Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.24.19

Senate Environmental Committee Reports Bill To Legalize Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater With Little Discussion, Only 3 Negative Votes

Penn State Study Recommends Only Using Nontoxic Products Or Highly Treated Drilling Wastewater To Remove Radium, Oil, Metals Before Road Spreading [PaEN]

The Allegheny Voice: Ohio DNR Documents Show Radioactive Elements In Oil & Gas Brine
PA Environmental Council, Environmental Defense Fund Urge House Members To Vote NO On Bills Undermining The Integrity Of Environmental Permitting 

Senate Committee Meets Sept. 25 To Consider Bill To Limit Public’s Right To Know Why A Regulation Is Being Proposed [PaEN]

DEP To Conduct Mosquito Spraying In Carbon, Erie Counties Sept. 24 To Combat Deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis; Monroe County Will Spray As Well [PaEN]

33 Of 67 Counties Now Have Mosquitoes Or Animals Testing Positive For West Nile Virus, The Latest: Perry County [PaEN]
After Alarming Headlines, When Will Mosquito Menace Die Down?  NOAA’s Fall Outlook Isn’t Good News
After Reports Of Deadly Mosquito-borne Virus In PA, Immunologist Says Not To Worry, Too Much

Bucks, Montgomery Counties To Get $5 Million To Study Health Effects of PFAS

Bucks, Montgomery Communities Selected For PFAS Health Study

National PFAS Study Will Include Bucks, Montgomery Residents

Editorial: New Philly Lead Bill Should Be First Step In Housing Culture Change

Lycoming Conservation District Awards Conservation Mini Grants

Penn State Master Well Owner Network Now Accepting Volunteer Applications [PaEN]

Second Annual Street-2-Creek Storm Drain Art Contest In York County A Success! [PaEN]

Presentation Proposals Now Being Accepted For 2020 Watershed Congress At Montgomery County Community College March 14 [PaEN]

Paxton Creek Watershed & Education Assn To Hear Watershed Advocacy Presentation Oct. 17 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

Carrick Residents Worry Insurance Won’t Cover Flood Damage From Water Main Break

Help Needed With Annual Crick Falls Cleanup Effort In Westmoreland

Op-Ed: A Simple Solution To Combat Illegal Dumping
Phillips: Philadelphia Refinery Site Declared Under Control 2 Months After Fire, Explosion
Maykuth: 3 Months After Philly Refinery Fire, City Declares Incident Under Control
Frazier: In Scotland, Town Evolved With Its Refinery, Then Shale Gas Arrived

IFO Estimates Landowners Will Be Paid Over $1.6 Billion In Natural Gas Royalties In Tax Year 2018; $9.815 Billion Since 2010 [PaEN]

PUC Seeking Nominations For PA1Call Damage Prevention Committee [PaEN]

A Tour Through Beaver County’s Massive Shell Chemical Plant

Editorial: Nuclear Power Plants Crucial As TMI Closes
Nikki Haley Calls Climate Change A Serious Issue, Says Government Should Give Incentives To  Businesses To Do Right Things At PA Chamber Event

United Nations Program Spotlights Pittsburgh As Leader In Advancing Sustainable Development Goals [PaEN]
Global Coalition Of Youth,  Including Lehigh Student, Declares Climate State Of Emergency Before UN

Editorial: Children Are Begging Us To Do Something About Climate Change
Pottstown First In The Nation To Pilot Flexible Plastic Recycling

NOAA’s Fall Forecast?  Above Average Temperatures Everywhere

Nittany Valley Environmental Coalition Takes Legal Action To Protect Forest From Development

Marcus Schneck: Has The Spotted Lanternfly Crossed The Susquehanna River?

Interns: Eli DePaulis Shares His Experience As An Intern At The Forest Heritage & Discovery Center In Franklin County [PaEN]

Chesapeake Conservancy: Paddle The Susquehanna River With New Guide Website

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Volunteer Trail Stewardship Opportunities Sept. 28, Oct. 5-6 [PaEN]

John Buffone: Farm Bureau May Not Oppose Sunday Hunting If Amendment Added
Marcus Schneck: Pennsylvania’s Hummingbirds Have Mostly Left The State

Editorial: Where Have All The Birds Gone?

Tuesday PA Capitol NewsClips 9.24.19 -- Click Here

National/International
Cong. Cartwright Introduces Bill To Eliminate Coal Mining Self-Bonding For Reclamation
Editorial: Federal Ethanol Mandates In Gasoline Should Not Be Raised
EPA Threatens To Cut Highway Funds To California Over Air Pollution Control
Op-Ed: Trump Should Let EPA Do Its Job

Greta Thunberg Condemns World Leaders In Emotional Speech At UN

Greta Thunberg Stars Down Trump As Two Cross Paths At UN

She Seems Very Happy: Trump Mocks Greta Thunberg’s Emotional UN Climate Speech

Climate Experts Say They Hear Talk At UN But Not Much Action

World Leaders Promise To Do More On Climate After Greta Thunberg’s Appeal

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