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Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt said he was concerned about a proposed fee in the legislation that would charge fossil fuel companies $55 per ton of greenhouse gases.

“A lot of these storm pipes are undersized. So they become overwhelmed with stormwater particularly after significant rain events and flooding."

"The risk of flooding on Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River has declined from moderate in December 2020 to low."

What began as a call for donations to help Texas residents hurt by the storm grew into millions of dollars that will go to several local charities. Ocasio-Cortez visited a Houston food bank Saturday.

The system, which brought tremendous amounts of snow and rain to California, dumped heavy snow in the Midwest. New York is expected to get more than a foot of snow.

“The public comment period just makes it clear that Pennsylvanians are really clamoring for concrete action to reduce climate pollution."

"I mean it's huge for us. We have been trying to recover from the damage from 2017 and 2019 so to know that this will help alleviate the chances of flooding for 2021 means a great deal."

"We realized that it would be beneficial for the Board to be smaller so they can make decisions in a quicker fashion."

"In January when the shipping season is over, do exactly what you did last winter - physically let out as much water as you can because you don’t know what’s going to happen next spring."

The new standards — which are still subject to regulatory review and approval by the state legislature — were advanced by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education last week.