Senate returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9
House returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
FRIDAY 10:30: Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on $300 Million Anthracite Ridge Wind Farm Project. Live Stream. Read more here.
-- DCNR Secretary Outlines 2022 Priorities To Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council, Including Need For $1.4 Billion In Infrastructure Improvements [PaEN]
-- PA Cap-Star: DCNR Outlines 2022 Priorities, Banks On Future Of Outdoor Recreation In PA
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Pennsylvania Hires First Director Of Outdoor Recreation To Bring More Visitors To Parks, Forests, And More
-- DCNR Blog: Meet Pennsylvania’s First Director Of Outdoor Recreation Nathan Reigner
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: French Creek Voted PA River Of The Year
-- DEP Announces More Than $1.7 Million In Growing Greener Grants To Fund Local Water Clean Up Projects In Northwest PA [PaEN]
-- DEP Awards Borough Of Jim Thorpe $200,000 Growing Greener Grant For Stream Restoration Work In Carbon County [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council, Partners Receive Growing Greener Grant For Delaware County Stormwater Management Project [PaEN]
-- Senator Yaw: PA State Government Refuses To Pay Millions In Municipal Stormwater Fees
-- WITF: Republican Budget Chiefs Want PA’s Plethora Of Pandemic-Era Cash Used ‘Judiciously’
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Commends EPA For Strong Stance In Meeting Chesapeake Bay 2025 Cleanup Goals [PaEN]
-- TODAY 9:30 a.m.: WITF Smart Talk: Is EPA Committed To Restoring Chesapeake Bay?
-- York Conservation District Hosts March 4 Manure Management Plan Workshop; DEP Conducting Farm Compliance Inspections [PaEN]
-- ErieT Guest Essay: PA Shortchanges Environmental Protection, Tell Lawmakers To Fully Fund It Now - Rep. Greg Vitali (D)
-- PG - Laura Legere: Push Is On To Switch To Energy Efficient Electrical Appliances; Each Flame Fed By Natural Gas, Propane Or Oil In Furnaces, Water Heaters, Stoves A Small Source Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
-- NPR/WESA: Natural Gas Stoves Leak Climate-Warming Methane Even When They’re Off
-- U.S. EIA: Proved Reserves Of Natural Gas Fell 4% In U.S. During 2020
-- Rep. Heffley: Bill To Expand Local C-PACE Clean Energy, Energy Conservation Funding Program Passed By House
-- Commonwealth Financing Authority OKs $3.2 Million For 3 Natural Gas Pipeline Extension Projects [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: State Helps Fund 2 Natural Gas Pipeline Projects In Washington County
-- Senator Yaw: Natural Gas Royalty Transparency Bill Passes Senate
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: In Federal Court, Plaintiffs Say U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire, Pollution Control Outage Was A ‘Complete Failure’
-- PA Resources Council, Southwest PA Air Quality Partnership Invite Students In SW PA To Take Part In Let's Clear The Air Poster Challenge [PaEN]
-- DEP Blog: 9 Tips For Having A Radon Reduction System Installed In Your Home
-- PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Backyard Composting Webinars In February [PaEN]
--WBTimes: World’s Largest Indoor Vertical Farm Coming To Luzerne County To Raise Fish, Greens
-- Wildlands Conservancy Newsletter Highlights Upcoming Programs In February
-- PG - John Hayes: Off-Road ATV Park To Be Built In Gassport, Allegheny County
-- PennLive: Harrisburg’s Whitaker Science Center Closed Due To COVID-Related Staffing Shortages
-- New York Almanack: On Wilderness And New York State - Ed Zahniser, Son Of Howard Zahniser
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Comeback Of Wild Bobwhite Quail Targeted In PA’s First Recovery Area For Species
-- TribLive Editorial: Rallying Around Missing Monkeys And A Curious Canine
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?
Build Back Better Budget Bill
-- Triblive Guest Essay: PA Is Hurting, Where Is Sen. Toomey On Build Back Better Proposal?
Other States/National/International
-- Utility Dive: New DHS Warning: Extremists Have Developed ‘Credible, Specific Plans’ To Attack U.S. Power Grid
-- PennLive: Yale University Researchers Developed A ‘Novel’ Lyme Disease Vaccine Showing Promise
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA: Wolf Vetoes PA Congressional Voting District Map Sent To Him By Republicans
-- CourierT: Analysis: We Examined Millions Of PA Voter Records, There Were Few ‘Irregularities’
-- ErieT: More Democrats Than Republicans Changing Affiliation To Opposing Party In PA
-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna County DA Finds No Voter Fraud In Drop Box Case
-- PennLive - John Baer: Wolf, Corman, Mastriano, Oz Said What? Things In Politics That Make You Go, ‘Hmmmm’
-- WITF: Republican Budget Chiefs Want PA’s Plethora Of Pandemic-Era Cash Used ‘Judiciously’
-- Gov. Wolf Celebrates Passage Of Bipartisan Bill Providing $225 Million To Support Health Care Workforce
-- WilliamsportS: Community Marks 472 Local Deaths Due To COVID
-- PennLive: PA Restaurants Hope For Even More Financial Aid As They Struggle ‘More Than They Did In 2020’
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $23 Million In 2nd Round Of Gun Violence Intervention And Prevent Grants
-- AP: Driver Charged In Alleged Dragging Of Philly Police Officer After SUV Stop
-- WITF/PennLive - Charles Thompson: Cumberland County Unveils New Mental Health, Counseling Program For First Responders
-- PG Editorial: Pittsburgh Mayor Should Release Jim Rogers Investigation
-- ScrantonT Editorial: At PA Capitol, It’s Ready, Fire, Aim On Reducing Weapons Trafficking
-- PG: Pittsburgh School Officials Offer Few Solutions To Ongoing Turmoil
-- Inquirer: Taxpayer Funded Private Cyber Charter Schools Grew Faster In PA Last Year Than Any Other State
-- YorkD: York Suburban School Board Member Faces Global Conservative Backlash For Op-Ed
-- Spotlight PA: PA School Pension Fund Won’t Require Board Members To Sign Secrecy Oaths To Hear Investigation Report
-- PG: Report: Smaller Companies Sidelined In PA’s Legal Pot Market
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[Posted: January 27, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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