Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.14.21

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 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

-- PUC: To Hold Sept. 23 Virtual Hearing On Proposed Acquisition Of Lower Makefield Twp. Wastewater System By Aqua PA In Bucks County

-- WBTimes: Three Wyoming Valley Levee Gaps Closed In Luzerne County

-- PA Chapter American Planning Assn.: Recognizes 2021 Pennsylvania Great Places  [PaEN]

-- GASP: Allegheny County Health: Issues Penalty To U.S. Steel For Release From Clairton Coke (Coal) Works, Data Issues At Edgar Thomson Facility

-- 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

-- Gov. Wolf: Urges Congressional Delegation To Support Proposed Biden Budget Funding Education, Clean Energy, Civilian Conservation Corps, Chesapeake Bay Initiatives

-- 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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