Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.12.21

Senate returns to session October 18, 19, 25, 26, 27

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session October 25, 26, 27

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- Bloomberg Green: An Empire Of Dying Oil & Gas Wells - Diversified Energy In PA

 

-- First Street Foundation Resilience Report: 588,804 Properties In PA Have 26% Chance Of Being Severely Affected By Flooding Over Next 30 Years  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Almost 600,000 PA Properties At Risk Of Severe Flooding

-- ​​Lancaster Cemetery Community Tree Planting & Clean Up Set For Nov. 6  [PaEN]

-- Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn: Fall 2021 Newsletter - Greenway Trail Study, Tree Plantings This Fall Pollinator Festival In Cumberland County  [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.: Federal Flood Insurance Rates Changing, Policy Owners Could Feel The Pinch

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Expect Higher Gasoline, Utility Prices For Now, Experts Say

-- WHYY: PECO Offers A Chance At Employment To Some Residents In Underserved Philly Neighborhoods

-- Inquirer: Action Needed To Protect Green Space Threatened By U.S. Bank Liens In Philadelphia

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy’s Van Scott Nature Reserve Opens in Beach Lake, Wayne County, PA  [PaEN]

-- CourierT Guest Essay: Connect Residents To Nature At Nockamixon State Park

-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation: Fall Member Meeting Nov. 6, Zoom In!

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Now Accepting Applications For Boating Facility Grants  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Marble Salamanders On The Move In Fall Breeding Season (Video)

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Will You See Grosbeaks, Other Finches At Your Bird Feeders This Winter?

-- Inquirer: PA Listed A Reclusive Forest Hawk As Endangered, But One Falconer Believes There Are More

-- LancasterOnline: Conowingo Dam Lifts Caught Nearly 1,000 Invasive Snakehead Fish This Year

National/International

-- Financial Times: Steel Mill In Colorado Blazes Trail For Green Energy Transition With Cheap Solar Energy  [A start to answering Sen. Gene Yaw’s often-said statement-- “You can’t have green energy without fossil fuels.”]  

-- Reuters: Energy Crunch Stokes Inflation, Economic Recovery Fears

-- WPost: Human-Induced Climate Change Has Affected Most Of The Population, New Study Shows

-- The Guardian: What is COP26 And Why Does It Matter?  The Complete Guide

PA Politics

-- AP: Attorney General Josh Shapiro Jumps Into 2022 Governor’s Race

-- PA Cap-Star: AG Josh Shapiro Will Seek Democratic Nod For Governor In 2022

-- WHYY: For Josh Shapiro, The Only Dem Candidate For PA Governor, It’s All Going According To Plan

-- WESA: Of Candidates Hoping To Replace Toomey In U.S. Senate, Who Has Most Financial Support From PA Voters?

-- Spotlight PA: PA Lawmakers Spend Millions Of Taxpayer Dollars On Private Lawyers, But Often Don’t Reveal Why

-- PA Cap-Star: National, State Democrats Attempt To Intervene In Lawsuit Over PA’s Mail-In Voting Law

-- Inquirer: Republican Lawsuits Over PA’s Mail Voting Law Have Some Democrats Quietly Worried

-- Dept. Of State: Deadline To Register For Nov. 2 Election Is Oct. 18

-- MCall: COVID Vaccine Boosters Outpacing First, Second Shots In Lehigh Valley

-- TribLive: PA State Universities’ Enrollment Drops To Lowest Point Since 1986

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[Posted: October 12, 2021]  PA Environment Digest