Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.18.20


Senate
returns to voting session Nov. 18 & 19 or at the Call Of President Pro Tempore

House returns to voting session Nov. 18 & 19 or at the Call Of The House Speaker


Senate Republicans Send Bill Rolling Back Environmental Protection Standards For Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling To Governor [PaEN]

AP: Death Of Worker At PA Gas Well Pad Investigated

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Move Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Resolution Opposing Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Reg [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: Bill In PA House Would Loosen Pollution Reporting Requirements

CBF: Raiding Dedicated Conservation Funds To Plug The State's Budget Gap Would Further Damage PA's Environment [PaEN]

WeConservePA: State Conservation Funding Commitments Deliver Local Economic Benefits [PaEN]

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Opposes Any Effort To Cut Dedicated Funds To Support State Park, Forest, Recreation Projects [PaEN]

DEP Lifts Drought Watch In 10 Counties, 20 Remain On Watch And 3 On Warning [PaEN]

Autumn Rains Help End Drought Watch In Armstrong, Butler Counties

DEP November Newsletter Updates Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation [PaEN]

PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Accepting Applications For Multifunctional Riparian Buffer Grants From Conservation Districts [PaEN]

Lancaster Farming: Air Force Vet Flying High With Organic Agriculture

How The Jersey Shore’s Star Restaurateur Is Growing Her Business

PA Environmental Council Water Team Continues To Promote Clean, Healthy Watersheds

University Of Pennsylvania To Donate $100 Million To Philadelphia School District To Help With Asbestos Abatement

Keep PA Beautiful Reports 92% Reduction of Cigarette Litter In Participating State Parks [PaEN]

DEP Report On Petition To Adopt Broad-Based Climate Cap-And-Trade Program Due To EQB In Early 2021 [PaEN]

‘Marshall Plan For Middle America’ Calls For Billions To Be Spent To Help Western PA Go Green Energy

Deadline To Join Scenic Rivers Solar Co-Op In Clarion, Venango, Armstrong, Jefferson,  Forest Counties Nov. 30 [PaEN]

Cumberland County Climate Action Planning Event Dec. 8 - Municipal Rules - Where Real Action Happens [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: PECO Pulls Plug On Smart A/C Program Which Saved Power During Heat Waves

PUC Reminds Community Providers Of Nov. 19 Philadelphia Be Utility Wise Consumer Education Event

Pittsburgh Transit Asks For Public Input On Future Of Transportation In The Region

The Nature Conservancy: Creating A Better Future: Green Jobs Training In Philadelphia

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 597 More Permits, 1,673 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

Volunteer Work At Nolde Forest Earns Berks County Woman A State Award

Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Podcast: Northcentral PA Conservancy Director Renee Carey On Preserving Resource

Presque Isle State Park Partly Reopens, Some Outages Remain In Erie

Marcus Schneck: Kittatinny Ridge A Highway To Surviving Climate Change - Nature Conservancy Report

Marcus Schneck: Hoped-For Birds From Far North Have Arrived In PA

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Dept. Of Health Reports 110 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 6,339 New Cases-- 11.18.20 

House Democratic Whip Rep. Jordan Harris Tests Positive For COVID

National/International

Russell Redding Of PA Considered For U.S. Agriculture Secretary

Federal Court Denies WV DEP Motion To Dismiss Case That Raises Coal Mine Reclamation Concerns

Editorial: For Biden, Ending U.S. Climate Retreat Is Just A Start

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[Posted: November 18, 2020]  PA Environment Digest

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