Saturday, January 29, 2022

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.29.22

 
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Senate returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: EPA Declares 'No Confidence' In Cleanup Plan For Conowingo Dam Due To Lack Of Funding, Gives States 60 Days To Respond  [PaEN]

 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $1.5 Million Contract To Design Tioga River Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Plant Project In Tioga County  [PaEN]

 

-- YorkD: Indian Rock Dam, Saving York County From 80 Years Of Floods, Gets An Upgrade

 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Budget Should Fully Fund Environmental Protection & Cleanup - Rep. Greg Vitali (D)

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Legislation Pits 2 Climate Efforts - Solar Energy Credits And Plugging Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers- Against Each Other

 

-- Good Samaritan Proposal Would Plug An Oil & Gas Well Abandoned By A Conventional Driller In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

 

-- Sierra Club - PA: Patton Township, Centre County Commits To 100% Clean, Renewable Energy 

 

-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing On $300 Million Anthracite Ridge Wind Farm Project In Schuylkill County - Video/Written Testimony

 

-- PG Guest Essay: Environmental Justice And Opportunity In Pennsylvania - A Thriving, Resilient, Clean Energy Future - By Elena Weissmann, Vote Solar & Annie Regan, ReImagine Appalachia - PennFuture 

 

-- City & State: Going From Gasoline To Electric Vehicles, Can PA Switch Gears In A Few Years?

 

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Leaders, Residents Seek Answers After Poor-Rated Bridge Collapses: ‘It Is Outrageous’  [The federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Provide Needed Resources To Address These Issues, But Also Mine Reclamation, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells Left Behind By Conventional Drillers, All But 1 Republican Voted Against It In PA]

 

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In PA Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022

 

-- TribLive Editorial: Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Shows Infrastructure Failings

 

-- MCall: UGI Natural Gas Seeks PUC Approval For 9.5% Rate Hike

 

-- Pike County Courier: 400 Homes In Pike County Remain Without UGI Gas Services For 3rd Day Cold Winter Temperatures

 

-- DEP Conducted 947 Inspections: Processed 93% Of Permit Decision Guarantee Permit Applications On Time; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

 

-- DEP Posted 52 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 29 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

 

-- US EPA Region 3: Recognizes Philadelphia Dept. Of Prisons For Diverting Food Waste From Landfills

 

-- Northeast Recycling Council Spring Virtual Conference April 12-13 - Seeking Circularity With Non-Traditional Solutions  [PaEN]

 

-- Sign Up Now For Penn State Master Watershed Steward Training Around The State  [PaEN]

 

-- Still Time To Sign Up!  PA Master Naturalist Spring Training Courses In Allegheny, Chester, Dauphin, Montour, Philadelphia, Washington Counties  [PaEN]

 

-- Allegheny Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Help Permanently Protect Garfield Neighborhood Green Space In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

 

-- Allegheny Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect Green Space In The Glade Run Lake Watershed, Butler County  [PaEN]

 

-- Jan. 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

 

-- National Environmental Education Foundation Accepting Applications For Shovel-Ready Pollinator Habitat Projects  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Society Of Ornithology Invites Conservation Organizations To Apply For Funding Raised By 2022 Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation  [PaEN]

 

-- The Allegheny Front: Rare But Potentially Deadly Deer Tick Virus Found At High Levels At A Clearfield County Park

 

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Owl Returns To Mount Joy Nest, Park Rules Updated A Year After Owlet Taken From Mother 

 

-- Game Commission: Deer Hunters Favor Saturday Opener

 

-- CentreDT: Centre County’s Coyote Hunt Canceled Due To Lack Of Volunteers,  Here Are Others In PA

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- WilliamsportS: Grafius Run Flood Mitigation Project Among American Rescue Plan Possible Funding Options

 

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?

 

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

 

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Leaders, Residents Seek Answers After Poor-Rated Bridge Collapses: ‘It Is Outrageous’  [The federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Provide Needed Resources To Address These Issues, But Also Mine Reclamation, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells Left Behind By Conventional Drillers, All But 1 Republican Voted Against It In PA]

 

-- TribLive Editorial: Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Shows Infrastructure Failings

 

-- PG Editorial: Bridge Collapse Won’t Be Last Infrastructure Failure


Build Back Better Budget Bill


-- PG Guest Essay: Environmental Justice And Opportunity In Pennsylvania - A Thriving, Resilient, Clean Energy Future - By Elena Weissmann, Vote Solar & Annie Regan, ReImagine Appalachia - PennFuture 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: PA’s Mail Voting Law Ruled Unconstitutional, But Remains In Place As Wolf Appeals

-- TribLive: Commonwealth Court Strikes Down Mail-In Voting: AG Files Appeal

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Appeals Filed With PA Supreme Court After Mail-In Voting Law Ruled Unconstitutional

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Why I’m Glad A Court Struck Down PA’s Mail Voting Law, A Chance Now To Write A Stronger Law

-- Spotlight PA: Commonwealth Court Weighs PA Congressional Voting District Maps With National Implications

-- AP: U.S. House Committee Investigating Assault On U.S. Capitol Subpoenas 2 Fake 2020 Republican Electors In PA

-- WLVR: U.S. House Committee Investigating Assault On U.S. Capitol Subpoenas Lehigh Valley Man Who Reportedly Pushed Election Lies

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Likely To Shatter $80 Million Total For Spending In Governor’s Race

-- Pennlive - Charles Thompson: Democratic U.S. Senate Hopefuls Trade Policy Ideas, Occasional Jabs On Eve Of Endorsement Meeting

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy:  Republican Senator Wants Cocktails To-Go To Make A Comeback In PA

-- ReadingE: Masks Optional And No Encouraging COVID Vaccines In Hamburg Schools 

-- PennLive: Police Officer Uses Stun Gun Against Middletown H.S. Student Who Broke Free Of His Grasp And Was Walking Away

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Sen. Flynn’s Carelessness With Guns Mirrors His Carelessness On Gun Legislation

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[Posted: January 29, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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