Senate returns to session October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, November 15 [Adjourn for year]
House returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Laura Griffin laurgriffi@pa.gov or 717-772-3277. [Note: Conventional Oil & Gas Methane, PFOS MCL Regulations.] Read more on the agenda.
-- Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Elects EPA Administrator As Chair, Starts Discussion On Steps Needed For States To Get Closer To Meeting 2025 Pollution Reduction Milestones [PaEN]
-- IRRC Sends Order Laying Out Formal Reasons For Disapproving The Final EQB Manganese Reg; EQB/DEP Now Have 40 Days To Decide How To Proceed [PaEN]
-- PUC: Severe Weather Drove Record High Number Of Power Outage Events In 2021 [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Severe Weather Drives Record Number Of Power Outages In PA
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Cong. Cartwright Introduces Bill To Improve Readiness For Extreme Weather
-- PennDOT, DEP, PPL, Partners Hosting 8 In-Person Stakeholder Sessions On State Plan For National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Starting Oct. 13 [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: 3 Big Hydropower Projects In Pittsburgh Region Take Step Forward
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Helps Lead Group To Increase Natural Gas Production, LNG Shipments To Cut Down Coal Use
-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Investigation Says EPA Should Scrutinize Deadly Chemical Hydrofluoric Acid
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: How Shell’s New Ethane Cracker In Beaver County Will Impact Air Quality, Jobs, Property Values [And The State Budget]
-- DCED Highlights PA’s Hydrogen Manufacturing Ambitions At PDC Machines Tour
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Real ‘Existential Threat’: Government Promoting Green Energy While Suppressing Fossil Fuels - Fmr Republican Rep. Don Ritter
-- Post-Gazette: Canadian Nuclear Fuel Firm Buying Into Westinghouse Electric Co. [Nuclear Power]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Group To Sell Georgia Bitcoin Mining Facility And Focus On Beaver County Bitcoin Facility
-- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Allowance Auction On Dec. 7
-- Inquirer: Why Penn State Climate Scientist Michael Mann Chose Penn As His New Base For The War Against Climate Change
-- Republican Herald: DEP: Burning Discarded Explosive Boxes Caused Blast At Schuylkill County Quarry
-- York Dispatch: A Year After The Fire, Horn Farm Education Center Continues To Rebuild
-- Republican Herald: Number Of Positive West Nile Virus Samples Declined In Schuylkill County
-- TribLive: Plum High Schools Buys Bikes For Physical Education Classes, Cycling Club
-- TribLive: Short Hikes Offer The Best Views In Peak Western PA Fall Foliage Season
-- Daily Item: Lewisburg Bull Run Greenway Project Wins Great Public Spaces Recognition From PA Chapter American Planning Assn
-- Natural Lands Adds 158 Acres To PA State Game Lands In Lebanon, Lancaster Counties [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Region Loses Ground In Effort To Increase Tree Canopy
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Michaux State Forest Camp With Wide-Ranging History Getting Ecological Makeover
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Zoo, PPG Aquarium’s International Conservation Center Earns New Certification
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Bigfoot Warnings In State Parks Are A Hoax: DCNR
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Peak Time Of Year For Drivers To Hit Deer; PA Ranks #1
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Waggoner’s Gap Hawk Watch In Cumberland County Donated To Game Commission
-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Can The American Marten Make A Comeback In Pennsylvania?
-- Post-Gazette/Spotlight PA: Civil War Gold: How A Psychic Started PA’s Strangest Treasure Hunt On State Forest Land
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Reuters: Polish Pipeline Carrying Russian Oil To Europe Hit By Leak As EU Ministers Tackle Energy Crisis
-- AP: Leak Detected In Pipeline That Brings Russian Oil To Germany
-- Financial Times: Special Report - Energy Transition
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?
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Capital-Star: Dept. Of State Anticipates ‘Several Days’ Worth Of Work’ To Tally Election Results
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Wolf Administration Says Results Won’t Be Available On Election Nights, Blames Lawmakers; Republicans Blame Wolf
-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Reverses PA Mail-In Voting Law Decision
-- City & State PA: Dept. Of State: Future Undated PA Mail-In Ballots Should Still Be Counted Following U.S. Supreme Court Ruling
-- Dept. Of State Issues Statement On U.S. Supreme Court Ruling On Undated Mail-In Ballots
-- WITF: Latest PA Voter Registration Numbers Show No Clear Advantage Of Either Major Party
-- WHYY: Some Who Spent Time In Prison In PA Are Eligible To Vote, This Group Is Spreading The Word
-- Erie Times: PA Republican Candidates Mum On Whether They’ll Accept 2022 Election Results: ‘Uncharted Territory’
-- Erie Times: Alt-Right Activist, Who Spread ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy, To Headline Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Rally In Erie
-- TribLive: Penn State Officials Criticize Student Group’s Event Featuring ‘Proud Boys’ Founder
-- Inquirer Editorial: A Liberty Medal For Zelensky, And A Reminder Of Threats To Democracy Here At Home
-- Spotlight PA: 4 Maps Show Where PA Candidates For Governor Are Getting Campaign Cash
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Is Restricting Media At His Campaign Rallies, So We Should Stop Covering Them
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Lori Shapiro: A Behind-The-Scenes Motivator In Husband’s Gubernatorial Campaign
-- PA Capital-Star: Dog Whistles, Scare Tactics And What PA’s U.S. Senate Candidates Aren’t Saying About Crime
-- PennLive: Biden To Hold Fundraiser For Fetterman In PA
-- Politics PA: PA Senate Preview - Southeast
-- TribLive: Fmr Rep. Rick Cessar, Longtime House Member From Etna, Dies
-- TribLive Editorial: Rep. DeLuca’s Public Service Set Example For Others To Follow
-- TribLive: Legislation Proposed To Regulate Book Bans In PA School Districts
-- WHYY: PA Prisoners Giving Their Own Money To Families Impacted By Gun Violence
-- Post-Gazette: Experts Illuminate Sex Trafficking Risks In Pittsburgh Region
-- Spotlight PA: York County Agrees To Improve Public Access to Criminal Court Records In Response To Lawsuit By Spotlight PA, Others
-- WITF: Mental Illness In PA County Jails Routinely Met With Pepper Spray And Stun Guns
-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Cities, Boroughs, Townships Say They Need Revenue Generating Options
-- Post-Gazette: Mars Area School District Investigates Network Data Breach
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[Posted: October 12, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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