Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.5.21

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session September 27, 28, 29

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- House Environmental Committee Sets Aug. 17 Hearing On Environmental, Economic Benefits Of Pipelines; DEP Fined Pipelines Over $55 Million For Violations Over Last 5 Years  [PaEN]

-- PG Editorial: Cleaner Air Must Be The Goal; Carbon Cap-And-Trade Is The Way Forward

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Issues Call For Volunteers To Participate In Fall Pick Up Pennsylvania Program To Keep Our Waterways Clean  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: PA Cities Have A Sewer System Problem, Green Infrastructure Can Help, Leads To Increase In Property Values, Improved Mental Health

-- LancasterOnline: DECA City Farms Has Big Plans For Urban Agriculture In Lancaster And Beyond

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: August 12 Hearing On Water Project Applications 

-- Water Center At Penn/Southwestern PA Water Management: August 12 - USGS/EPA Virtual Data Webinar. 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Save The Date - September 24 Wild & Scenic Film Festival. In-Person/Online.

-- MCall: Bitcoin Mining Facilities Popping Up At Power Plants Near The Lehigh Valley

-- Exelon Utilities: Announces Goal To Achieve Net-Zero Emissions By 2050  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Earth Day: Giant Eagle To Spend $100 Million To Go Net Zero Carbon By 2040

-- Energy Harbor: Sees Strong Demand For Carbon-Free Retail Electricity From Nuclear Power Plants

-- PPG: Recognized For Environmental, Social And Governance Practices; 2020 Sustainability Report  [PaEN]

-- Lock Haven Express Guest Essay: A Healthy Environment Requires Healthy American Industry - Unified Sportsmen

-- DEP: Mosquito Spraying Continues In Crawford County Thursday

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Lyme Disease Protection: No Vaccine Yet, But An Antibody Shot Could Soon Provide Immunity

-- MCall: Farmers’ Almanac Predicts Another Could, Stormy Turn For The Region

-- Inquirer: Atlantic Hurricane Season About To Experience A Serious Second Wind

-- Uncharted Lancaster: Ice Found On The Susquehanna River In August!

-- DCNR Blog: Penn’s Parks For All 

-- The Nature Conservancy - Pennsylvania Nature News: Mother Nature - Let’s Do This; Hit The Trails; Bog Walks Are Back; Tackling Climate Change

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Summer Youth Workshops For Grades 6-9 - Animal Kingdom, Appalachian Adventure

-- PG: DEP Determines Cause Of Chartiers Creek Fish Kill To Be Fungicide

-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Anglers Find Strength In Numbers In Pennsylvania, Nation

-- WPIX: Wild Deer In PA, 3 Other States Found To Have COVID Antibodies

National/International

-- PG - Daniel Moore: Pennsylvania Would Receive Billions From Federal Infrastructure Bill  -- White House Fact Sheet

-- EarthWorks: Abandoned Mine Cleanup Funding Silver Lining In Federal Infrastructure Bill

-- The Hill: More Than 300 Amendments Proposed To $1 Trillion Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- AP: Raging Wildfire Destroys Much Of California Gold Rush Town

-- Financial Times: Biden To Set Electric Vehicle Target In Drive To Cut Emission

-- NYT: Congressional Democrats Seek $500 Billion In Climate Damages From Big Polluting Companies

-- Financial Times: Fires And Floods: Can Science Link Extreme Weather To Climate Change?

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[Posted: August 5, 2021]  PA Environment Digest