Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.1.21

House returns to voting session April 5, 6, 7

Senate returns to voting session April 19, 20, 21

Senate Budget Hearing Schedule

Agenda Added: Senate Committee Sets State Of The Chesapeake Bay Information Meeting April 6 [PaEN]

Berks Conservation District Receives National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Grant [PaEN]

DCNR Blog: Support Tree Planting Along Streams And In Communities [PaEN]

Volunteers Needed!  Tree Planting April 17 In Centralia, Columbia County [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Claire Jantz, Chair, Friends Of Michaux State Forest [PaEN]

DEP Awards $2.4 Million In Driving PA Forward Cleaner Vehicle Funding In 7 Counties [PaEN]

TribLive: Utility Shut-Off Bans Ends Thursday; Western PA Companies Say Help Is Available

Reid Frazier: Alerted By High COVID ‘Activity,’ State Health Officials Visited Shell’s Beaver County Ethane Plan

WarrenTO: Sen. Hutchinson To Reintroduce Bill To Set Separate Standards For Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling

Op-Ed: A Key To America’s Growth Lies Beneath PA’s Soil - Natural Gas

EPA Orders Philadelphia Company To Stop Making Inaccurate Health Claims About Pesticide [PaEN]

DEP: Virtual Hearing April 6 On Massaro-McKees Rocks Landfill Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response In Allegheny County

CONSOL: Energy Prices $75 Million In Tax-Exempt PA Economic Development Financing Authority Bonds To Expand Coal Waste Facility In Greene County

TribLive: Citing Toxic Risks To Health, Environment, Sharpsburg Bans Coal Tar To Seal Driveways In Allegheny County

Teachers Invited To Participate In Keep PA Beautiful’s Litter Free School Zone Program [PaEN]

Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Video Tribute To Their Employees

MCall: Private-Equity Firms Complete $4.3 Billion Deal For Nestle Waters North America

Dillion Carr: Allegheny Land Trust Given 90-Day Extension To Raising Remaining $365000 For Churchill Valley Greenway Project

DCNR Posts Daily, Statewide Wildfire Danger Maps To Highlight Spring Wildfire Season [PaEN]

Inquirer: How To Identify AndKill Spotted Lanternflies

PA Wilds Blog: PA Outdoors Corps: Investing In The Next Generation And Our Public Lands

DCNR: PA Geological Survey’s Historical Photograph Collection Now Available

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Hosts April 5 Program From John Heinz History Center On Their From Slavery To Freedom Exhibit [PaEN]

March 31 DCNR Resource Newsletter

PennLive: Federal Agency Considers Removing Low-Head Dam Where 11-Year-Old Drowned In York County

MCall: Allentown Police Seize Dirt Bikes, ATVs, But Need Public’s Help As More Illegal Vehicles Appear On City Streets

Frank Kummer: Philly’s Skyline To Get Dark At Midnight To Protect Migrating Birds

Marcus Schneck: Penn State Researchers Looking For Insights Thru Wild Trout Coloring

Marcus Schneck: Hawk Mountain Will Launch Spring Hawk Watch April 1

Marcus Schneck: How To Have Your Best Hummingbird Feeders Ever

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Biden Infrastructure Package

AP: Biden Announces Huge Infrastructure Plan To ‘Win The Future’

TribLive: Biden Unveils $2 Trillion American Jobs Plan In Pittsburgh Stop

PG: ‘We Have To Move Now’ Biden Details His $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

Cap-Star: Biden Unveils $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: ‘A Once In A Generation Investment’

VOX: Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure And Jobs Plan Explained

NPR: Here’s What’s In Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Proposal

Gov. Wolf: Praises Biden Administration’s Infrastructure Plan

WESA: Local Leader Says Federal, State, Local Cooperation Needed To Address Failing Infrastructure

Inquirer: PA, NJ Hoping For Billions From Biden For Roads, Bridges, Transit Lines

WHYY: Philly Could Benefit From Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

PG: Congress Faces A Tough Construction Project With Infrastructure Bills

Reid Frazier: Biden’s Climate-Focused Infrastructure Plan Geared To Curb U.S. Carbon Emissions

The Center Square: Biden Proposes $16 Billion For Plugging Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells In U.S.

National/International

AP: Interview: EPA Head Committed To ‘Scientific Integrity’

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[Posted: April 1, 2021]  PA Environment Digest