Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.1.22

 

“Save land with trees, for the air we breathe, to protect watersheds 

and for future timber," Joseph Rothrock, 1892

House returns to session Jan. 4, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session Jan. 4, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

Year In Review

 

-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air  [PaEN]

 

-- Let’s Pass Some Good Environmental & Energy Legislation In 2022 - Instead Of Just Dog Whistles  [PaEN]

 

NewsClips

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Study: Flood Risk Rising Across PA As Climate Changes 

 

-- Bay To Bay News Guest Essay: Delaware River Basin Commission 60th Anniversary Is A Story Of Our Shared Waters - By Steve Tambini, Executive Director

 

-- DEP Sets Jan. 26 Hearing On Permits For LCT Energy Rustic Ridge #1 Mine Fayette, Westmoreland Counties  [PaEN]

 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Changes To Mariner East 2 Pipeline Will Reap Rewards - Fmr. Republican Sen. Earl Baker

 

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Mariner East Pipeline Set To Be Completed In 2022 After Years Of Environmental Damage, Record Penalties And Delays

 

-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 1 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

 

-- AltoonaM: State, Local Police Warn Of Catalytic Converter Thefts

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian Guest Essay: I’m A Climate Scientist, The Movie Don’t Look Up Captures The Madness I See Every Day

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- YorkDR/Spotlight PA: How Proposed State House Voting District Map Scores In Every Required Measurement

-- YorkDR/Spotlight PA: How Proposed State Senate Voting District Map Scores In Every Required Measurement

-- City & State: Democrat Lamb Says ‘Freedoms Are Under Attack’ In First Campaign Ad For U.S. Senate

-- WHYY: The Top Destination For Biden During His First Year?  Pennsylvania

-- AP: Conspiracy Theories, Attempts To Rewrite History Paint Fraudulent Picture Of The Violent Jan. 6 Assault On U.S. CapitolSatu

-- MCall: 23,268 New COVID Cases Friday Marks 3rd Consecutive Record As Northampton County Has State’s Highest Infection Rate

-- TribLive: COVID Surge Prompts Some Pittsburgh-Area Eateries To Cancel Holiday Service

-- PG: New CDC Quarantine Guidance Concerns Some School District Stakeholders

-- WHYY: Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Supports Return To In-Person Learning For Kids

-- PG: Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese Says Mass To Remain In-Person Despite COVID Surge

-- MCall: COVID Dominated 2021, Here’s What Experts Think About 2022

-- WHYY: More Than 65 Shots Fired In Philly Violence, 6 Injured

-- PG: Turnpike Planning Steps To Reduce $105 Million In Unpaid Tolls

-- MCall: PA In Middle Of Pack Nationally In LGBTQ Acceptance, Protection

-- Inquirer: Pandemic Surge Chills Prospects For Day Workers At Northeast Philly Site

-- TribLive: Looking Ahead To 2022: Pandemic Continues, Campaigns Heat Up, New Pittsburgh Mayor And More

-- TribLive Editorial: Same Stuff, Different Year

-- AltoonaM Editorial: Let’s Work To Assure 2022 Isn’t A Sequel To 2021

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Make 2022 Year Of Voting Rights

-- PG Editorial: Pittsburgh, Real And Imagined: Farewell To Mayor Peduto

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[Posted: January 1, 2022]  PA Environment Digest