Senate returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15
-- Updated 2022 Voting Session Day Schedule
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- TODAY 9:15: Virtual. Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Contact: Kirit Dalal, kdalai@pa.gov. [Note: Will discuss draft final regulation to limit Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations-- PPT Slides + draft regulation.]
-- Now On Demand: Videos From 2021 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Including Preliminary Results Of A Penn State Study On Health Risks From Road Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]
-- Physicians For Social Responsibility-PA Host Dec. 10 Virtual Conference On Health Hazards Of Oil & Gas Industry In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Group Against Smog & Pollution Dec. 15 Webinar: Making The Connection - The Link Between Pollution & Mental Illness [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project Personal Narrative: Rose Friend's Home In Washington County Surrounded By Natural Gas Drill Pads, Compressor Stations
-- WHYY Guest Essay: If You Don’t Trust The Air You Breathe, Keep Reading - By Philadelphia Council Member Katherine Gilmore and Ebony Griffin, Public Interest Law Center, Environmental Justice Working Group
-- PG - Anya Litvak: 2 Pittsburgh CEOs Make Very Different Pitches For Why The World Needs More Natural Gas
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: He Wanted To Help Lebanon County Creek, Instead He Watched Sunoco/Mariner East Pipeline Pollute It
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Heating Fuels Increase By Double Digits [Driven By Increases In Natural Gas]
-- YorkD: Saubel’s Markets Receives Rural Energy For America Grant To Harness Solar Energy
-- Guest Essay: COP26 Shines A Light On The End Of Fossil Fuels - By Dr. Keith E. Peterman, York College
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 29 Water Cooler Talk: Pennsylvania Flood Risk With Climate Change [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: It’s Time To Stem The Flood Of Woes Brought On By Climate Change - By Jon Mueller, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
-- Delaware River Basin Commissioners Celebrates 60 Years Of Managing, Protecting & Improving the Basin’s Water Resources [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Is There A Christmas Tree Shortage? Depends Whom You Ask
-- Metka Family Partners With Natural Lands To Save 26 Acres Near French Creek State Park, Berks County [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Offering On Demand Videos On Health Benefits Of Outdoor Recreation [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: Nature Provides The Perfect Setting For Achieving Physical Or Mental Health Goals
-- Citizen Science: Upper Delaware BioBlitz Identified More Than 700 Species Of Plants & Wildlife [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Chapter Of Audubon Society: Hog Island Audubon Camp Scholarship For Students Ages 14-17 [PaEN]
-- PennDOT Extends Deadline For Grades 9-12 Student Innovations Challenge On Public Engagement
-- Williamsport Sun: Senate Environmental Committee Hearing Finds Audience Divided On ATV Pilot Program’s Possible Expansion
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Bugs, Other Things In Christmas Trees: What To Do
-- TribLive: Hutting To Sell Seven Springs, 2 Other Ski Resorts To Vail Resorts
-- Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District - Agriculture Resource Conservationist [PaEN]
Hurricane Ida
-- Gov. Wolf: Hurricane Ida Assistance Deadline Extended 1 Month For Individuals In 8 Counties
-- Inquirer: Hurricane Ida Destroyed Affordable Rental Units, Hundreds Of Families Can’t Find New Ones
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- ErieT: Will $9 Million In American Rescue Plan Funds Turn Crumbling Paper Plant Into New Erie Park?
Build Back Better Budget Bill
-- TribLive Guest Essay: We Must Tackle Climate Change To Truly Build Back Better - Conservation Voters Of PA
National/International
-- Utility Dive: Major U.S. Utilities Plan Nationwide Charging Network, Anticipating 22 Million EVs By 2030
-- Financial Times: Oil & Gas Majors Compete To Recruit Talent In Shift To Greener Future
PA Politics
-- AP: Lawmakers To Take First Steps Toward New Congressional Voting Districts Map
-- PA Cap-Star: House Republicans Pick Citizen Map Submission As Draft Congressional Plan
-- Spotlight PA: Proposed Redrawing Of PA’s Congressional Voting District Map Gets Mixed Reviews
-- AP: Big Republican Donor In PA Supreme Court Race Eyeing Candidates For Governor
-- Guest Essay: Balance Of Power In Government Means More Power For The People [As Defined By The General Assembly And Only The General Assembly] - Sen. Aument (R-Lancaster) + House Speaker Cutler (R-Lancaster)
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Personal Freedoms Are Worth Fighting For - Sen. Corman, Republican Candidate For Governor [Worked to overturn Nov. 2020 election results]
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: White Nationalist Stickers At Millersville U. Offer Disturbing Evidence Of Hatred That Must Be Rebuked
-- PennLive - John Baer: Taxpayers Subsidizing Local News? A Scam, A Way To Kill Free Press Or A Lifeline?
-- MCall: In Lehigh County, School Boards First To Feel Impact From Lawsuit Over Certifying Election Results
-- PennLive: State Employees Retirement Board Defeats Effort To Cancel Wolf’s Vaccination Bonus For Some Staff
-- AP: Geisinger Health Runs Out Of Beds As Largely Unvaccinated COVID Patients Overrun 9 Hospitals
-- PennLive: Packed Hospitals In Rural PA Sound Alarm Over Surging COVID Cases
-- Inquirer: COVID Hospitalizations Are At Highest Since January, With Spikes In Central, Western Regions
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Health Director: ‘I Don’t Expect The Situation To Improve Soon’
-- PennLive: People Over 70 Make Up Well Over Half Of PA’s Latest COVID Deaths
-- ErieT: Here’s Why COVID Vaccinations Have Spiked In Erie County
-- AP: PA Supreme Court Grapples With Legality Of State School Masking Mandate
-- ReadingE: Mental Health Struggles Are Growing For Young People Due To COVID Pandemic
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Lehigh Valley Doctor Involved In Ivermectin Case As Lawmakers Consider Bill On Controversial Drug
-- ErieT: CeaseFirePA Slams Sen. Laughlin’s Support For Expanding Concealed Carry Gun Law
-- WHYY: Philly Police Say They’re Improving Community Policing As Homicides Soar
-- CourierT: New Gun Violence Threat prompts Bristol Borough To Send Students Home In Bucks County
-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Probation System Needs Reform, And The Senate Can Do It This Week
-- WHYY: Philly’s Eviction Diversion Program Takes Step To Outlast The Pandemic
-- TribLive: Car Crash Deaths Have Surged During Pandemic, Here’s Why
-- WITF: Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Act To Help PA Communities With Poor Internet Access
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[Posted: December 9, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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