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-- Sen. Street Introduces Bill To Set A New Clean Energy Standard And Support Carbon Capture To Eliminate All Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Power Plants By 2050 [PaEN]
-- Chester County Residents Protest Mariner East Pipeline Construction [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial: West Deer Twp. Stands Up To Natural Gas Interests [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: What Critics Get Wrong About Energy ‘Choice’ Legislation - Sen. Yaw
-- WilliamsportS: Sen. Yaw Calls Out Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Talks Rising Opioid Deaths
-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Is Poised To Make Progress On Climate Strategy [RGGI] - Joseph Otis Minott, Clean Air Council
-- PA Solar Center Watts & Learn Webinar: Jan. 14: Recent PA Supreme Court Decision Overturning Virtual Net Metering. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
-- DEP Water Resources Committee Meets Jan. 20 To Hear Presentation On 2022 Draft Integrated Water Quality Report [PaEN]
-- PA Cap-Star: DEP Outlines Plan For PA To Hit 100% Of Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goal
-- Lancaster Farming: PA Has Plan To Hit Chesapeake Bay Commitments
-- Penn State Research: Dairy Farmers Can Adapt To Climate Change
-- Half-Ton Butter Sculpture Unveiled For 2022 Farm Show Running Jan. 8-15 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 7 RiverWatch Video Report
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Jan. 18 On Food Waste To Renewable Energy, Radon [PaEN]
-- GASP: Allegheny County Assesses $5,500 Penalty For U.S. Clairton Work Air Pollution Violations
-- NextPittsburgh: CSI Construction To Appeal Allegheny County Health Dept Fine Over Asbestos Removal
-- Keep PA Beautiful Recognizes 2021 Affiliate Volunteers Of The Year; Legacy Award Winner Ellen Keefe [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Council Reintroduces Legislation On Single-Use Plastic Bags
-- PUC’s PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $91,400 In Penalties
-- EPA Awards Olin Company Nearly $400,000 Grant For Research Into Recycling Mixed Colored Glass Into Soil Product [PaEN]
-- January 8 PA Bulletin Now Available
-- The Keystone: Republicans Have Billions To Help Pennsylvanians Impacted By The Pandemic, So Why Aren’t They Helping?
-- Happenings Magazine: The Economic Benefits Of Pennsylvania’s Parks & Forests
-- PA Recreation & Parks Society: DCNR Hires Dr. Nathan Reigner As First Director Of Outdoor Recreation
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Water Dept. Gets $3 Million To Build Floating Classroom On Schuylkill River At Fairmount Dam
-- ScrantonT: More Than $1.1 Million In DCNR Grants Fund Recreation, Conservation Projects In NE PA
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Accepting Applications For Vanessa Van Gorder Memorial Scholarship Programs [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Jan. 21 Our Woods & Waters Virtual Film Series
-- YorkDR - Brian Whipkey: Sankey, DiMarco Become New Game Commission Board Members
-- In Memoriam: Maurice Hobaugh, Retired District Forester, Rothrock Award Winner [PaEN]
-- Help Wanted: Fish & Boat Commission Seasonal Biologist Aides - Anadromous Fish Restoration Unit [PaEN]
-- Help Wanted: Mountain Watershed Association Conservation & Recreation Manager; Community Advocate [PaEN]
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- The Keystone: Republicans Have Billions To Help Pennsylvanians Impacted By The Pandemic, So Why Aren’t They Helping?
-- Happenings Magazine: The Economic Benefits Of Pennsylvania’s Parks & Forests
-- White House: Biden Administration Announces State-By-State Funding To Address Home Energy Costs
Other States/National/International
-- The Hill: Road Salt Contamination Of Freshwater Requires Immediate Attention, Warns Scientist
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Cap-Star: Redistricting Chair Nordenberg Defends Proposed Voting Districts Against Republican Attacks
-- MCall -Ford Turner: Proposed Voting Districts That Split Allentown Hurt Minority Election Chances Instead Of Helping Them Critics Say
-- PennLive Guest Essay: 30 Years Of Racial Inequity vs. Pennsylvania’s Only Growing Populations - By Salewa Ogunmefun
-- MCall Guest Essay: How New State Voting District Maps Would Hurt Bethlehem And Northampton County - Sen. Boscola (D)
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: PA Republicans Are Planning A Voting District Redo Thru Another Constitutional Amendment - Power Is Everything And Almost Nothing Is Out Of Bounds - Fair Districts PA
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Lawmaker Says Failing To Approve A Congressional Map Could Carry Unwanted Consequences For PA
-- City & State: House Democratic Leader Introduces Sweeping Election Reform Bill
-- PA Cap-Star: Pittsburgh Pols Remember Assault On U.S. Capitol - Warn Of Danger Ahead
-- TribLive: Murrysville Democrats Hold Vigil On U.S. Capitol Attack, Call For Federal Voting Rights Law
-- TribLive: Senate Committee To Hold Hearings On Its Audit Of 2020, 2021 Elections
-- PA Cap-Star: A Year After Assault On U.S. Capitol That Left 9 People Dead, Election Review Efforts Continue In PA
-- WITF: PA Voters, Candidates, Policy Are Still Influenced By The Assault On The U.S. Capitol
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Battle For The Soul Of America
-- PennLive: ACLU Sues Fulton County Over Missing Records From 2020 Election Review
-- Inquirer Column: How One U.S. Capitol Police Officer’s Experience Underscores The Role Of Race In The Assault On The U.S. Capitol
-- The Hill: Dick Cheney Visits U.S. Capitol For Jan. 6, Criticizes Republican Leadership
-- PG: 2 From Beaver County Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Get A Month In Jail
-- MCall: A Year After The Assault On U.S. Capitol, Lehigh Valley Participants Accepting The Consequences
-- Inquirer: Philly Police Detective And Apparent QAnon Adherent Still On Limited Duty Awaiting Disciplinary Hearing
-- Inquirer: Democrats In Northeast Philly Face Off For Special Election For Senate, House
-- PennLive: PA COVID Hospitalizations Shatter All-Time High, Hospitals Turning To Military Help, Other Tactics
-- MCall: Record 6,446 Hospitalized With COVID Thursday, Lehigh, Northampton Have Top Infection Rates
-- PG: Allegheny County Posts Highest One-Day COVID Count
-- ErieT: New COVID Antibody Cocktail Available From Erie Hospitals
-- CitizensV: Wilkes-Barre Paramedics Get No Compensation For COVID-Related Work Loss
-- PennLive: Kids’ COVID Hospitalizations Reach All-Time High, Although Overall Risk Remains Low
-- Inquirer: Philly Shifts School Closing Threshold From 3% to 10% Students And Staff Must Test Positive For COVID
-- TribLive: Fox Chapel School District Reports Nearly 170 COVID Cases, In-Person Instruction Continues
-- Inquirer: From Boosters To Travel Restrictions, Philly-Area Colleges Differ In COVID Protocols For New Semester
-- PG: Allegheny County Courts Delay Jury Trials Through End Of Month Citing COVID Concerns
-- Gov. Wolf: Launches $350 Million PA Homeowner Assistance Fund With American Rescue Plan Monies, Applications Accepted Starting Feb. 1
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Ending Rental Assistance Program Because It Ran Out Of Money
-- TribLive: At Carnegie Mellon, A Bipartisan Effort To Address PA’s Antonymous Vehicle Industry
--WESA: Allegheny County Jail Violating Solitary Confinement Ban, Oversight Board Says
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[Posted: January 7, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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