Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.11.22

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House returns to session [Budget Hearings]  March 21, 22, 23

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session [Budget Hearings] March 28, 29, 30

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

FRIDAY 1:00: DEP, PennDOT To Highlight Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments In Electric Vehicles, Unveil Equity Principles For Industry Development. State Museum In Harrisburg In Front Of EV Chargers.

-- PUC Invites Public Comments On Enhancements To Regulations Covering Petroleum & Hazardous Liquids Pipelines  [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open! Virtual 2022 Watershed Forestry Summit March 2-3 [PaEN]

-- WLVR: PA Has The Most Abandoned Coal Mines In The U.S., How $245 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Will Help

-- PA Council Of Churches: Tell PA Legislators To Fund Clean Water In Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Which Of These Songs Should Be On 2022 Susquehanna River Playlist?

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 11 RiverWatch Video Report

-- PG Editorial: Rebuilding A Bridge, Frick Park, Nine Mile Run Watershed In Pittsburgh

-- EDF: PA Receives First $25.3 Million For Electric Vehicle Charging Investments From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Equals Jobs & Cleaner Air For PA [PaEN]

-- U.S. DOT: PA To Receive First $25.3 Million For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- PG - Laura Legere: $25.3 Million Flow To PA To Build Electric Vehicle Charging Network On Interstates

-- WESA: Federal Funds To Boost PA’s Supply Of Highway Charging Stations For Electric Vehicles

-- Sen. Casey: PA To Receive $25 Million To Expand Access To Electric Vehicle Charging From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- WHYY: Council Hears Options For Decarbonizing Philadelphia Gas Works

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Eyes Contracts To Ship Natural Gas Overseas 

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: Dangerous Mariner East Pipeline Protests Put First Responders At Risk - Bruce Castor, Fmr Montgomery County Republican Commissioner, DA

-- PennFuture Blog: Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Problems Persist In Pennsylvania

-- YorkD: York County Company Faces $400,000 Federal Penalty For Asbestos Removal Violations At Elementary School Site

-- CourierT: Waste Management Landfill Expected To Generate $135 Million For Falls Twp., Bucks County

-- PG: Beck’s Refuse Service Owner In Washington County Admits To Federal Tax Fraud

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster2040 Conference On Land Development In Lancaster County Set For March 31

-- Agriculture Permanently Protects Additional 1,969 Acres Of Farmland Bringing Total To 600,000+  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Dept. Of Agriculture Preserves 545 Acres Of Farmland In Lancaster County

-- ReadingE: Nearly 300 Acres Of Farmland Preserved In Berks County

-- NextPittsburgh: Beloved Allegheny Riverfront Park Will Get Much-Needed Restoration

-- PG: RiverLife Announces Restoration Plan For Allegheny Riverfront Park In Pittsburgh

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Conestoga River Club Plans Year Of Recreation, Conservation In Lancaster County

-- BillyPenn: 7 Parks And Public Spaces That Will Transform Philadelphia

-- Indiana Gazette: Planting To Aid Pollinators Planned Along Rte 119 By Audubon Society Of Western PA

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Registration Now Open For Youth Summer Nature Camps

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

--  WilliamsportS: $25.5 Million In American Rescue Plan Funds Eyed For Williamsport Improvement

 

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?

 

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

 

-- WLVR: PA Has The Most Abandoned Coal Mines In The U.S., How $245 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Will Help

-- EDF: PA Receives First $25.3 Million For Electric Vehicle Charging Investments From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Equals Jobs & Cleaner Air For PA [PaEN]

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Cap-Star: Latino Advocate Promises Lawsuit Against New PA Voting District Maps

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Allentown Latino Leaders Plot Strategy After New PA Legislative Maps Scramble Political Plans

-- Inquirer: Follow The Money - PA U.S. Senate Race In 8 Charts

-- Inquirer: Progressives Pick Candidates, Fights In Philly State House Races

-- WHYY: Philly Voters May Be Asked To Place Term Limits On City Council

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna County Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Rejects Plea Deal, Plans For Trial 

-- MCall: Feds Say Anti-Government Podcaster Who Fantasized About State Police Killer Eric Frein Had An Arsenal Of Illegal Machine Guns In His Bethlehem Township Home 

-- PennLive: Fmr Centre County Citizens Militia ‘Commander’ Again Indicted On Federal Firearms Charges

--WHYY: Delaware County Fire Company Shut Down After Racist Remarks Caught On Video Call

-- City & State PA: Wolf, Lawmakers Can Coalesce Around A Corporate Tax Cut

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Schoolhouse Crumbling?  That’s What You Deserve, PA Republicans Say

-- PG: Allegheny County Community College, Schell Games Offering Gaming Apprenticeship Program

-- CourierT: Bucks County Middle School Cancels DC Field Trip Over City’s Pandemic Rules

-- ErieT: Few Erie-Area Hospital Workers Fired, Resign Due To COVID Vaccine Mandate

-- WITF: Proposed Wolf Budget Would Help Nurses Provide Mental Health Services

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Sports Betting Making It Harder To Enjoy The Game

-- The Center Square: Labor & Industry Addresses Unemployment Fraud For House Committee

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[Posted: February 11, 2022]  PA Environment Digest