Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.1.21

House returns to session October 4, 5, 6

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session October 18, 19, 20

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- DEP: Potential For Environmental Impacts From Spills Or Leaks Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Materials Is Real; Health Dept. Not Aware Of All Chemicals In Oil & Gas Wastewater Making Risk Assessment Difficult  [PaEN]

-- UPDATED: House Committee Meets October 4 On Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Companies Decide When To Report Spills  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Use $500 Million In American Rescue Fund Cash To Fully Fund Growing Greener  [PaEN]

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Enters Fourth Fall Season;  3 Million+ Trees Planted So Far  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Highlights Passive Acid Mine Drainage Treatment System Rehab Project, NW PA GIS Conference, Hunting Opportunities  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Opportunity To Bid On Mine Reclamation Project In Clarion County

-- Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University’s 16th River Symposium Nov. 5-6  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Data/Comments On Proposed Stream Redesignations Of Watersheds In Chester, Lancaster Counties

-- U.S.G.S. PA Water Science Center: Fall Pennsylvania Waters Newsletter Features Hurricanes Ida & Henri, Low-Head Dam Removal In York County  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Oct. 1 RiverWatch Video Report

-- DEP Blog: Home Heating Oil Users Should Check Tanks To Prevent Costly Leaks And Spills

-- TribLive: Natural Gas Prices Surge, Meaning Higher Heating Bills Likely Coming For Customers

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Electric Vehicles Starred At State Capitol This Week, One Republican Lawmaker Touted Their Economic Potential

-- CitizensV: Talen Energy To Mine Bitcoin Near Its Nuclear Power Plant

-- Utility Dive: PJM’s ‘Focused’ MOPR Takes Effect Boosting Renewables And Nuclear As FERC Commissioners Deadlock 

-- City & State: Meet The Climate Candidate For U.S. Senate

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S. Steel Trying To Block Allegheny County’s New Coke (Coal) Oven Rules

-- TribLive: Rankin’s Carrie Blast Furnaces Lands $360,000 Grant To Preserve Site

-- WHYY: Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Is Finally Here - With Enforcement Still To Come

-- AltoonaM: Altoona Water Authority Uses Biosolids In Reforestation Efforts

-- DCNR: Issues First Fall Foliage Report - Expect A Vibrant, Beautiful Show!  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: ‘Fantastic Fall Foliage Season Is Approaching Fast In PA

-- DCNR: Unveils New Trailhead Welcome Signs As Visible Commitment To Diversity, Equity & Inclusion  [PaEN]

-- PA Bulletin: DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Proposed Land Exchange In Clinton, Centre Counties

-- Brodhead Watershed Association: Explore A Rare Land That Protects Pocono Waters Oct. 17

-- TribLive: River Rocks Fundraiser To Help Blaze A Trail In Aspinwall

-- NextPittsburgh: 6 Pittsburgh Parks To Shine During Parks Conservancy Celebration

-- ReadingE: Curated List Of Outdoor Hikes And Nature Education For October

-- Volunteer Wanted: PA Trout Unlimited - Chair Service Partnership Program For First Responders, Military Community

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Seeks Comments On Accreditation Renewal

-- Courier Express: Pennsylvania Endangered Species Series - Burbot

-- LancasterOnline: Boy Scouts Sell Land For $2.9 Million, Becomes State Game Land

-- ErieT: Sharks Don’t Swim In Lake Erie, But Here’s Why You Can See Them At Presque Isle’s Tom Ridge Environmental Ed Center

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

--The Guardian: House Democrats Delay Vote On $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

National/International

-- WHYY: Environmental Group Sets Its Hopes High For EPA’s Coming PFAS ‘Roadmap’

PA Politics

-- WESA: PA Legislative Reapportionment Chair Says Process Has Been Transparent, Cites Hearings, Comments

-- WHYY: PA Reformed ‘Prison Gerrymandering’ But It Likely Won’t Matter In Congressional Maps

-- WITF: Latino Political Power, Health, Future Examined At Statewide Convention

-- AP: Growing Republican Governor’s Field Puts Nomination ‘Up For Grabs’

-- Inquirer: The Nasty Turn In PA’s Republican U.S. Senate Primary Leaves Questions For Jeff Bartos, Sean Parnell

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Conor Lamb And PA’s Political ‘Moderates’

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Should PA Stop Electing Judges?

-- WITF: As COVID Rages, PA Hospitals Tell Ambulance Crews They Don’t Want People In Crisis

-- WLVR: PA’s School Mask Mandate Will End When Children Can Be Vaccinated, Wolf Says

-- MCall: Report: School-Age Children Now Almost Twice As Likely As Adults To Get COVID

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Political Committee Drops Big Cash For PA School Board Candidates Who Fight For In-Person Instruction

-- AP: Pennsylvania Recruiting School Bus Drivers Amid Shortage

-- Inquirer: Nursing Home Workers Aren’t Getting Vaccinated, Prompting Worries About The Elderly, Staffing, Coming Federal Mandate

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Restaurants Ask Customers For Patience, Understanding As Staff Shortages Persist

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Set To Run Out Of Rental Relief Money In 2 Weeks

-- WESA: Paying For PA’s Bridge Repairs With New Tolls Remains Divisive

-- PA Cap-Star: Philadelphia Mayor, Cops Talk Gun Violence In PA’s Biggest City

-- PA Cap-Star: ‘Let Our Kids Play’: Advocates Rally For Transgender Youth At PA Capitol

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Why Charter Schools In PA Aren’t As Public As They Claim They Are

-- MCall: U.S. Mail Delivery Could Slow Down Starting Today; How It Will Affect The Lehigh Valley

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[Posted: October 1, 2021]  PA Environment Digest