Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.22.21

Senate returns to session September 22

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session September 22

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- More Than 60 Environmental Groups, Green Party Of PA Oppose Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Rural PA Roads  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: To Honor Former DEP Secretary David Hess With The Fox Calhoun Award At Virtual Awards Celebration Oct. 14  [PaEN]

-- Allgyer Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust To Preserve 92-Acre Farm in Salisbury Township  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Saw Mill Run Stream Stabilization Project Breaks Ground

-- U.S. Endowment For Forestry & Communities: Seeking Proposals To Promote Sustainable Change In Working Forests  [PaEN]

-- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: Virtual Taste: Celebrate 50 Years!  Sept. 23

-- Center For Rural Pennsylvania: Holds Oct. 1 Hearing On Solar Development In Rural PA At Shippensburg University  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: How Much Do Energy Industry Jobs Pay?  A Look At The Data

-- DEP: Acts On 839 Permit Applications - 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducts 1,437 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

-- Rodale Institute: Fall On The Farm, October 2 In Kutztown, Berks County

-- Western PA Conservancy - The Colors Of Fallingwater Webinar - Sept. 28

-- DCNR: Celebrates Ira Reynolds Riverfront Park Opening In Susquehanna County As Part Of Brownfields To Playfields Program

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: How To Harvest Wild Ginseng In Pennsylvania

-- Bay Journal: ‘God’s Engineers’: How Beavers Can Repair An Ecosystem

-- Game Commission: Peter Sussenbach Named Director Of Southeast Regional Office

Hurricane Ida

-- Dept. of Labor & Industry: Individuals In 6 Counties Impacted By Hurricane Ida Can Apply For Temporary Disaster Unemployment Assistance

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House, Senate Extend Emergency Declaration In Response To Damage From hurricane Ida

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- PG Editorial: PA Could See Billions In Federal Aid For Infrastructure

-- WBTimes Editorial: U.S. House Should Vote On Infrastructure Bill, Put Unrelated Legislative Goals Aside 

National/International

-- NPR: Ahead Of Climate Talks, China Vows To Stop Building Coal Power Plants Abroad

PA Politics

-- PA Cap-Star: In Reversal Redistricting Commission Votes To County 3,000 More Prisoners In Their Cells

-- Inquirer: What To Know About PA Republican ‘Forensic Audit’ Of Nov. 2020 Election

-- McCall - Paul Muschick: Here’s What PA Lawmakers Should Be Working On, Instead Of Fighting Mask And Vaccine Mandates

-- Spotlight PA: Democratic Rep. Boyle Stripped Of Committee Leadership, Capitol Access

-- WITF: False Voter Fraud Claims, COVID, Heavy Workloads Are Contributing To PA’s Poll Worker Shortage

-- PA Cap-Star: Allegheny County Ran Out Of Pediatric ICU Beds And Added Tents To Increase COVID Bed Capacity 

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Republicans Consider Pushback On School Mask Order: ‘School Boards In A Horrendous Position’

-- PA Cap-Star: House Republicans Punt On school Masks Vote After Returning Early To Address It

-- TribLive: PA Health Officials Ready COVID Boosters For 65 And Older Population

-- LancasterOnline: Nearly $48 Million In COVID Rental Assistance Remains Available For Lancaster County Renters

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Barletta All-In For Unfair State Taxation

-- WHYY: Philly Republican Folk Hero Al Schmidt Is Shaking Up Politics As Usual At Philadelphia Parking Authority

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia’s Soda Tax Added Jobs Thanks To Increased Funding For Child Care, New Study Says

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[Posted: September 22, 2021]  PA Environment Digest