Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.7.21

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

-- Bay Journal: Conservation Opportunity - A New Focus On Leased Farmland  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Ida’s Damage Might Boost Support For More Aggressive Climate Policy, Experts Hope

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Again At Risk Of Severe Weather, Excessive Rainfall Wednesday

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Clean Air, Strong Economy Can Coexist [RGGI]

-- TribLive: Munhall Man Killed In ATV Crash

-- Lancaster Farming: Fall Armyworm Causing Devastation In Parts Of PA

-- AltoonaM: State Sees Uptick In Tick-Borne Diseases

-- TribLive: Migratory Birds Being Helped On Journey By Pittsburgh Lights Out Program

September 11 Remembered

-- StateImpactPA: Flight 93 Crashed Among Coal Mines, Treating The Water There Was No Ordinary Project

-- Inquirer: In Tiny Shanksville Where United Flight 93 Crashed, 9/11 Is ‘Part Of Who We Are’

Hurricane Ida

-- WHYY: Homeowners Hit By Ida Find Many Questions, Few Answers As They Seek Post-Storm Aid

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- AP: Federal Lawmakers Vow Action On Infrastructure After Ida Floods Gulf Coast, Northeast

National/International

-- WSJ: Action On Climate Change Is Urged By 220 Leading Medical Journals In Unprecedented Plea ​​ 

PA Politics

-- PA Cap-Star: Our Autumn Of Discontent: 3 PA Politics Storylines To Tack This Fall

-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Lawmakers Pushing Ban On Transgender Athletes, Ignoring Gender Inequities In Home Districts?

-- Inquirer: Comparing COVID Cases At Philadelphia-Area Universities This Year To Last Year

-- ErieT: Wolf Administration’s School Masks Mandate Starts Today, Is It Legal?  [Spoiler - Yes]

-- TribLive: Highlands Middle School Moves To Remote Learning Because Of COVID

-- TribLive: Greater Latrobe, Derry Area Students Plan Walkouts To Protest Mask Mandate

-- Inquirer: Millions Have Lost A Loved One To COVID; Grief’s Mental And Physical Burden Is Especially Heavy On Kids

-- MCall: New Castle Councilwoman On A Mission To Tell People To Get Vaccinated After Her Own COVID Bout: ‘I’d Be Dead Today’

-- MCall Guest Essay: PA Should Require Proof Of Vaccination To Enter Bars, Concerts, Gyms, Sporting Events

-- PG: Pittsburgh Shoppers Face Spotty Shortages As Delta Variant Rages On

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[Posted: September 7, 2021]  PA Environment Digest