Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.11.21

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session September 20, 21, 22

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- PennFuture: Honors 11 Women From NE PA During 7th Annual Celebrating Women In Conservation Awards Event  [PaEN]

-- Green Building Alliance: Recognizes Green Building, Sustainability Excellence In Pittsburgh Region  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 14 Meeting To Consider Resolution Killing Final Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations  [PaEN]

-- President Biden Approves Pennsylvania's Request For Major Federal Disaster Declaration For Damages From Hurricane Ida  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners: To Announce Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants For 7 Projects Totaling $330,000 On Sept. 17  [PaEN]

-- BCTV: Master Watershed Stewards Of Berks & Schuylkill Counties: Hold Sept. 25 Riparian Buffer Planting In Reading

-- WHYY: Science History Institute Exhibition Traces 200-Year History Of Water Pollution In Philadelphia

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Climate Change Straining Philly’s 19th Century Sewage System, Ida Was A ‘Wake Up Call’

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Cumberland County Seeks Input On Climate Action Plan

-- ScrantonT: Scranton Rabbi To Sign Climate Change Declaration At Vatican

-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Based Wabtec Unveils First Battery-Electric Train

-- DEP: Sets Oct. 13 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant, Armstrong County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Posts 44 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 11 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Beaver County Kids Make A Video Celebrating ‘Litter Gitters’ In Their Community

-- Penn State Center Pittsburgh: Urban Sustainability Inspires Student Contributions To Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation: Holds Virtual Fall Member Meeting Nov. 6; Volunteers Rock PSU Planting Day  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf: Announces COVID Vaccine Clinics At 5 State Parks In September

-- Sept. 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PottstownM: Pottstown Regional Planning Committee Offers Park Mini Grants, Deadline To Apply Oct. 31

-- PG: 4 More Arrested In Connection To ATV, Dirt Bike ‘Ride-Outs’ In Pittsburgh

-- WITF Smart Talk Monday: Lancaster-Area Animal Rehabilitation Center Treats An Alarming Number Of Animals With Lead Poisoning

-- The Allegheny Front: Keeping Track Of PA’s Resurgent Black Bear Population

-- CentreDT: What’s A Wildlife Corridor?  Experience One Yourself Sept. 12 At Latest Centred Outdoors Event

September 11 Remembered

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Fmr Gov. Schweiker Reflects On 9/11 And His Role In Helping People Heal

-- Gov. Wolf: Commemorates 20th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks - Video

-- TribLive: How 9/11 Impacted The Lives Of Western Pennsylvanians At WTC, Pentagon, Shanksville

Hurricane Ida

-- President Biden Approves Pennsylvania's Request For Major Federal Disaster Declaration For Damages From Hurricane Ida  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration For Southeastern PA Allowing Residents To Apply For Federal Aid Now

-- PEMA: Announces Multi-Agency Resource Center In Philadelphia County To Assist Ida Recovery  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: How To Cope With The Anxiety Ida Left Behind With All That Damage

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Climate Change Straining Philly’s 19th Century Sewage System, Ida Was A ‘Wake Up Call’

-- Inquirer: Enjoying The Schuylkill River Trail After Ida: What’s Open, Closed And Alternate Routes

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- ErieT Guest Essay: American Rescue Plan Funds Offer PA A Chance To Improve Water Quality, Mitigate Flooding - PennFuture

-- PG: Pittsburgh Controller To Council: Better Monitoring Needed For Federal COVID Relief Dollars

National/International

-- The Guardian: States Across American West See Hottest Summer On Record

PA Politics

-- WITF: Federal Judge Orders Attorneys Who Pushed Election Fraud Lie To Pay Sanctions To PA And Other Defendants

-- AP: Republicans Aim To Advance Election ‘Investigation’ With Subpoenas

-- PA Cap-Star: Top Senate Republican Calls For Subpoenas For Dept. Of State In Nov. Election Probe

-- WITF: Senate’s Latest Election Probe Got Off To A Contentious Start, Subpoenas Could Be Coming Soon

-- LancasterOnline: PA Republican Push For Voter Signature Matching Requires Money, Training To Implement

-- WPSU: Reaction To PA Redistricting Committee Decision To County Inmates In Home Counties Splits Along Party Lines

-- MCall: Speed, Impairment Not Suspected In Sen. Browne’s Motorcycle Crash

-- PG: PA Reports Highest Single-Day Tally Of New COVID Cases Since April

-- AP: PA Targeting Doctors Over Blanket School Mask Exemptions

-- TribLive: What Families Should Know As Pediatric COVID Cases Climb In PA

-- TribLive: Gov. Wolf, Teachers Say Kids Are Cool With Masks: ‘It Feels Like An Adult Problem’

-- AP: New CDC Study Finds Unvaccinated 11 Times More Likely To Die Of COVID

-- TribLive: Western PA Companies Scramble To Process Biden’s COVID Vaccine Mandate

-- Inquirer: Biden’s Federal Vaccine Mandate Will ‘Set Precedent’ For Philly-Area Employers To Strengthen  Requirements

-- PG: Public Universities, Including PA State System, Weigh Biden Vaccine Mandate

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[Posted: September 11, 2021]  PA Environment Digest