Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.24.21

Senate returns to session September 27, 28, 29

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session September 27, 28, 29

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- PA Environmental Council: To Honor Franklin Kury, Andrew Johnson, Bartram’s Garden Nov. 3 In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Northeast PA Environmental Partners Announce 2021 Award Recipients  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Begins Accepting Applications For Environmental Education Grants Sept. 25  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Won’t Hit Climate Goals Without Increasing Efforts Now, Report Says 

-- Philadelphia Energy Authority: Completes First Rooftop Solar Program For Low- And Moderate-Income Homeowners  [PaEN]

-- PennTAP: Hosts Oct. 21 Small Business Energy Cost Savings & Reduction Calculator Toolkits Webinar  [PaEN]

-- Amped 2021: Learn The Benefits Of Electric Vehicle Use In Sept. 27 Webinar  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: PJM Cities & Communities Coalition To FERC - It’s Time For The MOPR To Go - PJM Cities & Communities Coalition

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Allegheny County Takes Aim At Air Pollution During Inversions

-- New Kensington, Westmoreland County: Launches Downtown Sustainability Stroll To Show Connection To History, U.S. Sustainable Development Goals  [PaEN]

-- Growing Greener Coalition: Let’s Invest In Natural Infrastructure So We Don’t Have To Worry About Floods  [Video]

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Without Action On Climate Change, Hurricane Ida Is Just The Beginning - Clean Air Council

-- PennLive: Several PA Counties See More Than 5 Inches Of Rain In 24 Hours

-- CentreDT: Centre County Declares Disaster Emergency After Heavy Rain, Flooding Hits Penns Valley

-- LancasterOnline: After Ida, New Storm Causes More Flooding, Closed Roads In Lancaster County

-- WilliamsportS: Downpours Lead To Above-Average Rainfall Levels For September

-- Allegheny County Conservation District: Wildflower Meadow, Rain Garden Coming To Boyce Park

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Sign Up For Sept. 27 Meeting Of Water, Environment Nature Book Club

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Sept. 24 RiverWatch Video Report

-- ​​Keep PA Beautiful: Celebrate National Public Lands Day By Participating In Pick Up Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Erie: Annual Lake Erie Coastal Cleanup Attracted 535 Volunteers

-- PA Sustainable Agriculture: Fall Schedule Of Farmer-To-Farmer Workshops & Events

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: State Court Opens Path For City Of Chester To Sell Regional Water Utility To Aqua PA To Get City Out Of Hock

-- AltoonaM: Altoona Water Authority Needs More Funds For Dam Repairs

-- DEP/DCNR/DCED Brownfields To Playfields Program: Celebrates Opening Of Ira Reynolds Riverfront Park, Susquehanna County  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Hazelwood Green Roundhouse Opens With Expansion Of Silicon Valley Incubator OneValley

-- ScrantonT: Fell Twp. Zoners Nearing Decision On Controversial Mine Reclamation Project

-- ErieT: Giant Eagle Recognized For Its Bee-Saving Efforts

-- Inquirer: 10,000 Birds Concert At Morris Arboretum Sept. 25 Will Immerse Listeners In Sounds Of Nature 

-- Penn State Extension: Sustainable Timber Harvesting Workshop Oct. 26 At DCNR's Tiadaghton State Forest District Office, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Join The 5th Annual Walk In Penn's Woods On October 3  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Middle Creek Wildlife Area To Host National Hunting & Fishing Day Celebration Sept. 26

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: 60+ People Participated In Raptors On The River Floating Classroom Program

Hurricane Ida

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Without Action On Climate Change, Hurricane Ida Is Just The Beginning - Clean Air Council

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- Philadelphia City Council: Calls On Congress To Pass Biden Climate, Infrastructure Plan

National/International

-- Sen. Casey, Others Reintroduce Bill To Extend Black Lung Disability Trust Fund

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Operators Of Contentious PennEast Shale Gas Pipeline Declare A Retreat

-- WHYY:  PennEast Pipeline Halts Plan To Seek NJ Public Lands For Pipeline Route

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: National Energy Tax Burdens Consumers, Hinders Environmental Progress - Marcellus Shale Coalition

-- The Guardian: Young Global Climate Strikers Vow Change Is Coming - From The Streets

PA Politics

-- AG Shapiro: Sues Senate Republicans Over Plan To Subpoena Voters’ Private Data

-- AP: AG Shapiro Sues To Block Republican Election Subpoena

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Senate Democrats Ask Court To Push Back Republican Subpoena For Personal Voter Information

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Republicans’ Election Lies Are Tearing Our Commonwealth Apart - Gov. Wolf

-- WHYY: Shapiro Remains Lone Democrat Among Crowded Field For 2022 Governor’s Race

-- PA Cap-Star: As Harrisburg Republicans Craft Fall Agenda, Their Allies Are Asking For More On Abortion, Guns, Spending Limits

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Educators Ask For A Seat At The Table In Response To K-12 Mask Mandate, COVID Mitigation

-- WHYY: Philadelphia-Area Universities Ask For COVID Vaccination Or Testing Compliance

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Senate Republicans Pass Bill To Limit Access To Publicly Owned Data

-- Inquirer Editorial: Wolf’s Opioid Disaster Declaration Is Over, But PA’s Overdose Crisis Is Not

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[Posted: September 24, 2021]  PA Environment Digest