Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.13.21

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

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Asks The PA Supreme Court To Overturn Lower Court Ruling Challenging DCNR's State Forest Plan Allowing Gas Drilling  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Mariner East II Pipeline Chapter 102 Permit Application In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Riparian Buffers That Clean Up Waterways & Produce Profitable Crops  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Celebrates Riparian Buffer Month By Planting Trees

-- Stroud Water Research Center-Voices H2O: Thoughts On Water In Honor Of Native American Heritage Month - By Jacqline Wolf Tice

-- Stroud Water Research Center: The Bug Whisperer: Dave Funk Decodes Mysteries Of Mayflies & Other Clean-Water Lovers - By Diane Huskinson

-- Stroud Water Research Center Webinar Nov. 18 Intersection Of Art & Science By Dr. Carolyn Finney

-- Stroud Water Research Center’s Latest Newsletter

-- Inquirer: Lancaster County Farmers Aim To Take Organic Milk To New Level - Good For Cows And The Environment

-- DEP: Opportunity To Bid On Mine Drainage Treatment Project In Schuylkill County [PaEN]

-- DEP: New NPDES General Permit For 1-5 Acre Projects Affecting Stormwater Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Monongahela Valley Residents Urge Action After A Week Of Health Threatening Air Pollution In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- CEOs For Sustainability C-Suite Summit In Pittsburgh Highlights Progress Toward Sustainability Goals  [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Webinar Nov. 17 - Climate Solutions We Achieved In PA, Nationally, Globally  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Local Climate Activists Look To Educate Residents, Lawmakers With Lancaster Vigils

-- WITF Smart Talk: State Make Plans To Store Renewable Energy

-- DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 13 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Erie County Cancels Household Hazardous Waste, Electron Waste Collection When Contractor Closed

-- ReadingE: 2nd Small Earthquake In A Week Rattles Berks County

-- CourierT: Fab Lab Center To Open In Bucks County Following Success Of STEAM On Wheels Program

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: PA Phasing In Ban Of Invasive Japanese Barberry  [DCNR Blog Post]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Sept. 11 Memorial Trail To Shanksville Gets Boost From Land Purchase In New Jersey

-- DCNR’s Last Fall Foliage Report: Pretty Fall Leaves Can Still Be Found Across The State  [PaEN]

-- Nov. 12 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

National/International

-- The Guardian: Third Draft Of COP26 Climate Deal Retains Key Goal Of Limiting Global Heating To 1.5C

-- Financial Times: COP26 Talks Focus On Damages While End Of Coal Remains In Sight

-- The Economist: Are Climate Goals Set In 2015 Dead Or Alive?

PA Politics

-- PG Editorial: Why Do Republicans Oppose Voting-Rights Measures?

-- ScrantonT Editorial: End ‘Gift’ Grift In General Assembly

-- Inquirer: Republican Candidate For Governor Picks Social Media Fight About His Daughter’s Delayed Mail Ballot

-- AP: Court Arguments Open Over State School Funding Disparities

-- WITF: ‘It’s About Children Struggling’: PA School Funding Trial Kicks Off With Plea By Plaintiffs

-- Inquirer: PA School Funding Is Depriving Students, Plaintiffs Argue At Start Of Historic Trial: ‘A Systemic, Widespread Failure’

-- PA Cap-Star: More Than 400 PA Schools Participate Voluntarily In COVID Testing Program

-- MCall - Ford Turner: COVID Vaccination Mandates Get Attention In Legislature As Lehigh Valley Hospital Doctor Speaks Out In Opposition

-- CentreDT: Hundreds Gather For Anti-Vaccination Mandate ‘Freedom Rally’ At Penn State

-- PG: Penn State President In Quarantine After COVID Exposure

-- PennLive: PA Man Charged In Assault On U.S. Capitol Suggests Community Service As Punishment, But It’s Rejected

-- WESA: PA Lawmakers, Prison Reform Advocates Seek To Expand Eligibility For Compassionate Release

-- TribLive: Protesters Demand Prosecution In Jim Rogers’ Death While In Hands Of Pittsburgh Police

-- TribLive: PA Woman Sues Over Slot Game Payout; 13 Others Make Same Claim

-- PG: Plans For Major Immigrant Detention Center Move Forward In Clearfield County

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[Posted: November 13, 2021]  PA Environment Digest