Senate returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9
House returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- DEP Office Closings: Northwest Regional Office, Warren, New Castle, New Stanton, California, and Knox District Offices On Feb. 3
-- TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. PA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan State Team meeting. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting.
-- TODAY 9:30: WITF Smart Talk: PA State Parks See Need To Accommodate Increased Number Of Visitors
-- Gov. Wolf Proposes $450 Million Growing Greener III Initiative Funded By Federal American Rescue Plan; Bipartisan Support Building For Conservation Allocation [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $1.7 Billion Spending Plan For Federal American Rescue Plan Money
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Wolf Proposes $1.7 Bill Relief Program For Families, Small Businesses, Health Care, Conservation
-- Guest Essay: Commonwealth Budget Should Fully Fund Environmental Protection - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Minority Chair House Environmental Committee [PaEN]
-- AG Shapiro Charges Energy Transfer Partners With Environmental Crimes Over Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: Energy Transfer Charged With 9 Environmental Crimes Over Revolution Pipeline Explosion
-- AP: Company Faces Criminal Charges Over Revolution Pipeline Explosion
-- Danville News: Talen Moving Toward Converting Coal-Fired Montour Power Plant To Natural Gas
-- PennEnergy Resources Achieves Project Canary Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas Certification
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PECO Parent Exelon Completes Spinoff Of Its Power Generation Business
-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Feb. 16 Webinar On First in the World: An Airport That Generates Its Own Power [Spoiler, It’s Pittsburgh] [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Solar Means Business in America: Here’s What that Looks Like in Pennsylvania - Scott Elias, Mid-Atlantic Director, Solar Energy Industries Association [PaEN]
-- Conservation Finance Network: Removing Sediment To Restore Wetlands Clears Revenue Paths - Sam Feibel, Franklin & Marshall College
-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed Announces 13 Priorities For 2022
-- Stroud Water Research Center Hosts Feb. 22 Virtual Educator Workshop - Wild & Scenic Rivers In The Face Of Climate Change: An Immersion In White Clay Creek [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Have A Question About Electric Vehicles? We’re Going To Rent One For A Week, Ask Us Anything
-- LancasterOnline: Fuel Tanker Truck Leaks Hundreds Of Gallons Of Oil Onto Township Road
-- NextPittsburgh: How Will Pittsburgh Fare If New Studies Prompt EPA To Tighten Air Pollution Standards?
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philadelphia Names Environmental Justice Advisory Commission To Address ‘Racially Biased And Discriminatory Policies’
-- WHYY: Meet Philly’s New Environmental Justice Advisory Commission
-- WHYY: Philly Aims to Limit Environmental Hazards With New Legislation
-- Millersville University Engage For Change Journal - Environmental Justice Issue [PaEN]
-- CitizensV: Wilkes-Barre Twp. Police Recover Catalytic Converters After Catching Suspects
-- ScrantonT: Guarantee ‘Right To Repair’
-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Feb. 9 Webinar - Managing For Resilience. 10:00 a.m.
-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: February Pennsylvania Nature News
-- PennLive - Letter: Save Our Pennsylvania Wilds From ATV Trail Connector Project
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA’s Livestreaming Bald Eagle Nests May See First Eggs Soon
-- WESA: Warmer Springs Caused By Climate Change Are Bringing Migratory Birds Back To Pittsburgh Early
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Survey: Saturday Opener, Sunday Hunting For Deer Important To Hunters
-- DCNR Blog: Groundhogs - Just The Facts
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- Gov. Wolf Proposes $450 Million Growing Greener III Initiative Funded By Federal American Rescue Plan; Bipartisan Support Building For Conservation Allocation [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $1.7 Billion Spending Plan For Federal American Rescue Plan Money
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Wolf Proposes $1.7 Bill Relief Program For Families, Small Businesses, Health Care, Conservation
-- PA Cap-Star: ‘We Should Not Do Nothing:’ Wolf Unveils $1.7 Billion Spending Plan For Federal Relief Money
-- AP: Wolf, Democrats Outline Propose For Investing $1.7 Billion In American Rescue Plan Funds
-- ErieT: City Of Erie Sees Nearly 120 Applicants For American Rescue Fund Money In First Week
-- YorkDR: York Council Plan Prioritizes Infrastructure, Tax Breaks With American Rescue Plan Funds
-- City & State: School Budget Report Details How Districts Spending Federal Relief Funds
-- $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
-- NYT: Natural Gas Shipments, Mostly From U.S., Ease Europe’s Energy Crunch
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Decide On Congressional Voting Districts Map
-- Spotlight PA: PA Supreme Court Takes Control Of Redrawing State’s Congressional Voting Districts Map
-- AP: PA Supreme Court Sets March Argument On PA’s Mail-In Voting Law
-- ErieT Guest Essay: We Face An Apocalypse Of Our Own Making If We Let Voting Rights Falter In The U.S. - Erie Teacher
-- AP: Gubernatorial Candidate Josh Shapiro Sets Campaign Cash Record To Start Election Year
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Last Of Republican Regional Straw Polls Hand Victories To Bartos, White For U.S. Senate, Governor
-- PennLive - John Baer: Fetterman’s U.S. Senate Campaign Is As Unconventional As He Is
-- TribLive: Republican Rep. DelRosso Announces Run For Lt. Governor
-- Inquirer: Sheryl Lee Ralph On ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Her Marriage To Sen. Hughes
-- PoliticsPA: Will Anyone Receive Endorsements At This Weekend’s Republican Meeting?
-- PA Cap-Star: PA Has Some Big Races In 2022, But Political Parties Are Mostly Staying Silent, Why?
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Republican Twp. Chair’s Forced Exit Illustrates Lancaster County Republicans’ Shift Toward Extremism
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $1.7 Billion Spending Plan For Federal American Rescue Plan Money
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Wolf Proposes $1.7 Bill Relief Program For Families, Small Businesses, Health Care, Conservation
-- PA Cap-Star: ‘We Should Not Do Nothing:’ Wolf Unveils $1.7 Billion Spending Plan For Federal Relief Money
-- AP: Wolf, Democrats Outline Propose For Investing $1.7 Billion In American Rescue Plan Funds
-- PA Cap-Star: COVID Still A ‘Serious’ Situation In PA, Health Secretary Says
-- WHYY: Philly COVID Cases Continue To Drop, But ‘We’re Not Out Of The Woods Yet’
-- PG: January Was Allegheny County’s Deadliest Month Since COVID Vaccine Rollout
-- CitizensV: Holidays Produced Huge, Larger COVID Case Surge This Year And A Lot Of Deaths In NE PA
-- Courier: Central Bucks School District Parents Come Together To Donate Masks To Teachers, Staff
-- PennLive: ‘Small Number’ Of Unvaccinated Employees Lose Jobs At Hershey Company
-- TribLive: Man Accused In Wilkinsburg Massacre With Handgun Sues Allegheny County Over ‘Malicious Prosecution’
-- ErieT: How Unfounded Threats To Erie-Area Schools Add Stress, Work
-- YorkDR: Teens Now Can’t Be Jailed Unless It’s In The Interest Of Justice, In PA There Are Issues
-- Inquirer Pro/Con: Is It Time For PA To Get Out Of The Booze Business?
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Legislature Takes First Steps Toward Recreational Marijuana - Holding A Hearing
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Legal Pot ‘Inevitable’, Fire Up Bill
-- Inquirer: PA State University System Launches First Diversity Survey
-- CitizensV: Report: NE PA Leads State In New Job Creation
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[Posted: February 3, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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