Senate returns to session October 18, 19, 20
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY Call Of Chair: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1842 (Zimmerman-R-Lancaster) making fundamental changes to the definition of water pollution under the state Clean Streams Law effectively making most spills and discharges to rivers and streams no longer pollution; House Bill 598 (Oberlander-R-Clarion) would limit actions to create prescriptive easements to public entities like state agencies and local governments, not private entities. Room 515 Irvis Building. Call of the Chair-- meaning it could be held at any time after the House convenes for voting session Monday. Click Here to watch live. Click Here for more on the agenda.
TODAY 2:00: Senate Environmental Resources and Energy and Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committees hold a hearing on the “consumer and economic impacts of failing to invest in Pennsylvania’s natural gas infrastructure." Room 8E-A East Wing. 2:00 p.m. Click Here to watch the hearing live. Click Here for more on the agenda.
TODAY Call Of Chair: House Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 763 (B.Miller-R- Lancaster) would require PennDOT to develop a list of native vegetation species that can be used in roadside work that is done throughout the state. Room 140. Call Of Chair. Click Here to watch live.
-- October 4 PA Environment Digest Is Now Available [ PaEN]
-- The Almanac: Bethel Park Embarks On Stream Stabilization Project In Allegheny County
-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Virtual 2021 Sportsmens Forums - Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10 [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Western PA Oil Companies Not Happy With 80% Increase In Price Of Home Heating Oil
-- TribLive: Natural Gas Prices Surge, Meaning Higher Heating Bills Likely Coming For Customers
-- WSJ: Winter Is Coming, Will The U.S. Run Out Of Natural Gas This Winter?
-- PennLive: Get Ready For Cold: Winter Weather Is Supposed To Arrive Early In PA
-- WESA: There Will Be Millions More In Funds To Help Pennsylvanians Who Need Heating Assistance This Winter [Applications Open Oct. 18]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: Sniffing Out Danger? That Odor From Shell Ethane Plant Put Community On Alert
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Harvest Sunshine, Protect Farmland
-- PG: Ask Me About… Starting An All-Boys School To Prepare Black Students For STEAM Professions
-- Inquirer: The Schuylkill Flood Of 1869, It Got Ugly In Philly, Montgomery County
-- MCall: Beltzville State Park Has A Friend In Volunteers
-- StateCollege.com: Friends Of Rothrock State Forest Are Enhancing The Trail System At Musser Gap
-- CitizensV: Wilkes-Barre Special Needs Playground Construction To Launch This Month
-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Small Investment In City Trees Would Be Wise
-- PennLive - Black Vultures Are Back To Bedevil Hershey Area Residents: ‘It’s Really Unmanageable’
-- TribLive: Steller’s Sea Eagle That Escaped National Aviary Found In Pine, Allegheny County
-- WESA: The Eagle Has Landed: Steller’s Sea Eagle Is Back At The National Aviary
-- CourierT: Do You Know Bucks County’s Official Bird? And How The Ruffed Grouse Became PA’s Symbol?
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- WHYY: Pennsylvania Among States And Cities Slow To Spend Federal Pandemic Aid
National/International
-- Financial Times: Electric Vehicle Revolution Is Finally Here
-- The Guardian: ‘There’s Tar Everywhere’: Large California Oil Spill Fouls Beaches, Kills Wildlife
-- VOX: A Natural Gas Industry ‘Attack On American Cities’ Is Freezing Climate Action In Its Tracks [PA Preemption Legislation - Senate Bill 275 (Yaw-R-Lycoming]
-- AP: Pope, Faith Leaders Sign Joint Climate Appeal Before Summit
PA Politics
-- Inquirer: PA Senate Republicans Won’t Hire Contractor For Nov. Election ‘Investigation’ Until A Judge Gives The OK, Aide Says
-- PennLive: COVID Vaccination Of PA Nursing Home Workers Remains Woefully Low, Will A Mandate Cause Too Many To Quit?
--- PG: Rural, Republican Western PA Legislative Districts Lag Behind In Vaccinations, Data Shows
-- PG Editorial: Case For Vaccine Mandates Keeps Getting Stronger
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Democrats Prepare For Last Stand As Republicans Seek Full Government Takeover In County
-- Inquirer: John Dougherty And Union Local 98 Remain Political Forces, Will His Trial Change That?
-- Inquirer: PA School Employees Pension Fund Seeks To Gag Board Members Over Leaks To Media
-- PA Cap-Star: Abortion Rights Supporters Rally In Harrisburg, Across PA To Protect Roe v. Wade
-- WPSU: Penn State Students Hold Protest Demanding Better Support For Victims Of Sexual Assault
-- LancasterOnline: Beer Distributors Forced To Adapt 5 Years After PA Law Change Transformed Booze Sales
-- PA Cap-Star: PA Hit Liquor Sales Record In 2020-21
-- LancasterOnline: Are Lancaster County Schools ‘Indoctrinating’ Children With Critical Race Theory? Educators, Experts Say No
-- CentreDT: Penn State Creates New Center For Racial Justice
-- AltoonaM Editorial: Newspapers Help Make PA Great
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[Posted: October 4, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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