Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.2.22

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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

 

-- Punxsutawney Phil Predicts 6 More Weeks Of Winter!  Click Here for other wintery cold news

 

-- South Mountain Partnership: Sign On To Letter Asking Counties To Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Local Conservation, Recreation And Place-Based Revitalization  [PaEN]

 

-- Dept. Of Revenue: January State Revenue Collections $376.8 Million Over Estimate; $1.8 Billion Over Estimates Fiscal Year-To-Date  

 

-- Independent Fiscal Office: January Revenue Collections $440.6 Million Over Its Estimate; $2.2 Billion Over Fiscal Year-To-Date 

 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Groups Build Off River Of The Year Nomination Momentum To Help Catawissa Creek Reach Its Potential

 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Doc Fritchey Chapter Trout Unlimited’s Limestone Dosing Keeps Fish Habitat Livable For 36 Years  [PaEN]

 

-- Standard-Speaker: Once Heavily Polluted By Mining, Black Creek Now Classified As Wild Trout Stream

 

-- Pike Conservation District: Source Water Protection And The Pocono Source Water Protection Collaborative  [PaEN]

 

-- USGS: PA Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network Finds 64% Of Wells Exceed Radon Standard, 36% Manganese, 32% Iron  [PaEN]

 

-- Villanova University On-Demand Webinar: Green Stormwater Infrastructure For Homeowners - Rain Gardens

 

-- PA American Water Accepting Applications For 2022 Environmental Grant Program  [PaEN]

 

-- PG/Inside Climate News: Overwhelmed By Solar Projects, PJM Interconnection Seeks A 2-Year Pause On Approvals 

 

-- Sen. Yaw: Virginia’s Exit From RGGI Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Pennsylvania

 

-- PPL Utilities: Joins Energy Impact Partners’ Deep Decarbonization Frontier Fund

 

-- PA Cap-Star/City & State PA: The Future Is Electric: Can PA Switch Gears?

 

-- ErieT: Considering An Electric Car? What To Know About Getting A Charge In Erie And Down The Road

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Could Get $100 Million In Federal Money To Plug Leaky, Old Gas Wells Abandon By Conventional Drillers

 

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Gets $104 Million From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Oil & Gas Wells Abandon By Conventional Drillers

 

-- WHYY: Covanta Renews Chester Incinerator Deal, Receiver Says City Missed Out On $10 Million

 

-- WilliamsportS: Initial American Rescue Plan Fundable Projects Narrowing, Includes Grafius Run Flood Project

 

-- TribLive: Water From Broken Pipe Gushing From Downtown Pittsburgh Parking Garage

 

-- YorkD Editorial: Our At-Risk Infrastructure Desperately Needs Help, But Are We Willing to Pay The Price?

 

-- DEP Took Action On 694 Permits, 90% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,391 Inspections; Responded To 2 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

 

-- Manada Conservancy Online Native Plant Sale Now Accepting Orders

 

-- ScrantonT: Outdoorsman Keeps Discovery Of Rare Hartford Fern Secret For 30 Years

 

-- LancasterOnline: How To Watch Middle Creek Snow Geese From Home, Stay Updated On Their Migration

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Stocking Scheduled For PA’s 3.2 Million Trout Announced

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Climate Change Driving More Sharks To Waters Off Pennsylvanian’s Favorite Beaches

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- South Mountain Partnership: Sign On To Join Letter Asking Counties To Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Local Conservation, Recreation And Place-Based Revitalization  [PaEN]

 

-- WilliamsportS: Initial American Rescue Plan Fundable Projects Narrowing, Includes Grafius Run Flood Project

 

-- ReadingE: Berks County Earmarks $30 Million In American Rescue Plan Funds For Grant Program

 

-- Gov. Wolf Launches Nonprofit Security Grant Program With $5 Million In 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?

 

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Could Get $100 Million In Federal Money To Plug Leaky, Old Gas Wells Abandon By Conventional Drillers

 

-- Sen. Casey: PA To Receive $104 Million To Clean Up Oil & Gas Wells Abandon By Conventional Drillers

 

-- AP: U.S. Dept. Of Interior Approves Total Of $1 Bill To Clean Up Oil & Gas Wells Abandon By Well Drillers

 

-- YorkD Editorial: Our At-Risk Infrastructure Desperately Needs Help, But Are We Willing to Pay The Price?

 

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior: Comments Invited On American Conservation & Stewardship Atlas To Track Stewardship, Restoration Efforts  [PaEN]

 

Build Back Better Budget Bill

 

-- YorkD Editorial: Our At-Risk Infrastructure Desperately Needs Help, But Are We Willing to Pay The Price?

 

Other States/National/International

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Clearing The Air Of Mercury

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Commonwealth Court Judge Says She’ll Soon Rule On Congressional Voting Districts Map

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Candidates For Governor Raising Big Money For A Big Race

-- Inquirer: First Fund-Raising Reports In PA Governor’s Race Show It’s Up For Grabs

-- WITF: Millions Pouring Into PA Governor, U.S. Senate Races

-- PA Cap-Star: These PA Congressional Republicans Opposed The Biden American Rescue Plan Funding, Then Touted It Back Home 

-- PA Cap-Star: Here’s The Full List of PA’s Fake Republican Electors - Gubernatorial Candidates Barletta, Gerow, More

-- CitizensV: Barletta Campaign Responds To Probe Of Fake Electors

-- LancasterOnline: Sen. Augment To Face Primary Challenge From Ephrata Man Who Led Local Protests, Unapproved ‘Audit’ Of 2020 Election

-- AP: Millions Follow Rich Candidates In PA U.S. Senate Race

-- Inquirer: How Much Money Oz, Fetterman Other PA U.S. Senate Candidates Raised So Far

-- Inquirer: PA Members Of Congress Traded Millions In Stocks, Some Lawmakers Trying To Ban The Practice

-- PA Cap-Star: Updated PA Incumbent Retirement And Primary Tracker

-- TribLive: Special Election To Fill Rep. Wheatley Set For April 5

-- WESA: 6 Hopefuls To Seek Democratic Party Nomination In House District Special Election

-- Inquirer: Philly Democrats Pick Rep. Mike Drescoll As Nominee For City Council

-- MCall: Lehigh County Judge Race Remains In Limbo After Elections Board Delays Certification

-- MCall: Will Allentown’s Chances Of Electing A Latino Representative Improve?

-- TribLive: Etna Rallies Against Swastika Flag In Allegheny County

-- Dept. Of Revenue: January State Revenue Collections $376.8 Million Over Estimate; $1.8 Billion Over Estimates Fiscal Year-To-Date  

-- Independent Fiscal Office: January Revenue Collections $440.6 Million Over Its Estimate; $2.2 Billion Over Fiscal Year-To-Date 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Coming Together For A Brighter Future For PA - PA House Democratic Leadership

-- Gov. Wolf Launches Nonprofit Security Grant Program With $5 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding

-- PG: COVID Continues To Decline In Allegheny County, Across PA

-- PennLive: Complaints Of Lebanon County Restaurant Being Used As Conduit For Unproven COVID Treatments Referred To Attorney General 

-- Spotlight PA: Report Says Fmr PA School Pension Fund CEO Withheld Information From Board

-- AP: Report Flags Consultant Error In PA School Pension Fund Data

-- PA Cap-Star: ‘This Is Not Sustainable’: PA Educators Detail Staffing Shortages, Urge Legislative Relief

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Why Is PA’s Private Cyber Charter School Boom During Pandemic Crushing Taxpayers 

-- CitizensV: Fair Funding Trial Exposing Inequities In PA Schools

-- PG: Class Of 2022 Starting Salaries Could See Sizable Gains, But Some May Lose Ground

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[Posted: February 2, 2022]  PA Environment Digest