Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.11.21

House returns to voting session March 15, 16, 17

House Budget Hearings Start Feb. 16

Senate returns to voting session Feb. 22, 23, 24

Senate Budget Hearings Start March 8

DEP: Range Resources Pays $294,000 Penalty For Delaying The Plugging Of 42 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In 8 Counties [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: Range Resources Fined Nearly $300,000 For Misclassifying Wells

NJ Gov. Murphy To Kick Off Delaware River Basin Commission Climate Change Forum March 2; Free Access To Science & Environmental Summit For Educators [PaEN]

EPA, NFWF Fund Projects To Improve Water Quality In PA Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

CBF Blog: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Farmers Are Partners In Clean Water, More Help Is Needed Especially In PA

YorkDR: John Naylor Has Pulled 10,000 Pieces Of Plastic From The Susquehanna River, And He’s Just Getting Started

Natural Lands, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Host Feb. 24 Organizing Black Birders Week Webinar With Tykee James [PaEN]

Don Hopey: Public Input Blocked On 46 Drilling Wastewater Treatment Facility Permitting

PG Editorial: DEP Should Revoke Permits For Drilling Wastewater Treatment Permits Without Public Review, Explain Itself

TribLive: Allegheny County Community Updates Zoning Law To Limit Location Of Shale Gas Wells, Reduce Drilling Nuisances

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 755 More Permits, 1,979 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

TODAY: WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.: Penn State Climate Change Expert Michael Mann

WHYY: 6th Local Hearing On Bucks County Quarry Continues Cross-Examination

MCall: PA, EPA Reach $7.6 Million Settlement With American Zinc In Lawsuit Over Pollution From Palmerton Plant In Schuylkill County

WFMZ: American Zinc Recycling Settles Lawsuit Over Pollution At Palmerton Facility In Schuylkill County

LancasterOnline: Temple U. Study Aims To Find Health Effects Of Drinking Untreated Well Water

Cap-Star: Parking-Protected Bike Lane Bill Named In Memory Of Pittsburgh Resident Susan Hicks

WHYY: West Philly Home To First U.S. Ice Skating Rink Built By, For A Black Community

Marcus Schneck: PA Trail Managers Increasingly Positive About Rise In Trail Use During Pandemic

DCNR: Appoints Bethany Hare Manager At Fort Washington State Park Complex

ErieT: How To Participate In Great Backyard Bird Count

Marcus Schneck: Great Backyard Bird Count 2021 Could Be Biggest Ever

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Dept. Of Health Reports 115 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 3,978 New Cases-- 2.11.21

National/International

WHYY: Delaware To Boost Renewable energy Requirements By 2035

Bloomberg: Shell’s Falling Oil Output Ends Century-Long Business Model

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[Posted: February 11, 2021]  PA Environment Digest