Saturday, October 2, 2021

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.2.21

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


-- Appalachian Voices: Congress Fails To Reauthorize Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program; People In Pennsylvania Have Worked For 5 Years So Far To Get Their Members Of Congress And General Assembly To Act On This Critical Issue  [PaEN]. [PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem - Mine Drainage]


-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Bay Executive Council Fails To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Its Water Pollution Cleanup Commitments [PaEN]. [PA’s #2 Water Pollution Problem - Agricultural Runoff]


-- Gov. Wolf: Reminds Residents Low-Interest SBA Loans Are Available For Those Affected By Hurricane Ida  [PaEN]

-- Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center: Schedule Of Upcoming Webinars  [PaEN]

-- Pike County Conservation District: Floodplain Mapping  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Terminates Proposed Beech Hollow Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant's Air Quality Permit In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Proposed Natural Gas Power Plant In Washington County Asks State To Withdraw Permits

-- Senate Committees: Hold Oct. 4 Hearing On Failure To Invest In PA’s Natural Gas Infrastructure; Hearing Set After PennEast Announced NJ Part Of Its Project Would Not Go Forward, But PA Part Might [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Solar Companies Are Eyeing PA Farmland, Legislative Agency Is Looking At Ways Communities Can Prepare

-- Bradford Era: Appalachian Legacy Project To Be Boots On The Ground For Well Done Foundation

-- Martha and Richard Coyle Partner With Berks Nature To Preserve 94.5 Acre Farm In Berks County [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Protects 50 Acres Along Great Allegheny Passage Trail, Casselman River In Somerset County  [PaEN]

-- Health Advocacy Groups Meet With State Dept. Of Health, DEP To Discuss Residents Impacted By Shale Gas Emissions [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 100+ PA Landowners Get Class Action Lawsuit OK’d Against EQT Over Natural Gas Storage Area 

-- MCall: Brace For Sticker Shock: Surging Natural Gas Prices Could Put A Dent In Your Wallet This Winter  [Now They Have You Hooked]

-- American Fisheries Society: 112 World Aquatic Scientific Societies Call For Urgent Action Against Human-Caused Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Webinar: Carbon Capture, Use, Sequestration Would Decarbonize The Electric System In The Worst Possible Way - Oct. 7 Starting At Noon

-- ReadingE: Slaughterhouse Waste Trucked To Berks Farm Spreads Stench Across Countryside

-- MCall Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Land Use Law Is Crazy

-- PG Editorial: Etna’s Planning Has Helped The Borough To Thrive

-- YorkD: Noticed More Spotted Lanternflies In York County?  There’s A Reason For That

-- PECO/Natural Lands: Green Region Open Space Grant Program Now Accepting Applications  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Begins Accepting Applications For Canoe Access Grants Oct. 18  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: A Key Trail Opportunity For Beaver County

-- Inquirer: Five Fall Hikes Near And Far From Philadelphia

-- PA Keystone Coldwater Conference + PA Chapter Of American Fisheries Society Meets Feb. 25-26 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Oct. 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Names Jessica Fischer Little Buffalo State Park Manager

-- WeConservePA: Tails For All People - Guidance For Accessibility And Inclusive Design

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Escaped Steller’s Sea Eagle Spotted Near Pittsburgh’s North Park

-- PG - John Hayes: Lost Pittsburgh Eagle Winging Its Way To The North

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- WPost: Biden Urges Delay In Infrastructure Bill Vote Until Deal Reached  [PA Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Welling Plugging At Stake]

Federal Budget Bill

AP: Despite Delays With $3.5 Trillion Federal Budget Plan, Biden Vows To ‘Get It Done’

National/International

AP: Why Climate Change Is Making It Harder To Chase Fall Foliage

PA Politics

-- AP: Deadline Passes In PA Republican Election ‘Investigation’ Subpoena

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Abington Heights H.S. Junior Embarrasses State Politicians By Redrawing Congressional Districts

-- AP: Police Report Says Republican Candidate For Governor Sideswiped In Fatal Crash

-- Dept. Of Revenue: Reports September State Revenues $495.9 Million More Than Anticipated; Year-To-Date Up $628.3 Million  --  IFO Sept. Revenue Report

-- WITF: Moms Launch Write-In Bids For School Board In Lancaster County: ‘Loud, Aggressive Parents Didn’t Speak For Me’  [School masks]

-- PG Editorial: The Unvaccinated Waste Lives, Time And Money

-- Spotlight PA: SEC’s Probe Of PA School Pension Fund Examines Staff Gifts, Trips From Wall Street Firms

-- WITF: Chambersburg Mayor Vetoes Local Nondiscrimination Ordinance Approved By Borough Council

-- PG: PA Cable TV Magnate From Coudersport Who Looted His Company Of Millions Dies

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[Posted: October 2, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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