House returns to session September 12, 13, 14
Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:30: Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider sending a letter to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission disapproving of the final EQB regulation setting a toxic water quality standard for manganese. Room 461. Read more here. Click Here to watch live. [The IRRC is due to consider the regulation September 15.]
TODAY 7:00: Screening Of Hurricane Agnes 50: Life After The Flood; It Happened Before And Flooding Will Be Worse In The Future Due To Climate Change. Online and at the HUB-Robeson Center Freeman Auditorium at Penn State Campus in State College
-- Exceptional Value Water Quality Designation, State Forest Land, River Honors Were Not Enough To Protect Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Drilling & Pipelines In Lycoming County - By Friends Of The 'Sock [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $90 Million Investment In More Than 330 Projects To Improve Recreation, Conserve Natural Resources; Special Fall DCNR Grant Round Now Open [PaEN]
-- WLVR: PA Recreation, Conservation Projects Get Multimillion Dollar Boost
-- Scranton Times: DCNR Grants To Help Local Park Renovation Projects
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Central lPA To Get Share Of $90 Million From DCNR For Recreation, Conservation Projects
-- Trash Travels - Join Keep PA Beautiful For The Pick Up Pennsylvania Program To Keep Our Waterways Clean [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Officials Look To Break Records At This Year’s Garbage Olympics On Sept. 17
-- PA GreenGov Council Hosts Virtual PA Sustainability Summit Oct. 3-7 [PaEN]
-- EPA Hosts Sept. 8 Virtual Listening Session On Developing New Pollution Prevention Grant Opportunity [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Hold Business Meeting Sept. 15 In Baltimore
-- Inquirer: More Than A Month’s Worth Of Rain Fell In Some Parts Of Philly Area
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Farmers Say Rain Good, But Won’t Save All Crops
-- Deadline Extended To Sept. 16: Call For Abstracts For 2023 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Bucks County Nexes Proposed $1.1 Billion Sewer Sale To Aqua Pennsylvania Amid Public Outcry
-- TribLive: Beaver Falls Authority Issues Boil-Water Advisory
-- MyTwintiers.com: Lawrenceville, Tioga County Plugs Bullet Hole In Water System Storage Tank With Tree Branch
-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Raises Electricity Rates 18.69% Due To Natural Gas Price Spikes
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Here’s What To Know As Shell’s New Ethane Plant In Beaver County Nears Completion
-- UGI Corporation Announces Investment In A New Renewable Natural Gas Project In Upstate New York
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT To Acquire WV Companies For $5.2 Billion, Expanding Pipeline Reach
-- WHYY: SEPTA Gets $23 Million For Adapting Bus Depots For Electric, Hybrid Vehicles
-- MCall: Interest In Iron Works Ramping Up As Catasauqua Votes To Clean Up Industrial Site
-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Why Aren’t More Pennsylvanians Talking About Climate Change?
-- WESA: Allegheny County To Create New Dept. Of Sustainability
-- TribLive: First Lady Jill Biden To Speak Sept. 11 At Flight 93 Memorial Service
-- WHYY: Gun Violence Around Philly Rec Centers Makes Updates More Urgent, Residents Say
-- PA Capital-Star: Scorecard Grades Legislature On Environmental Votes
-- 2022 Eastern PA Consulting And Industrial Forester Conference Sept. 28, Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Schuylkill Center For Environmental Ed: ‘Boy Scout’ Tract In NW Philadelphia Could Be Preserved, Controversial Development Plan Put On Hold
-- James Audubon Center At Mill Grove Montgomery County Holds Community Day Sept. 11
-- PA Wilds Region Digital Community Gift Cards Now Available For Purchase
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Best Weeks For Fall Foliage In PA Forecast By Mapping Project
-- PA Environmental Council Blog: The Remarkable Trees Of Pennsylvania
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Planting Milkweed Encouraged To Help Monarch Butterflies Rebound
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Monarch Butterflies From PA To Find New Protected Reserve In Mexico
-- Pennsylvania Firefly Festival Autumn Newsletter: PA Has Entered Final Weeks Of Adult Firefly Activity, Synchronicity And Fireflies
-- Centre Daily Times: Resolution To Study Wildlife Corridors Deserves A Chance
-- WITF Smart Talk: What Is Rabies And How Can You Protect People, Animals?
-- TribLive: Charleroi Dirt Bike Rider Killed In Train Collision In Washington County
New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law
-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin’s Plan To Fast-Track Energy Projects Headed For Showdown
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Raises Electricity Rates 18.69% Due To Natural Gas Price Spikes
-- Reuters: EU To Propose Price Cap On Russian Natural Gas
-- Bloomberg: EU To Consider Emergency Power-Use Cuts, Power Price Caps Profit Grab
-- Reuters: Putin Says Russia To Stop Supplying Energy If Western Price Caps Imposed On Oil, Natural Gas
-- Financial Times: EU Plans Windfall Tax To Counter ‘Astronomic’ Energy Bills
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?
Other States/National/International
-- Reuters: EPA Denies Cheniere’s Request To Sidestep Hazardous Pollution Rule For LNG Facilities On Gulf Coast
-- Bloomberg: A Text Alert May Have Saved California From Power Blackouts Tuesday
-- The Guardian: California Heatwave Enters Intense Phase Bringing Blackouts, Wildfires
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer: Delaware County Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Sentenced To 9 Months In Prison
-- AP: Elected Officials, Police Chiefs On Leaked Right-Wing Extremist Oath Keepers List [In PA - 4 Elected Officials, 19 Law Enforcement, 8 Military, 3 First Responders, 1,499 Total Signups In PA]
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Meltdown: Ex-President’s Lies, Smears Show He’s A Menace
-- York Dispatch Editorial: Ex-President’s PA Speech Proves Biden Right, Amps Up Race To November
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano’s Political Success Happened With A Little Luck And A Big Pandemic
-- Inquirer: Toomey Says Fetterman Is ‘Not Up To The Job’ Of U.S. Senator
-- Post-Gazette: Toomey Appears With Dr. Oz, Criticizes Fetterman For Declining Debate
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Candidates Vying To Replace State Sen. Pat Browne Agree To Debate
-- PennLive: Lycoming County Ballot To Include Question Of Keeping Electronic Voting System
-- Scranton Times: Scranton Teachers, Staff Receive Active Shooter Training
-- Inquirer Editorial: With 750 Shootings Since Memorial Day, Philadelphia Records Another Summer Of Mayhem
-- TribLive: PA Roads, Bridges To Get Extra $175 Million As Funding Is Freed Up From State Police
-- TribLive: California U. Students Step Into New Era As PennWest University
-- TribLive Guest Essay: To Curb Student Debt, Reduce College Costs - Sen. Aument
-- Erie Times: As COVID Masking In Erie County Declined, Flu Cases Rose. Get A Flu Shot
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[Posted: September 7, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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