Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.2.21

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

 

TODAY 11:00:  House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider concurrent resolution to kill the final regulations establishing a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Room G-50 of the Irvis Building. Click Here to watch the meeting online.  Click Here for more on the agenda.

Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) serves as Majority Chair of the House Environmental Committee and can be contacted by calling 717-783-1707 or sending email to: dmetcalf@pahousegop.com. Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-7647 or sending email to: gvitali@pahouse.net. 

-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission: Votes To Approve The Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Covering Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- How Did We Get Here: Background On The Final EQB Regulation Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

-- AP: Pennsylvania’s Carbon Plan Clears Major Regulatory Hurdle

-- PG - Laura Legere: Wolf’s Carbon-Cutting Plan ‘In The Public Interest,’ Review Board Finds

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA’s RGGI Rule Nears Finish Line After Oversight Board Vote

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Set To Enter Northeast Initiative Limiting Carbon From Power Plants

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Coal Country AFL-CIO Presidents Agree - Federal Climate Action Must Create Good Union Jobs  [ReImagine Appalachia]

-- CCG PACE Funding: Closes On $15 Million In C-PACE Financing For Building 57 In Philadelphia's Navy Yard  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Editorial: What The Death Knell Of Fossil Fuels Means For PA

-- PA Conservative Energy Forum: Sept. 16 - The GIANT Company Clean Energy, Pollinator Initiatives, Cumberland County

-- Penn State Master Gardeners: Sept. 10 - Fueling Fall Pollinator Migration

-- WHYY: It’s Not All Hurricane Ida, Land Use And Climate Change Drive Philly Flood Risk

-- WBTimes: Nature Reminds Us That Infrastructure Matters

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Ida, Like Lee, Reminds Us Of Nature’s Power

-- 10,000 Friends Of PA: Extend Commonwealth Award Nominations To Sept. 7

-- PG Editorial: Time To Cut Back On Single-Use Plastic Bags

-- WilliamsportS: Williamsport Water Authority Looks To Sell Excess Supplies Of Potable Water To Industries

-- WITF: Two Decades After 9/11, Have State Lawmakers Forgotten How To Come Together During Tragedies?

-- The Hill: Fmr President Bush To Speak On 9/11 At Memorial In Shanksville

-- YorkDR: New Federal Bill May Give Boost To 9/11 National Memorial Trail

-- Lackawanna College Environmental Education Center: Offers Early Explorers Outdoor Program For Children  [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands: Adds Nearly 70 Acres To State Forest Lands In Berks County [PaEN]

-- PA Forestry Assn.: Keystone Woodland And Field Day On Sept. 18 In Greene County  [PaEN]

-- PA Horticultural Society: Tree Tender Basic Training Scheduled For This Fall

-- PA Forestry Assn./Ned Smith Center: Post New Wildfires/Smokey Bear Video In Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Series  [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Heritage Program: Provides Wild Heritage News Update  [PaEN]

-- Pike County Conservation District: Good Health And Nature By: Devan George, Communications Coordinator 

-- DCNR Blog: Walk With A Doc-- Advancing Wellness Through Nature

-- ErieT: Nature Journaling Can Bring You Closer To The Outdoors, And To Family

-- Western PA Conservancy: Guide To Implementing A Canoe Access Site In Your Community 

-- Western PA Conservancy: 2020 Annual Report - Meeting Challenges With Creativity, Innovation 

-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation: September eSprout Newsletter

-- Guest Essay: Avoidable Crisis Looms At PA Wildlife Agencies On Appointments To Fill Board Vacancies  By Robb Miller, Fmr. Wildlife Advisor To Governors Rendell, Wolf

Hurricane Ida

-- NWS Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center: Purple, Red Major & Moderate Flooding Now 

-- DCNR: To Close Some State Park, Forest Campsites Wednesday, Thursday Ahead Of Heavy Rain From Tropical Depression Ida  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Resources Available On Preventing, Recovering From Flood Damage  [PaEN]

-- WITF/AP: Ida’s Remnants Close Roads, Prompt Concerns Of Dam Failure

-- AP: Heavy Rain Prompts Evacuation Below Johnstown Area Dam 

-- WJAC: Wilmore Dam Reaches Capacity; Residents Being Evacuated

-- TribLive: Remnants Of Ida Bring Heavy Rainfalls, Flooding Across Western PA

-- TribLive: Corps Of Engineers Declares State Of Emergency Along Monongahela River

-- AltoonaM: Ida Remnants Swamp Blair County Region Prompting Evacuations, Road Closures

-- PennLive: Ida Soaks PA Leaving Behind Floods, Power Outages And Tornado Damage: Full Coverage

-- PennLive: Susquehanna River To Rise To Within 1 Foot Of Flood Stage In Harrisburg

-- PennLive: Over 109,000 People Without Power In Central, Eastern PA Due To Ida

-- LancasterOnline: Full Coverage Of Ida Impacts In Lancaster Region

-- YorkDR: Ida Moves Out, But Flooding, Road Closures Are Still Possible In Central PA

-- MCall: Nearly 24,000 In Lehigh Valley Without Power, Major Flooding At Lehigh River Near Easton

-- MCall: Ida Brings Widespread Flash Flooding To Lehigh Valley, Prompting Water Rescues As 4-8 Inches Of Rain Falls

-- ScrantonT: Hurricane Ida Dumps More Than 5 Inches On NE PA Region

-- WBTimes: Mandatory Evacuations In Parts Of Wilkes-Barre

-- Inquirer: Evacuations Advised In Parts Of Chester, Montgomery Counties As Schuylkill River Expected To Crest At Record Level

-- Inquirer: Ida Remnants Spawn Tornadoes, Delugest, Flash Floods In Philly Region, Significant River Flooding Is Next

-- Gov. Wolf: Sends Emergency Responders To Bucks County Following Severe Weather

-- CourierT: Ida Forces Evacuations, Floods Towns, Closes Schools, National Guard On Its Way To Bucks

National/International

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Federal Judge Vacates EPA Rollback Of Protections For Streams, Wetlands

-- Environmental Working Group: Avoid Potentially Toxic Algae, Almost 400 Outbreaks Already In 2021; 17 In PA

PA Politics

-- Fair Districts PA: Winners Of Statewide Voting District Mapping Contest Announced

-- AP: PA Republican Lawmakers Go To Court To Get Mail-In Voting Law Thrown Out 

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Republicans Eye Constitutional Amendment To Restrict Authority Of State’s Top Health Official

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Battle Over Masks In Schools Heads To Legislature

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Why Did Gov. Wolf Put School Boards Thru Hell If He Planned To Overrule Them On Masks?

-- TribLive: School-Age COVID Cases Continue To Rise In Allegheny County

-- WITF: Unvaccinated People, Sick With COVID Flood Midstate Hospitals As Delta Variant Surges

-- Gov. Wolf: PA Air National Guard Activated To Support Afghan Ally Refuge Efforts

-- ErieT: Some Of The Oldest Victims Of Clergy Child Sexual Abuse Fear They Will Die Without Justice

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Manufactured Crisis Over Critical Race Theory Distracts From Real Problems In PA Schools - Rep. Bullock (D-Philadelphia)

-- Dept. Of Revenue: August Tax Collections $135.5 Million Over Estimates; $132.4 Million Over Fiscal Year-To-Date 

-- Independent Fiscal Office: August Tax Collections $71,5 Million Over Estimates

-- Spotlight PA: PA Senate Gives Public Online Access To Spending Records

-- WITF/AP: Parnell Gets Endorsement In PA Republican Senate Race

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[Posted: September 2, 2021]  PA Environment Digest