Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.23.21

Senate returns to session October 25, 26, 27

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session October 25, 26, 27

     -- Committee Schedule

     -- Update: House Session Schedule For 2022

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- Nov. 4 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing On Proposed Fee Schedule Change To Encourage Use Of AMD Impacted Waters, SRBC/DEP Letter Of Understanding  [PaEN]

-- DelcoTimes: Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Presents 2021 Environmental Awards

-- PA Resources Council: 2021 Virtual Awards Celebration And Program Booklet

-- High School Juniors Can Now Apply For 2022 Governor’s School For The Sciences  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Cleanup Begins After Tornadoes Topple Trees Into Power Lines, Homes In Western PA

-- Green Infrastructure: Religious Institutions & Clean Water For Healthy Communities Webinar Nov. 15  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Donors Honor Promise Of Farmland Preservation In Lancaster County

-- WilliamsportS: Family Farms In Crisis: Pricing Controls, Mega-Facilities ‘Will Get A Lot Worse’

-- PUC: Joins Imagine A Day Without Water To Raise Water Awareness

-- PEC Podcast: Training To Become A Master Watershed Steward

-- DEP: Draft Stream Evaluation Report In Tohickon Creek Watershed, Bucks County Available For Public Comment  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To NPDES General Permit For Testing Of Tanks & Pipelines  [PaEN]

-- Opportunity To Bid On Plugging Abandoned Well In Potter County  ​​[PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Applauds Federal Court Action To Vacate Rollback Of Section 401 Federal Clean Water Act Reviews  [PaEN]

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Advocate Fmr. Sen. Earl Baker Questions The Motives Of Attorney General “John” Shapiro In Filing Criminal Charges Against The Mariner East Pipeline [Ah, Senator, It’s “Josh” Shapiro]

-- Penn State News: NSF Awards $19.9 Million To Improve Climate-Risk Decision-Making Along Coastlines

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices In Western PA Hit Highest Price Since 2014

-- TribLive: Officials Toast Jeannette Glass Site’s Transformation To Cryogenic Testing Facility

-- DEP: Posts 82 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 23 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Police Taking Part In DEA’s Drug Take-Back Oct. 23

-- Sen. Yaw Touts National Drug Take-Back Day October 23

-- WBTimes Editorial: Take Advantage Of National Drug Take-Back Day Oct. 23

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Best Week For Fall Foliage Is Here Across Most Of PA

-- DCNR Dedicates Trail Connector Project At Canoe Creek State Park In Blair County  [PaEN]

-- AltoonaM: Connector Links Rail Trail To Canoe Creek State Park

-- PA Environmental Council: Critical Connection For Circuit Trails Nearing Completion In SE PA

-- CourierT Guest Essay: Newtown Rail Trail A Win-Win For Its Users, Neighbors

-- October 22 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Penn State News: Popular Perennial Flowering Plants Can Attract Diverse Mix Of Pollinators

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: Perennial Pages - Gardens For Clean Water 

-- WESA: New Trail Connects Etna To Allegheny River For First Time In Nearly A Century

-- ErieT: List Of Projects Underway Or Coming Soon To Presque Isle State Park

-- Game Commission Expands Chronic Wasting Disease Management Areas Due To New CWD Case In Jefferson County [PaEN]

-- AP: Forest Hawk Listed As Endangered, But Falconer Disagrees

Hurricane Ida

-- WBTimes: Mandatory Briefings Scheduled For Organizations Applying For Hurricane IDA Disaster Funding In Luzerne County 

National/International

-- WITF: U.S. Coal Production Up Sharply After Hitting 50-Year Low Last Year

-- The Economist: All Manner Of Industries Are Piling Into The Hydrogen Rush

PA Politics

-- Sen. Dush: Court Filing Opposes Lawsuit Challenging Republican Subpoenas To Obtain Personal Information Of Voters

-- PA Cap-Star: Senate Republicans Respond To Lawsuit Challenging Republican Subpoenas To Obtain Personal Information Of Voters

-- Sen. Corman Criticizes Dept. Of State For Alleged Bias In Promoting Private Election Grants Before Nov. Election

-- PG: Ethics Probe Of Republican Cong. Kelly Ratchets Up [Kelly Filed Numerous Challenges To The Nov. Election Results Trying To Get It Overturned]

--  ErieT: Republican Cong. Thompson Tests Positive For COVID, Hospitalized

-- TribLive: Voting By Mail? Time To Drop Off Your Ballot In Person, PA Officials Warn

-- Sen. Kim Ward: Responds To Wolf Administration’s Workplace Initiatives

-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry: PA Unemployment Falls To 6.2% In September From 6.4% In August

-- AP: PA’s Jobless Rate, Labor Force, Payrolls Drop

-- TribLive: Murrysville Couple Charged With Bilking CARES Act Of $220,000

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Lawmakers Rip Lack Of Data On Drug Abuse Treatment As Newspaper Tallies 3,415 Violations At Facilities

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[Posted: October 23, 2021]  PA Environment Digest