Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.10.20

Senate returns to voting session June 10 remain as voting session days [Call Of President Pro Tempore]

House returns to voting session June 10 remain as voting session days as do 22, 23, 24 [Call Of House Speaker]

TODAY: 9:30: Republican Senate Committee Set To Consider Bills On June 10 To Block Regulations Because They Have Too Many Words; Promote 3rd Party Permit Reviews

TODAY 10:00: House Environmental Committee Meets June 10 On Bill Exempting A 1,600 Ton/Day Garbage Processing Plant From DEP Waste Regulations

Republicans Move Bill Taking Away DEP’s Authority To Enact Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Advised Lawmakers In May Of Problems With Bills Taking Away DEP's Authority To Adopt Carbon Pollution Reduction Programs, Urged Them To Help Develop A Plan That Benefits All Pennsylvanians [PaEN]

Organizations Urge PA Lawmakers To Create Clean Energy Jobs With Carbon Pollution Reduction Program [PaEN]

Cap-Star: Citing Executive Overreach, House Panel Advances Bill Blocking PA From Joining RGGI

PA Environmental Council: Trail Use During COVID-19 Pandemic In March & April Spiked By As Much As 200%  [PaEN]

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 638 More Permits, 1,680 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Soil Health Practices Increasingly Help Farmers Hit Pay Dirt, Improve The Environment [PaEN]

Larger Streams Like The Loyalsock Creek In Northcentral PA Are Critical For Wild Brook Trout Conservation [PaEN]

Registration Now Open For 8th Annual (Virtual) Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 14-17 [PaEN]

High-Performing Students Earn PA American Water’s 2020 Stream of Learning Scholarships [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Erie’s Water Resources Must Be At Heart Of Planning

PEMA, Health Urges Citizens To Prepare For Severe Summer Weather During COVID-19 Pandemic

Penn State’s PennTAP Program: How To Offset Financial Losses With Energy Efficiency Projects Webinar June 25 [PaEN]

PA Municipal League, Sustainable PA: June 24 Virtual Sustainability Conference [PaEN]

GASP: Allegheny County Council Unanimously Approves ‘Clean Construction’ Ordinance To Help Improve Air Quality [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Current: The Other Disease Caused By Ecological Degradation, Climate Change [Lyme Disease] - Larry J. Schweiger

Applications Now Open For Women and Their Woods Virtual Educational Retreat, 6 Online Sessions This Fall [PaEN]

PA Conservation Districts Assn. Creates PSAs On The Importance Of Planting Native Plants [PaEN]

Woman Found Dead At Gifford Pinchot State Park

Bucks County Park Ranger Dies From COVID-19 Complications

Mary Ann Thomas: Fly Like An Eaglet: Hays Bald Eagle Takes First Long Flights

National Aviary In Pittsburgh Reopens July 1

Penn State: Many Factors May Contribute To Steep, Decades-Long Muskrat Population Drop

Marcus Schneck: What Happened To The Muskrat?

Susquehanna River Water Trail’s North Branch Logo Gets A Makeover

AP: Legislature Moves To Up Penalty For Boating Under Influence

Penn State College Of Ag Sciences Recognizes Tammy Shannon In Academic Advising [PaEN]

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As EPA Steps Back, States Face Wave Of Requests For Environmental Leniency

Pro-Trump PAC Hits Biden On Fracking, Coal

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[Posted: June 10, 2020]  PA Environment Digest