Friday, December 10, 2021

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.10.21

House
returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15

     -- Committee Schedule

-- Updated 2022 Voting Session Day Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- Delaware Currents: Speakers Demand Delaware River Basin Commission Enact Total Ban On Shale Gas Fracking Wastewater

-- PG - Laura Legere: DEP Releases Final Rule To Cut Methane Leaks From Existing Oil & Gas Well Sites

-- Bloomberg Green: Pennsylvania Nears Approval Of New Methane Rule For Oil & Gas Wells

-- Penn State: Switch From Coal To Natural Gas Reducing Sulfur Dioxide Emissions, Can Improve Water Quality In Some Streams  [PaEN]

-- Lock Haven Express Guest Essay: Killing Fracking Kills Our Communities - Doug McClinko, Bradford County Commissioner

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Gas Industry Has Succeeded Coal & Railroad Industries In Making PA General Assembly A Nearly Wholly-Owned Subsidiary  [PaEN]

-- ​​EPA Invites Philadelphia To Apply For $260 Million In Water Infrastructure Finance Loan

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. 14 - Allegheny County Landslides Causes, Repairs & Funding. Noon to 12:45 p.m. 

-- ScrantonT: Man Charged With Clean Water Act Violations Can Call Witness

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 10 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Fast Lane To Stewardship Often Includes A Mentor - By Adam Miller, Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay 

-- EPA Awards Clean Diesel Grants To Reduce Diesel Emissions At The Port Of Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- YorkDR: 600-Acre Dover Solar Project Under Consideration By Zoning Board Dec. 15

-- Senate Republicans Blast AG Shapiro For Approving Final Regulation Reducing Carbon Emissions From Power Plants

-- Rep. Metcalfe Slams AG/Gubernatorial Candidate Shapiro For Approval Of Final Regulation Reducing Carbon Emissions From Power Plants

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Report Explores A Decarbonized Future For Philadelphia Gas Works, Cites Current Structure And Business Model As Challenges

-- Guest Essay: Why We Must Focus On Climate-Friendly Manufacturing - By Lori Brennan, The Nature Conservancy-PA & Lorraine Faccenda, LaFarge Whitehall Cement Plant  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly’s Next Crop Of City Buildings Will Be Greener Under Bill Passed By Council

-- PUC: Encourages Consumers To #KeepUtiltiesOn With Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program

-- MCall: Plastic Bag Ban Bill Tabled By Lehigh County Commissioners

-- Eastern University Guest Essay: Environmental Racism In Our Country - The Problem Of Waste Incineration In Delaware County And What We Can Do About It - By Sophia Hunter

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Controlled Plant & Noxious Weed Committee Adds Plants To Control Lists

-- TribLive: Murrysville Christmas Tree Recycling

-- DCNR Seeks Members For A New Next Gen Council To Increase Participation And Diversity Of Perspectives In State Parks, Forest Programs  [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: DCNR Seeks Applicants For New Public Input Council

-- PA Recreation & Park Society Now Accepting Nominations For 2022 Awards  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Links Between PA’s Geologic History, Outdoor Recreation, Climate Change

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Gets Another Livestreaming Webcam A Bald Eagle Nest: Here’s How To Watch

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Winter is Approaching - Here’s The Exact Moment When The Seasons Change

National/International

-- RichmondTD: Republican Gov.-Elect Youngkin To Remove Virginia From Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative By Executive Order [PA Republicans Criticized Wolf For Issuing  Executive Order To Adopt A RGGI Program For PA]

-- White House: Biden Signs Order Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries, Jobs Thru Federal Sustainability

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Biden Order Requiring Federal Govt. To Reduce Carbon Emissions Major Step

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WHYY:  PA Congressional Map Drafts Are Out; They’re Good News For Republicans, Some Incumbents

-- PA Cap-Star: Sen. Street Says Senate Congressional Redistricting Map Draft Is Fair, Protects Minority Voters; Democrats Say He Sold Out

-- Inquirer: Democrats Are Suddenly Fighting Each Other Over PA Redistricting

-- City & State: What We Know About The House Republican’s Preliminary Congressional Map

-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Sen. Mastriano Pitches Plan To End Automatic Pay Raises

-- AP: Philly Lawyer George Bochetto May Join Republican Race For U.S. Senate

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Oz Campaign For U.S. Senate Is Rock Bottom For Republicans Running On Empty

-- ScrantonT Editorial: State Redevelopment Assistance Grant Process Lacks Transparency

-- TribLive: COVID-Driven Hospital Surge ‘Not A Sustainable Situation’ In Western PA, Expert Says

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Hospitals Are Filling Up With Unvaccinated COVID Patients

-- WBTimes: COVID Impact On Northeast Hospitals: ‘Waiting For A Jenga Tower To Fall’

-- CourierT: PA Medical Centers Report ‘Dramatic, Ongoing’ COVID Surge, Some Hospitals Now Full, Data Shows

-- CitizensVoice: Geisinger Medical ER Doc Begs Public To Get Vaccinated 

-- PennLive: Geisinger Health: Vaccine Mandate Improved Hospital Staffing, Even After 153 Workers Left

-- ScrantonT: Dozens Of Local Health Care Providers Benefit From $7.7 Million In Federal Pandemic Relief Funding

-- Inquirer: Philly Could Require Proof Of Vaccination For Indoor Dining, Like New York

-- WHYY: Philly Fed Analysis Shows Pandemic Economic Blows Fell Unevenly Across Race And Gender Lines

-- YorkDispatch: York School Defy Mask Order

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Key To Keeping Schools Open This Winter Is Getting Kids Vaccinated Against COVID - Dr. Joyce Davis, Acting Physician General

-- Spotlight PA: State Police Consulted Beaver County DA Before Shooting Man In Standoff By A Sniper

-- WHYY: Wolf, Shapiro Speak On How U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Roe Could Affect Abortion-Seekers

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Penn State University Chooses New President From Louisville - Dr. Neeli Bendapudi

-- AP: Penn State Hires First Woman, Person Of Color As President

-- Triblive - Deb Erdley: Penn State Names First Woman University President

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[Posted: December 10, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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