Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 3.12.20

House Committee Meets March 16 To Take Up Pretend Solution To Reducing Nutrient Pollution, Lets Regulated Entities Challenge Every DEP Document Without Public Involvement [PaEN]

Senate, House Policy Committees To Hold Hearing March 25 On Grow PA Infrastructure, Education, Health Care Innovations [PaEN]

Senate Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing On Pipeline Investment Program March 24 [PaEN]

Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Awards 5 Students College Scholarships [PaEN]

Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Joins Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Clean Up PA's Waterways [PaEN]

Canceled Riparian Forest Buffer Summit To Be Rescheduled For 2021 [PaEN]

29 PA Conservation Districts Receive $67,000 For 41 Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Education Projects [PaEN]

Trading Classrooms For Canoes To Study Water Conservation In PA

Dept. Of Agriculture Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Help Transition To Organic Farming [PaEN]

Using Cover Crops With High Tunnels Can Suppress Soil Pathogens, Pests, Improve Soil Health [PaEN]
YaleEnvironment360: A Movement Grows To Help Farmers Reduce Pollution And Turn A Profit In Pennsylvania

Op-Ed: Don't You Know Pennsylvania Doesn't Have Land On The Chesapeake Bay? [PaEN]

Editorial: Luzerne County Made Right Call In Rejecting Stormwater Fee Litigation

Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum Set For March 24 In Erie [PaEN]

Erie City Council Majority Opposes Water System Lease Vote

PennDOT Announces District 6 & 12 Winners Of Student Innovations Litter Challenge From Montgomery, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]

Op-Ed: PA’s Energy Future Is Unfolding Just Outside My Front Door, And It’s Exciting, As Mariner East 2 Pipeline Is Being Constructed - Fmr Sen. Earl Baker

[Note: The ME2 project has been penalized over $15 million for environmental violations.]

Fate Of Mariner East 1 Pipeline Pump Station In Lebanon County Remains With PA Supreme Court

Slate Belt Residents Express Opposition To Grand Central Landfill Expansion Plans

Drastic Rise Of Lyme Disease And Other Tick-Borne Illnesses In Pennsylvania

Earth Day 50 PA: Marci Mowery: A Sense Of Place In This World [PaEN]

PA Environmental Council At 50: Taking The Lead [PaEN]
Natural Lands’ Force Of Nature Volunteers David & Dawn Cassel
Sustainable Forestry In The 1,500 Acre Bennett Branch Forest In Susquehanna River Headwaters
Erie Region Awash In Maple Syrup, Producers Invite Families To Do Tours
First Peregrine Falcon Egg Has Arrived At The Rachel Carson Building Nest In Harrisburg!  Watch the nest live: http://bit.ly/2V24XOo

Bluebird Society Of Pennsylvania Conference Set For March 27-28 In Bethlehem [PaEN]

Thursday PA Capitol & Coronavirus NewsClips 3.12.20 -- Click Here

March 12: Gov. Wolf, Dept. Of Health To Hold Coronavirus Update At 2:00 p.m. [as of now]: Watch Here Live: https://www.governor.pa.gov/live/ 

AP-Marc Levy: Coronavirus Cases Reach 16, Add Another County, Parades Canceled

Wolf Issues Ban On Large Gatherings, Conferences Involving State Employees
Electric Grid Operators Cancel Travel, Shift To Remote Meetings Prepare For 40% Absenteeism
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Other States/National/International

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Takes CEQ To Task Over Proposed Rollback Of Federal Project Environmental Reviews [PaEN]

Editorial: Use National Forest Cash As Intended

Trump Called On Senators To Deliver Land & Water Conservation Fund Bill, They Listened

Trump’s Dream Of Shale Dominance Is A Casualty In Oil-Price War

U.S. Senate Energy Bill Negotiations Could Be Delayed Until After Recess

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[Posted: March 12, 2020]  PA Environment Digest