Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.1.22

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Senate returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole  [PaEN]

 

-- Spotlight PA: Gov. Wolf’s Final Budget Address Will Seek To Cement His Legacy

 

-- The Center Square: IFO: Revised Economic Forecast Shows Higher Revenue Estimate For PA [State Revenue Estimate Increases $3.3 Billion]

 

-- DEP Announces $4.7 Million In Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Grants In Southcentral PA  [PaEN]

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Southcentral PA Watershed Protection Projects Get A Boost From Growing Greener Funding

 

-- PG: Frick Park Reopens As Crews At Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Pull Vehicles From Wreckage

 

-- DEP Receives First $25 Million From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law For Plugging Oil & Gas Wells Abandon By Conventional Drillers  [PaEN]

 

-- PG - Laura Legere: PA Eligible For $104 Million In First Phase Of Grants To Plug Oil & Gas Wells Abandon By Conventional Drillers

 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Supports EPA’s ‘No Confidence’ In Conowingo Dam Pollution Reduction Plan

 

-- Save The Date!  Lancaster Conservancy Water Week June 3-11

 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Update On Implementing Lancaster County Clean Water Action Plan  

 

-- PA Lawmakers Join Other Elected Officials Calling On EPA To Prevent Chemical Disasters, Protect Workers, Prioritize Environmental Justice [PaEN]

 

-- WPost: Conor Lamb, Leading Democratic Candidate For U.S. Senate In PA Opposes Fracking Ban

 

-- ErieT: 3 Taken To Hospitals After Fire At Erie County Propane Supplier

 

-- Joel Burcat To Release Another Environmental Legal Thriller: Strange Fire  [PaEN]

 

-- Penn State Master Gardener Program’s Latest Newsletter - What’s The Buzz 

 

-- DCNR Names Bill Kocher New Manager For Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County

 

-- Central PA Conservancy Seeking Qualified Candidates For Executive Director

 

-- Game Commission: Bear Harvest 5th Best Ever

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Hunters Turn In 5th Largest Bear Harvest, Including 722-Pounder In Central PA

 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Educational Events, Activities In February

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- ReadingE: PA School Districts Trying To Figure Out How To Spend Federal COVID Money Amid Challenges [The ARP funding passed in March 2021, What’s Taking So Long?]

 

-- $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

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: A Pennsylvania Bridge Just Collapsed, Which One Is Next?

 

-- TribLive Editorial: Keystone State Built On Bridges

 

Build Back Better Budget Bill

 

Reuters: Analysis: Build Back Better Limbo Looms Over Biden’s Climate Leadership

 

Other States/National/International

-- WV Daily News: WV General Assembly Moves Bill Clarifying Ownership Of Rare Earth Elements In Coal Waste, Mine Drainage

-- NPR: Climate-Driven Floods Will Disproportionately Affect Black Communities, Study Finds

-- AP: EPA Restores Rule To Limit Power Plant Mercury Emissions

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: PA Supreme Court May Step In To Congressional Voting Districts Case

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Supreme Court Taking A Look At Congressional Voting Map Case, Orders Stay On Lower Court

-- ErieT: PA County Election Officials Demand Help From Lawmakers: ‘We’re Still Being Attacked’

-- WHYY: PA Voters Can Still Apply For Mail-In Ballots Despite The Court Battle

-- Spotlight PA: Gov. Wolf’s Final Budget Address Will Seek To Cement His Legacy

-- The Center Square: IFO: Revised Economic Forecast Shows Higher Revenue Estimate For PA  [State Revenue Estimate Increases $3.3 Billion]

-- TribLive: Fmr Republican Rep. Coleman Running For Lt. Governor

-- WPost: Conor Lamb, Leading Democratic Candidate For U.S. Senate In PA Opposes Fracking Ban

-- WESA: Candidates To Replace Cong. Doyle Post Healthy Fundraising Totals

-- MCall: Lehigh County Voters Sue To Delay Nov. Election Certification Over Undated Mail-In Ballots

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Twp. Republican Chair Resigns As Committee Prepared To Remove Him For Denouncing FreePA, A Conservative Disinformation Group

-- CourierT Guest Essay: For Our ‘Great Experiment’ To Survive, Politicians Must Observe The Rules - Fmr Rep. Kate Harper (R)

-- ErieT: Gov. Tom Ridge To Be Honored By The Intelligence And National Security Alliance

-- MCall: PA COVID Cases Fall To 12-Week Low As Northampton Records 1,000th Death

-- AP: PA Adding Long-Term Care Beds To Ease COVID Crunch

-- TribLive: Western PA Health Care Facilities In Compliance With Federal Vaccine Mandate

-- PennLive: UPMC Doctor Warns Against Danger Of Pandemic Fatigue

-- WHYY: Down 2 Hospitals In One Month, New Efforts To Restore Health Services In Chester County

-- ErieT: Warren County School District Paid $28,000 In Winner’s Legal Fees In Challenge To Its Mask Policy

-- TribLive: New Kensington-Arnold Teachers To Highlight Educators’ Efforts During COVID

-- MCall: PA To Launch List Of Employers That Violate State Labor And Workplace Safety Laws

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Senate Democrats Call For A $3.75 Billion Investment In Public Education

-- WHYY: PA Democrats Set Budget Priorities With ‘Historic’ Education Spending Proposal

-- PennLive: Labor Shortages Remain PA School Districts’ Biggest Concern, Report Says, While Democrats Propose Billions In New Aid

-- Spotlight PA: Key Consultant Refused To Cooperate With Probe Into PA School Pension Fund

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Legislative Action On Private Charter School Reform Long Overdue - Fmr Rep. Bernie O’Neill (R) & Fmr Auditor General Eugene DePasquale (D)

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Parents: Urge Lancaster County School Boards To Resist Efforts To Ban Books

-- Inquirer: Penn State Students Want To Be Heard, So They’re Running Candidates For Board Of Trustees

-- WHYY: Philly Moves Closer To ‘Epicenter For Sports Betting’ Prediction

-- PG: PennDOT Can’t Stop Major State College-Area Construction Contractor In Theft Case From Bidding On Contracts

-- WHYY: Philly DA: Murders Are Down Compared To This Time Last Year

-- Inquirer: 650+ Philly Cops Say They’re Too Hurt To Work, But Some Are Holding Down 2nd Jobs

-- Inquirer: Philly DA Hoping New Unit Can Steer Young Adults To Rehabilitation Over Punishment

-- Inquirer Editorial: Domestic Violence Homicides Were Up 240% Last Year, Why Is Philly Taking Guns From So Few Accused Abusers?

-- WHYY: Philly To Guarantee Lawyers For Some Renters Facing Eviction

-- PG Editorial: Alma Speed Fox, A Matriarch Of The Civil Rights Movement, Inspired Pittsburgh

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[Posted: February 1, 2022]  PA Environment Digest