Senate returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15
-- Updated 2022 Voting Session Day Schedule
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- TODAY 11:00: DEP Webinar For First-Time Applicants For DEP Grants.
-- WITF: State, Industries Say Money From Federal Infrastructure Deal Will Help PA, But It Only Goes So Far
-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports November State Revenues $217.9 Million Over Estimates; $1 Billion Above Estimates For Fiscal Year [Looks Like More Than Enough To Give More Support To Conservation Programs, Instead Of Always Cutting Them]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports November Revenues $284.2 Million Above Its Estimates; $1.2 Billion Over Estimates For Fiscal Year
-- NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For $300,000 For Funding Forest Easements In 12 PA Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP: Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence Nomination Deadline Extended To Dec. 31
-- ErieT: Erie City Council Votes Against Stormwater Fee Proposal
-- The Times: Western PA Waterways Nominated For 2022 River Of The Year
-- Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Webinar: Dec. 8 Forum On Getting A Fair Deal In Conowingo Dam Settlement. 6:30 p.m.
-- WeConservePA Now Accepting Registrations For PA Land Conservation Conference March 16-18 In Gettysburg [paEN]
-- Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center, Partners Host Dec. 15 Floodplain Management For Non-Residential Structures Webinar [PaEN]
-- CentreDT: Gov. Wolf: ‘We Have A Litter Problem’; Unveils Statewide Litter Action Plan
-- Gov. Wolf: Artificial Turf Recycler Establishing First North American Facility In Luzerne County
-- WBTimes: Artificial Turf Recycler Coming To Luzerne County
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Most Businesses Aren’t Following Philly’s New Plastic Bag Ban Yet, Survey Says
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Include Electric Vehicle Charging Into City Renovation, Construction Projects
-- TribLive: National Drop In Gasoline Prices Skips Pittsburgh Area, Frustrating Drivers
-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Should Pursue All Energy Sources To Manage Skyrocketing Costs This Winter - Community Solar, Infrastructure Improvements
-- TribLive Editorial: Freeze Out Energy Costs By Controlling Your Heating Bills
-- Penn State: Physics-Informed Deep Learning To Assess Carbon Dioxide Storage Sites
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Council Passes Bill To Remove Lead From Rental Properties
-- TribLive Letter: Westmoreland County Taking Care Of Lead Problems - Commissioner Chew
-- Penn State Berks Student Erin Horack Receives Top Awards For Spotted Lanternfly Research
-- Western PA Conservancy Newsletter: Volunteers Plant Trees, Federal Infrastructure Law Great News, Fallingwater Winter Walks
-- The Nature Conservancy: December PA Nature News: Forests & Carbon, O’Connor Dam Removal, Much More
-- WarrenTO: Audubon Community Nature Center Cuts Ribbon On New Wildlife Habitat Display
-- PA Firefly Festival Newsletter: Update On Firefly Research, Education Projects, Firefly Festival
-- TribLive: Heinz Endowments President Grant Oliphant Stepping Down To Lead San Diego Foundation
Hurricane Ida
-- YorkDR: Hurricane Ida Was A Disaster And A Blessing For York County Family
National/International
-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay’s 2021 Dead Zone Average Size, Longer Lasting
PA Politics
-- PA Cap-Star: Advocates Want More Diverse General Assembly; But Making That A Reality Is Complicated
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Lehigh Valley Lawmakers Are Deciding Whether To Seek Reelection Aid Redistricting Uncertainty; Here’s Who’s In So Far
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Need To Shrink General Assembly Grows By 5.6% [Cost Of Living Raise]
-- PA Cap-Star: What The 2021 Judicial Races Tell Us About 2022 And Beyond
-- WBTimes: Republican Sen. Corman Brings Gubernatorial Pitch To Luzerne County [He Supported Efforts To Overturn Nov. 2020 Election Results]
-- CitizensV: Republican Sen. Corman Brings Gubernatorial Campaign To Luzerne County With Sen. Yudichak By His Side
-- TribLive: Beaver County Man Gets 1 Month In Jail In Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- Inquirer: King Of Prussia Man Charged With Beating U.S. Capitol Officer With Metal Flagpole In Jan. 6 Assault
-- MCall/AP: Asian American Woman Beaten On Philly Train Shortly After Anti-Violence Rally
-- PG: Downtown Pittsburgh Rioter Gets 1 Year In Federal Prison For Hurling Concrete At City Cops
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: PA’s U.S. Senate Race Keeps Getting More Interesting
-- Inquirer: Dr. Oz Has Peddled ‘Fat Burners’ And Other Pseudoscience, Now He’s Running For U.S. Senate In PA
-- AP: TV Stations Pull Dr. Oz Talk Show Now That He’s Running For U.S. Senate In PA
-- PG Editorial: Dr. Oz’s U.S. Senate Candidacy Could Be Bad News For PA Republicans
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: The PA Society Dinner Returns To NYC, But With Far Less Hoopla
-- YorkD: Central York School Board Race Heads To 2nd Recount Amid Lawsuit Threat
-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Manager Elaborates On Decision To Hire Election Consultant To Help Run Nov. Election
-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports November State Revenues $217.9 Million Over Estimates; $1 Billion Above Estimates For Fiscal Year
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports November Revenues $284.2 Million Above Its Estimates; $1.2 Billion Over Estimates For Fiscal Year
-- PennLive - John Baer: PA’s History Of Phony Budgets Brings Us Infrastructure Woes, Bridge-Tolling Plan
-- TribLive: PA Wine & Liquor Sales Set Another Record
-- Liquor Control Board: Releases FY 2020-21 Annual Report
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Why I Support A Plan To Restore Toll Takers On The PA Turnpike
-- PennLive: PA Logs Highest 1-Day Total Of New COVID Cases In Months [Republican General Assembly Ended PA’s COVID Emergency Declaration On June 15]
-- TribLive: Western PA COVID Hospitalizations Hit Highest Point In More Than 10 Months
-- WESA: Another Wave Of COVID Sweeping Thru Allegheny County, But This Time It’s Different
-- YorkD: WellSpace Health Delays Nonemergency Procedures Amid Spiking COVID Cases
-- ErieT: COVID Admissions Near All-Time High At 2 Erie Hospitals
-- PennLive: Some Central PA Hospitals Surpassing Pace Of Worst COVID Surge
-- WHYY: Philly Health Officials Urge Residents To Take Precautions Against New Omicron Variant
-- TribLive: 90% Of Allegheny County Employees Comply With Vaccine Mandate
-- YorkDR: Wife Of York County Man On ‘Death’s Doorstep’ From COVID Sues UPMC To Use Ivermectin
-- WITF: At A Key Philadelphia Port Complex, Long-Term Problems And Short-Term Staffing Issues Are Colliding
-- MCall: PA Auto Show In Harrisburg Canceled Due To Manufacturing Shortages
-- Triblive: Pittsburgh Region’s Jobless Rate Falls To 5.9%; Labor Force Shrinks
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Lawmakers Should Commit To An Equitable Recovery By Investing In Small Businesses [Report This Week: 15,000+ Small Business In PA Received Over $480 Million In Aid From State Administered Programs; More From Federal Paycheck Protection Program]
-- Inquirer: Rebuilding Philly: As College Campuses Return To Normal, Will Administrators Heed The Lessons Of COVID?
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $15.7 Million In Gun And Group Violence Intervention And Prevention Grants
-- WHYY: Man Exonerated After 30 Years In Prison Sues City Of Philadelphia
-- ErieT: Janet Rapp Marched For Equal Rights Amendment, Worked 30 Years At GE Transportation
New COVID Variant
-- NPR: Dr. Fauci: 1st U.S. Case Of COVID Omicron Variant Identified [California]
-- NPR: Biden’s New Winter COVID Plan Will Reimburse You For At-Home Tests
-- USA Today: Biden To Promote New COVID Plan, Including Free At-Home Tests, Travel Rules
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[Posted: December 2, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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