Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.5.21

Senate returns to session Nov. 8, 9, 10, Dec. 13, 14, 15

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session Nov. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, Dec. 13, 14, 15

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Presents Mira Lloyd Dock Awards To Kiasha Huling Of Philadelphia & Shauna Yorty Of Lancaster  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust Partners With Regen Network To Sell Carbon Credits To Support Local Land Conservation; Largest Sale Of Urban Forest Credits In U.S.  [PaEN]

-- Agriculture: 11.2 Million Acres Of Farm & Forest Land Enrolled In Clean & Green Preservation Program  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farmland Trust Partners With Landowners To Preserve 88 Acre Zimmerman Farm; 51 Acre Gehr Farm  [PaEN]

-- Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited Helps Save Linn Run State Park Hemlock Trees From Woolly Adelgid  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Funding Strategy To Offset Conowingo Pollution Impacts Proves Elusive

-- Master Watershed Stewards In Berks & Schuylkill Counties To Unveil Live Stake Nursery At Cacoosing Park, Berks County Nov. 17  [PaEN]

-- BCTV: Master Watershed Stewards To Unveil Live Stake Nursery At Cacoosing Park, Berks County Nov. 17

-- ReadingE: At Berks Nature Event, Doug Tallamy Advocates For Native Plants

-- ReadingE: Guided Hikes And Nature Education In Berks County In November

-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Celebrates Opening Of Dziak Drive

-- ScrantonT: Fell Twp. Zoners Uphold Violations Against Controversial Mine Reclamation Project

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 5 RiverWatch Video Report  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In October  [PaEN]

-- DEP Hosts Dec. 2 Webinar For First-Time Applicants For DEP Grants  [PaEN]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council - Environmental Justice Advisory Board Joint Meeting Nov. 16  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Environmental Justice Skips Over Pennsylvania

-- Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support, Chamber Of The Northern Poconos Now Accepting Nominations For 2022 Green Business Of The Year Award  [PaEN]

-- PJM And Members Prepare To Serve Winter Electricity Demand; Adds Changes Dealing With Coal, Natural Gas Issues  [PaEN]

-- PG/AP: Pittsburgh To Host 2022 Meeting Of World’s Energy Ministers

-- PG - Laura Legere: EPA Proposes Rules That Would Target Methane Releases From Existing Gas Wells And Pipelines

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Measures To Preserve ‘Energy Choice’ [Stop Move To Clean Energy] Gaining Momentum In Legislature

-- ErieT: General McLane Grad Ali Zaidi Works With Biden To Find Opportunities In Climate Change

-- Inquirer: After Hunger Strike For The Climate, Philly’s Abby Leedy Keeps Marching

-- WPost: Earth’s Lakes Are Warming At A Feverish Pace, With The Great Lakes Leading The Way

-- MCall Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Will Haunt PA Long Into The Future - Republican Sen. Doug Mastriano [Who Tried Repeatedly To Overturn 2020 Election Results]

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Must Continue Meaningful Action On Climate Change

-- LancasterOnline: PPL Residential Electric Rates To Soar 26%, Nearly Matching 10-Year High

-- CNN: Drone That Crashed Near PA Electric Substation Likely Meant To Damage Equipment

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Nov. 11 Black Appalachians Listening Session - The Story Of Us.  11:30 to 1:30 p.m.

-- AltoonaM: Myers Elementary Teacher Leads First Graders In Litter Cleanup Effort

-- DCNR Taking Steps To Reduce Plastics, Waste At PA State Parks [PaEN]

-- ErieT: How Waterworks Came To Presque Isle State Park

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Litter In The Lakes

-- WilliamsportS: Williamsport Recreation Dept. Has ‘Bounce Back Year’ Though Affects From COVID Still Linger

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 3 Winners Of Environmental Rights Amendment Song Contest Nov. 8  [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s 6th Fall Foliage Report: Peak Color Now In Southeast PA  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Lots Of Stinging Insects Buzzing Around Pittsburgh, It’s Their Peak Season

-- Bay Journal - Jeremy Cox: Warming Climate Draws New Tick Threat Into Chesapeake Bay Region

American Rescue Plan Funding 

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Sits On Billions In Federal Aid While Lehigh Valley Region Shoulders Large Property Tax Burden

Federal Budget Bill

-- NYT: U.S. House Democrats Look To Vote On Biden’s Social Policy, Climate Agenda Friday

National/International

-- PA Cap-Star: VA’s Kane, Others Look To Add Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Provisions To Pentagon Spending Bill

-- NPR: UN Says Climate Impacts Are Getting Worse Faster Than The World Is Adapting

-- The Guardian: Richest 1% Will Account For 16% Of Total CO2 Emissions By 2030 

-- AP: Optimism From Climate Talks: Warming Projections Down A Bit

-- The Guardian: Half World’s Fossil Fuel Assets Could Become Worthless By 2036 In Net Zero Transition 

-- NYT: New $10.5 Billion Fund Aims To Spur Green Energy Projects In Poor Countries

-- Reuters: COP26 Coal Pledge Falls Short On Support As Emissions Surge

-- Reuters: Young Activists To Take Spotlight For A Day At UN Climate Talks

PA Politics

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Republicans Eyes A Bright Midterm, Can Democrats Stop Them?

-- USA Today: How Democrats Lost Voters In Virginia And New Jersey And What It Means For 2022

-- Inquirer: School Issues Dominated Election Day, Here’s What Happened In PA School Board Races

-- WHYY: Delaware County Democrats Declare Victory In Council, Row Office Races Escaping Nationwide Republican Revival

-- WHYY: Montgomery County Still Counting Mail-In Ballots, Cites Delays

-- Inquirer: A Delaware County Election Worker’s Lawsuit Says Fmr President’s False Rhetoric About Stolen Votes Led To Threats, Gave Him 2 Heart Attacks

-- Spotlight PA: Gov. Wolf’s Wife Dropped Off His Mail-In Ballot, Violating State Election Law

-- City & State: Gerry’s Partisan Pizza Brings Anti-Gerrymandering Message To Capitol

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Why Lehigh Valley Election Turnout Jumped From Typical Low 20s To Over 30%

-- WESA: Allegheny County Voters Turnout Higher Than In Past Municipal Elections

-- KDKA: Pittsburgh Mayor-Elect To Name Rep. Jake Wheatly Deputy Mayor [Prompting Another Special Election]

-- PG: 5,162 New Cases Thursday Break Three Weeks Of Declining Rates In PA

-- ErieT: Many Erie Employers Will Soon Need To Follow New Federal COVID Guidelines On Employee Vaccinations

-- PennLive - Murphy/Thompson: Not All State Employees Treated Equally Where Vaccine Incentives Are Concerned

-- TribLive Editorial: Wolf Vaccine Days Off Not His To Give

-- PA Cap-Star: Pandemic Exposed Deep Disparities In Health Coverage For PA Kids

-- WHYY: Philly In ‘Final Stages’ Of Multi-Million Dollar Reforms Promised After Police Killed Walter Wallace, Jr.

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[Posted: November 5, 2021]  PA Environment Digest