Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.6.21

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

-- September 6 PA Environment Digest Now Available

-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects

-- Center Square: Solar Industry Tells Lawmakers To Incentivize Growth In PA

-- Observer-Reporter: PA’s First Female Coal Miner Hailed From Bentleyville, Washington County

-- TribLive: FirstEnergy Locks Online Accounts, Requires New Passwords After Hack Attempt

-- DelcoTimes Guest Essay: Labor Day ‘Energized’ By Investments In Infrastructure - Boilermakers Union

-- ScrantonT: Rushbrook Creek Flood Project Still Bogged Down

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Cleaning Up PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Must Be A Federal Priority

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: Get Your Hands Dirty This Fall Planting These 5 Native Plants

-- SunburyDI: A Visit To Pennsylvania’s Elk Region

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Teaching Machines To ID Bird Songs To Help Save Imperiled Species

September 11 Remembered

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: 20 Years After Flight 93 Crashed, The Living Memorial Faces Both Old And New Threats

-- AltoonaM: Cyclist Logs 1,300 Mile Journey Along 9/11 Trail

-- AP: 9/11: As The Decades Pass, The Act Of Remembering Evolves  [Shanksville, PA]

-- Inquirer Editorial: 20 Years After 9/11, Reflecting On Grief, Justice And Vengeance

Hurricane Larry

-- USA Today: Fierce Hurricane Larry Churning Across The Atlantic, East Coast Could Face ‘Life-Threatening’ Surf

Hurricane Ida

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: What Does Hurricane Ida Mean For The Chesapeake Bay?  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Quiet Plainsville A Green Oasis In Luzerne County, But Susquehanna River’s Dangers Always Loom

-- Inquirer: Philly Wants To Hear From Homeowners, Businesses With Ida Damage

-- CourierT: FEMA To Begin Ida Damage Assessments In Bucks, Montgomery Counties To Determine Federal Relief 

-- WHYY: In Coatesville, Residents Brace To Battle Insurers Post-Ida

-- WHYY: Photo Essay: Ida’s Remnants Wreak Havoc Across Philly Region

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects 

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- AP: Federal Lawmakers Vow Action On Infrastructure After Ida Floods Gulf Coast, Northeast

National/International

-- AP: Evacuations Liften For Thousands In Tahoe As Wildfire Stalls

-- AP: Treasured Western U.S. Trout Streams Wither Amid Heat, Drought

-- AP: Lithium Fuels Hopes For Revival On California’s Largest Lake

PA Politics

-- YorkDR: Who They Are: 54 Pennsylvanians Arrested For Their Involvement In Jan. 6 Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- ReadingE: Berks Resident’s Redrawn Legislative Voting Districts Map Wins An Award

-- TribLive: Western PA Business Owners Lament: Where Have All The Workers Gone?

-- Williamsport Sun: Competitive Job Market Creates Headaches For Employers

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[Posted: September 6, 2021]  PA Environment Digest