Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.6.21

House returns to session October 6

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session October 18, 19, 20

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

TODAY 9:30:  House Game & Fisheries And Tourism & Recreational Development Committees informational meeting on the increase in outdoor activities during the pandemic and ways to help maintain this increase.  Room 60 East Wing.  Click Here to watch live.

 

-- WITF Smart Talk Wednesday 9:00 a.m.: PA Won’t Hit Climate Goals Unless Changes Come Soon, Report Warns

-- AG Shapiro: Charges Mariner East Pipeline With 48 Counts Of Environmental Crimes In 11 Counties  [PaEN]

-- Attorney General Shapiro's: Statement Announcing 48 Environmental Criminal Charges Against The Mariner East Pipeline In 11 Counties  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta: Calls For Halt To Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Light Of Criminal Charges By Attorney General  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: AG Shapiro Announces Criminal Charges Against Mariner East Pipeline Owner For Leaks

-- PG - Anya Litvak: PA Attorney General Announces 48 Criminal Charges Against Energy Transfer In Mariner East Pipeline Construction

-- PA Cap-Star: Shapiro Files Criminal Charges Against Energy Transfer In Construction Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline

-- StateImpactPA: PA Charges Energy Transfer With Environmental Crimes Over Mariner East Pipeline Project

-- AP: Mariner East Pipeline Developer Charged In Connection With Contamination

-- FracTracker Alliance: Accepting Nominations For Community Sentinel Award For Environmental Stewardship  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Sen. Yudichak’s Senate Committee Examines PA’s Natural Gas Infrastructure

-- Republicans On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Companies Decide When To Report Spills  [PaEN]

-- GASP: Seward Coal-Fired Power Plant Applies To DEP For A Decrease In Sulfur Dioxide Emissions 

-- DEP: Takes Action On 862 Permits- 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,724 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

-- PennEnvironment: New Report: Millions Of Pennsylvanians Experienced Frequent Unhealthy Air In 2020

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Region Saw About 2 Months Of Unhealthy Air Days In 2020, Study Finds

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Fines Neville Chemical For Chemical Smell In McKees Rocks Last Month

-- Lancaster Farming: Climate Pact Not Enough, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Says

-- PG: Pittsburgh Mayor, Other Cities, U.S. Labor Secretary Talk About Future Of $600 Billion  Clean Energy ‘Marshall Plan’

-- PA Cap-Star: As PA Lawmakers Evaluate The Future Of Electric Vehicles, This Company Is Thinking Strategically

-- PG: Trulieve To Build Large Medical Marijuana Facility At Fmr McKeesport Steel Plant

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Watershed Coalition: Host 6 Educational Programs At Buffalo Creek Nature Park In Butler County  [PaEN]

-- MyPhillyPark.org: Mows To Meadows Project Will Bring 5 Acres Of Meadows To Fairmount Park

-- ScrantonT: Five Miles At Lackawanna State Park

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Bug Barometer Projects A Pest-Packed Fall Across PA

-- Bay Journal: Mussels, Ripe For Investment, Could Power Cleaner Rivers

-- WHYY: Oxygen Level In Delaware River Falls As Water Temperature Rises Making It Harder For Fish To Breed

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fall Wildfire Season Arrives With Low Risk Across PA

-- Game Commission: Waterfowl Hunters Sought For Study

PA Politics

-- PA League Of Women Voters: Join Lawsuit Against Senate Republicans’ Attempt To Obtain Private Information About Registered Voters

-- PennLive: Citing Voter Privacy, Civil Rights Groups Aim To Block Senate Republican Election Subpoena

-- AP: Senate Republicans Cut Short Voting Bill Hearing After Wolf Aide’s Snub

-- PA Cap-Star: Senate Panel Proceeds With Election Bill Hearing Despite Dept. Of State Absence

-- Inquirer: Abortion A Key Issue For PA Democrats And It Could Supercharge 2022 Midterms

-- Inquirer: Here’s Where Candidates For PA Senate, Governor Stand On Texas Abortion Ban

-- WHYY: A Voter Guide To PA’s 2021 Judicial Elections

-- Inquirer: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Sean Parnell Seeking Gag Order Against His Wife, Attorney As Their Dispute Spills Into The Campaign

-- ErieT: Erie Health Official: Vaccine Rate Might Need To Top 85% Or 90% [57% Of Eligible Residents Now Vaccinated]

-- Inquirer: Delta May Be Loosening Its Grip On Philly Region, But COVID And Flu Pose Dual Threat For Winter

-- ErieT: Judge Temporarily Halts Warren County School District’s Optional Mask Policy

-- TribLive: Slippery Rock U. President Will Get Tattoo If More Students Get COVID Vaccine

-- PennLive: Nursing Home Group Says PA Homes Might Have To Turn People Away Due To Lack Of Staff

-- Inquirer: Weed Legalization proposal Coming From Central PA Republican, West Philly Democrat

-- TribLive Editorial: PA School Employees Pension Board Shouldn’t Gag Members

-- ScrantonT Editorial: PA School Employees Pension Leaders Forfeit All Public Trust

-- WHYY: With Over 45,000 Philadelphians Waiting For Rent Relief, The City Is Running Out Of Money

-- WHYY: Afghan Arrivals Resume In Philadelphia After 3-Week Pause

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[Posted: October 6, 2021]  PA Environment Digest