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“I’d say the big difference between the last report and this one is we’ve actually experienced the impact of some of that weather now,” said Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell, referring to storms in 2018 that caused severe flash flooding across the state.
The report uses a worst-case scenario climate model, with no assumed solutions, to make its projections. Increases are compared to a baseline period measured from 1971 to 2000.
McDonnell said by using that model, it gives the state an opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the projected outcomes by pursuing greenhouse gas reduction policies.
‘A third-world problem’: 584 million gallons of Harrisburg-area wastewater discharged untreated in 2020
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Capital Region Water discharged 584 million gallons of untreated sewage into the Susquehanna River in 2020.
Jimmie Brown | jbrown@pennlive.com
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Capital Region Water discharged 584 million gallons of untreated sewage into the Susquehanna River 41 percent of all the water that entered the system in 2020.
Last April, while most people were preoccupied with a global pandemic, the Trump-era U.S. Environmental Protection Agency raised an alarm over Capital Region Water’s failure to prevent sewer overflows.
“Despite the lengthy discussions and analyses undertaken . . . CRW still seems to be struggling with the concept of the [long-term control] plan,” the letter reads.
StateImpact Pennsylvania Old Forge Road in Chanceford Township, York County is seen here on July 21, 2020 nearly two years after flash floods carried away part of the road.
Pennsylvania could be nearly six degrees hotter on average by 2050, while seeing more frequent heatwaves and intense rain, according to the state’s latest
The report estimates the state’s average temperature will continue to rise up to 5.9 degrees higher on average by midcentury. That’s half a degree hotter than expected in the 2015 report.
The projections also show more frequent and intense storms and heat waves. The state could see more than a month’s worth of days 90 degrees or higher through the year, up from 5 days during a baseline period.