Saturday, April 24, 2021

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.24.21

Senate
returns to voting session April [26-canceled] , 27, 28

House returns to voting session May 3, 4, 5

Senate Budget Hearing Schedule

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

Senate Committee Meets April 27 To Consider Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Repeal Regs Because They Have Too Many Words, Shield Law Breakers, And More [PaEN]

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Partners Announce Winners Of 5th Annual Green Stormwater Infrastructure Awards In SE PA [PaEN]

DEP Provides March/April Update On PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed  Implementation Plan Progress [PaEN]

Lancaster Farming: ‘We Want To Do Our Little Part’: Lancaster Farm Buffers Its Effect On Chesapeake Bay

Rocket-Courier: Public Input Needed By Bradford Conservation District On County Clean Water Action Plan

DEP Invites Comments On Total Maximum Daily Load Plan For Brush Valley Creek In Northumberland County Covering Sediment Pollution [PaEN]

U.S. Dept. Of Energy Announces $109 Million To Support Jobs, Economic Growth In Coal & Power Plant Communities [PaEN]

PG: White House Announces $109 Million For Energy Jobs In Hard-Hit Coal Communities

AP: Biden Working Group Targets Jobs For Fossil Fuel Communities

Andrew Maykuth: PA Senate Republicans Threaten To Block PUC Appointments Over Wolf Climate Program [RGGI]

Public News Service: States Like PA Play Role As U.S. Convenes Global Climate Summit

AltoonaM: Congressional Democrats, Allies Detail Plans For Climate

Weis Markets Issues Sustainability Report Showing 27.4% Reduction In Carbon Emissions, Reducing Food Waste Going To Landfills, Refrigerant Use [PaEN]

MCall: Northampton County Manufacturer Hails Completion Of Its Rooftop Solar Project

Registration Now Open For Penn State Energy Days To Be Held Virtually May 19 & 20 [PaEN]

Penn State: Climate-Smart Ag Strategies May Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Corn Production

Spotlight PA: Sunoco Failed To Disclose Some Risks Of Mariner East Pipeline, Was ‘Negligent’ In Response To Concerns, PUC Judge Rules

Don Hopey: U.S. Steel Ends Proposed Shale Gas Well Project At Edgar Thomson Steel Mill

TribLive: U.S. Steel Will Not Drill Gas Wells At Edgar Thomson Plant

Observer-Reporter: Business, Labor, Industrial Groups Send Letter To Biden Touting PA Natural Gas

Lancaster Farming: Old Oil Wells A Costly Problem For Pennsylvania

Covanta: Emissions Data Now Online For Waste-To-Energy Facility In Chester, Delaware County

ScrantonT: American Lung Assn. Air Report Shows Clear Skies In NE PA

May Schedule Of Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Locations Announced By PA Resources Council For Allegheny County  [PaEN]

Sen. Yaw Encourages Participation In National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 24 [PaEN]

TribLive: Drug Takeback Set For Saturday In Allegheny County

ScrantonT: Citing Increased Levels Of Litter, PennDOT, State Police Warn Of Penalties

WBTimes: PennDOT, State Police Emphasize Litter Enforcement Corridors

ScrantonT: Lackawanna County Judge Holds Illegal Old Forge Junkyard Owner In Contempt

Nancy Eshelman: After The Snow Melts, It Reveals An Eyesore That Seems ‘Far Worse Than Ever Before’ - Litter

DEP Posted 80 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 24 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center: Nature Journal Clubs Provide Ways To Explore Outdoors, Build Community

WilliamsportS: Tioga County Greenway To Get $500,000 Grant

Rep. Dowling: Land Swap Between Ohiopyle Boro, Ohiopyle State Park Completed

TribLive: Park In Ross Twp, Allegheny County Dedicated To Wrestler Bruno Sammartino

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Native Plant Sale Set For May 15-16 [PaEN]

April 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

PA Society For Ornithology: PA Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 18-21

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Dept. Of Health: Reports 45 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 4,164 New Cases-- 4.24.21 [From App]

Biden Infrastructure Plan

The Hill: Sen. Manchin Floats Breaking Up Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal

NPR: West Virginia Unions Pressure Sen. Manchin To Back Biden On Infrastructure Plan

Utility Dive: Power Grid Upgrade Absent In U.S. Senate Republican Infrastructure Proposal

National/International

Bay Journal: Climate Accord Eludes MD Lawmakers, Other Environmental Measures Pass

CincinnatiE: FirstEnergy Talking With Federal Prosecutor About Taking Deal In Ohio Nuclear/Coal Subsidy Bribery Case

AP: California Governor Seeks Ban On New Fracking By 2024

AP: International Summit Shows Biden’s Big Vision On Fighting Climate Change

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[Posted: April 24, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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