House returns to session September 21, 22
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:00: Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee hearing on utility scale solar development and agricultural land. 9:00 a.m. Click Here for more on the agenda.
TODAY Off the Floor: Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 302 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) protecting PFOA/PFAS manufacturers from lawsuits over contamination. Click Here to watch live.
-- Great Lakes Protection Fund: Announces 2021 Leadership Award Winners, Including 2 From Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Doc Fritchey Chapter Trout Unlimited: Volunteers Breathe Life Into Broken Trout Waters In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Presidents Of PA Farm Bureau, Farm Groups: In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Call For USDA To Create $737 Million Resilient Farms Initiative [PaEN]
-- PA Cap-Star: State Farm Bureaus Back Proposal For $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Initiative
-- NFWF: Announces $11.5 Million In Conservation Grants To Restore Delaware Watershed; PA Grants Total $4.5 Million [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farmland Trust Preserves 130-Acre Stoltzfus Farm in Drumore Township [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Help Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October! [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Hurricane Ida’s Impact On Spring Creek Forested Buffer In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Benefits And Challenges Of Lawn Conversion, Native Landscaping For Landowners, Local Officials Webinar Oct. 12 [PaEN]
-- Water4Ag Groups In Potter, Tioga, Mifflin Counties Share Accomplishments [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Welcomes 2 New Master Watershed Stewardship Coordinators: Lake Erie, Lower Susquehanna [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Hosts 5-Part Water Webinar Series Homeowners [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Can I Stock Tilapia Or Other Fish In My Pond To Control Algae And Plants? [PaEN]
-- World Water Monitoring Day Celebrates Importance Of Water Quality Testing [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How To Assess, Report, Reduce Negative Impacts Of Petroleum Spills
-- TribLive: Sharpsburg Awarded Grant To Combat Flooding
-- Pisces Foundation: Now Accepting Applications For Environmental Education & Outdoor Learning Infrastructure Grants [PaEN]
-- Richard King Mellon Foundation: Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Encourage The Recruitment, Retention Or Reactivation Of Hunters, Anglers And Outdoor Enthusiasts [PaEN]
-- DCNR: Announces Climate And Sustainability Plan Will Take Presque Isle State Park To Net Zero In Erie [PaEN]
-- ErieT: Solar Panels At Beach 8 Will Help Take Presque Isle State Park To Net-Zero Energy Usage
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Clean Energy: It’s Time To Embrace Climate Change As A Moral And Spiritual Challenge Of Unparalleled Import [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Hosts Oct. 14 Webinar On Revised Regulations, Policies, Updated Natural Gas Program
-- WilliamsportS: Electronics Recycling To Be Suspended At Lycoming County Transfer Station
-- WITF: Spotted Lanternfly Continues To Spread In PA
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: These Trails, Spaces, Streets Newest “Great Places In PA’
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Pymatuning State Park Lake On National List Of Cheap End-Of-Summer Fishing Trips
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA’s Largest Native Fruit Is Ripe Now, For Just A Few Days
-- ErieT: Bike Track Headed To Scranton
-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Creates 35 Secret Sanctuaries To Protect Rare Plants [PaEN]
-- Game Commission: 2 Piping Plover Chicks Took Flight From Presque Isle State Park Marking 5th Year Of Nesting Success [PaEN]
Hurricane Ida
Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill
PA Politics
-- Inquirer: Republican In Chester County Admitted He Voted Illegally In His Son’s Name In 2020 Election
-- WPost Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Republicans Invade Voters’ Privacy In Service Of The ‘Big Lie’
-- AP: Republican Candidate For Governor Lou Barletta Signs Anti-Tax Pledge
-- YorkDR: House Republicans Say Agenda Is More Than Masks, Rallies Welcome Them Back To Session
-- PennLive: More Than 12,000 New COVID Cases Reported In PA; Every County In PA Shows High Transmission Rate
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Pediatrician Hopes ‘A Lot Of Kids’ Get Vaccinated By Halloween
-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Hear Argument In Victims’ Rights Amendment Case
-- AP: State Appeals Court Judge Candidates Talk Temperament, Not Cases
-- PA Cap-Star: Judicial Candidates For PA Appellate Courts Make Their Pitches To Voters
-- WITF: Central York School Board Lifts Ban On Diversity Resources
-- PA Gaming Control Board: Reports August Revenue $408 Million; Down From $423.6 Million In July
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[Posted: September 21, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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