Two workers tested positive for COVID-19 at Limerick Nuclear Power Plant during refueling operations.
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Recycling, Nuclear Industry and Earth Day
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Two workers tested positive for COVID-19 at Limerick Nuclear Power Plant during refueling operations.
From The Context, PA Post’s weekday email newsletter:
Pennsylvania can claim just one U.S. President as its own: James Buchanan, #15, born on this day in 1791 in Cove Gap, Franklin County. He lived in Lancaster after graduating from Dickinson College and again in his retirement. Buchanan, whose pre-Presidency political career included serving in Congress, as Secretary of State and a diplomat to the U.K., is widely considered the worst commander-in-chief we’ve ever had. Mainly because of his decisions — including supporting states’ rights to maintain the institution of slavery and failing to grasp the importance of the issue — leading up to the Civil War. -Emily Previti, Newsletter Producer/Reporter
Earth Day recap
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Limerick Nuclear Power Plant in Montgomery County.
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There’s been a lot of discussion about Pa’s possibly subsidizing its nuclear industry, but not much focused on costs to consumers. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Marie Cusick breaks it down in this post.
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Many recycling programs don’t take plastic bags because they are notoriously tough to process. But one plant outside Reading is trying to figure out the best ways to give the material a second life. The pilot project is mostly paid for by an organization funded by large corporations that produce flexible plastic. WHYY’s Dana Bate went there to find out more for this story.
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Smart Talk host Scott LaMar focused the show’s Earth Day episode on sustainability efforts underway at Dickinson College, Geisinger Health and Char’s Tracy Mansion. Listen here.
Best of the rest
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Solicitor Samuel T. Cooper, III, Esq. and President Danielle Robinson during the Harrisburg School District Board meeting last week.
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Harrisburg school officials recently voted to deny Pennsylvania Department of Education auditors access to electronic financial records. School board directors who want to grant access are relatively new; those blocking it are veterans, some with tenures predating PDE’s oversight of the troubled district. PennLive’s Christine Vendel has this story on the latest development in this situation: harsh words from the state Auditor General.
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PublicSource recently dropped its annual analysis of salaries for commonwealth employees. Note the state refuses to disclose gender or race associated with positions’ pay, claiming an exemption under the Right-to-Know law. The top 25 earners list is dominated by investment chiefs for the teachers’ statewide pension system, university presidents and Department of Human Services doctors.
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Eastern Lancaster County School District officials recently approved a policy limiting students to using bathrooms and locker rooms designated for their “biological sex”, despite the weak legal track record of similar policies. In the run up to the rules taking effect May 14, PA Post’s Ed Mahon recounts the genesis of the debate, past steps taken by the school to accommodate transgender students and concerns of parents on both sides of the issue in this explainer.
