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Senate returns to session Jan. 19, 24, 25, 26
House returns to session Jan. 24, 25, 26
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
-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Winter Guardian Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]
-- 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
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