Important headline articles from this week’s PA Environment Digest--

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Hurricane Ida In Pennsylvania - From First Warnings To Initial Recovery [PaEN]

-- Groups Gathering Support For Letter Urging DEP, Gov. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4 Million Gallons Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater Dumped On PA Roads  [PaEN]

-- Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Radiation Monitoring Of Drilling Wastes; More On DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Agenda Sept. 9  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Partners Seek Input On Diversity, Inclusion  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation's: Outdoor Education Program Restarts In PA This Fall; Sign Up Now  [PaEN]

-- PennVEST Awards $5.2 Million Forgiveness Loan To Aqua PA For PFAS Water Treatment System In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission: Votes To Approve The Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Covering Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- How Did We Get Here: Background On The Final EQB Regulation Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

-- Republicans On House Committee Approve Resolution To Kill Final Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations  [PaEN]

-- PPL: On Track To Achieve 70% Reduction In Greenhouse Gases By 2035, 80% Reduction By 2040 On The Way To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050  [PaEN]

-- CCG PACE Funding: Closes On $15 Million In C-PACE Financing For Building 57 In Philadelphia's Navy Yard  [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Creates Task Force To Significantly Reduce University's Carbon Emissions  [PaEN]

-- Oct. 25-26 Penn State Family Symposium Focuses On Environmental Impacts On Families: Environmental Disasters, Climate Change, Built Environment  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Launches Nation’s 2nd State-Led Climate Leadership Academy, With More Than 150 Enrolled  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Ida’s Fatal Power Didn’t Shock Scientists Who Study How Climate Change Primed The Pump

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Trends In U.N. Climate Report Point To An Altered Chesapeake Bay

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-- ErieT Guest Essay: Coal Country AFL-CIO Presidents Agree - Federal Climate Action Must Create Good Union Jobs  [ReImagine Appalachia]

-- EPA: Report Shows Disproportionate Impacts Of Climate Change On Socially Vulnerable Populations In U.S.

-- PG/WPost: U.S. Begins Detaining Solar Panel Imports Over Concerns About Forced Labor In China

 -- Inquirer: Ida’s Legacy: 5 Deaths, 7 Tornadoes Record Flooding, Hundreds Of Water Rescues, One Incredibly Soggy Mess

-- Inquirer: ‘It Came Too Fast’ Record Floodwaters Brought Rescues, Damage, Terror, Grief

-- MCall: Ida Drops Up To 8 Inches Of Rain On Lehigh Valley Area, Major Flooding Continues Along Rivers

-- DEP: Storm And Flood Recovery Fact Sheets And Information [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Resources Available On Preventing, Recovering From Flood Damage  [PaEN]

-- PUC: Offers Safety Tips As Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Approach  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf: Federal SBA Low-Interest Loans To Be Made Available For Those Affected By August Flash Flooding In Tioga, Bradford, Lycoming, Potter  [PaEN]

-- Now On Demand: Southwest PA Water Agencies Flood Education Series For Allegheny County Homeowners & Business Owners  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Holds Virtual Hearing Sept. 22 On Air Quality Permit Renewal For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- PA Forestry Assn.: Keystone Woodland And Field Day On Sept. 18 In Greene County  [PaEN]

-- PA Forestry Assn./Ned Smith Center: Post New Wildfires/Smokey Bear Video In Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Series  [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands: Adds Nearly 70 Acres To State Forest Lands In Berks County [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Walk With A Doc-- Advancing Wellness Through Nature

-- Pike County Conservation District: Good Health And Nature By: Devan George, Communications Coordinator

-- PG - John Hayes: Researchers Celebrate The Return Of Native Lake Trout To Lake Erie

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Record Number Of American Eels Moved To Spots Above Dams In Susquehanna River

9/6/2021