House returns to session Oct. 27, Nov. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, Dec. 13, 14, 15 [No More In 2021]
-- Update: House Session Schedule For 2022
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:00: House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 251 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) which sets standards for the application of fertilizer to turf, provides for the certification of professional fertilizer applicators and for labeling and an education program. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch it live. Click Here for more on the meeting.
TODAY 9:30: DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Conversation Series - Economics and the Outdoors. Register to watch online.
TODAY 9:00: WITF Smart Talk - Invasive Plants & An Overpopulation Of Deer Decimating PA’s Forests
TODAY 9:00: DEP Great Lakes Water Resources Regional Committee meeting. Delaware Room 16th Floor Rachel Carson Building. Click Here to join by Microsoft Teams. Conference Call: 267-332-8737, 633 133 266#. Contact: Mark Matlock, RA-StateWaterPlan@pa.gov.
TODAY/TOMORROW-- Virtual. 2021 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Virtual Conference
TODAY Noon: Virtual. Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk: Riparian Buffer Ecosystem Services Webinar. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
-- DEP: Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Profiles Of 40 Clean Water Funding Programs, Local Clean Water Leadership [PaEN]
-- Call For Presenters - Joint Keystone Goldwater Conference & American Fisheries Society Meeting Feb. 25-26 [PaEN]
-- Governor’s STEM Team Competition Now Accepting Registrations [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Fire Destroys Historic Horn Farm Education Center In York County
-- Penn State Virtual GIS Day To Take Place Nov. 16
-- ScrantonT: Flooding Again Impacts Region As Nor-easter Hits Northeast
-- ErieT: Erie County Farmer Again Appeals Federal Case Over Wetlands
-- PG: RIDC Gets Approval To Develop More Land At Hazelwood Green, Fmr Steel Plant Site
-- WHP-TV: PA Senate Could Move To Stop Energy Transition [RGGI]
-- PG: Pittsburgh Announces $16 Million Streetlight Replacement Program With LEDs
-- CentreDT: Here’s The Plan For Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 45% By 2030 In Centre Region
-- The Guardian Guest Essay: What The World Can Learn From [PA’s] Rachel Carson As We Fight For Our Planet
-- Dept. Of Health Awards $160.000 In WalkWorks Grants To Increase Community Physical Activity
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Beautiful Trails Near PA Creeks, Streams, Rivers
-- Penn State News: Erie Researchers Identify New Fungal Threat To American Chestnut Trees
-- The Late Jim Finley: Forest Protector, Private Forest Center Founder, Professor Emeritus
-- Keystone Trails Association Names Brook Lenker Executive Director [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Woolly Caterpillars, Laid-Back Squirrels Make Their Winter Predictions
-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: New Chronic Wasting Disease Deer Detected Close To Wild Elk Range
National/International
-- Reuters: Dutch Pension Giant ABP To Dump $17.5 Billion In Fossil Fuel Holdings
-- PG/Bloomberg: Big Oil Is About To Post Highest Cash Flow In More Than 13 Years
-- Reuters: Investors On Board As U.S. Oil Majors Dismiss Wind And Solar Projects
-- AP: ‘Save Your Species’: UN Uses Dinosaur In Fossil Fuel Message
-- UN: Don’t Choose Extinction Fossil Fuel Message- Video
-- The Guardian: WV Senator Manchin Pushes For Climate Cuts As West Virginia Battered By Crisis
PA Politics
-- WITF: State Redistricting Panel Now On Deadline To Draft Its First Voting Districts Map
-- ErieT: Wolf’s Redistricting Council Holding ‘Listening Session’ In Erie Wednesday
-- Gov. Wolf Urges General Assembly To Adopt Comprehensive Gift Ban
-- PA Cap-Star: Deep-Pocketed Donors Pour Money Into PA Supreme Court Race
-- Gov. Wolf: Continues To Call On Legislature For Meaningful Action To Address Gun Violence
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Gov. Wolf, Democrats Attack Republican Bill To Allow Concealed Carrying Of Guns Without A License
-- AP: PA Senate OKs Bill To Criminalize The ‘Legal And Constitutional Right To Run From Law Enforcement’
-- MCall: ACLU Suing Montgomery County, Saying They Have Been Illegally Jailing People Without Hearings
-- PennLive: Republicans On House Committee Vote To Take Health Secretary To Court Over School Mask Order
-- PennLive: After Suffering Rare COVID Disorder, Bishop McDevitt Field Hockey Player Rebounds For Strong Season
-- Inquirer: Bonuses To Be Offered Substitute Teachers, Nurses Working In Philly Schools Amid Shortage
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Overdose Deaths, Suicides In PA Would Get Scrutiny From ‘Review Teams’ Under Lehigh Valley Lawmaker’s Bill
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: How Wolf Engineered A Way To Raise The Minimum Wage For Some PA Workers
-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: Western PA Colleges Struggle With Declining Enrollment
-- Inquirer: As Federal Probes Grind On, PA State Treasurer Holds Off Paying PA School Pension Fund’s Defense Lawyers
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Lottery Awards ‘Humongous’ 10-Year Contracts To Modernize Its Business
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[Posted: October 27, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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