Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.12.22

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House returns to session [Budget Hearings]  March 21, 22, 23

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session [Budget Hearings] March 28, 29, 30

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- Representative Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers Compares Their History In PA To The Holy Bible - But He Left Out Some Parts [PaEN]

-- Protect PT Hosts Feb. 15 Webinar On Proposed Increase In Oil & Gas Well Bond Amounts To Protect Taxpayers Paying To Plug Wells Conventional, Unconventional Drillers Abandon  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Conewago Creek Watershed Assn. To Offer Water Well Testing In May, Warren County Has One Of The Lowest Rates Of Testing

-- Inquirer: Wolf Urged To Declare Disaster Emergency For Philly Water Main Break

-- WHYY: Philly Water Extends Freeze On Residential Shutoffs, Offers Virtual Utility Fairs

-- Bloomberg Law: Chester Residents See Federal Court Class Denied Over Covanta Incinerator Odors

-- PBS - Jon Hurdle: For Low-Income Pittsburgh, CleanAir Remains An Elusive Goal

-- ABC6: Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Emissions From Allentown’s B.Braun Plant Caused Their Cancer

-- WilliamsportS: Landfill Gas Project In Wayne Township Landfill’s Future

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Harvard Study Linking Natural Gas Drilling To Health Impacts In Seniors Should Result In Wider Scrutiny

-- Utility Dive: PJM Stakeholders Advance Grid Reform Plan To Speed Process, Clear Clean Energy Backlog 

-- PA Climate Convergence Set For June 11-13 In Harrisburg

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh, Partners Host Educational Events March 10 & 15 On Embodied Carbon And Why It Matters To Your Carbon-Reduction Strategy  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: The World Cup Wants A Sustainable Stadium, Are The Eagles Green Enough? 

-- MCall: Emmaus Grad Growing Her Sustainable Goods Shop, Zero-Waste Refillery With 2nd Lehigh Valley Location 

-- WITF: PA Farmers Dealing With Stress, Mental Health Issues Now Have New Resource For Help

-- CitizensV: Schuylkill County Conservation District, Sweet Arrow Lake Conservation Assn. Offering Tree Seedlings

-- Penn State: Geneticists Close To Grasping How Plant Communities May Adapt To Climate Change

-- DCNR Reports 1,371 Wildfires Burned 2,981 Acres In 2021, Down Slightly From 2020  [PaEN]

-- Feb. 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available; Feb. 14 Growing Greener 3 Funding Event  [PaEN]

-- Capital Area Greenbelt June 5 Tour de Belt Registration Now Open!

-- MCall: 2nd Child Dies After Falling Into An Icy Pond In Schuylkill County

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: First 38,000+ Snow Geese Arrive At Middle Creek Wildlife Area 

-- Triblive - Mary Ann Thomas: For 10th Year, Pittsburgh Hays’ Bald Eagles Lay 1st Egg

-- PG - John Hayes: Hays Eagles Incubating First Egg Of The Season

 

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

-- S&P Global: More Than 23GW Of Coal-Fired Power Plant Capacity To Retire In 2028 As Plant Closures Accelerate 

-- AP: U.S. Judge Strikes Down Biden Climate Damage Cost Estimate

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WHYY: Mail-In Ballot Applications Are Available For May Primary [Yes, You Can Still Request One]

-- PG: Nordenberg Says Commission’s Final Voting District Maps Prove He Succeeded In Chairman’s Role

-- AP: Sen. Martin Suspends Campaign For Republican Nomination For Governor Due To Leg-Related Medical Issues

-- AP: Dr. Oz Gets Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star As His Republican Rival For PA U.S. Senate Seat Says He’s Too ‘Hollywood’ 

-- MCall - Paul Muschik: It’s Disgraceful That Sen. Browne Went To Such Great Lengths To hide Allentown NIZ Tax Data

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 38,656 Excess Deaths Caused By COVID In 2020 & 2021

-- City & State PA: IFO Report - Seniors Bore Brunt Of COVID Deaths

-- PG: Pitt Terminating 9 Employees For Failing To Comply With Vaccine Mandate

-- Inquirer: Why Philly Is Keeping Its Mask Mandate As States Drop Them

-- WHYY: Philly Fighting COVID  CEO Banned From Working In PA

-- WarrenT: Warren County Group To Offer Cash Prizes For Newly Vaccinated

-- PA Cap-Star: Buffalo Bound Anti-COVID Mandate Protesters Stop In Scranton

-- Inquirer: Delaware’s Biggest Health System Moves Into PA To Buy Crozer Health

-- Inquirer: 4 Takeaways From PA’s School Funding Trial, 2 Weeks Into Republican Witnesses

-- PG: Winchester Thurston Students In Pittsburgh Angered By School’s Response To Racist Snapchat Post

-- MCall: Family That Sued Lehigh Valley School District Saying Lessons On White Privilege, Systemic Racism Were Anti-Christian Could Get $45,000 Under Settlement

-- LancasterOnline: New White Nationalist Club Behind Millersville ‘Never ‘Apologise’ For Being White,’ Antisemitic  Stickers, Other Propaganda In Central PA 

-- ErieT: Erie County Executive Wants To Cut Federal Funds To Community College, Diversity Board, Here’s Why

-- ErieT: Northern PA Regional College Excluded From Wolf Budget Because They Haven’t Used $14 Million In State Money For 2 Years 

-- AP: Bulletproof Vest Saves Philadelphia Police Officer Serving A Warrant

-- Inquirer: An Amish Farmer’s 600 Guns Were Seized In Lancaster County, But It’s Unclear If He Broke The Law

-- ErieT: Greene Twp. Officials Dodge Legal, Ethical Questions Over $10,000 Bonuses For Themselves

-- TribLive: Supply Chain Issues, Rising Costs Causing Fish Fry Cancellations, Higher Prices

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[Posted: February 12, 2022]  PA Environment Digest