Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.4.22

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Senate returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session Feb. 7, 8, 9

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- DEP Office Closings: Northcentral Regional Office, Northeast Regional Office, and the Scranton and Pocono District Offices will be closed on Feb. 4

 

-- DEP To Report $4.7 Million, 17.6% Deficit, In Funding Oil & Gas Regulatory Program To EQB Feb. 15; Conventional Drillers Only Pay 0.4% Of Their Regulatory Costs  [PaEN]

 

-- House Environmental Committee To Hold Feb. 7 Information Meeting On DEP’s Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program For Wells Abandon By Conventional Drillers  [PaEN]

 

-- AP: Wolf Files Lawsuit To Force Publication Of RGGI Carbon Pricing Plan

 

-- Ducks Unlimited Celebrates 85 Years Of Wildlife Conservation, Restoring Or Protecting More Than 15 Million Acres Of Habitat In North America; Over 28,300 Acres In PA  [PaEN]

 

-- ReadingE: Sense Of Urgency Heightened For Lake Ontelaunee Dam Upgrades In Berks County

 

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 4 RiverWatch Video Report

 

-- Allegheny County Health Dept: Air Quality Approves 10 Mon Valley Episode Rule Plans, Rejects 6

 

-- PA Solar Center Webinar: Feb. 11 Agrivoltaics And Dual-Use Solar Applications To Promote Food Production, Energy Generation, Grazing, Pollinator Habitats, More  [PaEN]

 

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Alliance Wants To Make Western PA Hub For Hydrogen Production, Carbon Storage  [Sen. Yaw’s Senate Bill 284 would stifle innovation and make this facility more expensive by requiring bonding.  Read more here. ]  

 

-- EQT, Marathon Launch Initiative To Support Low-Carbon, Hydrogen Industrial Hub In Ohio, PA, WV

 

-- PG - Anya Litvak: On Track For A Zero-Carbon Locomotive, Wabtec Is On To Step 2  [Sen. Yaw’s Senate Bill 284 would stifle innovation and make these locomotives more expensive by specifically requiring bonding.  Read more here ]  

 

-- PUC Seeks Public Comment On Proposed Settlement With Columbia Gas Over 2018 Over-Pressurization Incidents

 

-- WHYY: Interfaith Leaders Allege Philadelphia Gas Works Left Vulnerable Families In The Cold

 

-- PUC Chair Dutrieuille Recognizes Black History Month And Highlights Upcoming State Observance Program

 

-- February 5 PA Bulletin Now Available

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Boating Season In Doubt At Shikellamy State Park In Sunbury

 

-- ErieT: Winter’s Wonders Dazzle At Presque Isle State Park’s North Pier

 

-- DCNR Names Brian Heath New Park Manager For Delaware Canal State Park In Bucks, Northampton Counties

 

-- Western PA Conservancy: Water, Land, Life Newsletter Update 

 

-- Audubon: New Citizen Science Initiative - Climate Watch

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Mill Workers At U.S. Steel Irvin Plant Construct Peaceful Solution For Owl vs. Eagle Spat 

 

-- LancasterOnline: Snowy Owl Visiting Field In Lancaster County Attracts Bird Enthusiasts

 

-- Sharon Herald: Pymatuning Deer Park Forced To Move Endangered Species

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- The Center Square: Republican House Speaker Pans Wolf’s Federal Relief Spending Plan

 

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?

 

Other States/National/International

-- NPR: Satellite Finds Massive Methane Leaks From Natural Gas Pipelines

-- PA Cap-Star: Lawmakers, Including Republican Cong. Thompson, Clash Over Climate In Early Federal Farm Bill Talks

 

-- PG: Toomey, Oil & Gas Industry Oppose Fed Nominee Over Climate Stress Test Concerns

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- CourierT: Bucks County Officials Sound Alarm On Impact Of PA Redistricting Delays On Primary Election

-- ErieT Guest Essay: PA Republicans Are Stealing Your Right To Vote - PA Senate/House Democratic Leaders

-- WBTimes: AG Shapiro’s Office: 2020 Fake Republican Elector Plan Not Illegal, But Misleading

-- CourierT: America First Candidate To Change Republican Cong. Fitzpatrick

-- City & State: Republican Poll Says Republican State Candidates Have The Advantage This Year

-- The Center Square: Republican House Speaker Pans Wolf’s Federal Relief Spending Plan

-- PG: As Wolf Readies Final Budget, State University System Waits To See If They Will Get More Funding

-- PennLive: PA Casinos Hit Jackpot With Record Year In 2021

--WITF/PennLive: Tower Health Doctor Fired For Prescribing Unproven COVID Treatments To Patients

-- Inquirer: Less Than One-Third Of PA Elementary Students Vaccinated Against COVID

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Preempting Local Gun Ordinances

-- AP: Wolf Vetoes Bill To Prevent Local Firearms Restrictions

-- Inquirer: Carjackings In Philly Are On A Record Pace, Officials Aren’t Sure Why

-- CourierT: Bucks County Community Settles Lawsuit In Police Shooting Where Officer Confused Gun With Taser For $750,000

-- Inquirer Editorial: Philly Officials Collaborated On Gun Violence Report, But Can They Implement Their Own Recommendations?

-- WHYY: Philly Unveils First-Of-Its Kind Vending Machine For Opioid Overdose Drug Narcan

-- WHYY: Blood Donation Shortage A ‘Major Concern’ In Pennsylvania

-- PG: Private Christian School Leader First Witness For Republicans In Public School Funding Trial

-- WHYY: Republicans Make Case For School Choice, Not Money In PA School Funding Trial

-- ErieT: Unemployment Rates Improve In Erie County Falls From 6.2% To 5.9%

-- CentreDT: Centre County Couple Made, Sold Moonshine For More Than 30 Years, Investigators Say

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[Posted: February 4, 2022]  PA Environment Digest