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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

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Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Capitol Sealed -- PA/Harrisburg Politics Potpourri -- Erie Times: Why Is America Obsessed With The Politics Of PA? Davis Says PA’s Young Voters ‘Fired Up’ -- AP: PA Republicans Put Clout Back On Line In Primary Election After Losing U.S.

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- AP: Gov. Shapiro: Collapsed Stretch Of I-95 In Philadelphia To Reopen Within 2 Weeks -- Inside Climate News: Secretive State Climate Talks Stir Discontent With Gov. Senate/House -- WKBN: PA U.S.

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Where There’s Plastic, There’s Fire. Indiana Blaze Highlights Concerns Over Expanding Plastic Recycling

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By James Bruggers The dense black smoke from a fire at a plastics recycler in Richmond, Indiana, that began Tuesday afternoon and continued burning on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of 2,000 nearby residents, was dramatic, but far from an isolated incident in the world of facilities that store or recycle vast quantities of plastic waste.

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PA Resources Council, Partners, Local Officials Announce Plan To Reduce Waste, Modernize Recycling In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia last week, the PA Resources Council , PennEnvironment , other partners and local officials issued a call for updates to the Commonwealth's recycling law. Act 101, the landmark recycling law that made Pennsylvania a leader in 1988 needs multiple updates to meet the demands of today’s economy.

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.18.24

PA Environment Daily

March 19-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 254 (Merski-D-Erie) leasing certain areas of Lake Erie for wind energy development ( sponsor summary ); House Bill 597 (Kim-D-Dauphin) authorizing a county recycling and waste management fee ( sponsor summary ); House Bill 1166 (Steele-D-Allegheny) prohibit (..)

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.4.24

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Of Interior Announces $244 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Funding For Pennsylvania; Local Grants Available [PaEN] -- TribLive: Work Begins To Stabilize Abandoned Mine Subsidence-Prone Portion Of Westmoreland Village -- WESA: PA Leads Nation In Abandoned Coal Mines, But Feds See Light At End Of The Tunnel -- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Abandoned (..)

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.12.23

PA Environment Daily

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 13, 14, 15, Dec.