House returns to session September 27, 28, 29
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
-- 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
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