PA Environment Digest Oct. 16, 2017

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Here Are Some GOOD Bills The Senate & House Could Pass To Help Solve Environmental Problems

Op-Ed: Don't Be A Twit, Invest In Parks, Public Spaces, Recreation & Green Infrastructure

Gov. Wolf, State Treasurer, LCB Continue Implementing Default State Budget

Bills On Governor's Desk

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Gov’s Schedule/ Bills Introduced

The Feds

Reaction To Proposed Repeal Of EPA’s Clean Power Climate Plan

Rep. Maher Announces Plans To Introduce PA Clean Power Plan Bill

Resolution Asks For Support Of DOE Proposal For Higher Compensation For Coal, Nuclear Power Plants

Straight Talk: Draining The Swamp, Reducing Headwaters Stream Protection Not Good Ideas

News From The Capitol

House Finance Committee Cancels Meeting On Natural Gas Severance Tax Bill

House Committee To Consider Bill Oct. 16 Allowing The General Assembly To Kill A Regulation By Doing Nothing

Senate Committee To Consider Bill Oct. 17 To Fund Energy Efficiency Projects Thru Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs

Oct. 16 Environmental Issues Forum Features Presentation On State Parks Strategic Plan

News From Around The State

DEP Proposes Changes To Process For Developing Regulations, Technical Guidance And Using Advisory Committees

DEP To Pay For At Least 800 Farm Conservation Plans In PA Part Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Project Begins In Stroudsburg To Install Green Infrastructure, Urban Nature Space

Volunteers Plant 1,000 Trees Along Buck Run In Coatesville, Chester County

Stormwater Program Communication Workshop Oct. 25 In Dauphin County

Ferris Passive Mine Drainage Treatment System Receives Maintenance In Butler County

October Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

Stroud Water Research Center Helps Berks Farmers Connect With Land, Water, Customers

Latest Stroud Water Research Center UpStream Newsletter Now Available

Green Roof & Wall Symposium In Pittsburgh Nov. 6

Pittsburgh To Have Largest Urban Farm In U.S. On Old Public Housing Site

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing Nov. 2 On Water Withdrawal Projects

Student Symposium On The Environment Dec. 7 Westminster College, Submit Abstracts Now

K-12 Student Video Contest By Society For Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Accepting Entries

Society For Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Holds College-Level Student Poster Contest

PA Environmental Educators Call For 2018 Conference Workshop Proposals

Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2018 PA Environmental Educator Awards

Keep PA Beautiful: Still Time To Join The International Coastal Cleanup

PEC: Volunteers Needed For Illegal Dumpsite Cleanups In Potter County Oct. 28, 30, 31

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Water Monitoring Again Finds No Impacts From Natural Gas Drilling

Nov. 2 Hearing On Air Permit For Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant In Greene County

DEP Collects $220,000 Penalty From Ohio Laboratory For Violations

PUC OKs Energy Conservation Plans For PPL, PGW To Lower Energy Burdens For Low-Income Customers

PA Environmental Council Supports Bill To Create Local Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy Funding Program

Reminder: 7th Annual Pittsburgh Solar Tour Oct. 14

CEOs For Sustainability Launch Speakers Series To Educate, Inform Western PA Business Leaders Oct. 25

PA’s Harvey Mine Team Places Second In 2017 National Coal Mine Rescue Contest

DCNR Kicks Off Driving Toward Sustainability Tour At New Buchanan State Forest HQ In Fulton County

New Solar Array At Caledonia State Park Saves Money, Reduces Carbon Footprint

DCNR Names Weiser State Forest HQ After Fmr Sen. Edward Helfrick In Columbia County

Latest Fall Foliage Report Now Available From DCNR, Many Areas At Peak

Wild Excellence Films: WQED Pittsburgh To Show Cook Forest Film Oct. 14

PA Horticultural Society Selected As Partner For TD Trees Days To Plant Trees In Philadelphia Oct. 20

Allegheny Land Trust: First PA Master Naturalist Program Coming To Southwest PA

Creative Makers Of The PA Wilds Traveling Art Show Opens Nov. 3 at Winkler Gallery In DuBois

Game Commission: Lead Poisoning In PA Bald Eagles On The Rise

Jim Lanning, Spring Creek Trout Unlimited Centre County, Wins National Honors

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Grants & Awards

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Regulations,. Technical Guidance & Permits

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