Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.2.22

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Senate returns to session November 15 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

 

THURSDAY 9:00: DCNR Grant Workshop Webinar For Recreation And Conservation Projects.  9:00 a.m. to Noon

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: 2021 Progress Report; Funding Assistance Available; County Clean Water Plan Implementation; Much More 

-- Open Space Institute's Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund Now Accepting Proposals To Protect Forests For Carbon Sequestration, Wildlife Habitat, Other Benefits  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Now Accepting 2023 Consumptive Use Mitigation Grant Applications  [PaEN]

-- PPL Electric Price To Compare Increases 18.16% Dec. 1 From 12.366 to 14.612 Cents/kWh

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Coal Is Back, At Least For A Bit, Lifting Profits At Consol Energy

 

-- PUC Announces PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Penalties Of $67,625

 

-- Utility Dive: Market Monitor: PJM Capacity Market Flaws Reduced Latest Auction Revenue By $706 Million, Nearly 25%

 

-- DEP Takes Action On 774 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,801 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

 

-- Pike County Conservation District: Where Does Our Water Really Come From? + Climate Change & Drinking Water

 

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Launches New We Are Nature Podcast Series, Exploring Natural Histories And Livable Futures  [PaEN]

 

-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Programs Coming In November

 

-- DCNR Celebrates $100,000 Investment In Wilkinsburg’s Rosa Parks Park Rehab Project In Allegheny County

 

-- DCNR Announces Modernized Camping Reservation System For State Forest Campsites 

 

-- TribLive: Great Allegheny Passage Trail In Baldwin Boro Closed To Fix Persistent Ponding

 

-- TribLive: From Floods To Fishing: $650,000 Project Will Control Flooding, Offer ADA Fishing In Hampton, Allegheny County

 

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Cold Weather Life Jacket Requirement Begins Nov. 1

 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: The Flight Of Raptors In SE PA Studied By Visitors, Leading Experts At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

 

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Welcomes New Board Members

 

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: Northeast Bucks Trend Of Falling Gasoline Prices On Tight Supply, Analyst Says

 

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

-- New Yorker: How Election Subversion Went Mainstream In Pennsylvania

-- WITF: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano’s Proposed Voter Roll Purge Addresses A Non-Existent Problem, Targets Vulnerable Voters, Experts Say

-- WITF: Berks County Sheriffs Question Voters At Ballot Drop Boxes, Some Voters Don’t Mind

-- Politics PA: State Senate Election Guide

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Rules Undated Mail-In Ballots Won’t Count 

-- MCall: MCall/Muhlenberg College Poll: PA U.S. Senate Race Dead Heat; Shapiro Maintains Lead In Governor’s Race

-- Spotlight PA: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Paid $15,000 To Take 2 Republican Lawmakers To Europe-- Sen. Jake Corman, Rep. Rob Mercuri

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports October State Revenues $188.8 Million Above Estimates; $385.1 Million Above Estimates YTD

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports October State Revenues $276.8 Million Above IFO Estimates; $860.7 Million Above IFO Estimates YTD

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Collected $3.1 Billion In Tax Revenue In October; Sales Tax, Income Tax Collections Increase

-- TribLive: Fmr Allegheny County Cop Sues Over Being Denied Religious Exemption To Vaccine Mandate

-- PA Capital-Star: Six PA Counties Classify As ‘Maternal Health Deserts’ New Report Says [Cameron, Forest, Greene, Juniata, Sullivan, Wyoming]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Taxpayers Have Tab For Estimated $2 Billion After ‘Reckless Policy Changes’ In PA Medicaid Expansion

-- PennLive: Sick People In PA Jails Are Suffering, Dying: ‘The Constitution Allows For Medical Neglect’

-- TribLive: Why Black Faculty Are Questioning Penn State’s Commitment To Diversity, Anti-racism

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[Posted: November 2, 2022]  PA Environment Digest