Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.14.21

House returns to voting session April 19, 20, 21

Senate returns to voting session April 19, 20, 21

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

TODAY 11:00: Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy & Management webinar What Is RGGI and Why Should PA Participate? 

AP: PA Voters To Weigh In On PA Government COVID Pandemic Power Struggle

Republican Rep. Keefer: To Introduce Bill To Prohibit Stay At Home Orders, Restrictions On Businesses Or Curfews Based On Public Health Concerns

Bill Introduced To Allow Citizens To Exercise The Power We Have To Directly Amend The State Constitution, Make New Laws, Repeal Laws [PaEN]

PA Council Of Churches To Join Interfaith Partners In Special April 20 Observance Of Earth Day [PaEN]

Talen Energy Announces $2 Billion Joint Venture With Pattern Energy To Grow Renewable Energy Generation Portfolio [PaEN]

MCall: Allentown’s Talen Energy Partners On $2 Billion Investment In Solar Power Projects

Project Canary, Chesapeake Energy Announce Partnership To Produce Certified Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas [PaEN]

PennLive: 2 Chesapeake Energy Natural Gas Well Pads In PA Getting Methane Monitors In Pilot Project

ScrantonT: Worker Injured At Cabot Gas Well Drilling Site In Susquehanna County Dies

PA Business Report: Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Council Opposes Wolf’s Push For RGGI Participation

Bradford White Water Heater Manufacturer, 5 Other PA Companies Receive 2021 EPA ENERGY STAR Partner Of Year Awards [PaEN]

GreenPhilly: How Philadelphians Are Innovating With Trees To Fight Climate Change, Improve Water Quality & Mental Health

Forbes: How Appalachia Can Survive A Post-Industrial America [Reimagine Appalachia]

PUC Judge’s Opinion Orders Sunoco To Improve Public Safety, Emergency Outreach Measures, Rebury Pipelines Related To Mariner East Pipeline Project, Full PUC Approval Needed [PaEN]

DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 722 More Permits, 2,034 More Inspections Since Last Week [PaEN]

Conservation Districts, DEP Host EPA Section 319 Watershed Restoration Project Implementation Meeting [PaEN]

NRCS-PA Encourages PA Farmers To Apply For Conservation Assistance Thru 2 County-Specific Regional Conservation Projects By May 14 [PaEN]

SRBC Lower Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership Meets May 13 [PaEN]

Op-Ed: PA Must Stem Pollution Flowing To Chesapeake Bay - PennFuture

Op-Ed: Rethinking Earth Day Through The Lens Of Climate Justice

Independence Conservancy To Hold Tire Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties [PaEN]

PA Resources Council To Host Spring Electronics Recycling Collections In Delaware, Allegheny Counties [PaEN]

PG: Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Seeking To Increase Rates

WHYY: Chester Urban Farm Begins 2nd Year Of Feeding Public Housing Residents In Delaware County

Anya Litvak: CNX Resources’ New Philanthropy Is Beefier, Hyper Local And Focused On The Return

KYW: DCNR Says Humans Pose Greatest Threat To Forests In Wildfire Season

ErieT: Presque Isle State Park Beaches Benefit From Lower Water

ScrantonT: New Scranton Parks And Recreation Director Appointed

Susquehanna Greenways Partnership Feature: Indigenous Names Of The Susquehanna Greenway [PaEN]

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hosts Virtual Watershed, Forest Bright Storytime, Rain Barrel Programs In April [PaEN]

PennLive: U.S. Product Safety Commission Issues Warning About Youth ATVs Because They May Go Too Fast For Children

ABC27: Dauphin County Twp. Taking Steps To Address Dirt Bike/ATV Problem

Fish & Boat Commission: Highlights From April 12 Board Of Commissioners Meeting

Marcus Schneck: Chronic Wasting Disease Rate In Hunters’ Deer Climbs To 14% In PA’s Hardest Hit Area

AltoonaM Editorial: Combining Deer Seasons Makes Sense

Marcus Schneck: Hungry Bears Are On The Move Across PA, Maybe In Your Backyard

John Hayes: What To Do If You See A Bear, And Why You Don’t See More Of Them

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Dept. Of Health: Reports 50 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 5,730 New Cases-- 4.14.21

National/International

Ceres: 310 Businesses And Investors Representing Over $3 Trillion In Annual Revenue Urge Biden Administration To Set Ambitious Federal Climate Target 

AP: Business Leaders Urge Biden To Set Ambitious Climate Goal

NYT: Biden Wants World Leaders To Make Climate Commitments For Earth Day

The Hill: Federal Appeals Court Backs Drilling Protections Reinstated By Biden

E&E News: Shell, BP Back Democrats’ Bid To Restore Methane Rules

The Guardian: Wisconsin Poised For Devastating Wildfire Season As Hundreds Of Blazes Rage

NPR: Japan To Dump Wastewater From Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant Into Pacific Ocean

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[Posted: April 14, 2021]  PA Environment Digest