House returns to session [Budget Hearings] March 21, 22, 23
Senate returns to session [Budget Hearings] March 28, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: Department of Environmental Protection. House Floor. Click Here to watch live.
-- Budget Briefing: Senate, House Budget Hearings Should Talk About Once-In-A-Generation Investments In Cleaning Up The Environment; Oil & Gas Program At A Crossroads [PaEN]
WEDNESDAY: Senate Appropriations Committee state budget hearings: 10:00 - Department of Conservation & Natural Resources; 2:30 - Department of Environmental Protection. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch live.
WEDNESDAY 10:00: House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: Department of Agriculture. House Floor. Click Here to watch live.
THURSDAY 10:00: Senate Appropriations Committee state budget hearings: 10:00 - Department of Agriculture. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch live.
-- February 28 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: EQT Natural Gas Producer Putting Its Money Into ‘Energy Transition’ -- Fuel Cells That Chemically Produce Energy To Power Homes, Businesses
-- Pocono Record: Proposed Rules Would Allow For Delaware River Water To Be Exported For Fracking
-- Penn State Researchers To Study Links Between Fracking, Water Contamination In Southwestern PA; Follows Similar Study In NE PA That Found Water Contamination [PaEN]
-- Register Now For 2022 Shale Network Workshop In State College May 12-13 [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Help Available For Pennsylvanians Struggling To Pay Water, Sewer Bills
-- PennLive Editorial: State Must Find Money To Stop Sewage Flowing Into Susquehanna River
-- ScrantonT: Maple Syrup Season Nearing Peak Production
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: When Will Bald Eagle Eggs Hatch At Livestreamed Nests?
-- Warren Times: Wildlife Feeding Prohibition Remains In Place In Allegheny National Forest
-- Warren Times: Help Wanted: U.S. Forest Service - Allegheny National Forest
True Energy Independence Means More Renewables
-- True Energy Independence Means More Renewables, Not Letting Foreign Markets Or Despots Dictate What We Pay For Energy [PaEN]
-- Reuters: Oil/Natural Gas Prices Soar As Russian Energy Supply Fears Intensify
-- The Economist: If Russian Natural Gas Was Cut Off To Europe, Could LNG Plug The Gap? [Spoiler - Not From The U.S. Which Is Already Exporting At Near Full Capacity]
-- Reuters: Analysis: Russian Risks Stoke Fears For European Winter Natural Gas Supplies
-- WSJ: Russian Fossil Fuel Giants Gazprom, Rosneft Fuel Moscow’s State Coffers
-- Daily Mail: Missiles Hit Nuclear Waste Disposal Site In Kyiv
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- $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
--IPCC: New UN Report Warns Of Deadly Climate Change Consequences
-- AP: UN Climate Report: ‘Atlas Of Human Suffering’ Worse, Bigger
-- NYT: Climate Change Is Harming The Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, UN Warns
-- WPost Guest Essay: We Can Reduce Global Temperatures Faster Than We Once Thought, If We Act How - Michael E. Mann (Penn State), Mark Hertsgaard, Saleemul Huq
-- Reuters: China Sees Biggest Growth In Energy, Coal Use Since 2011
-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court To Weigh Limits To EPA Efforts On Climate Change
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- WHYY: PA’s Legislative Redistricting Is Done, But Local Impacts Still Unfolding
-- TribLive: Western PA Republicans Blast New Congressional Districts Map; Democrats Invigorated By Changes
-- York Dispatch Editorial: Enforce U.S. House Subpoena Against Republican Sen. Mastriano On Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- AP: Many Trials Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Hinge On First Trial’s Outcome [PA included]
-- WBTimes Guest Essay: General Assembly Needs To Act On $1.7 Billion In Federal Aid Now - Gov. Wolf
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Wolf Drops State Police Fee In Budget Proposal, But The Problem Remains
-- Gov. Wolf Urges Liquor Control Board To Remove And Stop Selling Russian-Sourced Products
-- TribLive: LCB Removes Russian-Made Products From State Store Shelves
-- PennLive: Liquor Control Board Removes All Russian-Made Alcohol From Stores
-- PA Cap-Star: PA Liquor Control Board Will Yank Russian Products From Its Shelves
-- PennLive: $100,000 Club: Who Are State Government’s Top Wage Earners?
-- PG: Western PA Leaders And Activists See Hope In State’s Marijuana Hearings
-- LancasterOnline: Elizabethtown School Board Continues Discussion Of Book Ban
-- PG: Pittsburgh Schools’ Interim Superintendent Says District Is Exploring Options To Curb Unrest
-- Altoona Mirror: PA Supreme Court Scraps Procedures That Protected Minors Who Committed Murder From Life Without Parole
-- AP: PA Man Freed After Nearly 14 Years In Prison After New Trial, Charges Dropped
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Offers Lessons On Representation For PA Judiciary - Why Courts Matter-PA
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Police Can’t Investigate Themselves
-- PG Editorial: Venango County Killing Demands Attention, Clarity
-- Spotlight PA: PA Isn’t Likely To See More Local Health Depts Anytime Soon, We Found Out Why
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Learn From Failures Of Free COVID Testing Program For Schools
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Residents Tell Why They Quit Jobs During The Pandemic
-- ErieT: Erie Group Rolls Out Plan To Invest Millions In East Side Neighborhood
-- MCall: This Employment Agency Helps Companies Diversity Staff In The Lehigh Valley
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[Posted: February 28, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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