Thursday, November 11, 2021

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.11.21

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

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15

     -- Committee Schedule

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.

-- House Environmental Committee Meets Nov. 15 On Truck Air Pollution Regs, Lake Erie Groin Structures, Biosolid Permit Changes  [PaEN]

-- Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee OK Bill To Change Membership On DEP’s Air Quality Advisory Committee  [PaEN]

-- 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

-- Chatham University, Lafayette College, Hershey Medical Center Earn International Green Business Certification For Power Resilience, Reliability, Sustainability  [PaEN]

-- 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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