House returns to session October 25, 26, 27
-- Update: House Session Schedule For 2022
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:30: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds hearing on “biosolids management permit revisions.” Room G-50 of the Irvis Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch the hearing online. Click Here for more on the hearing.
TODAY 9:30: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Resolution 148 (White-R-Philadelphia) urging EPA to revise nationwide Renewable Fuel Standard to provide relief to refiners in Pennsylvania. Room G-50 of the Irvis Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch the hearing online.
TODAY 10:00: House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee holds hearing on Senate Bill 251 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) which sets standards for the application of fertilizer to turf, provides for the certification of professional fertilizer applicators and for labeling and an education program. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch it live. Click Here for more on the hearing.
-- October 25 PA Environment Digest Now Available - Issue #901 [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council: Now Is The Time To Protect PA Against Climate Threats [PaEN]
-- Stourbridge Project Solar Installation In Wayne County Wins Environmental Award [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: Gasoline Is A Necessity For Many Low-Income Drivers, But Programs To Help Families Target Heating Bills Instead
-- WITF Smart Talk Monday 9:00 a.m.: Gasoline, Fossil Fuel Prices Continue To Rise, Fueling Sticker Shock [Note: Solar, Wind Energy Have No Fuel Costs That Change Wildly On International Markets.]
-- LancasterOnline: Meet The ‘Trash Man’ Who Recycles Scrap Metal Into Funds For A Local Church
-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: Ride The Rails To See Fall Foliage In Jim Thorpe
-- PennLive: One Person Died After Boat Capsized In Susquehanna River
American Rescue Plan Funding
Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill
National/International
-- WHYY: NJ Governor Proposes $100 Million Investment In Urban Parks
-- USA Today: Bomb Cyclone, Atmospheric River Blasts West Coast, Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power
-- WPost: Longer, More Frequent Outages Afflict U.S. Power Grid As States Fail To Prepare For Climate Change
-- Reuters: U.S. Looks To Colorado For Methane Emissions Policy
-- AP: UN: Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Hit New Record In 2020
PA Politics
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: State Lawmakers Spend Taxpayer Dollars On Legal Fees To Advance Their Own Interests
-- AltoonaM Editorial: Time To Rein In ‘Clubby’ Culture Of Harrisburg
-- AP: Spending In PA Supreme Court Race Blows Past $5 Million
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Case For Merit Selection Of Judges
-- ErieT: Republican PA Cong. Thompson Released From Hospital After Positive COVID Test
-- MCall: Here Are Key Numbers To Watch In PA COVID Cases
-- ErieT: Some Erie County Vaccine Providers Wasted More Than 50% Of Their Doses
-- CourierT: Hospitals Mandated Employees To Get COVID Vaccines, How Many Complied?
-- ErieT: Labor Crunch Means Erie School District Teachers Who Resign Must Wait Up To 2 Months To Leave
-- Inquirer: Where Have All The Substitute Teachers Gone? Fewer Philly-Area Educators Are Taking The Risk
-- Inquirer: Restaurant Revitalization Fund Was Underfunded And Oversubscribed
-- Inquirer: PA Uses Taxpayer Money To Fund Anti-Abortion Organization
-- MCall: Monroe County Priest Charged With Attempted Assault, Inappropriate Contact With A Minor
-- Spotlight PA: PA On Brink Of Regulating Substance Abuse Recovery Homes For First Time
-- YorkD: PA Republicans Among Those Blocking Red Flag Gun Laws Despite Bipartisan Support
-- WHYY: SEPTA Workers Vote To Authorize A Strike If No Agreement This Week
-- WESA: PA Workers Least Likely In U.S. To Quit Their Jobs In August
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[Posted: October 25, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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