Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.8.21

Senate returns to voting session May 10, 11, 12

House returns to voting session May 24, 25, 26

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

50 PA Forest Landowners Enroll Over 7,000 Acres In Family Forest Carbon Program, Over 700 More Landowners Interested  [PaEN]

Senate Agriculture, Environmental Committees May 12 Hearing On Bonding Solar, Wind, Biomass, Energy Efficient Products To Slow Growth Of Renewable Energy In PA [PaEN]

Washington County Volunteers Conquered Trash Mountain! [PaEN]

DEP: June 16 Virtual Hearing On Mariner East Pipeline Water Quality Permit Changes In Chester County Related To Marsh Creek Lake Spill [PaEN]

Energy Transfer Pipeline Company Reports $5.04 Billion Quarterly EBITDA Earnings

YorkDR Editorial: Methane Gas Is No Laughing Matter

Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper, EIP File Complaint In Federal Court Over City Of Harrisburg 800 Million Gallon Sewage Overflows [PaEN]

WITF: Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Files Legal Action Against Harrisburg, Water Company Citing Sewage Overflows

YorkDR: Environmental Advocates Sue Over Raw Sewage Harrisburg Piped Into Susquehanna River

AAAS: Penn State To Lead Critical Minerals, Rare Earth Elements Consortium Powered By $1.2 Million Grant From DOE

TribLive: Hampton Twp Approves Resolution To Discourage Use Of Coal Tar As Driveway Coating In Allegheny County

NextPittsburgh: Public Plaza Opens Saturday With Celebration At Hazelwood Green Redeveloped Steel Mill Site In Allegheny County

Dept. Of Agriculture: Funds 42 Projects To Improve Urban Agriculture Infrastructure

DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 8 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PG: Peters Hires Firm To Evaluate Lake Park Dam Spillway In Allegheny County

CitizensV: Blight Committee Aims To Buy Vacant Wilkes-Barre Lot For Garden

PA Forestry Assn. Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Video Series: Civilian Conservation Corps Video Now Available  [PaEN]

May Is State Parks BioBlitz Month, Download iNaturalist App And Submit Your Results [PaEN]

ErieT: The Lagoons At Presque Isle State Park Entice Visitors To Get Lost In Nature

May 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Allegheny Front: Spotted Lanternflies Are About To Hatch, Learn How To Make A Trap

MCall: The Cicadas Are Coming, When And Where Will They Arrive In PA?

YorkD: Mayflies Will Be Swarming Soon In York County

ErieT: Lake Erie Angler Now Has State Record For Yellow Perch

Allegheny County Conservation District Names Erin Copeland New Assistant Director [PaEN]

Interns/Help Wanted: PA Sustainable Agriculture Association Interns, Development Director [PaEN]

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Dept. Of Health: Reports 38 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 2,610 New Cases-- 5.8.21 [From App]

Biden Infrastructure Plan

ScrantonT: Biden Infrastructure Would Help Scranton Flood Control, Other Projects

National/International

Reuters: Colonial Pipeline Shut Down Entire Network After Cyber Attack Friday; Carries 45% Of East Coast Fuel Supply

AP: U.S. Pipeline Company Halts Operations After Cyberattack [Colonial Pipeline}

WPost: Ransomware Attack Leads To Shutdown Of Major U.S. Pipeline System [Colonial Pipeline]

NYT: Cyberattack Forces Shutdown Of A Top U.S. Pipeline [Colonial Pipeline]

ScrantonT Editorial: 30-30 Federal Land Conservation Proposal Part Of Climate Change Fight

PG Editorial: U.S.-China Agreement Could Signal New Global Cooperation In Combating Climate Change

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[Posted: May 8, 2021]  PA Environment Digest