Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.18.21

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

Dept. Of State: Primary Election Results Webpage

ErieT: Presque Isle State Park 100th Anniversary History Exhibit Unveiled At Tom Ridge Environmental Center

Rachel McDevitt: Wolf Withdraws Nomination To PUC After Lawmakers Threaten To Vote Down In Protest Over RGGI Reg

WSJ: Vistra Corp Isn’t Building Any More Natural Gas Power Plants, Will Invest In Solar Farms And Battery Storage [Has 3 Natural Gas Power Plants In PA, Testified In General Assembly In Support Of Gas]

AP: International Energy Agency: End New Fossil Fuel Supply Investments

The New Republic: This Could Be The Start Of A Rural Anti-Fracking Coalition [PA Landowners]

EPA Schedules Virtual Listening Sessions In June On Controlling Air Pollution From The Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: U.S. Steel Cancelling Projects Leaves Western PA With Questions Over Steel’s Future As The Company Tries To Shrink Big Climate Footprint

PG: How Haddad’s Grew From A Pittsburgh Gas Station Into An Entertainment Rental Empire

PennLive: UGI Customers To See Natural Gas Rate Hikes In June And December

ScrantonT: Keystone Landfill Decision Still Looming

PennLive: Commonwealth Court Strikes Down Stroudsburg Ban On Digital Billboards

Governor’s Invasive Species Council: Update On Invasive Species Projects [Feb. 2021]

MCall: 8 Animal Species Affected By Climate Change

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Complete Successful Hickory Creek Stewardship Weekend; Join Them July 9-11 [PaEN]

YorkDR: Sections Of Heritage Rail Trail Now Offer Wireless Internet

CourierT: Work Begins On $8.7 Million In Improvements To Washington Crossing Historic Park

WESA: ‘Bike Anywhere Week’ Promotes Safe Cycling In Pittsburgh, As Ridership Increases

Ad Crable: ‘It’s Like Nature Concentrated’: A Cast-And-Blast Return To Old Stomping Grounds

YorkDR: Want To Help A Wounded Wild Animal? Here’s What You Need To Know

Guest Essay: PA Wildlife Under Great Pressure And Need Protection [Conservation Corridors]

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Biden Infrastructure Plan

PG: Sen. Toomey, Republican U.S. Senators Prep Infrastructure Offer For White House

National/International

Reuters: U.S. Gas Stations Still Shut, Prices At 7-Year High In Slow Recovery From Cyberattack

Utility Dive: Renewable Generation Over Performed Winter Forecasts By 6.34 GW During Texas Blackout While Natural Gas Generation Underperformed By 15.8 GW

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[Posted: May 18, 2021]  PA Environment Digest