Senate returns to session September 20, 21, October 17, 18, 19
House returns to session September 20, 21, October 24, 25, 26
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on Wellhead to Stovetop - Conveying Energy in PA. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.
TODAY 12:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Keith Salador, Executive Director, ksalador@pa.gov. Read more here.
TODAY 12:30: CANCELED. Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider House Bill 1161 (Mizgorski-R-Allegheny County) establishing a solar energy subscription program. Room 461 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch live. Read more here.
-- WESA: Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh In Hopes Of Charting A Clean Energy Future
-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66
-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity [PaEN]
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Indicators 2022: Energy Use In NE PA - Economic, Environmental Impacts
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Penn State, Construction Trades, DePasquale Others Form Nonpartisan Energy Future PA Group
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Change In PA: More Storm-Driven Power Outages Possible, Analysis Says
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Seek Solutions To Increased Flooding Risks Often Caused By Climate Change
-- Erie Times/USA Today: The Climate Future Is Now, Humans Navigate A ‘Perilous Course’ On The East Coast
-- Erie Times/USA Today: Hurricane Ida’s Deluge Nearly Drowned Him In His NY Apartment, He Can’t Afford To Leave
-- Erie Times/USA Today: Muskrats, Eagles, Marsh: This Tribal Chief Sees Climate Crisis Threaten East Coast Culture
-- Penn State Awarded $25 Million Grant To Help Dairy Farmers Develop Climate-Smart Commodities
-- Penn State Shares $25 Million DOE Grant To Study Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bay Water Quality Declines In More Recent Data
-- PA Municipal Authorities Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Chester Water Authority With Communication Awards [PaEN]
-- Delaware Currents: Delaware River Is Largest Source Of Macroplastics Pollution In North America, Report Says
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sept. 15 Business Meeting Recap
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Area Puerto Rican And Dominican Communities Readying Humanitarian Response To Hurricane Damage - Again
-- Rodale Institute Announces Retirement Of CEO Jeff Moyer After 46 Year Career [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action [PaEN]
-- Erie Times/Beaver County Times: Patagonia’s ‘The Scale Of Hope’ Film Explores Climate, Climbing In Pittsburgh And Identity
-- TribLive: Leaf Disease Continues To Ravage PA Beech Trees
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Spotted Lanternfly Threat Is Uncertain, But The Plan Is Eradication
-- PA Water Trails Program Announces Newest Trail: The Perkiomen Creek Water Trail, Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Flight 93 Site, Laurel Hill State Park, Forbes State Forest Seek Volunteers To Help With Projects
-- 5th Bike The Brandywine Event Welcomes Nearly 400 Riders For A Sunny, Scenic Day Thru Chester County [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Clinton County To Study Fish, Kayak Passage With Susquehanna Greenway Partnership
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fall Begins This Week: How Much Do You Know About The Autumnal Equinox?
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: York County Pawpaw Festival Spotlights Forgotten Native Fruit Enjoying A Resurgence
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- TribLive: Decline In Gasoline Prices Breaks 2018 Record, But Change To Winter Fuel Could Snap Trend
-- Reuters: Coal Rush! Energy Crisis Fires Global Hunt For Polluting Fuel
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
-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Barrels Toward Turks And Caicos As Category 3 Hurricane
-- WPost: Efforts To Modernize Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Face Recriminations
-- The Economist: Can Europe Decarbonise Its Heavy Industry? Economics, Technology Starting To Look More Favourable
-- Bloomberg: Investors Commit $7.1 Trillion Of Assets In Pursuit Of 1.5C Climate Goal
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Capital-Star: Bill That Would End Sunday Ban On Football, Baseball Passes PA House [The Vote Was 200-2 (2 Republicans Voted No)]
-- TribLive: Shapiro Vows To Create More Labor Protections For PA Workers
-- AP: Ad Spending Shows Democrats Hinging Midterm Hopes In PA, Other Key States
-- PennLive: Young People Feel Energized About 2022 PA Election, But Will They Vote?
-- PA Capital-Star: With Santorum At His Side, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Mines For Votes In Must-Win Philly Suburbs
-- TribLive: Mercer County Woman Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol To Wear Electronic Monitor
-- The Atlantic: Ex-President’s New Recruits - Embracing The QAnon Conspiracy Theorists
-- Post-Gazette: At Pittsburgh Summit, Panelists Say Leaders Must Stay Aware Of Hate Groups Recruiting Police Officers
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Lancaster County Republican Commissioners Should Cease Partisan Fights, Just Do Their Jobs
-- Politics PA: PA House Election Preview - North By Northwest
-- City & State PA: Top 50 Pennsylvania Lobbyists 2022
-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports August 2022 Revenues Increased 4.24% Compared To August 2021 [$425.3 Million]
-- MCall: For Some, Long COVID Can Last For Months, One Lehigh Valley Sufferer Reaching Out To Others
-- Inquirer: This Penn Lab Is Going After COVID Viruses The World Hasn’t Seen Yet
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Is The Pandemic Really Over?
-- PennLive: At Harrisburg March For Life Anti-Abortion Advocates Call For Stricter Laws, Ban In PA
-- Inquirer: Philly DA Now Providing Some Records To House Republicans Investigating Him
-- PA Capital-Star: Philly Libraries Look To Become A Safe Place From Gun Violence For City Youth
-- MCall: Northampton County To Hold Gun Buyback Event
-- TribLive: Trial For Accused Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter To Start In April
-- Erie Times: At Erie Millcreek Mall, Gun Fired As 2 Groups Of Teens Fought, Police Say
-- Centre Daily Times: State College Elementary School Ends Lockdown After Reports Of Suspicious Person
-- Inquirer Editorial: As Shootings Continue Unabated, They Exact An Emotional, Economic Toll
-- AP: Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires [Includes U.S. Steel]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: When Pennsylvanians With Old Criminal Records Are Given A 2nd Chance, Everyone Wins - TimeDone
-- Spotlight PA: Guide To Spotlight PA’s Investigations Of PA’s Flawed Medical Marijuana Program
-- TribLive Editorial: Voluntary Exclusion Could Help With Alcohol Addiction
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[Posted: September 20, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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