Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.4.21

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

 

-- NFWF Accepting Applications For Five Star & Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program Thru Jan. 25  [PaEN]

-- NRCS-PA Accepting Applications From Farm, Forest Landowners Along Kittatinny Ridge To Permanently Preserve Sensitive Lands  [PaEN]

-- Tribune Democrat Guest Essay: Acid Mine Drainage Treatment A Vital Component Of National infrastructure - Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project Board

-- Now On Demand: DEP’s Grants 101 Webinar For First-Time Applicants

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: William Penn Foundation Provides $1.65 Million To Create New Delaware River Climate Corps To Train Workers For Conservation, Green Careers

-- USDA Awards 16 PA Projects Rural Energy For America Grants, 6 Community Facilities Disaster Grants  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: CNX Natural Gas Drilling Pleads No Contest To Criminal Charges Brought By AG Shapiro For Misreporting Air Pollution In Washington County

-- The Allegheny Front: Coach For Social Change Leaders Offers Support To Overcome Climate Anxiety

-- StateImpactPA Climate Solutions Hosts Dec. 11 In-Person Climate Conversation In Lebanon. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Dept. Of Agriculture, Military Affairs Kick Off ‘Trees For Troops’ Donation Weekend

-- WilliamsportS: Christmas Trees Hard To Come By In Lycoming County

-- PUC Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of PA’s Electric Generation Consumer Choice & Competition [Video]

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Meets Virtually Dec. 14

-- PUC Hosts Philadelphia ‘Be Utility Wise’ Human Services Virtual Conference Dec. 15

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Philadelphia Gas Works Emails Show Involvement In Drafting Bill That Runs Counter To Climate Goals

-- ScrantonT: University Of Scranton To Study Plastics Pollution At Pristine Wayne County Lake

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In November Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open For PA Recreation & Park Society 2022 Annual Conference & Expo March 29-April 1  [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Hosts Virtual Annual Power Of The Partnership Celebration Jan. 21  8:30 to 10:30 a.m. 

-- Dec. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Game Commission - Three Hunting-Related Deaths In November

National/International

-- US EIA: Liquefied Natural Gas Export Capacity Increases To Make U.S. 3rd In World

-- PG Editorial: Loss Of California Sequoias Is Tragic

-- PG/CNN: Blizzard Warning Is In Effect For Hawaii, First In 3.5 Years

PA Politics

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House Panel Extends Deadline To Dec. 6 For Proposed Congressional Voting District Map Submissions

-- PennLive Guest Essay: [Republican] PA Legislature’s Election Reform Targets People Of Color - POWER Interfaith Group

-- PA Cap-Star: Fmr PA Republican Cong. Keith Rothfus May Join U.S. Senate Race

-- AP: Rich? Want To Be A U.S. Senator?  Welcome To Pennsylvania!

-- WITF: Oz Faces Residency Questions In U.S. Senate Race, But The Law Appears To Be On His Side

-- TribLive Column: Who Gets To Run For U.S. Senate?  Almost Anyone Whether They Live In PA Or Not

-- WESA: Medical Experts Say Oz’s Medical Expertise Can Be Double-Edge, Especially Amid Pandemic

-- Republican Cong. Reschenthaler Endorses Dr. Oz For U.S. Senate

-- WHYY: Rep. [And U.S. Senate Candidate] Kenyatta Calls For State Of Emergency On Gun Violence In Philadelphia

-- Inquirer: Philly Commerce Dept. Staffers Say Director Made Anti-Semitic Comments, Verbally Abused Them

-- Gov. Wolf: Highlights Grassroots Efforts To Combat Gun Violence Amid Republican Efforts To Pass Bills Endangering Communities

-- WBTimes: Wilkes-Barre Area School District Closes Schools, Goes Virtual After Late-Night Threat

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Thoughts, Prayers Aren’t Enough As School Shootings Continue

-- AP: Philadelphia Health Officials Report The First Confirmed Omicron COVID Case Reported In PA

-- PG: Interest In Booster Vaccine Shots Spike As COVID Cases Keep Rising, Omicron Spreads

-- PennLive: COVID Cases In PA Rise To Surge Levels Not Seen In Months

--MCall: Dept. Of Health Reports Over 10,000 New COVID Cases Friday For First Time Since Jan. 9; 3,985 Hospitalized

-- CentreDT: COVID Cases, Deaths Escalating As Centre County Heads Into Winter

-- CentreDT: Mount Nittany Health Warns Of More ‘Extraordinary Measures’ Due To COVID

-- CentreDT: With Cases Rising, Penn State Announces COVID Mask Policy Will Continue

-- WESA: Without Federal Mandate, Most SW PA Hospitals Back Off COVID Vaccine Requirement

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Mandates Should Be Decided By Employers, Not Employees Or White House

-- TribLive: Fired Allegheny County Employee Highlights Tension Over Vaccine Exemption Requests

-- PennLive: Geisinger Health Seeks Dismissal Of Unvaccinated Employees’ Lawsuit Over Required COVID Testing

-- Inquirer: COVID Making Amputations More Common, 2 Philly-Area Survivors Tell Their Stories

-- New MCall/Muhlenberg College Poll Reports--

-- 20% report contracting COVID

-- 41% say they are extremely or very concerned about COVID pandemic, down from 57%

-- 33% said stress related to pandemic has had an impact on their mental health

-- 60% support public schools requiring students to wear masks

-- 26% always wear masks at indoor public spaces, 23% most of the time

-- 74% report receiving at least one COVID vaccine shot - 88% of Democrats, 71% of Independents, 62% Republicans

-- 76% will get a booster shot

-- 59% agree unvaccinated individuals put others at risk

-- 50% believe employers should not mandate vaccinations

-- 44% disapprove of the way Gov. Wolf handling COVID outbreak, 35% approve

-- 45% disapprove of the way President Biden is handling outbreak, down from 55%; 40% approve

-- MCall: New Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Still Divided Over Mandatory Vaccinations, School Masking

-- WITF Smart Talk Monday 9:00 a.m.: New Poll Finds PA Supports Mask Mandates In School, Split On Vaccine Mandates

-- TribLive: Bus Driver Shortage Prompts Announcement By Plum School District Busing Is No Longer Guaranteed

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Alcohol Sales Spike In PA After Shutdown Eased, 2 Lehigh Valley Counties Are Among Top 3 In State

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Bars Employers From Discriminating Against Domestic Violence Victims

-- ErieT: Erie Unemployment In October Held At 6.3%

-- WHYY: PA Could Become Destination For Abortions If Roe Is Overturned

New COVID Variant

-- AP: Philadelphia Health Officials Report The First Confirmed Omicron COVID Case Reported In PA

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[Posted: December 4, 2021]  PA Environment Digest