Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.22.21

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

-- 34 New Stories - Real Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Environment Digest: Educational Opportunities for Students & Adults [PaEN]

-- PA Environment Digest: All Articles & NewsClips Posted From Last Week [PaEN]

-- PA Capitol News: Top 10 Stories From Harrisburg Last Week  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network: Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Project Showcase, Grant Announcement Sept. 17 In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- ReadingE Editorial: All Of Us Can Help Build On Schuylkill River’s Momentum

-- PG: Who Knows What They’ll Fish Out Of The Connoquenessing During Annual Creek Cleanup Aug. 29, Sept. 11

-- Now On Demand: Webinar- Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle With Scientist/Author Justin Nobel  [PaEN]

-- Algorithm Helps Unlock Connections Between Stream Chemistry, Environment At NSF Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory In State College  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Neighbors Fearful Of Odors, Pollution Decry Duck Barn Proposed For Lancaster Farmland

-- ReadingE Guest Essay: Costs Of Landfills Reverberate Through The Region

-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Free Of West Nile Virus; Allegheny County Sets Mosquito Spraying

-- YorkDR: NWS Confirms Tornado Touched Down In York County Wednesday

-- AP: Hurricane Henri Closes In As The Northeast Braces For Impact

-- WBTimes: Hurricane Henri Could Bring Heavy Rains, Flash Floods To NE PA

-- ReadingE: Flood Watch In Effect In Berks County And The Region

-- CourierT: Hurricane Henri Could Cause Heavy Rain, Flooding In Bucks, Montgomery Counties

-- Inquirer: Hurricane Henri To Have Shore Impacts, Flood Watch In Effect For Philly Region

-- Inquirer: Heat From Philly Buildings, Streets Might Be Giving Rain A Little Extra Juice

-- PG: Honoring The Fallen Of 9/11, But Afghanistan Is On Everyone’s Mind

-- Penn State Researchers: Help Track Growth Of Ginseng Forest Farming In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: As Kestrel Population Plummets, Local Residents Fight To Save Raptor

-- Interns Wanted: Dept. of Agriculture Paid Communication Intern Positions

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- AltoonaM: Flooding Dominates Again At Altoona Meeting On How To Spend $39 Million American Rescue Plan Funds

National/International

-- PG - Daniel Moore: Biden Tapped This WV Scientist To Help Coal Country, But Can Clean Tech Bring Jobs?

-- AP: Winds Threaten To Fan Destructive California Wildfire

PA Politics

-- PG Guest Essay: Prison Gerrymandering In PA Must Be Addressed - PA League Of Women Voters

-- The Guardian: ‘From Dark Art To Dark Science’: The Evolution Of Digital Gerrymandering [PA Included]

-- MCall: Small Businesses In Lehigh Valley Struggle To Find Employees, Look Forward To End Of Extra Federal Unemployment Benefits

-- MCall: Child Care Staffing Shortage Could Make It Harder For People To Go Back To Work

-- TribLive/PennLive: As COVID Vaccination Mandates Gain Momentum, PA Health Care Workers Remain Largely Free To Decide

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: 4 Ways To Pressure The Unvaccinated Into Getting Their COVID Shots

-- PG: Pittsburgh’s Rising Wave Of Gun Violence

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Corman Fires Mastriano, Keeps Lie Alive

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[Posted: August 22, 2021]  PA Environment Digest