Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.30.20

CHANGE: Senate canceled voting session June 1, 2, 3; returns to voting session June 8, 9, 10 [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

House returns to voting session June 8, 9, 10 [Call Of House Speaker]

Editorial: The Virus Doesn’t Recognize Political Parties 

Editorial: No Time For Politics: Republican Lawmaker Tested Positive, But Dems Weren’t Told

Editorial: PA Republicans Betrayed Our Trust, Risked Lives By Not Disclosing Virus Diagnosis

FairDistrictsPA: Fix Our Broken Redistricting Process 

Gov. Wolf Signs Budget To Sustain Education, Support Communities Amid Pandemic; Vetoes Overtime Resolution, Republican COVID-19 Bill [PaEN]

5 Month FY 2020-21 Budget Bills Now Law, Hard Decisions Deferred Until After Nov. 3 Election [PaEN]

Editorial: Pass Budget Before The Election

Bay Journal: PA To Get Biggest Share Of $6 Million EPA Giving Chesapeake Bay States To Cut Farm Runoff [PaEN]

Fish & Boat Commission: Funding Available To Improve Watersheds In York, Lancaster Counties [PaEN]

Warwick Twp Supervisors Discuss Possible Stormwater Fees

Penn State Creates New Institute To Address Complex Food-Energy-Water-Land Challenges [PaEN]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets June 19 By Conference Call [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Region Urged To Prepare For Busy Hurricane Season

Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Virtual Business Meeting June 10 [PaEN]

Bill Expanding Use Of Alternative On-lot Septic Systems On Governor’s Desk [PaEN]

DEP To Host Virtual Hearings To Take Comments On Regulation To Reduce Oil & Gas Methane Emissions

State Fire Commissioner Accepting Applications For Act 13 Fire Company, EMS Grants [PaEN]

Group Against Smog & Pollution: How COVID-19 Shutdown Impacted Allegheny County Air Quality [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: Allegheny County Fines U.S. Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant Violations

Don Hopey: For Clairton’s Most Vulnerable, Indoor Air Purifiers A Lifesaver

Sean Sauro: Lancaster Auto Shops Pays Fines, Settles Air Pollution Violation With EPA

FirstEnergy's Appliance Recycling Program Set To Return In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Northeast Recycling Council Accepting Applications For 2020 Environmental Sustainability Leadership Awards [PaEN]

DEP Posts 39 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 30 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Tracking Spread, Testing Traps Are Focus Of Penn State Spotted Lanternfly Study In Altoona

May 29 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

AP: Wildlife Conservationist From Philly ‘Grew Up In The Hood’

Game Commission: Court Wraps Up Jefferson County Deer-Abuse Case

George Block: Three For Pennsylvania Hunting’s Triple Crown

Nature Watch: Laughing Gull Brings Smiles To Erie Birders

Murder Hornets In Luzerne County?  Nope, Just A Lookalike

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Gov. Wolf: 16 More Counties To Move To Green Phase Of Reopening On June 5 [PaCN]

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Renewables Get Administratively From IRS What They Didn’t Get In Legislation On Tax Credits

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[Posted: May 30, 2020]  PA Environment Digest