Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.2.21

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session September 27, 28, 29

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- The Essential - August 2 PA Environment Digest Now Available

-- PA Environment Digest: Educational Opportunities for Students & Adults [PaEN]

-- Dangers Posed By Oil & Gas Drilling Wastes, Abandoned Wells + Siri Lawson’s Story From Warren County  [PaEN]

--  PA Environment Digest: 31 New Stories Of REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

 

-- ScrantonT: Three Local Women Recognized For Environmental Involvement

-- WPost: U.S. Senate Finishing $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Proposal, Setting Delicate Debate In Motion

-- AP: Key Details Of U.S. Senate’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan [Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Plugging Abandoned Wells, Water Infrastructure]

-- WPost: Read Senate’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

-- TribLive: State Parks: More Money Needed For Maintenance, Improvements

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: U.S. House Passes Bill To Support Continued Development Of 9/11 National Memorial Trail

-- Western PA Conservancy: Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Mini Grants  [PaEN]

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining: Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Cooperative Program Grants  [PaEN]

-- Pike County Conservation District: Education Opportunities In August, This Fall  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Mon Valley On Pace For Twice As Many Hydrogen Sulfide Violations As Last Year

-- WESA/AP: Why It’s So Hard And Expensive To Plug An Abandoned Oil & Gas Well

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: As Federal Support Emerges, PA Wants To Be A Carbon Capture Hub 

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Renewables Overtake Coal, But Natural Gas Still Dominates U.S. Power Generation

-- AP: Forecasters Now Confirm 9 Tornadoes In Pennsylvania, New Jersey From Storms Last Week

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Strategic Investments In Appalachia Help Make PA Best Place To Live, Work, Play - Gov. Wolf

-- HarrisBURG News: Where The Trees Are Tops: State Forests (Somehow) Keep A Low Profile

-- TribLive: Emergency Crews Rescue Kayaker Stuck In Kiski River

-- PA Cap-Star: What PA County Has The Most Miles Of Hiking Trails?

-- Western PA Conservancy: August 31 - Land Stewardship - Managing The Conservancy’s Preserves Webinar. Noon.

-- Western PA Conservancy: August 13 - Learn About Glass Objects At Fallingwater Webinar.  11:30 a.m.

-- Western PA Conservancy - Latest Water, Land, Life Newsletter

-- Land Health Institute: Abandoned Lot Revitallization At The LandHealth Native Plant Nursery In Philadelphia

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: Middle Creek Wildlife Area Plans Mentored Adult And Archery Deer Hunts This Fall

National/International

-- Waste Dive: For Clues About Future PFAS Regulations, Landfill Operators Look To Congress

-- The Hill: Researchers Paint Bleak Picture Of Forest Fires Beyond 2030

-- Financial Times: Electric Vehicles: Recycled Batteries And The Search For A Circular Economy

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[Posted: August 2, 2021]  PA Environment Digest