Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.9.21

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session September 20, 21, 22

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 9:00:  In-Person/Virtual. Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Join via Microsoft Teams.   Conference Call: 1-267-332-8737 Conf. ID 259 778 906.   Contact: Todd Wallace, twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-6395.  (formal notice)  Click Here for more on the agenda-- Road dumping of drilling wastewater, handling radioactive drill cuttings and other wastes.

-- Gov. Wolf: Requests Major Federal Disaster Declaration To Help Recover From $117 Million In Damage From Remnants Of Hurricane Ida  [PaEN]

-- AP: Biden Asked To Declare Disaster In PA Due To Hurricane Ida Damage

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Harrisburg's Christian Alexandersen Tells About His Quest To Visit All 121 State Parks In 224 Days  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper: Groundbreaking Pilot Project Helps Restore Eastern Hellbenders To Susquehanna River Watershed - Part I  [PaEN]

-- Heralding The Eastern Hellbender - Severing Stereotypes Offers A Step Toward Savoring The Salamander’s Significance - Part II  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny College: Research Team Helps Statewide Effort In Stream Monitoring And Trout Assessment  [PaEN]

-- Penn State's Fly Fishing Virtual Institute To Feature Legendary Angler Joe Humphreys  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority: Announces Rate Settlement With PUC; Includes New Stormwater Fee  [PaEN]

-- Call For Proposals: Lancaster-Lebanon Watershed Forum & Science Symposium Nov. 19 & 20  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Water Cooler Talk - Stormwater Bioretention Basin Functions Sept. 28  [PaEN]

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn.: How The Watershed Handled Hurricane Henri In Monroe County   [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Remembering Tropical Storm Lee’s Impact On Luzerne County

-- CitizensV: Lessons Learned In 2011 Flood Still Helping Today: ‘People Came Together’

-- MCall: There Have Been More Tornado Warnings, Storm Reports In Lehigh Valley: What’s Behind These Severe Weather Outbreaks?

-- WHYY: Why Did New Buildings Flood In Philly?  Outdated FEMA Maps And Building Code

-- ScrantonT: Solar Energy Goal Part Of Answer

-- PA Resources Council: Pop-Up E-Waste Collection Events In Allegheny County During October  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In August  [PaEN]

-- Capital RC&D: Equine Pasture Management Field Day Sept. 25 In Columbia County  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Bill To Allow Transfer Of Small Preserved Farm Acreage

-- WHYY: Fully Restoring Schuylkill River Trail In Philly Post-Ida Could Take Months

-- WeConservePA: Adaptive Forest Management Under Conservation Easements Virtual Roundtable Oct. 13  [PaEN]

-- Call For WeConservePA Land Conservation Conference Workshop Proposals; Award Nominations  [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA & DE Provides Update On Pennsylvania Nature News  [PaEN]

-- Wildlands Conservancy: Special Fall In Love With Nature Events This Fall  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Board To Meet In Westmoreland County Office Sept. 10 & 11

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Game Commission To Remove Peregrine Falcon As Threatened Species, But Raise Penalty For Anyone Killing Them

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Holds Committee Meetings Virtually Sept. 15

September 11 Remembered

-- PennLive: PA’s Tom Ridge Got Homeland Security Off To A Good Start After 9/11, But Has It Evolved Enough?

-- ABC27: Remembering 9/11: Gov. Ridge’s Administration Recalls The Day And New Opportunities That Came

-- WESA: Fmr State Police Commission Paul Evanko On Responding To Events Of 9/11

-- PennLive Guest Essay: What It Was Like To Meet The Devastated Families Of Flight 93 Heroes - David La Torre

-- TribLive: The Day The School Shook: 20 Years Later, Fmr Shanksville Area Students Recall 9/11

-- TribLive: Teachers Rely On Flight 93 Memorial, Personal Experiences To Teach About 9/11

-- YorkDR: The Evolution Of The Flight 93 National Memorial

Hurricane Ida

-- Gov. Wolf: Requests Major Federal Disaster Declaration To Help Recover From $117 Million In Damage From Remnants Of Hurricane Ida  [PaEN]

-- AP: Biden Asked To Declare Disaster In PA Due To Hurricane Ida Damage

-- Insurance Dept.: Information For Homeowners, Business Owners On Damage Claims Following Storms, Flooding  [PaEN]

--  Inquirer: Ida Ruined 400 Homes In Southeast PA, Damaged $100 Million In Public Infrastructure

-- WHYY: Montgomery County Residents Flock To Resource Center For Help Recovering From Ida

-- LancasterOnline: Chester County Officials Scramble To Provide Assistance To Residents Devastated By Hurricane Ida

-- WHYY: Fully Restoring Schuylkill River Trail In Philly Post-Ida Could Take Months

National/International

-- AP: Solar Energy Could Generate 40% Of U.S. Electricity By 2035

-- WHYY:  Enough With The Climate Jargon: Scientists Aim For Clearer Messages On Climate Change

PA Politics

-- CourierT: Senate Election Audit: What We Know As Senate Republicans Probe Nov. Election

-- PA Cap-Star: Democrats, Republican Lawmakers In PA, Elsewhere Push Back Against Partisan Election Reviews

-- John Baer: Regular Folks Get To Tell Their Stories Of Voter Fraud To PA Senate, Imagine What We’ll Hear

-- PennLive: UPMC Cites ‘Truly Alarming’ Number Of Young, Healthy Often Unvaccinated People Stricken With COVID

-- WESA: Allegheny County Health Officials See A Dramatic Increase In COVID Cases Among Kids

-- PG: Allegheny County, PA COVID Cases Keep Rising; Some Schools See Outbreaks

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Hospitals Again Filling Up With COVID Patients

-- TribLive: Kids 12 And Under Made Up 12% Of Allegheny County’s COVID Cases Last Month

-- PG: UPMC Sees Modest Increase In COVID Cases Among Children, Warns Risk Is Higher Than ‘Any Other Time’

-- YorkD: Pandemonium At York County School Board Meeting As Parents Refuse Masks - Video

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Area Health Community ‘Bracing For An Uptick’ Heading Into Fall

-- PennLive: H.S. Football Game Canceled Due To COVID Cases In Harrisburg

-- WITF: With COVID Delta Raging, UPMC Seeks People In PA For Monoclonal Antibody Study

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Takes No Action On Rule-Breaking Drug/Alcohol Treatment Centers As Drug Crisis Heads Toward ‘Record-Breaking’ Year

-- AP: Publisher To Reissue Republican Sen. Mastriano’s Book Correcting Factual Errors

-- City & State: Republican Lou Barletta’s Seeking A Political Comeback As PA Governor

-- Pro Football Player, Coach Mike Ditka Endorses Jason Richey For Republican Nomination For PA Governor

-- AP: Republican U.S. Senate Race In PA Takes Personal Turn

-- PG: Pittsburgh Proposes $9 Million, 4-Year Gun Violence Intervention Program As Shootings Increase

-- CentreDT: Chambersburg Native Last Soldier Out Of Afghanistan

-- ReadingE: Reading Native, Emmy-Winning Actor Michael Constantine Dies At 94

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[Posted: September 9, 2021]  PA Environment Digest