Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.19.22

 

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

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House returns to session Jan. 24, 25, 26

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

TODAY 10:00: Senate Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 763 (B.Miller-R- Lancaster) directing PennDOT to use native plants along highways.  Room 461. Click Here to watch live.

 

-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds  [PaEN]

 

-- IFO: 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue $233.8 Million; Still Short Of 2018 Revenue Of $251.8 Million  [PaEN]

 

-- PG - Laura Legere: Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Revenue Projected To Rebound After Pandemic Slump

 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

 

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams 

 

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors 

 

-- LancasterOnline: West Branch Little Conestoga Creek To Get TLC By F&M Professors

 

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

 

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Winter Guardian Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Took Action On 723 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,150 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

 

-- KDKA: Rising Cost Of Natural Gas Could Impact Your Heating Bill [Due To International Market Pressures]

 

-- The Guardian: Winter Natural Gas Bill From Hell: Oklahomans Face Paying $1.4 Billion Over Snowstorm

 

-- TribLive: Western PA Temperatures Could Drop To 0 In Days Ahead 

 

-- PG: Fox Chapel Councilwoman Mandy Steele Conquers Coal Tar, Now Wants A Shot At State House

 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Wolf Administration Must Get Serious About Environmental Justice - Clean Air Council

 

-- DEP Blog: Want To Clean Up An Illegal Dumpsite?  Teamwork Makes The Dream Work

 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Warehouse Development On Farmland Does More Harm Than Good

 

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Awarded $5,000 MTN DEW Outdoor Grant For Recreation Access Project  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Hybrid Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour Special Event In April  [PaEN]

 

-- Call For Proposals: 9th Annual Sustainability Symposium At Bucknell University April 22-23 [PaEN]

 

-- The Allegheny Front: Conversation With Famed Biologist, E.O.Wilson, Who Died At The Age Of 92 

 

-- PennLive: Bear Spotted Wandering Around Central PA Neighborhood

 

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?

Other States/National/International

-- PA Cap-Star: In ‘Paradigm Shift,’ U.S. Forest Service To Use Logging, Controlled Burns To Prevent Wildfires

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Carbon Capture, Use And Sequestration Would Decarbonize The Electric Generation System… In The Worst Possible Way

-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Commonwealth Court Sets Jan. 30 Deadline To Break Stalemate On Congressional Voting Districts Map

-- Spotlight PA: Proposed Congressional Voting District Map Advances As Wolf, Lawmakers Prepare For Court Battle

-- WHYY: With Court Deadline Looming, Lawmakers Ready One Last Congressional Map Attempt

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: We’re PA Small City Mayors, Fair Voting District Maps Will Aid Our Recovery

-- Gov. Wolf Urges U.S. Senate To Pass Voting Rights Act

-- TODAY WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.: Looking At Fulton County Voting Machine Issues

-- Spotlight PA: Jan. 27 Panel Discussion On 2022 Legislative Agenda And What’s At Stake

-- Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Corman Calls On House Leaders To Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against Philly DA Krasner  [Corman worked to overturn 2020 election results]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Corman Calls For Impeachment Of Philly DA

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Candidate For Lt. Gov. Ends His Campaign, Endorses Jeff Coleman

-- MCall Guest Essay: Why It’s Dangerous For Our Society To Tolerate Intolerance

-- PG: Conor Lamb Gets Big Boost In U.S. Bid With Endorsement From Philly Mayor Kenney

-- ScrantonT: Dr. Oz A No Show At Campaign Event In Wyoming County

-- PG - Gene Collier: We’re Looking At 10 Months Of TV Ads From The Land Of Oz

-- The Sun: Republican Rep. Ryan Not Running

-- PA Cap-Star: PA To Get $1.6 Billion Extra For Bridge Funding, But Toll Plans Still On Amid Funding Shortfalls

-- ScrantonT Editorial: No Automatic Tax Credit Increases For Private Schools

-- Dept. Of Health Weekly Update On COVID Trends, Vaccinations, Hospitalizations

-- ErieT: Erie County Reports First Child Death Due To COVID

-- ErieT: In 1894, PA Supreme Court Ruled In Favor Of Smallpox Shots For Students.  What Does It Mean Today?

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia’s Full Vaccine Mandate Now In Effect; COVID Cases Dropping Across Region

-- ScrantonT: Some NE PA Colleges Increase COVID Restrictions As Students Return

-- ErieT: Biden Administration To Ship 400 Million Free N95 Masks Across The U.S. Starting This Week

-- TribLive/AP: White House Soft-Launches Free COVID Test Request Website

-- PG Editorial: Free At-Home COVID Tests A Milestone In Public Health

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Lawmakers Propose Needle Exchange Programs As Drug Crisis Worsens

-- TribLive: Accused Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Wants Trial Moved Out Of Western PA

-- TribLive Editorial: Big Criminal Cases Defy Change Of Venue

-- AP: 3 Police Officers Charged In Shooting Death Of 8-Year-Old Girl In Delaware County

-- PA Cap-Star: Advocates Call For Further Investigation After Allegheny County Jail Officials Deny Abuse Allegations

-- TribLive: 3 People Injured After Shooting At Butler County Mall

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Considers Stop-And-Frisk Policy For Police

-- TribLive: FBI Warning Of Hoax Mexican Kidnapping Scam Targeting Western Pennsylvanians

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Black Community Needs Better Internet Access Now

-- The Patch: William J. Green Dies, Was Notable Pittsburgh Political Analyst

-- PennLive: Bill Green, Longtime Political Analyst Who Served Multiple Roles Under Thornburgh, Dies At 76

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[Posted: January 19, 2022]  PA Environment Digest