Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.21.21

Senate returns to voting session April 21, [26-canceled] , 27, 28

House returns to voting session April 21, May 3, 4, 5

Senate Budget Hearing Schedule

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Earth Day 2021: Celebrating Our Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania - By Patrick McDonnell, DEP Secretary [PaEN]

Republicans On House Committee OK Bills Killing Regulations By Doing Nothing; Shielding Law Violators; Mandating Private Review Of DEP Permit Applications [PaEN]

Republicans On House Committee OK Bill Setting Up Office Of The Repealer To Recommend Repeal Of Existing Regulations [PaEN]

Congregation Beth Shalom In Pittsburgh Holds April 22 'Flip The Switch' On Solar Energy Initiative Celebration [PaEN]

The Hershey Company Announces New Renewable Energy Agreements Aligned With 2030 Goal To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By More Than 50%  [PaEN]

The Collegian: How Penn State Is Becoming A Leader In Renewable Energy Options Across Its PA Campuses

U.S. Secretary Of State Blinken Delivered Climate Speech From Chesapeake Bay Foundation Headquarters [PaEN]

Bay Journal: On Shores Of Chesapeake Bay, Sec. Of State Charts Renewed U.S. Action on Climate Change

Op-Ed: Carbon Dioxide Emission Tax Makes Economic And Environmental Sense

PA Senate, House Lawmakers Announce 2021-22 Legislative Coal Caucus To Support Coal Mining Industry [PaEN]

NBCNews: United Mine Workers Of America Union Leadership Endorses Biden Energy Policies In Exchange For Robust Transition Strategy

NYT: United Mine Workers Indicates It Will Accept Switch To Renewable Energy In Exchange For Jobs

AP: Miners’ Union Backs Shift From Coal In Exchange For Jobs

United Mine Workers Of America Transition Initiative

Appalachian Voices, EPCAMR, Other Partners: RECLAIM Act Mine Reclamation Town Hall April 28 [PaEN]

PG Editorial: Biden Must Not Sacrifice Human Rights For Green Energy

Chesapeake, Lower Susquehanna WaterKeeper Groups Petition FERC For Rehearing On Conowingo Dam Federal License

PennLive: PA Energy Firm Pleads Guilty, Fined $2 Million In Truck Emissions Tampering Scheme

University Of Pennsylvania, University Of Pittsburgh Student-Led Projects Win EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge [PaEN]

DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission Highlight Stream Buffers For Role In Protecting Water Quality At Planting In Juniata County [PaEN]

Penn State Extension: Take A Walk With A Master Watershed Steward And Learn About Your Watershed [PaEN]

Volunteers Plant 100 Trees, Give Away 250 More In Centralia

Help Needed For Lewisburg Tree Planting April 21

CitizensV: Great American Cleanup Is Saturday In Wilkes-Barre

WESA: Forget The Wrecking Ball, Pittsburgh Officials Will Test Out Deconstruction

Pollinator & Water Conservation Planting Volunteer Opportunity May 1 Hershey, Dauphin County

Stroud Water Research Center To Study PFAS Contamination In Biosolids Used As Soil Amendments [PaEN]

WBTimes: Contract Awarded To Close Wyoming Valley Levee Gaps

CitizensV: Flood Authority Approves Agreements, Awards Contract For Levee System Upgrades

WESA: Parents Form Action Group In Response To Environmental Charter School Teacher’s Resignation In Pittsburgh

TribLive: Great Allegheny Passage Trail Ranked Among Top Long Rail Trails In U.S.

Independent Conservancy Hosts Wildflower Walk At Rocky Bend Nature Preserve In Beaver County April 25 [PaEN]

WHYY: Brush Fires Spread Along Train Tracks In Philadelphia Neighborhood

LancasterOnline: Pedestrians Struck Twice By Illegal Dirt Bike Riders In Lancaster City

Allegheny Front: Frogs & Salamanders Get New Habitat At Ohiopyle State Park

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Dept. Of Health: Reports 60 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 4,602 New Cases-- 4.21.21 [From App]

National/International

AP: Biden To Pledge Halving Greenhouse Gases By 2030 

PG: Equity In Energy Transition Gets Spotlight In DC Ahead Of Biden Climate Summit

The Guardian: Biden Faces Major Test Building U.S. Credibility At Climate Summit

BBC: EU To Cut Carbon Emissions By 55% By 2030

AP: EU Reaches Major Climate Deal Ahead of Biden Climate Summit

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[Posted: April 21, 2021]  PA Environment Digest