

TribLive: Wildlife, Habitat Enthusiasts Sought For PA Master Naturalist Training

Delaware RiverKeeper March 26 RiverWatch River Report

MCall: UGI Natural Gas Customers Won’t Get Added COVID Payment Relief Anytime Soon

PUC: Urges Struggling Utility Consumers, Small Businesses To Discuss Affordability Options

PUC: OKs Settlement With Reliant Energy Northeast Sales & Marketing, Including $175,000 Penalty

TribLive: Liam Welge, 14, Completes Eagle Scout Trail Project With Allegheny Land Trust

PG: I-579 ‘Cap’ Project Starting To Look Like A Park In Pittsburgh

CentreDT: Why Centre County Regional Park Might Take Longer, Cost More To Complete

TribLive Editorial: Are Local Swimming Holes Drying Up?

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Partners Host Virtual Wild About Raptors Workshop Series For Educators [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Wetland Solution For Algae Blooms, Waterfowl Decline In Great Lakes Targeted In New Study

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National/International

PG: Ohio Lawmakers Poised To End Nuclear/Coal Bailout Embroiled In Bribery Scandal

AP: In Shift, American Petroleum Institute Backs Federal Price On Carbon

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[Posted: March 26, 2021]  PA Environment Digest