Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.1.21

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


TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. Independent Regulatory Review Commission meets on final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants [RGGI].  Click Here to watch live online.   Click Here for comments received by the IRRC.   Click Here for more information on the issue.


TODAY 6:00: PA Chapter Sierra Club & Others: Conversation With PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro On Defending Our Environment


-- DEP: Launches Nation’s 2nd State-Led Climate Leadership Academy, With More Than 150 Enrolled  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center: Save The Date - Lancaster County Solar Energy Awards Oct.7

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Update On Clean Water Plan Implementation  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Riverkeeper’s Quest To Protect The Delaware Watershed As The Rains Fall, Sea Level Rises

-- Register Now For 2021 Virtual Watershed Congress Sept. 20-24 [PaEN]

-- Columbus Dispatch: Ohio Dept. Of Transportation To Stop Buying Deicer Made From Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater

-- ScrantonT: UGI Natural Gas Bills To Increase

-- DEP: Took Action On 931 Permits - 91% Met Decision Guarantee Deadline; Did 1,385 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Once A Year, Take The Road Not Traveled To Find Ghosts Of Pennsylvania’s Past 

-- The Hill: Fmr President Bush To Speak On 9/11 At Memorial In Shanksville

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: First Hunting Seasons Open In PA Sept. 1

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Record Number Of American Eels Moved To Spots Above Dams In Susquehanna River

-- Chesapeake Bay Magazine: Record Eel Passage At Conowingo Dam Brings Clean Water Benefits Upstream

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Avoidable Crisis Looms At PA Wildlife Agencies On Appointments To Fill Board Vacancies - Robb Miller, Fmr. Wildlife Advisor To Gov.

Hurricane Ida

-- Gov. Wolf/Agencies: Provide Update On Response To Remnants Of Hurricane Ida [11:00 a.m.]

-- Gov. Wolf: Signs Weather Emergency Declaration In Anticipation Of Widespread Flooding

-- National Weather Service - State College: Updated Rainfall Forecast [PaEN]

-- DEP: Storm And Flood Recovery Fact Sheets And Information [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Resources Available On Preventing, Recovering From Flood Damage

-- PUC: Offers Safety Tips As Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Approach  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: To Close Some State Park, Forest Campsites Wednesday, Thursday Ahead Of Heavy Rain From Tropical Depression Ida  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Scranton Issues Emergency Declaration, Plans To Close Floodgates

-- CitizensV: NE PA Ready For Ida, Officials Say; Flash Flooding Likely

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Prepares For Soaking Rains, Flooding From Ida; 3rd Time In Past 2 Weeks Hit By Tropical Systems

-- WHYY: Philly Region Braces For Heavy Rain, Flash Floods, Isolated Tornadoes

-- PennLive: Hurricane Ida’s Remnants Create Flash Flooding Risk Not Seen In Central PA In Years

-- PennLive: Central PA School Districts Close, Go Remote To Avoid Ida Complications

-- TribLive -  Mary Ann Thomas: Rain Total Predictions For Western PA As Ida Approaches

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Residents In Flood-Prone Areas Prepare For Remnants From Ida

PA Politics

-- Gov. Wolf: Requires Masking In Schools, Early Learning, Child Care Settings To Keep Students Safe

-- AP: Pennsylvania To Mandate Masks In K-12 Schools, Day Cares 

-- TribLive: Nearly 100 Students Quarantined Due To COVID Exposure At Plum’s Oblock Junior High

-- ErieT: COVID Surge Higher Than Erie Hospitals Predicted

-- CentreDT: Vaccination Rates At Penn State Main Campus Outpace State Rate

-- WBTimes Editorial: Set The Mask Culture War Aside For Our Youth

-- AP: ‘Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated’

-- Inquirer: Accepting Afghan Refugees Latest Issue Dividing PA Republicans

-- Inquirer: Horse Deaths At Parx Racing Are On Pace To Surpass 2019’s Fatalities; 31 Died In First 6 Months Of 2021

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[Posted: September 1, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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