Senate returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- PennLive: Marine Who Lost Both Legs Finds New Life Through God, Triathlons & Hunting
-- House Republicans Schedule Nov. 16 Committee Meeting On Bills Amending State Constitution To Invalidate Regulations Unilaterally Without Any Review Of Their Actions [PaEN]
-- PG - Laura Legere: Infrastructure Bill Promises ‘Unprecedented’ Funding To Clean Up PA’s Abandoned Mine Lands
-- ScrantonT: NE PA To Benefit A Lot From Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
-- PG Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can’t Solve The Climate Crisis Alone - But The World Can’t Solve The Climate Crisis Without Pennsylvania - By Patrick McDonnell, Secretary Of DEP
-- November 17-- Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds a hearing on Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery site and cleanup effort. The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Rosenberger Hall Room 102, 600 S. 43rd Street. 10:00 a.m. Click Here for information coming to watch online.
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Republican Lawmakers Push For More Say On DEP Air Quality Advisory Board
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Earns International Award For Work Addressing Climate Change
-- TribLive: Levin Furniture Installs 1-MW Solar Array Atop Smithton Distribution Facility In Westmoreland County
-- The GIANT Food Company Enters Into Power Agreement To Buy Renewable Solar Energy [PaEN]
-- MCall: The GIANT Company Enters Into Renewable Energy Agreement
-- PA Sustainable Agriculture Webinar: Nov. 19 - Listening Session - Climate Impacts On Farmworkers. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: It’s Time For PA To Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuels And Climate Change - Clean Air Council
-- PUC Seeks Members To Serve On PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee [PaEN]
-- DEP Presents First Draft Of Revised Environmental Justice Policy To Advisory Group [PaEN]
-- DCNR's Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Nov. 17 On Proposed Maryland National Guard Low-Level Training Flights Over PA Wilds, State Forest Timber Harvests [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Accepting 2022 Award Nominations [PaEN]
-- PAEE: Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Award Nominations Due Dec. 1 [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Warwick Twp. Officials: Santo Domingo Creek Floodplain Project Received $50,000 Grant
-- MyChesco: Willistown Conservation Trust Finds Microplastics In Headwaters Of Ridley, Drum, Darby Creeks
-- NRCS Awards Conservation Innovation Grant To PA Project On Diversifying Pastures To Improve Soil Health [PaEN]
-- CentreDT: Penns Valley Farm Finds Support, Success Thru Homegrown By Heroes Program
-- Guest Essay: We Need A New Civilian Conservation Corps That Works For Farms - By Sara Nicholas, PA Association For Sustainable Agriculture [PaEN]
-- DEP & PennDOT Seek Volunteers To Pick Up Pennsylvania To Benefit Streams, Rivers, and Lakes [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council Offers 3 Ways You Can Celebrate America Recycles Day Nov. 15 [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: Preserving One Of The Oldest Buildings In Western PA [Forbes State Forest, Fayette County]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Tours Coming In January, February
-- Help Wanted: Manada Conservancy - Executive Director [PaN]
-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust - Development Director
Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Bill
-- PG - Laura Legere: Infrastructure Bill Promises ‘Unprecedented’ Funding To Clean Up PA’s Abandoned Mine Lands
-- ScrantonT: NE PA To Benefit A Lot From Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
-- WITF: PA Is Poised To Get Bills From Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
-- PA Cap-Star: PA’s Congressional Democrats Tout Infrastructure Bill’s Benefits Back Home
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: How $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Could Help PA Drivers Avoid Steep Tax Hike
Build Back Better Budget Bill
-- Guest Essay: We Need A New Civilian Conservation Corps That Works For Farms - By Sara Nicholas, PA Association For Sustainable Agriculture [PaEN]
National/International
-- USA Today: Damage From Climate Change Could Cost Great Lakes Coastal Cities Billions
-- WHYY: How A Lab In Delaware Works To Destroy Harmful Chemicals Known As PFAS
-- AP: UN Chief Says Global Warming Goal On ‘Life Support’
-- NYT: Climate Negotiators Have Until Friday To Reach Agreement On Action To Avert Catastrophic Warming
-- The Guardian: U.S. - China Deal On Emissions Welcomed By Global Figures And Climate Experts
-- Financial Times: Big Business And COP26: Are The ‘Net Zero’ Plans Credible?
-- Financial Times: New Plans Emerge As Clock Ticks On Accord For Global Carbon Market Rules
PA Politics
-- AP: PA Senate Republican Majority Leader Jake Corman To Run For Governor [He Worked To Overturn 2020 Election Results]
-- PennLive: PA Senate Republican Majority Leader Jake Corman Tests Positive For COVID
-- ErieT: Republican Sen. Laughlin - ‘I Like My Chances’ In Governor’s Race, But Fundraising Lags
-- PennLive - John Baer: PA Republicans Face Quandary Over Its 2022 Candidates, Including Perceived Frontrummeers And (Maybe) Dr. Oz
-- Legislative Reapportionment Commission Nov. 15 Hearing On Citizen Mapping Efforts
-- Sentinel Guest Essay: Time For ‘The People’s Maps’
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: PA State Lawmakers Call For Term Limits, But Not For Themselves
-- Dept. Of State Announces Automatic Recount Of Commonwealth Court Election Results
-- PA Cap-Star: PA Statewide Judge Race Heads To Recount; Republicans Request Another In Chester County
-- Spotlight PA: Recount Triggered For Open Commonwealth Court Seat With Democrat Leading
-- TribLive: TV’s Dr. Oz Considers Jumping Into Primary For PA U.S. Senate Seat
-- Newsweek: Northampton County Man Who Threatened School Officials With ‘20 Strong Men’ Blames Election Loss On Fraud
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Why It Matters That Gov. Wolf Bungled His Own Mail-In Ballot
-- LancasterOnline/The Caucus: PA Lobbyists Disclose Some Financial Interests For First Time, But Details Are ‘Very Nebulous’
-- WITF: COVID Cases Likely To Remain High In PA As Holiday Season Approaches
-- WESA: Allegheny County’s COVID Numbers Remain ‘Stubbornly High’
-- AP: [Republican] Commonwealth Court Throws Out Governor’s School Mask Mandate; Wolf Appeals
-- PennLive: PA’s School Mask Mandate Voided By Divided Commonwealth Court
-- WPSU: Centre County Volunteers In Medicine Vaccinate Nearly 2,000 Kids Ages 5-11 This Week
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: I Wasn’t Sure About Getting My Kids Vaccinated Until They Exposed Grandma To The Virus
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Leaders Ask All Businesses To Require Employee COVID Vaccinations
-- CourierT: 90% Of Bucks County Employees Comply With Vaccine Mandate
-- CourierT: Transphobic, Anti-Semitic Comments Disrupt Central Bucks School District Meeting : ‘This Is Hate’
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Farmer At Odds With Feds Over Food Inspections Getting Advice From Extremists, Attorney
-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Senator Announces Plans To Expand Gambling Again In PA By Taxing, Regulating ‘Skill Games’
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Skill Gambling Games Knock On PA Capitol Door
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Valley Forge Casino Steps Up Enforcement Against Gamblers Who Leave Kids In Cars
-- MCall: House Already Moves Senate Bill To Let People Carry Guns Without A Permit
-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania Gun Bills Facing Certain Veto
-- Gov. Wolf, Bipartisan Group Of Governors Urge Congress To Pass Semiconductor Legislation
-- NextPittsburgh: Which Of Pittsburgh’s Top Innovators Won The 2021 Tech 50 Awards?
-- PennLive: $1.9 Million In Renovations Underway In Courtyard Of Governor’s Residence
-- AP: Striking Scranton Teachers Take Their Case To Harrisburg
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[Posted: November 11, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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