Saturday, September 25, 2021

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.25.21

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

 

-- Registration Now Open For Statewide Watershed Conference On Nov. 7-8; New Live Webinars Nov. 10-11  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf: Announces Bedford, Northampton Counties Approved For Federal Disaster Assistance From Hurricane Ida  [PaEN]

-- Senate Committee Meets Sept. 28 On Bills Allocating A Portion Of American Rescue Fund Monies For Local Environmental Improvement Projects  [PaEN]

-- Senate Bill 832: Fake Solution To Reducing Nutrient Pollution Promoted By Bait & Switch  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Seeks Design Contractor For Mine Drainage Treatment Plant In Tioga County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Water Main Extension Project, Clearfield County 

-- Stephanie Noberini & Brent Meyer Partner With Heritage Conservancy To Preserve 34 Acres In Bucks County  [PaEN]

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Young People Take To The Streets Of Pittsburgh Demanding Climate Action

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Community’s Fight Against Electric Lines Shows Tensions Coming With Push To A Clean Energy Future

-- Inquirer: Citing Climate Change, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Board Member Abstains From Vote On Agency Transportation Plan

-- Inquirer: More Tropical Storms Are Making Landfall, And Philly Is Feeling The Fallout

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: The Missing Piece In The Response To Climate Change: Carbon Pricing

-- PA Recycling Markets Center, Penn State, DEP Host Oct. 7-8 Research Showcase Featuring World Renowned Microplastics Expert Dr. Sylvia Earle As Keynote  [PaEN]

-- WilliamsportS: Bicycle Recycle In Pajama Factory Pedals Through Pandemic

-- PUC: Extends Deadline For Comments On Electric Storage Policies To Nov. 29  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Sets Virtual Nov. 9 Hearing On Proposed Cleanup Plan For Bishop Tube Hazardous Waste Site In Chester County [Hazardous Sites Cleanup Funding Goes Off Fiscal Cliff This Year]  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Posts 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 25 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DCNR, Agriculture, Fire Commissioner: Urge Citizens To Practice Fire Safety As Fall Wildfire Season Gets Underway  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Western PA Conservancy/DCNR TreeVitalize Program Supervisor  [PaEN]

-- Interns Wanted: DCNR Watershed Forestry Team - 2 Intern Positions  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Increase Mosquito Activity In Western PA Spurred By Recent Rain, High Humidity

-- CitizensV: Luzerne Conservation District Plans Mosquito Spraying

-- PennDOT: Accepting Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant Applications Thru Nov. 5  [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Why Early Mornings And Sunrises Are Underappreciated At Presque Isle State Park

-- Sept. 24 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Insect Concerns From Readers, But It’s Probably Not A Murder Hornet

Hurricane Ida

-- Gov. Wolf: Announces Bedford, Northampton Counties Approved For Federal Disaster Assistance From Hurricane Ida  [PaEN]

-- YorkD: FEMA Opens Hurricane Ida Recovery Center In York County

-- CourierT: FEMA Opens Hurricane Ida Recovery Center In Bucks County

-- DEP Blog: What To Do With Your Septic System After A Flood

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- AltoonaM Editorial: Lead Piping Issue Isn’t Going Away

Federal Budget Bill

-- Sen. Casey, PennFuture Call For Revitalized Civilian Conservation Corps

National/International

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Jersey Shore’s Fishing Industry Wonders: Can It Coexist With Industrial Sized Wind Farms?

-- The Guardian: Fresh California Wildfire Prompts Evacuations As Forest Blazes Grow

PA Politics

-- PennLive: PA COVID Hospitalizations Rise About 2,600 As Spike Continues

-- PG: COVID Case Rates Steady At High Level As More Infections Recorded; Vaccinations Drop

-- CitizensV: School-Age COVID Cases Up 41% In Luzerne County

-- PennLive: Many Hershey Elementary Students Shifted To Remote Learning Due To COVID Cases

-- PennLive: COVID Cases Remain High In These PA ZIP Codes

-- ReadingE: Reading Hospital Nurse Died From COVID-- Her Dying Wish?  Get The Vaccine

-- PA Cap-Star: PA County Officials Say Bipartisan Election Reform Bill A Step Toward ‘Badly Needed Relief’

-- MCall/TNS: All Eyes Turn To PA After Arizona’s Republican ‘Audit’ Affirmed Biden’s Presidential Victory  [Audit Finds Bigger Lead For Biden]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Creating An Election System For 2021, Not Patching One From 1937 - Rep. Nelson

-- PA Cap-Star: Q&A - Lou Barletta Thinks 2nd Time’s The Charm In Republican Run For Governor

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: DePasquale Preparing For Another Run At Republican Cong. Scott Perry, But He’s Not Running Yet

-- PG: FBI Pittsburgh Encourages Pennsylvanians To Report Hate Crimes, Launches Awareness Campaign On Social Media

-- PG: Food Supply Shortages Hit School Districts Across Allegheny County Due To Labor Shortages

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[Posted: September 25, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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