Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 3.17.21


Senate
returns to voting session March 17
Senate Budget Hearing Schedule

House returns to voting session March 17


Anya Litvak: Federal, State Agencies Probing Allegations Shell’s Ethane Pipeline Has Construction Defects


DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets March 24 On Land & Water Trail Network Plan; Equity In The Outdoors [PaEN]

DCNR Releases Land and Water Trail Network Plan To Ensure Access For All Pennsylvanians [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Hiking Trail Gaps Prioritized In New PA Trail Plan

The Center Square: Pennsylvania’s Energy Debate Spills Into DCNR Budget Hearing

DEP Finishes One Year Working Remotely Thru Pandemic: 703 More Permits, 2,062 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

AP: Beaver County Shell Ethane Plant Completion Expected In 2022

Allegheny County Health Dept.: Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Leads To $383,000 Demand For Penalties

Op-Ed: PA’s Natural Gas Industry Is A Target Again For Severance Tax

PG Editorial: University Of Pittsburgh’s Carbon-Neutral Plan Is At Right Speed

Delaware River Urban Waters Webinars: 3-Part Series On Environmental Justice & Brownfields Community Of Practice Starting March 25 [PaEN]

Pike Conservation District Hosts April 6 Webinar On Leaf Pack Network Stream Monitoring Program [PaEN]

InTouch With Freddi Hammer: Tali MacArthur, PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Talks About Importance Of Protecting Streams

USDA Now Accepting Applications For Regional Conservation Partnership Grants [PaEN]

Westmoreland County Scrap Tire Recycling Event Set For April 10 [PaEN]

Westmoreland Cleanways & Recycling Holds Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events April 17, June 26, October 23 [PaEN]

City Of Pittsburgh: To Launch Phase 2 Of Blue Recycling Bin Distribution In May

Plan Philly: Individuals Alone Didn’t Create Philly’s Litter Problems And Individuals Alone Can’t Solve It

TribLive: McKees Rocks Sues ALCOSAN Saying Construction Will Ruin Borough

Andrew Maykuth: Nearly A Third Of Philly Water Customers Are Past Due On Their Water Bills

Op-Ed: Philadelphia Water’s Proposed Rate Hike Bad For Consumers

ScrantonT: Flood Authority, Duryea Might Work Together On Levee Upgrades In Luzerne

WilliamsportS: Flood Wall Approved For District Judge’s New Office

Environmental Lawyer Joel Burcat Now Writes Environmental Thrillers Featuring DEP Assistant Counsel As Main Character [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Farms, Farmland Continue Decline In PA, Study Says

Natural Lands Permanently Preserves 103-Acre Seidel Hill In Berks County [PaEN]

EndeavorNews: Sen. Dush Urges DCNR To Sell Denton Hill State Park

ErieT: PA Summer Camp Industry ‘Fragile,’ But Cabins Filling Up Fast Despite COVID Pandemic

Billy Penn: Looks Like Philly Public Pools Will Be Back This Summer

WJAC: Pair Of Bald Eagles In Hanover Welcome Their First Hatchling Of 2021

Marcus Schneck: Endangered Bats Are Target Of Federal Forest Assistance Program In PA

PennLive: Watch Bear Family Have A Party In Dauphin County Woman’s Yard

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WITF: Some Of Highest-Profile Arrests For Assault On U.S. Capitol Are People From Pennsylvania

AP: White Supremacist Propaganda Surged In 2020, Report Says [PA Included]

National/International

Utility Dive: Texas Senate Passes Bill To Require Grid Operator To Reprice Multi-Billion Dollar Market ‘Error’ During Power Outages

Utility Dive: Taking Charge: Commissioner Clements On FERC’s ‘Make Or Break’ Role Amid Energy Transition

NYT: The Rock Standing In The Way Of China’s Climate Ambitions: Coal

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