Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.14.21

Senate
returns to session September 20, 21, 22

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session September 27, 28, 29

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- EQB Approves Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Covering Power Plants [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Meets July 27 On Letter Urging IRRC To Disapprove The Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation [ PaEN]

-- Rachel McDevitt: Board Approves RGGI Rule, Moving PA A Step Closer To Joining Carbon Emissions Program

-- Laura Legere: Wolf’s Carbon-Cutting Plan For Power Plants Gets Key Approval

-- AP: Wolf’s PA Power Plant Carbon Pricing Plan Nears Finish Line

-- PA Cap-Star: State Regulatory Board Gives PA Greenlight To Join Regional Climate Cap-And-Trade Program

-- NRDC: Pennsylvania Gets One Step Closer To RGGI

-- Sen. Yaw: Blasts EQB Vote To Raise Electric Rates, Send Jobs Out Of PA [RGGI]

-- DEP: EQB Adopts Final CO2 Budget Trading Program Rulemaking 15 To 4

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: With Wind And Solar Potential, PA Should Lead Toward Renewable Future - PennEnvironment

-- DEP: 693 Permit Actions - 95% On Time; 1,082 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- Updated CREP Landowner Guide To Buffer Success Available Now [PaEN]

-- PA Association of Conservation Districts: July 12 Newsletter

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Action: Horn Farm Center For Agricultural Education, York County

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Action: Lancaster Clean Water Partners

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Invites Public To Take 2021 Middle Susquehanna River Survey [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Carnegie Science Center Event Takes Pittsburghers To The Rivers

-- PA Sustainable Agriculture: July 21 - Do Healthy Soils Grow Healthier Food? Webinar. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- MCall: Want To Learn About Organic Farming And Gardening?  Learn From The Experts At Rodale

-- Inquirer: Devastated Communities In Bucks County Assess Damage After 100-Year Flood

-- CourierT: Bensalem Residents Hit With Heavy Storm Damage: ‘Everything Is Gone’

-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority: Releases Interactive Map Of Water, Sewer, Green Stormwater Projects

-- Inquirer: Chester County Jury Asked To Decide if 2 State Constables Broke The Law Patrolling Mariner East Pipeline Project

-- Northeast Recycling Council: Accepting Nominations For Leadership Awards

-- Marcus Schneck: PA Beekeepers Lost About 41% Of Their Colonies Last Winter, Report Says

--  ReadingE: Berks County Master Gardeners Available Again To Help In Person

-- WilliamsportS: Little Free Libraries Added To Lycoming Master Gardeners’ Sensory Garden At Lysock View Complex

-- PittsburghNext: Free Outdoor Workspaces Now Open At Allegheny Overlook Pop-Up Park In Downtown Pittsburgh

-- WHYY: Philly Is Capping I-96 At Penn’s Landing, Could Nicetown Or Chinatown Be Next?

-- CourierT/Brian Whipkey: Mont Alto State Park Has A Unique Dance Pavilion

-- Marcus Schneck: Update: Mystery Bird Disease Investigation Draws Reports From Nearly Every PA County

-- ReadingE: Songbird Death Reports From Mystery Illness Piling up In PA As Feeders Come Down In Berks County

-- ScrantonT: Cause Of Ailment Killing Songbirds Still Unknown

-- Help Wanted: Group Against Smog And Pollution Executive Director  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Brandywine Conservancy Environmental Educator  [PaEN]

National/International

-- WHYY: DuPont, Spinoffs Reach $50 Million Settlement With Delaware Over PFAS Chemical Pollution

-- The Guardian: EPA Considers Placing Limits On PFAS Forever Chemicals In Drinking Water

-- Bay Journal: Push Is On For Green Environmental Rights Constitutional Amendments In 4 Chesapeake Bay States

-- Reid Frazier: Study: Biden Climate Policy Would Have $1 Trillion In Health Benefits, Save Thousands Of Lives

-- Utility Dive: Western Officials Reckon With Electric Reliability Challenges As Heat and Wildfires Threaten Grid

-- The Guardian: More Than 60 Wildfires Rage Across U.S. West, Including Blaze Bigger Than Portland

-- AP: Western Wildfires Threaten Parched American Indian Tribal Lands

-- Energy In Depth: Media, Activist Group Aim To Build A Fracking Straw Man, But Come Up Empty On Negative Impacts

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[Posted: July 14, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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