Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.6.21

Senate returns to session Nov. 8, 9, 10, Dec. 13, 14, 15

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session Nov. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, Dec. 13, 14, 15

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- U.S. House Sends Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Biden’s Desk, Includes Largest-Ever Investment In Cleaning Up Abandoned Coal Mines - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem  [PaEN]

 

-- AP: Dems End Deadlock, House Hands Biden Infrastructure Win

-- NPR: U.S. House Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan, Sending It To Biden’s Desk

-- SunburyDT:  Bucknell Susquehanna River Symposium Speaker Stresses Partnerships, Funding Needs

-- 18 Lancaster County Farms And Businesses Receive PA Solar Center Solar Energy Leadership Awards  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Recognizes Melissa D. Ho Of World Wildlife Fund With Freshwater Excellence Award [PaEN]

-- Environmental Groups Appeal Air Permit For Invenergy Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper, HALT File Motion With FERC To Hold PennEAST Pipeline In Abeyance

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Report Highlights Philadelphia-Area Locations Where Industrial Air Pollution exceeds EPA ‘Cancer Risk’

-- DEP Issues Air Quality Action Day For Saturday, Nov. 6 For Liberty-Clairton In Allegheny County

-- DEP To Hold Dec. 13 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Montour Power Station, Montour County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Suspends Enforcement Of California Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program; Federal Standards Will Still Apply  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Jan. 7 Deadline For Clean Diesel Grants Through Driving PA Forward Program  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Opportunity To Bid On Mine Reclamation Project In Clearfield County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 68 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 6 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council To Host Nov. 17 Recycling & Waste Reduction Webinar  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly Council Advances Bill To Toughen Asbestos, Mold Standards In Philly Schools

-- Controlled Plant & Noxious Weed Committee Meets Nov. 17 On 2 Proposed Additions To Noxious Weed List  [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: PA Hardwoods Enrich Lives Worldwide, Support Environment, Jobs, Economy

-- South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Nominations For Spirit Of South Mountain Awards  [PaEN]

-- Nov. 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- November 10-- DCNR Snowmobile & ATV Advisory Committee meeting.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to register to attend via WebEx.  Contact: Jake Newton 717-787-9306 or janewton@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

-- PG: Pittsburgh Establishes Hays Woods Park, Its Largest In Nearly 100 Years

-- Lancaster Conservancy: Nature Hour - Life Under Logs - Video

-- Help Wanted: FracTracker Alliance - Executive Director 

Hurricane Ida

-- Gov. Wolf: Announces 1-Month Extension To Apply For Individual Federal Assistance For Hurricane Ida Recovery In 8 Counties  [PaEN]

American Rescue Plan Funding 

-- U.S. House Sends Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Biden’s Desk, Includes Largest-Ever Investment In Cleaning Up Abandoned Coal Mines - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem  [PaEN]

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- U.S. House Sends Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Biden’s Desk, Includes Largest-Ever Investment In Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem   [PaEN]

-- AP: Dems End Deadlock, House Hands Biden Infrastructure Win

-- NPR: U.S. House Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan, Sending It To Biden’s Desk

Federal Budget Bill

-- AP: Dems End Deadlock, House Hands Biden Infrastructure Win

National/International

-- The Guardian: COP26 Week One: The Impression Of Progress, But Not Nearly Enough

PA Politics

-- PA Cap-Star:  Republican Senate Leader Corman Preps For Republican Guv Run; Rival Republican Sen. Mastriano Explores Idea [Both Tried To Overturn The 2020 Election Results]

-- AP: Big Republican Governor’s Field Could Grow With Corman Announcement

-- WIFT: If Republican Sen. Mastriano Wants To Be Governor, He May Have To Moderate

-- Inquirer: Delaware County Republican David White Jumps Into Crowded Gubernatorial Race

-- AP: Local Democrats Warn Party: Growing Republican Wave Is Real

-- WHYY: For PA’s Statewide Candidates, 2021 Lessons Are In The Eye Of The Beholder

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Democrats ‘Facing A Headwind’ Going Into Mid-Term Election

-- AP: PA Commonwealth Court Race Narrows To A Dead Heat

-- PG: 10,000 Younger Kids Signed Up For COVID Shots On First Day At UPMC

-- ScrantonT: Geisinger Medical: 100% Of Staff Met Vaccine Policy After Firing 150 Workers

-- PG: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Employees Push Back On Vaccine Mandates

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Police Union To File Grievance Over Vaccine Mandate

-- PG: UPMC Workers Plan Strike Nov. 18

-- Gov. Wolf Signs Bill Extending Liquor License Flexibility For Restaurants

-- WHYY: Bipartisan Calls For Statewide Action On Gun Violence

-- ScrantonT: State Legislators Demand Action From Harrisburg On Scranton School District Strike

-- PennLive Guest Essay: On School Funding, PA Is Not Doing Its Job, That’s Why We’re In Court

-- WITF: Afghan Refugees Begin Arriving In The Midstate

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[Posted: November 6, 2021]  PA Environment Digest