Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.7.21

House
returns to voting session April 7
Senate returns to voting session April 19, 20, 21

Senate Budget Hearing Schedule


THURSDAY 9:15: DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee gets update on proposed final RGGI regulation. Click Here for more: https://bit.ly/3wyWQYC 


THURSDAY 2:00: Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing Dept. Of Agriculture.  Watch Live.


THURSDAY 6:00: DEP Citizens Advisory Council hearing on Act 54 Report On Surface Damage Caused By Underground Coal Mining.  Instructions For Watching Live: https://bit.ly/3cNwEjJ 


*April 8: DEP Set To Discuss Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation At Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Meeting [PaEN]


Wildlife, Environmental Groups Unveil New Underfunded and Polluted: Solutions to Fund Clean Water In PA Report April 8 [PaEN]

YorkDR: Killing The Chesapeake Bay: Report Says It Will Cost PA $521 Million A Year To Cleanup PA Waters

Senate Committee Meeting Provides Overview Of Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts [PaEN]

U.S. Senators From Maryland, Virginia, Delaware Urge EPA To Ensure Pennsylvania's Compliance With Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Standards [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Program 2019-2020 Bay Barometer Shows An Ecosystem In Mixed Recovery [PaEN]

Agenda Added - House Environmental Committee Holds April 7 Info. Meeting On PA’s Forests & Forest Products [PaEN]

Potter-Tioga Counties’ Cherry Springs State Park Ranked One Of Nation’s Finest Stargazing Spots [PaEN]

Senate, House Environmental Committees Set Joint April 27 Hearing On Alternative Onlot Septic Systems & Land Development Planning [PaEN]

Reading Eagle: Berks County Conservation District Uses Coconut Husks To Help Protect Local Watershed

TribLive: 125 Trees Planted On Eliza Furnace Trail In Pittsburgh

MCall: Some Bethlehem Residents May Be Able To Reduce Their Stormwater Fee Thanks To New Guidelines OK’d By Council

Latrobe Bulletin: Loyalhanna Watershed Assn. Seeks Interns For 8-Week Summer Program

Wallace McKelvey: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Panel Meets For First Time April 7

KDKA: U.S. DOE Says There Is A Future For Fossil Fuels In Western PA

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 865 More Permits, 2,122 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

ABC6: PA Woman Adopts Highway, Spends Weekends Cleaning Litter In Chester County

WBTimes: Wilkes-Barre Seeking Volunteers For Great American Cleanup

*Keep PA Beautiful: Find A Pick Up Pennsylvania Cleanup Event Near You

Sustainable Pittsburgh: 11th Annual (Virtual) Sustainability Conference May 6-7 [PaEN]

DCNR Warns Of Heightened Spring Wildfire Dangers [PaEN]

NextPittsburgh: Husband-And-Wife Filmmakers Explore Rare PA Ecosystem In The Last Prairie

PG: Hazelwood Riverfront Plan Pumps New Life Into Old Industrial Relics In Allegheny County

Philly Voice: Spring Garden Street Greenway Could See Safety Updates With Biden Infrastructure Plan

TribLive: Export Borough Looks To Re-Evaluate Annual Summer Playground Program

CentreDT: How Bad Are Ticks This Year, How Can You Protect Yourself

Marcus Schneck: Where Does PA Rank For Full-Time RV Living?

John Arway: In Memoriam: Dr. Ed Bellis Penn State Professor, Conservationist

Fish & Boat Commission: Reminds Boaters Water Remains Frigid, Even On Warm Spring Days

Brian Whipkey: Game Commission Set To Approve Changes For PA Hunters

Marcus Schneck: Concurrent Deer Season Among Changes Facing Game Commission Approval

Game Commission: Enter The 2022 Working Together for Wildlife Art Contest

Help Wanted: Brandywine Conservancy Budget Manager [PaEN]

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Wednesday - PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 4.7.21-- Click Here

Dept. Of Health: Reports 48 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 4,643 New Cases-- 4.7.21

Biden Infrastructure Plan

PG: Cong. DeFazio (D-OR), Powerful Infrastructure Panel Chair, Meets With Pittsburgh Business Leaders  [No Masks]

National/International

AP: California Prosecutor Files Criminal Charges Against Pacific Gas & Electric In 2019 Wildfire

AP: Study: Drought-Breaking Rains More Rare, Erratic In U.S. West

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[Posted: April 7, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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