Senate returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- PUC Imposes $1 Million Penalty On Energy Transfer Company For 2018 Revolution Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: PUC Approves $1 Million Penalty In Settlement Over Revolution Pipeline Explosion
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: PUC Approves $1.975 Million Settlement With Energy Transfer For PA Pipeline Blast
-- TribLive: $1 Million Settlement Approved By PUC In 2018 Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County
-- WHYY: Victim's Family Sues Philadelphia Gas Works Over Fatal 2019 Explosion
-- DCNR Signs Oil & Gas Lease Agreement For 198.5 Acres Of Publicly-Owned Streambeds In Wyoming County For $794,000 + Royalties [PaEN]
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Requests Public Meetings On Proposed Very Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard In PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- DEP Advisory Committee Supports Adopting Science-Based Water Quality Criteria For Toxic Manganese To Protect Public Health, Environment And No Change In Point Of Compliance For The Standard [PaEN]
-- PG - Laura Legere: PA Proposes Rules To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water
-- Grist: Reinventing Coal Country: Reclaiming America’s Abandoned Mine Lands [PA examples]
-- Allegheny County Conservation District: 500 Volunteers Planted 17 Acres Of Native Trees In 11 Municipalities To Improve Water Quality; Now It’s Your Turn
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Midstate Universities Plant Forest Buffers To Clean Water From Campuses
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Horse-Drawn Manure Injector Designed To Entice Plain Sects, Reduce Polluted Farm Runoff
-- YorkDR Guest Essay: PA Communities Should Invest American Rescue Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Use Federal Funds To Stop Sewage Overflow Nightmare In Harrisburg - Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper
-- The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health
-- AP: Federal Regulators Seek To Suspend Rule Allowing Railroads To Transport Natural Gas
-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Block Rule Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Railroads
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: From Scranton, A Reminder Of The Perils Of Toxic Fracking Waste - Dunmore Borough Council Member
-- DEP Blog: Ten Tools To Take On Climate Change In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: PA Can Build A Clean Electric Vehicle Future, Wolf, Lawmakers Must Embrace It - PA Budget & Policy Center
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 19 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Recycling In Philly Has ‘Improved Significantly’; Now Officials Ask To Get Back To Sorting Our Trash
-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Accepting Nominations For Student Conservation Ambassadors [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh-Based Landforce: Read One Person’s Story About His Journey At Landforce
-- MetroPhiladelphia: City Of Philadelphia Opens Application Process For Environmental Justice Commission
-- PG: Greene County May Pleads Guilty In $2 Million South Carolina Green Energy Power Plant Project
-- PUC Approves Utility Plans To Return Nearly $62 Million In Federal Tax Savings To Customers
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Approves 6.6% PECO Electric Rate Increase
-- Penn State Extension: Professional Pest Managers School Dec. 6 Grantville, Dauphin County. 8:30 a.m.
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: How To Extend The Use Of Old Pumpkins For Wildlife And In The Garden
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- YorkDR Guest Essay: PA Communities Should Invest American Rescue Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Use Federal Funds To Stop Sewage Overflow Nightmare In Harrisburg - Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper
Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Bill
-- PA Cap-Star: It Might Take Years Before PA Communities See Impact Of Federal Infrastructure Bill
Build Back Better Budget Bill
-- The Guardian: House Readies Friday Vote On Build Back Better Budget Proposal
National/International
-- The Guardian: Federal Legislation Banning ‘Forever Chemicals’ Far From Certain As Senate Fight Looms
-- EPA, Corps Of Engineers Take Action To Return To Pre-2015 Definition Of Waters Of The U.S. [Makes no difference in PA]
PA Politics
-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Election Reform Standoff: Republican Lawmakers, Democrats Led By Gov. Wolf Remain At Odds
-- WITF: House Republicans Could Vote On Broad Election Law Changes Next Month
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Senate Republicans Identify Vendor To Conduct ‘Investigation’ Of Nov. 2020 Election
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Why Undated Mail-In Ballots Should Not Be Counted
-- ABC27: Fmr Republican House Speaker Mike Turzai To Enter Gubernatorial Race
-- City & State: Democrat Josh Shapiro Frames Himself ‘The Fighter’ For The Governorship
-- PG: Pair Of Advocates Lining Up To Run For Rep. Gainey’s House Seat In Pittsburgh
-- City & State: Influence Of Latino Vote In PA Is Growing
-- AP: Top 2 PA School Pension Fund Execs Out Of Jobs
-- PG: As 6 State-Owned Universities Merge, What Happens To Student Costs?
-- PG: COVID Cases Continue To Climb In PA, Most Hospital Patients Are Not Vaccinated
-- WBTimes: Anti-Maskers Accuse Luzerne County School Board Of Communism
-- WilliamsportS: PA Republican Cong. Keller Opposes Federal Vaccine Mandate
-- Inquirer Editorial: Philly Needs Stricter Vaccine Mandate For City Employees
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Nurses Could Get Up To $7,500 Of Student Loans Paid Off Thanks To COVID Relief Dollars
-- TribLive: Several Dozen UPMC Workers Demand Right To Unionize In 1-Day Walkout
-- Inquirer: Narcan Dispensers To Be Installed In South Philadelphia By End Of Year To Reverse Opioid Overdoses
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: How Could One PA Lottery Player Win Big 155 Times? The Auditor General Has A Theory
-- WHYY: 4 Teens Charged With Ethnic Intimidation For Attacking Asian Classmate On SEPTA
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