Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.11.21

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


-- Sen. Argall: More Water Quality Restoration Needed In Schuylkill River Watershed; Here’s An Idea - You Have $5 Billion Laying Around Doing Nothing  [PaEN]

-- ReadingE: Schuylkill River Has Come A Long Way, But More Work Needs To Be Done, Officials Say

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Use American Rescue Plan Cash For Susquehanna, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- DEP: Collects $140,000 Penalty From ETC Northeast Field Services For Pipeline Construction Violations In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Energy Transfer Fined $140,000 For Pipeline Construction Violations Along Beaver County Pipeline

-- MCall: PennEAST Was Suing 70 Property Owners To Get Land To Build Its Natural Gas Pipeline, But This Week It Suddenly Stopped Citing Regulatory, Legal Hurdles

-- New Erie 2030 District: Report Details Progress Toward Reducing Building Energy Use By 50% By 2030  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Forming New PA Energy Storage Consortium; Stakeholder Meeting Sept. 28  [PaEN]

-- PA Conservative Energy Forum: Hosts National Clean Energy Week Events Thru Fall  [PaEN]

-- SEEDS: Selects Jacob Mohring 2021 Student Scholarship Winner For Best Sustainability Essay  [PaEN]

-- PennFuture, Partners Challenge DEP’s Approval Of Renovo Energy Center Natural Gas Power Plant Permit

-- DEP: Took Action On 792 Permits; 90% Met Review Deadline; Conducted 1,491 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- Montgomery County Community College’s H2YO! Summer Camp Teaches Youth About Schuylkill River Watershed

-- ErieT: Corps Of Engineers Reports On Lake Erie’s High Water Levels

-- Center For Rural Pennsylvania: Recycling Study Recommends Additional Resources To Support Rural Recycling, Fix Electronic Waste Recycling Program  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Watershed Steward: Native Tree & Shrub Sale Taking Orders Thru Aug. 31  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Magazine: How Pittsburgh Residents Worked Together To Convert The Churchill Valley Country Club Into Protected Green Space

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Why Philly Trees Cast More Shade On The Wealthier

-- Philadelphia Parks & Recreation: Become A Philly Forest Steward

-- WHYY: Creators Of New Philly Mike Park Want You To Go Play In Traffic

-- Natural Lands: October 2 - Beats & Brews At The Binky Lee Preserve In Chester County. 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

-- The American Chestnut Foundation: August 20 - Chestnut Chat Series: Participatory Chestnut Breeding 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: For Bikers With Some Time, Look At Exploring These New Long-Distance Routes Through PA’s Forests [PEC’s Public Lands Rides]

-- CourierT: Advocates Make Case For Delaware Water Gap To Be PA’s 1st National Park

PA Politics

AP: Census Data Spurred Republicans’ Largest Partisan Edge In Decades [PA Included]

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- The Hill: U.S. Senate Passes $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill In Major Victory For Biden

-- Appalachian Voices: U.S. Senate-Passed Infrastructure Bill Includes Largest-Ever Investment In Reclaiming Coal Lands  [PaEN]

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Good Down-Payment On Our Crumbling Infrastructure

-- PA Sen. Bob Casey: Delivers Key Infrastructure Wins For PA In Bipartisan Senate Bill

-- WESA: Regional Leaders Say Senate Infrastructure Bill Is, Mostly A Win For Western PA

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: On Passage Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill By U.S. Senate

-- PennFuture Responds To Passage Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Package By U.S. Senate

National/International

-- AP: U.S. Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5 Trillion Budget In Latest Win For Biden

-- USA Today: Millions Of U.S. Homes At Risk Of Climate-Related Disasters, But Few Americans Know It

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[Posted: August 11, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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