House returns to session September 20, 21, 22
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 11:00: Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets on a concurrent resolution to kill final power plant carbon pollution reduction regulations. Hearing Room 1 North Office Building. Click Here to watch the meeting live. (Click Here for more on the agenda.)
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: PA Shouldn’t Sit On Billions Of Federal Recovery Money When People Are Drowning Now - Fund Green Infrastructure Projects - PennFuture
-- Power PA Jobs Alliance: Urges Senate Environmental Committee To Move Resolution Disapproving Final RGGI Regulations
-- AP: Accident Kills Worker At Closed Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant
-- PPL: PA's Largest Municipal Solar Project Inaugurated To Supply Chambersburg With Electricity In Franklin County [PaEN]
-- LebTown Guest Essay: Solar Farms Are Family Farms In North Annville Twp., Lebanon County
-- Public Source: Electric Buses Are The Future For Allegheny County, But Progress Depends Of Funding
-- Lock Haven Express Guest Essay: Carbon Capture And Storage - A False Solution - By Karen Ellas, Climate Reality Project, Susquehanna Valley PA Chapter [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: A Modern Civilian Conservation Corps Could Transform PA, Beyond - Tina Doose, Braddock Borough Council Woman [PaEN]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Tackling Philly’s High Energy Burden Can Help Shore Up Against Storms
-- The Center Square Guest Essay: PA Remains Behind In The Development Of Pipeline Infrastructure
-- Environmental Health News: PA Vows To Regulate PFAS In Drinking Water-- Again
-- WBTimes: Three Wyoming Valley Levee Gaps Closed In Luzerne County
-- PA Chapter American Planning Assn.: Recognizes 2021 Pennsylvania Great Places [PaEN]
-- PG: Saw Mill Run Stream Stabilization Project To Begin In Bethel Park, Allegheny County
-- NE PA Scene: Lackawanna RiverFest In Scranton Sept. 25
-- MeadvilleT: 13+ Tons Of Trash Removed From French Creek, Crawford County, In Weekend Cleanup
-- WHYY: Philly School Trash Problems Continue As Vendor Blames Staff Shortages
-- TribLive: Volunteers Needed As Garbage Olympics Returns To Pittsburgh Sept. 18
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Vote Now For The People's Choice Photo Contest Winner! [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA’s Fall Foliage Expected To Bring Vibrant Colors, Accuweather
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Has 2 Spots In Top 10 Fall Foliage Destinations In U.S.
-- ReadingE: New Schuylkill River Access Opens In Perry Twp., Berks County
-- Penn State Behrend Blog: Faculty Members Partner With Brewery, PA Sea Grant To Raise Awareness Of Aquatic Invasive Species
-- Game Commission: Highlights From The Board Of Commissioners’ Meeting
-- Game Commission: Digital Hunting Licenses Now Available For Download
-- WFMZ: Game Commission Adds Northern Goshawk To Endangered Species List
Hurricane Ida
-- CourierT: What You Need To Know To Get FEMA Diaster Relief Aid
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City Asks Public For Feedback On Use Of $39.5 Million American Rescue Plan Funds
Federal Budget Bill
-- PA Cap-Star: As Nation Grapples With Climate Disasters, PA Members Of Congress Look To Resurrect Civilian Conservation Corps
National/International
-- The Guardian: Most Plans For New Coal Plants Scrapped Since Paris Agreement
-- The Guardian: When Wall Street Came To Coal Country: How A Big-Money Gamble Scarred Appalachia
PA Politics
-- Gov. Wolf: Forms Redistricting Advisory Council To Help Evaluate Fairness In Upcoming Congressional Redistricting Map
-- WHYY: Wolf Creates New Redistricting Oversight Panel Ahead Of Fraught Map-Drawing Process
-- WESA: What Does 2020 Census Mean For Allegheny County Congressional Representation?
-- Gov. Wolf: Bad Faith Republicans’ Actions Undermine Election Integrity And Duties Of The Senate
-- Sen. Corman: Statement On Recall Of Secretary Of State Nomination - ‘We Are Under No Obligation To Honor That Request’
-- AP: Wolf Pulls Secretary Of State Nomination, Slams Senate Republicans Over Election ‘Investigation’
-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Pulls Secretary Of State Nomination Amid Legislative Election Review Fight
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: End The Grandstanding, Lawmakers Need To Get Serious About Protecting The Vote
-- Rep. Rapp: House Health Committee To Request Joint Committee On Documents Ruling On Whether State’s School Mask Mandate Should Be A Regulation - Joint Committee Has 11 Members
-- WITF: As Vaccination Mandate Looms, PA Health Systems Push Employees To Get On Board
-- PG: Beaver County District Closes 2 Schools After ‘Unimaginable Number; Of COVID Cases
-- PA Cap-Star: Community College Hardest Hit By Pandemic Enrollment Declines
-- TribLive: Council Members To Introduce Mask Requirement For Allegheny County
-- WESA: PA Business Groups Reserve Judgment On Biden Vaccine Mandate
-- AP: PA Prison Guard Union Asks Court To Review Vax-Or-Test Mandate
-- Gov. Wolf: Announces Departure Of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel To Private Sector; George Little Named Acting Secretary
-- AP: Fmr Federal Prosecutor Bill McSwain Announces Run For Republican Guberatorial Nomination
-- YorkDR: Central York School Board Declines To Reverse Policy On Banning Anti-Racist Curriculum
-- Reading E: Berks DA Issues Public Health Advisory After 70 Overdoses In 1 Weekend [General Assembly Declined To Extend Opoid/Heroin Emergency Declaration]
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[Posted: September 14, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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