Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.25.21

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

 

-- Penn State Center For Dirt & Gravel Roads Studies: Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Wastewater To Control Dust Is Environmentally Unsound Practice  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP: Issues Air Quality Warning For Wednesday, Aug. 25 For Southwest, Indiana County, Southcentral, Southeast, Lehigh Valley

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Federal Pipeline Safety Agency Issues Warning Letter To Shell For Falcon Pipeline Project

-- Gov. Wolf Unveils State Forest Action Plan To Address Next 10 Years Of Strategic Initiatives In PA Forests; Shale Gas Development Promotes Forest Fragmentation  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Deadline Looms For State, Federal Officials To Save PA And Chesapeake Bay - By Shannon Gority, PA Executive Director Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- Penn State: No-Till Production Farmers Can Cut Herbicide Use, Control Weeds, Protect Profits

-- PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts: e-Newsletter - Riparian Buffers, Enviro Camp, Rain Gardens, Conservation Tour, Agriculture Summit, More

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary: Delaware River Festival - Sept. 24 to Oct. 3 

-- DEP: Acts On 966 Permits - 83% By Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,306 Inspections, Responded To 2 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- PA Resources Council: Household Chemical Collection Event Sept. 11 In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- PUC: Chair Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Joins Executive Leadership Board For National Utility Regulators’ Association

-- BillyPenn: Here’s What Philly Experts Say You Can Do To Actually Combat Climate Change

-- IFO Report: Quarterly Natural Gas Production Increases 7.8%, Strongest Growth In Nearly 2 Years  [PaEN]

-- PG: Pittsburgh Mayor Aims To Reduce Light Pollution In Proposed Ordinance

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Chair: New Warehouse Proposal ‘Is A Disaster For The Quality Of Life In The Lehigh Valley’

-- The Guardian: ‘Kill It!’ U.S. Officials Advise No Mercy For Spotted Lanternfly Summer Invasion [PA Included]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: $5 Million Donation Leads To New 373-Acre Clark Nature Preserve In Lancaster County 

-- Penn State Extension: Support Walk In Penn’s Woods October 3

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Study: Ginseng Farming In PA May Threaten Native Plant’s Gene Pool

-- ScrantonT: ATV Rider Dies After Wayne County Crash

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Deer Hunters Face Expanded Chronic Wasting Disease Regulations This Year

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Study: Human Presence Can Cause Fawns To Let Down Their Natural defenses

-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Angling Associations Work To Improve Erie Steelhead Fishing Opportunities

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- E&E Daily: Congress Nears Historic Coal Mine Cleanup Investment

-- AP: U.S. House Passes $3.5 Trillion Biden Budget Blueprint After Deal With Moderates Putting Infrastructure Bill Back On Track

National/International

-- USA Today: Massive Wildfire ‘Knocking On The Door’ Of Lake Tahoe Area

PA Politics

-- Spotlight PA: In Major Shift, PA Reapportionment Panel Votes To Count Incarcerated People In Home Districts, Not State Prisons

-- House Republican Leader: Ending Prison Gerrymandering Outside Scope Of Reapportionment Commission Powers

-- WESA: Education Secretary Urging Schools To Require Masks

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Retroactive Window For Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse Is No Quick Fix - Sen. Kim Ward

-- Inquirer: Mortgage Payments Resuming For Many Homeowners, Foreclosures And Sales Are Sure To Follow

-- AP: State Ends Unemployment Claims System Lawsuit Against IBM, But Provides No Details

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[Posted: August 25, 2021]  PA Environment Digest