Senate returns to session Dec. 14, 15
-- Updated 2022 Voting Session Day Schedule
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Join via WebEx. Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbron@pa.gov, 717-772-8951.
-- TODAY 1:30: PUC/DEP: Offer Tips On Home Winterization To Save Energy Dec. 14. Live Online.
-- No Action Scheduled Yet On Good Conservation Bills In House/Senate - 2 Voting Days Left This Year--No Action Yet In Senate On SB 525 -- $500 Million American Rescue Plan Conservation Funding
-- Watershed Stewards In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties Plan Salt Watch Monitoring [PaEN]
-- TribLive: 2nd Drilling Waste Injection Well Project In Plum Faces Opposition From Residents, Borough Officials
-- Penn State Extension: 353 Private Water Supplies Tested In 15 PA Counties, 29% Failed Coliform Bacteria Test
-- Penn State Extension: Impact Of Soil On Water Quality In Riparian Buffers
-- Artists Paint Storm Drain Art To Raise Water Pollution Awareness In York County [PaEN]
-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary: 3-Part Webinar Series On Urban Waters - Resilient & Sustainable Communities Starting Jan. 11, 18, 25. Noon.
-- Penn State Extension: What Are You Doing For Clean Water?
-- Penn State Extension: Watershed Winds Newsletter: Private Well Testing, Salt Watch Monitoring, Impact Of Soil On Water Quality, Much More
-- Lancaster Farming: 3 PA Farms Will Test Alley Cropping, A Planting System With Trees
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: After 45 Years, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Will Baker Reflects On The Bay At A Crossroads
-- KDKA: PA Resources Council’s 5 Green New Year’s Resolutions [Audio]
-- AP: Governor’s Carbon-Pricing Plan Encounters Hurdle In Final Publication [RGGI]
-- PennDOT: New 511PA App Features Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
-- DCNR: PA Outdoor Corps Seeking Crew Members To Gain Real-World Work Skills
-- NextPittsburgh: $9.2 Million RACP State Grant Includes 20-Block Riverfront Park In Pittsburgh’s Strip District
-- WeConservePA: Local Municipal Open Space Referendums In PA 2021 Status Report
-- PRPS/Park Maintenance Institute 2021 Year In Review Webinar Dec. 15. 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
-- PG: Healthy Ride Rebuilding Pittsburgh’s Bike-Sharing Program, Adding Electric-Assist Bikes
-- Penn State: Black Bears Could Play Important Role In Dispersal Of Ticks Carry Lyme Disease And Other Pathogens
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: What Will Be Picked As PA Bird Of The Year? Odds Are It’s A Species With A ‘Conservation Story To Tell’
-- Help Wanted: Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences Seeking Watershed Project Coordinator
Tornado Recovery In 5 States
-- Gov. Wolf: 2 Members of PA-Task Force 1 Deployed To Kentucky To Assist In Search & Rescue Efforts
-- TribLive: Army Corps’ Pittsburgh District Sends 16 Workers To Provide Temporary Power In Tornado Aftermath
National/International
-- Utility Dive: Regional Electric Grid Operator In New England Warns They Can Meet Winter Power Demand ‘If The Weather Is Mild’
-- USA Today: ‘We Can Expect More’: Did Climate Change Play A Role In The Deadly Weekend Tornadoes?
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: Deadlines Loom In Drawing New Senate, House Congressional Voting District Maps [Date Of May Primary May Be In Doubt]
-- PG: Advocates Fear PA ‘Lagging The Field’ After Republican Committee Fails To Adopt Redistricting Map
-- Spotlight PA: House Republicans Advance PA Congressional Voting District Map Bill - Minus An Actual Map
-- PA Cap-Star: House Committee Doesn’t Vote On Citizen-Drawn Voting Districts Maps Over Criticisms From Republican Lawmakers
-- AP: Republicans Begin Advancing Constitutional Amendments To Take Over The PA Supreme Court
-- Gov. Wolf, Coalition Of Governors Urge Congress To Protect Access To The Ballot For All
-- PennLive- Jan Murphy: Republican Sen. Corman Won’t Seek Re-Election To Senate Next Year To Focus On His Gubernatorial Bid [Worked To Overturn Nov. 2020 Election Results]
-- AP: Republican Sen. Corman Won’t Seek Another Senate Term Amid Run For Governor
-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Republicans Endorse Lou Barletta For Governor [Worked To Overturn Nov. 2020 Election Results]
-- City & State: Republican Sen. Martin Calls For Conservative Solutions As He Enters Governor’s Race [Worked To Overturn Nov. 2020 Election Results]
-- TribLive: Republican Cong. Kelly Seeking 7th Term In Congress [Leader In Effort To Overturn Nov. 2020 Election Results, Filed Lawsuits To Eliminate Mail-In Voting In PA]
-- PennLive/AP: Dr. Oz Show Ending In January, As Star Runs For U.S. Senate Seat In PA
-- WHYY: Hospitals Across PA Are Overflowing With Mostly Unvaccinated COVID Patients
-- Warren Times: Strike Notice Issued By Warren Hospital Workers [Warren County Medical Facilities Are Being Overrun By Unvaccinated COVID Patients]
-- PG: Strike Notice Issued By Warren Hospital Workers [Nearly 1 Of 2 COVID Tests Come Back Positive]
-- AltoonaM: Local RNs To Protest At UPMC In Pittsburgh Over ‘Growing Care Crisis’
-- PA Cap-Star: Despite No Plans For One Senate Approves Bill Prohibiting COVID Vaccine Mandate For K-12 Students
-- AP: Senate Approves Bill To Prevent School Children From Being Required To Get Vaccinated Against COVID
-- PA Cap-Star: Rep. Hohenstein (D), Staffer Test Positive For COVID
-- Gov. Wolf: Names Keara Klinepeter Acting Health Secretary; Alison Beam To Depart
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Physicians Tell Lawmakers Effective COVID Treatments Being Suppressed In Favor Of Profits; One Calls System ‘Corrupt To The Core’
-- WHYY: Philly To Require Proof Of COVID Vaccination For Indoor Dining In 2022
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Sees Patchwork Of School Mask Rules After PA Supreme Court Strikes Down Mandate
-- WHYY: Some Philly Area School Districts Make Masking Optional In Wake Of Court Ruling
-- PennLive: Some Central PA Schools Drop Mask Mandates, Others Continue To Require Them
-- PG: Pittsburgh-Area School Districts Adjust Mask Policies After PA Supreme Court Ends Mandate
-- ScrantonT: NE PA Colleges Adjust To Pandemic, Urge Or Require Vaccinations
-- PG: AG Shapiro Clashes With Local Governments Over Billion-Dollar Opioid Settlement
-- Inquirer: Philly DA, AG Shapiro Squared Off In Court Hearing Over Proposed $1 Billion Opioid Settlement
-- PennLive: PA Nears Deadline For Getting Full Compensation From Companies That Fed Opioid Crisis
-- AG Shapiro: Opioid Multistate Settlement Fact Sheet
-- AG Shapiro Nominates New PA Consumer Advocate
-- Inquirer: Philly DA Apologizes For Downplaying The City’s Violence Crisis
-- Inquirer: He Took 8 Bullets And Survived, Now He’s Refusing To Squander His 2nd Chance At Life
-- PA Cap-Star: In Philly, Charter School Students Silently Stand Against City’s Gun Violence
-- YorkDR: Trans People Excluded From PA Hate Crimes Law In Year Of Record-Setting Violence
-- MCall: Better Salaries, Better Hours, Better Perms Available In Lehigh Valley, Thanks To Labor Shortage
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Should PA Get Into 401(k) Business For Certain Private Sector Workers? Could Bolster Retirement Security
-- AP: House Advances Plan To Boost Broadband Internet Expansion
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Requiring Public Schools To Post Course Information online Wins Senate OK, But Lacks Wolf’s Support
-- Inquirer Editorial: PA School Employees Pension Fund Making Positive Changes, But More Daylight Is Needed
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[Posted: December 14, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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