Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.11.22

Are You Telling Your Story?

Senate returns to session October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, November 15 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

 

WEDNESDAY 9:00:  Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Laura Griffin laurgriffi@pa.gov or 717-772-3277. [Note: Conventional Oil & Gas Methane, PFOS MCL Regulations.]  Read more on the agenda.

 

-- DEP: Tuesday Declared Air Quality Action Day In Liberty-Clairton Area Allegheny County 

 

-- Guest Essay: Before The Federal Clean Water Act, There Was The Rivers And Harbors Act Of 1899 To Help Clean-Up Pittsburgh’s 3 Rivers - By James M. Seif, Former EPA Region III Administrator, Secretary of DEP  [PaEN]

 

-- Indiana Gazette: Crooked Creek Tributary To Benefit From $322,920 DEP Watershed Restoration Grant 

 

-- MCall: Catasauqua Borough Won’t Have Fluoride In Its Water Much Longer, Here’s Why

 

-- AP: Dynamite Truck Explodes At Schuylkill County Quarry Leaving Several Injured  

 

-- Republican Herald: Powerful Dynamite Truck Blast At Schuylkill County Quarry Shakes Western Schuylkill And Beyond  

 

-- Warren Times: Drug Take Back Day Set For Oct. 29 In Warren County

 

-- Lancaster Farmland Trust Renews Its Focus On Farmland Preservation In Lancaster County  [PaEN]

 

-- WFMZ: White House Christmas Tree Selected From Schuylkill County Farm

 

-- DCNR Accepting Nominations For 2023 Pennsylvania Trail Of The Year [PaEN]

 

-- MCall: Signs In PA Parks, Trails Asking Residents To Report Sightings Of Bigfoot Weren’t Posted By DCNR Officials

 

-- NextPittsburgh: A Century Of Recreation And Business On Herr’s Island In Pittsburgh: It Doesn’t Stink Anymore

 

-- Forbes Trail Trout Unlimited Hosts Military Veterans For A Rewarding Day Of Trout Fishing In Westmoreland County - By Larry D. Myers, President, Forbes Trail Trout Unlimited 

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Clean Water Institute Hosts Fish Commission Oct. 12 On Rule Preventing  Spread Of Invasive Aquatic Species

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Eastern Hellbender Topic At Oct. 18 Loyalsock Creek Watershed Assn. Meeting

 

-- York Dispatch: ‘Fat Bear Week’ Helps Spotlight York County’s Own Bear Population

 

-- WESA: Researchers Confirm Western PA Birdwatcher’s Discovery: Hybrid Rose-Breasted Grosbeak And Scarlet Tanager Songbird 

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Deadly Rabbit Disease Leads Game Commission To Create Disease Management Area

 

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

 

-- TribLive: OPEC Production Cut Behind 3rd Straight Week Of Rising Gasoline Prices, Analyst Says  

 

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?


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- NYT: PA Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano’s Attacks On Jewish School Set Off Outcry Over Antisemitic Signaling

-- LancasterOnline: New Documents Reveal Role Of Cumberland County ‘Proud Boy’ In Alleged Seditious Conspiracy Plot

-- Post-Gazette: Billboards Touting Republicans Supporting Shapiro For Governor Going Up Around Pittsburgh

-- AP: Fight For Black Voters Intensifies In Close PA U.S. Senate Race

-- Politics PA: PA Senate Preview - Southcentral

--Post-Gazette: Rep. Tony DeLuca, Longest-Serving Member Of PA House, Dies At 85

-- TribLive: Rep. Tony DeLuca Dead At 85

-- TribLive Editorial: When PA Supreme Court Justice dies, Who Should Decide On Replacement?

-- TribLive: Fmr Allegheny County Jail Captain Wins Nearly $1 Million Verdict In Retaliation Lawsuit

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Public Schools Encourage Students To Explore Career Options Without Leaving City

-- Inquirer: Montgomery County School District Nexes Halloween Parade Due To Inclusion, Safety Concerns

-- Inquirer: College Enrollment Increasing In Philly Area, But Still Aren’t At Pre-Pandemic Levels

-- WHYY: Free Tuition For Indigenous People To Public Universities Across PA?  A Bill Is On The Way

-- Inquirer: Testing Sewage For COVID Is Providing Valuable Data, But Philly Seeks To Get Faster Results

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[Posted: October 11, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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