Saturday PA Environment &. Energy NewsClips 5.29.21

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

Biden's First Budget Makes Significant Investments In Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation, Community Economic Development Efforts [PaEN]

U.S. House Committee OKs Bipartisan Bills To Prevent Expiration Of Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program, Expand Economic Development Opportunities  [PaEN]

Proposed Biden Budget Makes Historic Investments In EPA Programs To Support States, Environmental Justice, Science, Reverses Years Of Declining Budgets [PaEN]

National Conservation Districts Applaud Proposed Conservation Funding Increases In Biden Budget Proposal [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Praises Biden Proposed Budget Giving Chesapeake Bay Program Full Funding [PaEN]

Bay Journal: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Mosquito Spray, PA DEP Orders Mosquito Programs To Stop Using Clarke’s Anvil 10+10 Pesticide  [PaEN]

Susan Phillips: Mariner East Pipeline Construction Leaves Hundreds Without Drinking Water In Delaware County After Breaking Water Line 

FERC Gives Adelphia Gateway Pipeline Final Notice To Proceed With 2nd Phase Construction In Delaware, Chester, Bucks, Montgomery Counties

Susan Phillips: As Philadelphia Works To Tackle Climate Change, Is Philadelphia Gas Works On Board? 

PennLive: Fire Is Now Out At Abandoned Mine Site In Northumberland County

Don Hopey: Pittsburgh To Share Its Lead In Drinking Water Solutions With EPA, Other Cities

Reading Eagle: Study Finds Worrying Blood-Lead Levels In Berks County Children, Especially In Reading

Lancaster County Clean Water Partners Highlight Local Work; Lancaster Water Week June 4-12 [PaEN]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Staff Teach Students About Aquatic Life In The Watershed [PaEN]

DEP Invites Comments On TMDL Water Quality Plan For Laurel Hill Creek Watershed, Somerset County [PaEn]

Rachel McDevitt: IFO Report Shows Rebound For Natural Gas As Production, Prices Rise

Don Hopey: Allegheny County Restores Online Air Quality Dashboard

Inquirer: Masks Led To Another Pandemic In Philadelphia - Litter, Masks Clogging Sewer Systems

Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Agriculture Research Project Grant Applications On Spotted Lanternflies, Pollinators, Water Quality Improvement, Climate Resiliency, Other Topics [PaEN]

Dept. of Agriculture: As Brood X Cicadas Emerge, Avoid Insecticides

Cumberland County Penn State Master Gardeners Offering Pollinator Container Garden Kits To Go June 26 [PaEN]

TribLive: Home Gardening Hobby Grows To New Heights Across Western PA

PA Resources Council To Host 5 Backyard Composting, Rain Barrel Online Conservation Workshops In June [PaEN]

DEP Posts 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

NorthcentralPA: Celebrate PA’s Mining History At Anthracite Heritage Festival Of The Arts In Shamokin, Northumberland County

Mary Ann Thomas: State Issues State Park Overcrowding Alert For Ohiopyle, Keystone, Presque Isle, More

Marcus Schneck: Overcrowding Alerts Issued For 14 PA State Parks, 2 Forest Areas

MCall: State Parks In Carbon, Bucks Counties Among Those Issuing Overcrowding Alerts

DCNR Proposes Land Exchange With Erdenheim Farm In Chester, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]

ErieT: Erie County Has A New Tick In Town, But Deer Ticks With Lyme Disease Still Top Health Concern

May 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

MCall: For Schuylkill County Woman, Seeing Bald Eagle Flying Toward Her Car Wast ‘Exhilarating’

ErieT: Radio Transmitters Aid Erie Bird Observatory Study Of Presque Isle Bird Migrations

Marcus Schneck: Alligator Lost In Susquehanna River Recovered In Lancaster County

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Dept. Of Health: Reports 16 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 832 New Cases; 53.5% Fully Vaccinated (Age 18+) -- 5.29.21

Biden Infrastructure Plan

Gov. Wolf: U.S. Senate Republican Proposal Shortchanges Nation’s Infrastructure Needs

NSAC: More Than 450 Groups Urge Congress To Invest $200 Billion In Climate-Focused Agriculture Improvements In American Jobs Plan    Copy of Letter

Utility Dive: U.S. Senate Republicans Include $4 Billion For Electric Vehicles In Their Infrastructure Plan Offer

National/International

The Guardian: ‘Black Wednesday’ For Big Oil As Courtrooms, Boardrooms Turn On Industry

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[Posted: May 29, 2021]  PA Environment Digest