Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.1.21

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

 

-- TODAY 10:00: PA Assn. Environmental Educators Urge You To Attend Dec. 1 Virtual Board Of Education Committee Meeting On State Environment & Ecology & Agriculture Education Standards  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Supreme Court: UGI Can Be Held Liable For Taking Natural Gas Rights Around A Tioga County Natural Gas Storage Field To Form A Proposed 3,000 Acre Buffer  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Webinar: Dec. 10 - How Federal Clean Energy Policies May Expand PA’s Solar Future. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- PPL Releases 2021 Climate Assessment Report, Analysis Supports Company's Path To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050 [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Weather Trends Need To Be Considered In Infrastructure Decisions

-- EPA Awards $2.4 Million Grant To Chester, Delaware County For Green Stormwater Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Monongahela River Among 4 Nominees For PA River Of The Year

-- ScrantonT: Vote Now For PA 2022 River Of The Year, Including Catawissa Creek

-- ErieT: Will Erie City Council Sign Off On New Stormwater Fee?

-- WHYY: Want More Trees In Your Philly Neighborhood? Here’s Your Chance To Tell City Hall

-- EOS Science News: New Sensor Developed By Penn State Aids Rare Earth Extraction From Acid Mine Drainage

-- PennLive: Painting Contractor Who Polluted Susquehanna River To Get Early Release From Federal Prison Over COVID Fear

-- CourierT: Bucks County Considering Leasing Lake Galena To Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority For $24.7 Million

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: IFO Report Shows Strong Natural Gas Production Growth In 2021 [Natural Gas Prices Increase 187%  Since Last Year]

-- ABC27: UGI To Increase Natural Gas Costs For Customers Who Don’t Shop By 9.6% Starting Dec. 1

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips:  PECO Electric Rates For Non-Shopping Customers To Increase 6.4% [Due To Natural Gas Price Increases]

-- PG -  Anya Litvak: Consumer Bills Go Up, As Natural Gas Price Increases Take Electricity Along For The Ride

-- PG/Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Tips To Save On Electricity

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: A Cautionary Tale Of Economic Benefits Of Petrochemicals From PA

-- Pittsburgh Works: Beaver County’s Economy Grew As Shell Invested In Ethane Plant

-- CitizensV: Nacero Gets Air Quality Permit For Texas Plant To Turn Natural Gas Into Gasoline

-- PG: Pittsburgh Mayor-Elect’s Vision For Downtown Pittsburgh Starts With A Good Cleaning Up

-- CitizensV: Plains Twp. Runs Out Of Garbage Bags For Residents, Supply Chain Shortage Blamed

-- Call For Presentations Northeast Recycling Council Virtual Spring Conference April 12-13  [PaEN]

-- Covanta Highlights Latest Sustainability Achievements, New Goals [Operates Waste-To-Energy Facilities In PA]

-- DCNR Awards Over $2.35 Million In Community Conservation Partnership Grants For 3 Projects In Scranton

-- PG: Pittsburgh Regional Asset District Budget Invests $7.8 Million To Improve Recreational Facilities In Response To Increased Park Use During Pandemic

-- TribLive: Seven Springs Kicks Off Season Saturday, Other Resorts In Region Gearing Up 

-- PG - Laura Legere: Ask Me About… Not Buying Prickly Japanese Barberry Plants And Other Invasive Species 

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Bill

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Looks To Big Boost From Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Build, Connect Trails

National/International

-- Chesapeake Bay Magazine: 2021 Bay Dead Zone Of Of Longest-Lasting In History

-- USA Today: How A Summer Of Extreme Weather Reveals A Stunning Shift In Way Rain Falls In America

-- USA Today: Our Warming Climate Is Having A Dramatic Impact On Precipitation; What Does The Data Tell Us About Your State?

-- USA Today: Climate Change Brings Perfect Storm Of Raw Sewage And Rainfall In Cities That Can Least Afford It

-- The Guardian: Renewable Energy Has ‘Another Record Year Of Growth’ Says IEA

-- POWER Engineering: Renewables Account For 20% Of U.S. Electricity Generation Thru Q3 2021

PA Politics

-- TribLive/Inquirer: Wolf Will Use Computer-Drawn Maps And Other Tools To Help Spot PA Gerrymandering

-- MCall: Lehigh County Judge Rules Mail-In Ballots Without Dates Should Be Counted; Votes Could Affect Close County Court Race

-- WHYY: Berks County Reports 35 Late Bilingual Ballots, Most Due To Late Post Office Delivery

-- Inquirer: Republican Philly Election Official Who Defended The Integrity Of 2020 Election To Take Over Good-Govt. Watchdog Group The Committee Of Seventy

-- ABC27: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Corman Kicks Off ‘Restore Freedom’ Tour In Bellefonte

-- AP: Republican Celebrity Surgeon Dr. Oz Running For U.S. Senate In PA

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: Dr. Oz Calls Keystone State Home As He Ponders U.S. Senate Bid

-- The Pennsylvania Society Honors Dr. Ala Stanford Of Philadelphia, Founder Of Black Doctors COVID Consortium [Annual Dinner This Weekend In NYC]

-- CourierT: The Pennsylvania Society To Honor Dr. Ala Stanford Of Philadelphia, Founder Of Black Doctors COVID Consortium

-- AP: Wolf Says Urging Vaccine Shots Is His Containment Strategy For New Omicron Variant

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Rules School Mask Mandate Remains For Now

-- TribLive: Allegheny Health Network Can Handle Influx Of COVID Patients, But Staffing, Supply Costs Surging, CFO Says

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Don’t Fear Omicron Variant, But Be Very Afraid Of More Government Restrictions

-- Inquirer: Fmr Top PA Education Official Testifies School Funding Is A ‘Root Cause’ Of Achievement Gaps

-- AP: 14-Year-Old Teen Shot 18 Times While Waiting For Bus In Philadelphia

-- PennLive: 14-Year-Old Kills Friend In Accidental Shooting In Harrisburg

-- Inquirer: Temple’s Campus On Edge After A Student Was Shot To Death

-- TribLive: West Mifflin H.S. Switches To Remote Learning After Threat, The 4th Western PA District To Receive Threats This Week   [AP: Student Kills 3, Injures 8 In Michigan School Shooting]

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Can We Better Respond To Domestic Violence? ‘I Am Fearful Every Moment Of The Day For Children’ In PA

-- Inquirer: ‘Troubled’ Mennonite Boys Were Trafficked, Forced Into Physical Labor And Abused At PA Farm, Lawsuit Says

-- WHYY: Hundreds March In Philly After 4 Asian American Teens Attacked On SEPTA

-- YorkDR: Recent Bullying In Hanover Area Schools Has Parents Voicing Concerns

-- MCall/AP: As New Jersey’s Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Window Closes, Victims Have A Long Road Ahead To Seek Justice [Includes PA Victims]

-- WHYY: Political, Religious Groups Join Together In Philly To ‘Shine A Light’ On Antisemitism

-- WESA: What Would Happen To Abortion Access In PA If Roe v. Wade Was Overturned?

-- Inquirer: Drug Overdose Deaths In Philadelphia Could Set Another Record In 2021

-- TribLive: Butler County Community College To Resume Class After Ransomware Attack

-- TribLive Editorial: Butler County Community College Teaches Lesson With Ransomware Shutdown

-- YorkD: COVID Outbreak Sends York County Prison Into Lockdown

-- ReadingE: Berks County IU Show Lawmakers How They Spent COVID Relief Funds

-- MCall: How Northampton, Lehigh Counties Helping Small Businesses With Their Pandemic ‘Rescue Plans’

-- ErieT: Erie Has A Child Care ‘Crisis’; But Help Could Be On The Way

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Glass, Bottle Shortage Making It Harder To Get Alcohol, PA Restaurant Owner Says At House Hearing

-- PA Cap-Star: Fmr Sen. Rob Wonderling To Step Down As Head Of Philly Chamber

New COVID Variant

-- Financial Times: Omicron Threatens To Intensify Supply Shortages, Inflation OECD Warns

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[Posted: December 1, 2021]  PA Environment Digest