Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.8.21

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session September 20, 21, 22. [Updated]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

THURSDAY 9:00:  In-Person/Virtual. Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Todd Wallace, twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-6395.  (formal notice)  Click Here for more on the agenda-- Road dumping of drilling wastewater, handling radioactive drill cuttings and other wastes.

-- Gov. Wolf: Calls On U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture To Implement $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Applauds Gov. Wolf's Support For $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative; Urges Legislature To Move Water Cleanup Bills  [PaEN] 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Celebrate The Legacy Of Maurice K. Goddard By Investing In Free And Accessible State Parks & Forests  [PaEN]

-- National Weather Service: Issues Flash Flood Watch For Eastern PA Wednesday [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Stormwater Fee Looks Likely For Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers

-- Register Now! For Virtual Ohio River Basin Conference Oct. 6-8  [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant, Stroud Water Research Center: Other Partners Expand Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Technology Tools

-- River Network: Nominate A River Hero Today

-- House Committee Sets Sept. 27 Hearing On Biosolids Permit Revisions [PaEN]

-- House Adds Sept. 20, 21, 22 To Voting Session Schedule

-- Join Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: For The 2021 Fall Pick Up Pennsylvania Program To Keep Our Waterways Clean  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Coming To South Park

-- PA Environmental Educators: Issue Call For Presentations For 2022 PAEE Virtual Conference March 21-22  [PaEN]

-- Northern States Caucus: Accepting Applications For Recreation, Natural Resource Science College Scholarships

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: DEP Launches Course To Train Climate Leaders

-- City & State: Energy Storage Seen As Crucial To Meeting Renewable Energy Goals

-- Guest Essay: Keys For The Keystone State To Help Tackle The Climate Crisis  By Flora Cardoni, PennEnvironment & Michael Mann, Penn State University   [PaEN]

-- PG Guest Essay: FERC’s Delays Pose Problems For PA Pipelines - International Union of Operating Engineers

-- DEP: Acts On 742 Permits - 91% Meet Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 798 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- Dept. Of Health: Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Near State's 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. 9 & 16  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Potassium Iodide Tablets Available To Residents Within 10 Miles Of Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Adds Acres To State Forest System In Berks County

-- Manada Conservancy: The Health Of Our Trees - Impacts Of Climate Change, Insects, More Sept. 30 In Dauphin County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Armyworms Wreak Havoc On Lawns, Crops In ‘Unprecedented’ Outbreak

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Watch For Mass Movements Of Spotted Lanternflies

Hurricane Ida

-- Inquirer: PA Assessing Damage From Ida County By County

-- CitizensV: Mayor: Flooding In Wilkes-Barre ‘Closer Than People Realized’

-- WBTimes: Laurel Run Wall Reconstruction A Priority For Wilkes-Barre After Ida Flooding

-- AP: In NYC After Ida, Biden Calls Climate ‘Everybody’s Crisis’

-- WPost: Biden Surveys Ida Damage In NE, Warns Of A Climate Change ‘Code Red’

-- NPR: Biden Sounds Alarm On Climate Change In Visit To Hurricane-Wracked New Jersey

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Celebrate The Legacy Of Maurice K. Goddard By Investing In Free And Accessible State Parks & Forests  [PaEN]

National/International

-- Bay Journal Forum: EPA Picking Up The Pace Of Chesapeake Bay Restoration - Acting EPA Region 3 Administrator

PA Politics

-- PA Cap-Star: Sen. Corman Expects Subpoenas Will Be Necessary For Nov. Election investigation

-- PG Editorial: PA Reapportionment Board Made Right Decision On How To Count Prisoners

-- Inquirer: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Sean Parnell’s Wife Sought Protective Orders Against Him

-- WHYY: Many Of PA’s Republican Gubernatorial Hopefuls See Texas Abortion Law As A Blueprint

-- MCall: 13,000 Additional COVID Cases In PA Over Weekend, More Than 2,000 Hospitalized

-- PG: PA’s COVID Case Count Soars Over 2020, But Vaccination Rate May Be Impacting Death Toll

-- AP: Some Schools Defy Mask Mandate, House Plans To Come Back To Harrisburg To Mount Legislative Response

-- ErieT: H.S. Football Game Canceled Due To COVID In Erie

-- Inquirer: LaSalle University Moves To Remote Instruction Due To Jump In COVID Cases

-- TribLive: Students, Parents Protest State School Mask Mandate In Western PA

-- TribLive Editorial: School Districts Are Responsible For The Health Of Their Students

-- PA Cap-Star: Pennsylvania Borrowed $721 Million From Feds For State Unemployment Compensation Benefits

-- WHYY: 8,500+ Afghans Have Arrived In Philadelphia, Where They All End Up Is Still Up In The Air

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[Posted: September 8, 2021]  PA Environment Digest