Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.2.20

House returns to voting session Sept. 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

Op-Ed: Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund Can Be Reauthorized - John Oliver & R. John Dawes [PaEN]

Southwest PA Women To Be Honored For Contributions To Conservation

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Western PA Virtual Watershed Workshops Oct. 7 & 9 [PaEN]

EPA Awards $62.9 Million To PA In Clean Water Revolving Loan Funds [PaEN]

Dept. Of Revenue: August State Revenues $209 Million Over Estimates [PaCN]

Independent Fiscal Office: August State Revenues $247.7 Million Over IFO Estimates

Senate Environmental Committee Meets Sept. 3 On Bills Taking Away DEP’s Authority To Adopt A Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants [PaEN]

Lehigh Valley’s Climate is Off-Kilter; Mirror a Midwestern Metropolis

Summer Of 2020 Was 3rd Hottest On Record In Philly As Warm Night Trend Continues

This Was Lancaster County’s Warmest Summer On Record, Meteorologists Say

20 MW Solar Energy Project Planned For Snyder County Coal Ash Basin Site

Rachel McDevitt: Community Solar Proposal Getting Bipartisan Support At Hearing

Rep. Roae: Community Solar Could Save Family Farms House Committee Hears

Op-Ed: We Shouldn’t Have To Choose Between A Clean Environment And More Jobs, We Can Have Both (RGGI) - Building Trades

Op-Ed: EPA’s Denial Of Science Necessitates Decisive Action By PA On Methane - EDF

UGI Settlement Proposals Calls For $1.1 Million Penalty For 2017 Natural Gas Explosion Killing Utility Worker

Reid Frazier: Clean Air Laws Helped Reduce Air Pollution, But Hotter Days Brought By Climate Change Could Reverse Those Gains

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 744 More Permits, 1,526 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

50th Annual Wissahickon Creek Cleanup Sept. 12 In Philadelphia [PaEN]

ForgingPGH Land Use Plan To Be Developed In Pittsburgh

Creating A Pittsburgh For All Requires Rethinking The Process For How We Use Land, Officials Say

Planning Process For Riverfront At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Site Begins In Allegheny County, Led By PA Environmental Council [PaEN]

Hazelwood Green Seeking To Redevelop Old Industrial Riverfront For Recreation

Time To Figure Out The Riverfront, Planning Begins At Hazelwood Green With Public Input

Almono LP Announces New Riverfront Planning Effort For Hazelwood Green

PECO/Natural Lands Green Region Open Space Grant Program Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]

Nature’s Ways: Joe-Pye Weed, PA’s Tallest Wildflower

Bay Journal: Microplastics, Cigarette Butts, Straws Found In PA Susquehanna River Smallmouth Bass [PaEN]

Raccoon Tests Positive For Rabies In Bethel Park, 18th Infected Animal In Allegheny County This Year

Marcus Schneck: Invasive Shrubs Use Longer Leaf Period to Muscle In On Native Species

Marcus Schneck: New Wildflower Species Found, Native To PA

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National/International

The Guardian: Trump Administration Rule Seeks To Make Drilling Easier On National Forests

Editorial: Biden’s Confusing Stand On Fracking

Editorial: Trump Campaign Tries To Frack Biden’s Position On Fracking

Op-Ed: John Muir Is Canceled?  Who’s Next?

The Guardian: Amazon ‘Condemned To Destruction’ As Fires Proliferate Across Brazil

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[Posted: September 2, 2020]  PA Environment Digest