Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.4.21

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

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Partners Seek Input On Diversity, Inclusion  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation's: Outdoor Education Program Restarts In PA This Fall; Sign Up Now  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Publishes Final Guidance On Area Of Review For Unconventional Oil & Gas Drilling Permits  [PaEN]

-- Seneca Resources: To Seek Responsibility Sourced Gas Certification From Project Canary

-- ScrantonT: Southwestern Energy Drilling, Williams Pipeline Sponsor New Teaching Facilities

-- PennLive Letter: Shale Gas Revolution Helping To Meet Challenges Of Today’s Complex World - Marcellus Shale Coalition

-- AP: Wolf Needs To Score Bigger Climate Victories, Activists Say

-- Penn State: Creates Task Force To Significantly Reduce University's Carbon Emissions  [PaEN]

-- Oct. 25-26 Penn State Family Symposium Focuses On Environmental Impacts On Families: Environmental Disasters, Climate Change, Built Environment  [PaEN]

-- WilliamsportS: Meteorological Summer Was A Record-Setter

-- PennLive: DEP Awards $255,000 Contract To Reclaim Northumberland County Coal Mine Fire Site

-- DEP: Invites Comments On Draft Chapter 105 Alternatives Analysis Guidance  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On South Branch Conewago Creek Watershed TMDL Plan In Adams County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Holds Virtual Hearing Sept. 22 On Air Quality Permit Renewal For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- ReadingT: Reading Awarded $3.3 Million Lead-Based Paint Removal Grant

-- MCall: Da Vinci Science Center Secures Funding For Downtown Allentown Project

-- Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County: Hold Using Your Five Senses In The Garden Program Sept. 13 In Carlisle

-- Penn State Centers Receive Grant To Partner With Elementary Teachers In PA On Understanding Pollinator Research

-- Penn State: By Reducing Forest Floor Temperatures, Invasive Shrubs Stifle Native Species

-- MCall: Beltzville State Park Beach, Boat Launch Closed Labor Day Weekend Due Ida To Flooding

-- Sept. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]  

-- WITF Smart Talk: Hiking Alone Safely Is Both Enjoyable, And Safe, With A Little Planning

-- PG: 4 Arrested In Crackdown On Pittsburgh ATV, Dirt Bike ‘Ride-Outs’

-- Penn State Master Gardeners: Aid Cleanup Effort At Flight 93 National Memorial

Hurricane Ida

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Area Rocked By Ida As 676 Remains Closed

-- WHYY: Philly Lawmakers: PA Should Tap COVID Relief Funds To Help Flooded Businesses

-- WHYY: How Philly’s Trash Problem Made Hurricane Ida Flooding Worse

-- CourierT: Bucks County Residents Recount Neshaminy Creek Flooding Nightmare

-- CourierT: Bucks County River Towns Spared Major Flooding As Delaware River Recedes

-- CourierT: Follow The Paths Of 4 Tornadoes That Hit Bucks, Montgomery Counties

-- LancasterOnline: Ida Swamps Lancaster County

-- YorkDR: Roads, Bridges Remain Closed In York County Following Ida Flooding

-- Chesapeake Bay Magazine: Conowingo Dam Floodgates Opened, Causing Flooded Roads And Bay Debris

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Climate Change’s ‘Fingerprint’ See In Ida Flooding

-- Inquirer: Ida’s Fatal Power Didn’t Shock Scientists Who Study How Climate Change Primed The Pump

-- Inquirer: Ida’s Costs Could Reach $95 Billion, On Top Of COVID, ‘It’s One More Painful Thing’

-- AG Shapiro: In Wake Of Hurricane Ida, AG Shapiro Reminds Homeowners Of The Rights, Warns Of Scams

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- WHYY: Philly Lawmakers: PA Should Tap COVID Relief Funds To Help Flooded Businesses

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Federal Support Needed For Infrastructure And Stormwater Improvements - Rep. Kinkead, Molly Parzen

National/International

-- EPA: Report Shows Disproportionate Impacts Of Climate Change On Socially Vulnerable Populations In U.S. 

PA Politics

-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Election ‘Investigation’ Hearings Begin Next Week, Senate Committee Seeks Public Testimony

-- PG: Upturn In COVID Deaths Continues In PA

-- PennLive: Sickest COVID Patients At Penn State Health In 20s, 30s, With Almost None Vaccinated

-- LancasterOnline: 112 COVID Cases Reported By Lancaster County School Districts, Schools Shutdown Last Week

-- WilliamsportS: COVID Cases On The Rise In Area School Children

-- AP: Republican Sen. Corman, Others File Lawsuit Challenging PA’s New Mask Mandate For Schools

-- TribLive: Legal Experts Say Wolf Administration Has Authority To Issue Mask Mandate

-- WESA: As PA’s School Mask Mandate Takes Effect, Any Court Challenge May Face Slim Odds

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: We Absolutely Must Do What Is Best For The Children - Wear Masks; School Board Members Are Being Intimidated To Do Otherwise

-- Inquirer: For First Time, Rebels Block State School Employees Pension Fund Staff Investment Advice

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: PA’s Billionaires Rolled In Dough During The Pandemic While Working Stiffs Suffered

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[Posted: September 4, 2021]  PA Environment Digest