Senate returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 11:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Knowles-R- Schuylkill) abrogating DEP’s air pollution control regulations covering heavy-duty trucks [Note: DEP already suspended enforcement of these regulations November 6 - Read more here.]; House Bill 2019 (Wentling-R-Erie) exempting landowners along Lake Erie from annual submerged land fees to state for groin structure (sponsor summary); House Resolution 149 (Rigby-R-Cambria) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study the “harmful economic impacts” of DEP’s proposed biosolids permit revisions. [Note: DEP is just at the beginning of the process to develop proposed permit changes.]. Room B-31 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch the meeting online.
TODAY 10:30: House Education Committee meets to consider House Bill 465 (Boback-R- Luzerne) requires schools to test water for lead. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch the meeting online.
TODAY 1:30: Independent Fiscal Office Economic & Budget Outlook.
-- November 15 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- All Articles & NewsClips In Nov. 15 PA Environment Digest By Topic
-- Good Environmental Bills Are Missing On The List Of Senate, House Accomplishments For 2021 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Guest Essay: Support Bipartisan SB 525 To Protect Our Parks & Forests - PA Parks & Forests Foundation
-- WHYY Guest Essay: Why Is The National Parks Service Teaming Up With PGW On A Fossil Fuel Project In Philly? - Clean Air Council
-- WHYY: What’s At Stake In Fight Over Chester Water Authority In Delaware County
-- WESA: 500+ Allegheny County Kids Have Elevated Blood Lead Levels
-- DEP To Release Guidelines For Recycling Booklet For America Recycles Day
-- PA Cap-Star: America Recycles Day - The Numbers
-- ErieT: World’s First All-Electric Freight Locomotive Made In PA To Be Used In Western PA [A Product Like This Would Cost More Under Sen. Yaw’s Senate Bill 284. Read more here]
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Nuclear Power Plants Part Of Solution
-- LebTown: Gibble Family Partners With The Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Protect 53-Acres In Mount Gretna
-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Petitions Allegheny National Forest To Prohibit Mountain Biking On All Non-Motorized Trails [PaEN]
-- PG Editorial: Pittsburgh’s Newest Park Is A Healthy Addition
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- PennLive Editorial: The People Must Decide How To Spend The Federal Windfall Coming To PA
Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Bill
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: How PA Could Benefit From Federal Infrastructure Funding [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Orphan Oil & Gas Wells]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Federal Infrastructure Bill Invests In PA; State Legislative Leaders Need To Do The Same - Rep. Joanna McClinton, House Democratic Leader
Build Back Better Budget Bill
-- The Hill: U.S. House Democrats Expects To Pass $1.75 Trillion Build Back Better Budget This Week
National/International
-- The Guardian: There Was Progress At COP26, But The Planet’s Fate Is Still In The Balance
-- NPR: Pope Francis Again Calls For Climate Action, U.S. Bishops Have Been All But Silent
PA Politics
-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: Group Again Lobbies Lawmakers For ‘People’s Maps’ Over Traditional PA Politics
-- PG: New Pittsburgh Mayor’s Victory Opens 2 State House Seats In City Districts
-- PA Cap-Star: Race For Philly House Seat Is Getting Crowded
-- ScrantonT: Cong. Cartwright Aims To Win 3rd Tough Election With Republicans In Hot Pursuit
-- TribLive Editorial: Toll Bridges Could Cost Municipalities
-- PG: Colleges In PA Absorb Historic International Enrollment Losses
-- ErieT: How Big A Problem Is Violence Against Referees In High School Athletics?
-- Inquirer: Bill On Magic Mushrooms Aims To Make PA National Leader In Psychedelic Research
-- WHYY: Philadelphia Failed To Meet Diverse-Contracting Goal In 2020
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[Posted: November 15, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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