Speculation about whether a legislative pay raise or a gas tax hike will all be linked to a final agreement on the Governor’s environmental spending proposals and passed this Fall was floating around the Capitol again this week. Only this time it broke out into the open in a press story.

As Steve MacNett, chief counsel to Senate Republicans, was quoted in an article as saying, “It’s the late summer of the even numbered year and so this issue is back. I don’t think that a legislative pay increase has ever been done in a lame duck session. Do stranger things happen? Yeah.”

Contents - On the Hill

· Senate, House Environmental Committees Set Waste Coal Meetings

In Other News

· Bay Foundation Logs 1,000 + Forested Stream Buffers in Less Than Four Years

· Farmland Preservation Board Preserves 3,780 More Acres

· Penn State's Hydrogen Energy Center Hosts 'Hydrogen Day”

· Conestoga Watershed Credit Project Features NutrientNet

· Request for Comments on Conestoga TMDLs in Berks County

· Energy Savings Plan Paying Off for Northampton County

· Forums on Coping with Rising Energy Costs at Colleges/Universities Set

· Pittsburgh School District Given “STAR” Status for Pest Management Program

· Pittsburgh Architects Seeking Nominees for Green Design Awards

· Communities Could Gain from EPA Proposal Encouraging Property Purchase

· EPA Releases List of State-Local Fish Advisories

· New Environmental Research Fellowship Opportunities Announced

· Guide Advises Investors of Risk, Opportunity on Global Climate Change

· DCED Local Municipal Resources/Development Applications Due Sept. 30

· DCED Urban Development Grant Applications Due Sept. 30

· Early Fall Can Be a Batty Time for Homeowners

Taking Positive Actions

· Two PA Groups Receive Take Pride in America Awards from Interior

8/27/2004