Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.7.21

House returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15

     -- Committee Schedule

-- Updated 2022 Voting Session Day Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- THURSDAY 9:15: Virtual. Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Contact: Kirit Dalal, kdalai@pa.gov.  [Note: Will discuss draft final regulation to limit Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations-- PPT Slides + draft regulation.] 

 

-- Sunoco/Mariner East Pipeline To Pay $4 Million In Damages And Restore Lake At Marsh Creek State Park Polluted By A Spill In Chester County [PaEN]  [Sunoco Has Been Penalized Over $24 Million For This One Pipeline Project Alone, There Are Others]

-- PA Cap-Star: Sunoco To Pay $4.3 Million For Spill That Polluted Chester County State Park; Mariner East Pipeline Rerouted

-- AP: Sunoco Ordered To Pay $4 Million Fine Over 2020 Spill At Chester County State Park Lake

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Mariner East Pipeline Builder Sunoco Agrees To $4 Million Settlement Over Marsh Creek Lake Spill

-- PA Energy Infrastructure Alliance: DEP Approves Major Modification For Construction Of Mariner East Pipeline They Have Waited For Since April  [No mention of $4 million penalty]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Attorney General Shapiro’s Office Approves RGGI Rule, After Shapiro Criticized The Plan

-- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Allowance Prices Jump To $13 From $9.30 In September  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Homeowners Associations Aim To Protect Property Values, But Can Limit Installation Of Solar Panels 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: America’s Energy Future Depends On PA - Sen. Yudichak

-- Guest Essay: Acid Mine Drainage Treatment A Vital Component Of National Infrastructure -   By Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project Board Of Directors  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Named Winner Of 2021 Amazon Web Services Imagine Grant For Nonprofits  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Conservation District Makes Available More College Scholarships

-- Gov. Wolf Announces $10 Million For The Codorus Greenway, Flood Control Project In York City  [PaEN]

-- YorkDR: Plans Advance To Improve Codorus Creek Corridor In York With $10 Million Grant - Video Of Project Plans

-- WITF: State Awards City Of York $10 Million For Codorus Greenway Project

-- PA Resources Council To Host Dec. 13 Webinar On Recycling & Waste Reduction  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Philly Winters Have Varied A Lot Over 130 Years

-- MCall: South Whitehall Twp To Preserve Donated Land As Open Space

-- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.: Penn Vet Opens Institute To Study Diseases Spread From Animals To Humans

-- Bay Journal: Warmer Temperatures Move More Shrimp Into Chesapeake Bay Waters 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Snowy Owls Are Moving South From Arctic Toward PA 

-- MCall: Alligator Pulled From Lehigh River In Allentown: ‘He’s Just A Little Guy” - Video 

PA Politics

-- WHYY: Will PA Lawmakers Live Up To Their Redistricting Transparency Promises?  Doubt Is Creeping In 

-- ABC27: ‘Show Me The Maps!’ Critics Say Of PA Redistricting Process

-- ErieT: Republican Sen. Laughlin Not Running For Governor, Set To Endorse Another Candidate  

-- LancasterOnline: Republican Sen. Martin Hints He Will Officially Join Governor’s Race ‘Soon’ 

-- City & State: Who Wants To Run For Governor As A Republican In 2022?

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Donations Don’t Mitigate Automatic Lawmakers Pay Increase Scandal

-- TribLive Editorial: The Pennsylvania Society Dinner… In New York City?

-- Commonwealth Foundation: Local Governments, School Districts, State Agencies Spend $42 Million [2007 - 2020] To Lobby State Government, Other Government Entities

-- The Center Square: Local Governments, School Districts, State Agencies Spend $42 Million [2007 - 2020] To Lobby State Government, Other Government Entities

-- PennLive: 2 PA Casinos Purchased As Part Of $1.8 Billion Deal

-- PennLive: Important COVID Barometer Shows Worsening Outlook For PA

-- PennLive: ERs Packed, Patients Waiting As COVID Fills PA Hospitals

-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Passes 1,000 COVID-Related Deaths Since Pandemic Began

-- TribLive: Pitt Continues To Sort Through Vaccine Mandate

-- YorkDR: Woman Wins Court Battle Over Treating Her Husband’s COVID With Ivermectin

-- ErieT: High School Teacher Posts That Republicans Should ‘Just Start Shooting’ Vaccine Objectors

-- WITF: Data Analysts Proved What Black Pittsburgh Knew About COVID’s Racial Disparities

-- Inquirer: Bucks County School Closed After Student Threatened A School Shooting

-- CourierT: Central Bucks School District Book Ban?  What ‘Woke Bucks County’ Wants In Its Effort To ‘Reclaim Our Schools’ 

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Defacing Any Place Of Worship Is Wrong And Disturbing

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Harrisburg Area Community College Announces Initiative To Bring Diversity To Police, EMS Ranks

-- WHYY: Philly DA: City Doesn’t Have A ‘Crisis Of Lawlessness,’ It Has A Crisis Of Gun Violence

-- Inquirer: Philly DA Says Tourists Should Feel Safe Despite Record Number Of Killings

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Parent Tells Lawmakers Some Drug Abuse Treatment Centers Are ‘Predatory’

-- PG Editorial: Mourning Bob Dole And His Spirit Of Compromise

-- Inquirer Column: Fmr State Procurement Officer Building Website To Let Government Agencies Review Services They Get From Private Industry

-- MCall: Coca-Cola Workers In Lehigh Valley On Strike Over Health Care, Pension Issues

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[Posted: December 7, 2021]  PA Environment Digest