Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.20.21

House returns to voting session Jan. 25, 26, 27

Senate returns to voting session Jan. 25, 26, 27

Sen. Corman: All Senate District, Harrisburg Offices To Work Remotely Jan. 16-20

DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Community Park, Recreation, Conservation, Rivers, Riparian Buffer Grants [PaEN]

Applications Now Being Accepted For PA Sojourn Grants By PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers [PaEN]

DEP, Partners Provide Progress Report On First Phase Of Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan To EPA; New DEP Guide To Permitting For Watershed Projects [PaEN]

PA Organization For Watershed & Rivers Hosts 3-Part Engagement In Local Government Decision Making For Community Watershed Groups Webinars [PaEN]

Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Songs Of The Susquehanna River Project Entries Due Jan. 31 [PaEN]

CBF Sues EPA For Failing To Protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed Residents And Bay From Particulate Pollution [PaEN]

Registration Open!  Delaware Estuary Science & Environment Summit; DRBC Climate Change Forum March 1-3 [PaEN]

Funding To Fix Flooding, Pollution Problems High Priority For Many Communities In Allegheny County Despite Budget Concerns

Oakmont Commons Flooding Solutions Dependent On State Grant Approval

Wildlife Leadership Academy Accepting Nominations For Student Conservation Ambassadors Program [PaEN]

Cleanup Of Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Could Cost $7 Million Or More, Company Provided Only $1 Million

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 674 More Permits, 1,597 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

Anya Litvak: Jim Spencer Now Guides Investors Who Want Their Own Piece Of Renewable Energy Pie

PennTAP Jan. 28 Webinar: Getting 50001 Ready For Energy Efficiency [PaEN]

Cost Of Gasoline Rises By More Than 10 Cents In Western PA

Westmoreland County Woman Accused Of Burning Water Authority Service Crew With Sulfuric Acid

Luzerne County Community Removing Glass From Curbside Recycling, Establishing A Drop-Off

Earth Conservancy Hosts Feb. 11 Virtual Public Meeting On Potential Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area In Luzerne County [PaEN]

Signs In O’Hara Community Park Called ‘Wonderful Nod’ To History After Park Name Change

Marcus Schneck: Declining Turtle Population, Threatened By Illegal Pet Trade, Is Focus Of Multi-State Effort

Rare Snowy Owl Sighting Draws Visitors To Cumberland County Cornfield

Erin Negley: Groundhog Day Isn’t Canceled, Poppy The Rescue Groundhog Goes Virtual

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-- PennLive: Requests For COVID Vaccine Trigger ‘Chaos’ In PA

-- Dept. Of Health Reports 401 Additional Deaths [Includes Previous Deaths] Due To COVID; 5,984 New Cases-- 1.20.21

National/International

AP: Biden’s First Act: Orders On Pandemic, Climate, Immigration

The Guardian: Biden To ‘Hit Ground Running’ As He Rejoins Paris Climate Accords

AP: Federal Court Strikes Down Major Trump Clean Power Climate Rollback

E&E News: Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Replacement Clean Power Plan Carbon Reduction Rule

FT: International Energy Agency Cuts Estimate Of 2021 Oil Demand By 600,000 Barrels A Day, Strong Recovery In 2nd Half Of Year

Allegheny Front: What Is President Trump’s Environmental Legacy?

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[Posted: January 20, 2021]  PA Environment Digest