Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.29.20

House returns to voting session Sept. 1 & 2 and then Sept. 15 or at the Call Of The House Speaker

Senate returns to voting session Sept. 8 or at the Call Of President Pro Tempore

Jon Hurdle: New Drilling Mud Spill By Sunoco On Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Lebanon County; DEP Issues NOV

Reid Frazier: Federal Judges Throw Out ‘Gaping Loophole’ In PA Coal Pollution Reduction Plan

Don Hopey: Federal Court Rejects ‘Weak And Unenforceable’ PA Power Plant Emissions Reduction Plan

Williamsport, Loyalsock Twp. Plan To Remove 10% Of Sediment Going Into Susquehanna Could Cost $5 Million

NRCS-PA: USDA Updates Conservation Provisions for Highly Erodible Land And Wetlands [PaEN]

Farmers, Ranchers Deliver Letter To the U.S. House Climate Committee On Impacts Of Climate Crisis On Agriculture [PaEN]

New Analysis: Over 200 Shovel-Ready Community Solar Projects Await Action On Bipartisan Legislation [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Top Colleges For Renewable Energy In Pennsylvania

Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Applications Due To DEP Dec. 11 [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Trees’ Ability To Store Carbon Impacted From Deep Underground

DEP Accepting FY 2021 Coastal Zone Grants Thru October 19 [PaEN]

Upcoming Levee Projects Among The Most Expensive In Williamsport

Stephen Caruso: PUC At Impasse On Utility Shutoffs For 3rd Straight Month

AP: PUC Leaves Moratorium On Shutoffs In Place

Power Back For Some, Not All In Western PA After Storms

Deadline To Apply For Low Income Energy Assistance Aug. 31

PUC: Twin Lakes Utilities Directed To Continue Providing Water Service In Pike County

PA Resources Council Hosts Sept. 12 Reuse Fest In Erie; Donate Items To Local Nonprofits For Reuse [PaEN]

Frank Kummer: Philly Has Big Surplus Of Wood Chips, Firewood Due To COVID-19, Come And Get It

Marcus Schneck: Expert Offers Bleak Outlook For PA Fall Foliage Due To Drought

Aug. 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Chronic Wasting Disease Quarantine Requirements for Deer Farms Revised In Bedford, Blair, Fulton Counties

CBF Blog: Smallmouth Bass Are Making A Comeback In The Susquehanna [PaEN]

Nature Watch: Sandpipers, Pelican Spotted At Presque Isle In Erie

Editorial: Martins Put On Nightly Show At Pier In Erie

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Other States/National

PA, 20 Other States Sue EPA For Changes To National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Rules

Summer 2020 Is Tracking To Be Hottest On Record In Central PA

NPR: Everything Is Unprecedented, Welcome To Your Hotter Earth

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[Posted: August 29, 2020]  PA Environment Digest