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
-- DCNR Blog: Gov. Wolf’s Proposed 2022-23 Budget Supports Conservation & Recreation
-- DEP Awards $250,000+ In Grants To Protect Lake Erie Coastal Zone [PaEN]
-- DEP Awards $574,974 In Grants To Protect Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone [PaEN]
-- NFWF Accepting Applications For Delaware River Watershed Conservation Grants [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: For Diversified Oil, Well Plugging Goes From Liability To Moneymaker; Company Sees Tremendous Potential Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding [133 companies expressed interest in new well plugging program in PA]
-- YorkDR Guest Essay: This Year, Pennsylvania Must Properly Fund Efforts To Cleanup Our Waterways - PennFuture
-- TribLive Editorial: Addressing Pennsylvania’s Unseen Blight Of Abandoned Mines
-- PG Editorial: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Invigorates Mine Cleanup Efforts - Full Steam Ahead!
-- PG: Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Raises Concern For Restored Nine Mile Run
-- Inquirer: Massive Water Main Break Floods Several Blocks In Philadelphia, Prompting Evacuations - Video
-- AP: Philadelphia Water Main Break Causes Flooding, Evacuations
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Launches A Solar Energy Lease Program For Homeowners
-- Guest Essay: The Case For Equitable Energy Storage In Pennsylvania - By Odette Mucha, Vote Solar and Liz Robinson, Philadelphia Solar Energy Association [PaEN]
-- WHYY: PJM Power Grid Operator Moves On New Plan To Clear Logjam Of Solar Energy Projects
-- PJM Interconnection Planning Committee Widely Endorses New Plan To Clear Solar Energy Projects
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Natural Gas Industry, Some PA Lawmakers Trying To Block Clean Energy Options - PennEnvironment
-- PennFuture Blog: Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Problems Persist In Pennsylvania
-- Sen. Yaw: PA Shouldn’t Rely Solely On $395 Million In Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funds To Plug Wells Abandoned By PA Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers [Should Prohibit The State From Owning Renewable Energy Credits To Generate More Money?]
-- PennLive Letter: Republican Bills Rob Clean Energy To Fund Cleanup Of Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Drillers
-- Rep. Metcalfe: Declares Lame Duck Wolf’s Final Fake Budget, ‘Environmental Crusader’ Legacy As Absolute Failures [Should Give Taxpayer Funded Grants To Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers To Plug Wells Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned?]
-- ReadingE: Expect Even Higher Gasoline Prices By Summer, Most Analysts Say [International Energy Markets Are Controlling The Price You Pay]
-- AP: States Get Go-Ahead To Build Electric Car Charging Stations
-- The Green Cities: 6 Black Philadelphians Leading The Environmental Movement
-- PA Cap-Star: Philly Playground Exhibit Honors City’s Black Leaders, Legends
-- Delaware River Water Resources Assn. Accepting Applications For Buzzi College Scholarship
-- WITF/PennLive: Tens Of Thousands Of Bees Stolen From The GIANT Company Cumberland County Pollinator Project
-- AP: 60,000 Bees Stolen From The GIANT Company Pollinator Field In Cumberland County
-- Pittsburgh City Paper: 7 Local Urban Farming Projects Funded By Dept. Of Agriculture
-- PA Horticultural Society: Make Plans For 2022 Philadelphia Flower Show June 11-19
-- WeConservePA Planning For Trails In Wetlands And Wet Areas Workshop April 29-30. Allegheny County.
-- Dauphin County Seeking Volunteers For Wildwood Park Work Day March 12
-- WilliamsportS: Lose Park To See Big Upgrades
-- MCall Guest Essay: We Will Continue To Preserve Farmland, Open Space To Combat Warehouse Proliferation - Northampton County Executive
-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation April 2 Spring Growers Meeting. Annville, Lebanon County.
-- MCall: Hellertown Library Dispute Continues To Escalate, Could Affect Saucon Rail Trail
-- YorkDR - Brian Whipkey: Discover Nescopeck State Park In Luzerne County
-- TribLive: Bill Would Expand E-Scooters To PA Cities Beyond Pittsburgh
-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Loggers Discover Bear Cubs, Game Commission Places Cubs With New Mothers
-- Game Commission: Time To Ready Bluebird Nesting Boxes
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Changes Outline For PA Trout Stocking In 2022
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- Gov. Wolf: PA Congressional Delegation Supports Plan To Assist Pennsylvanians In Need With Federal American Rescue Plan Funds
-- ErieT: Erie City Council OKs ARP Funds For Storm Sewer Repairs, Savocchio Park Plan, Demolition
-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?
Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law
-- AP: States Get Go-Ahead To Build Electric Car Charging Stations
Other States/National/International
-- NPR: Obsolete Rainfall Records Blocking Cities’ Climate Change Prep
-- Clean Air Council: Over 60 PA State, Local Elected Officials Called On EPA To Strengthen Oil & Gas Methane Rules
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: PA Supreme Court Puts Hold On Gathering Names For Primary Candidates Petitions
-- PA Cap-Star: PA Supreme Court Suspends Candidate Petitions Pending Redistricting Lawsuits
-- YorkD Editorial: Redistricting Reform Is Dead, Long Live Redistricting Reform [Pending Lawsuit Outcomes]
-- PA Cap-Star: Activists Call For House Floor Vote On Bill Banning Gifts To Lawmakers
-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Lawmakers Celebrate Court Decision Temporarily Declaring Mail-In Voting Illegal [That Decision Was Stayed By PA Supreme Court]
-- Rep. Pam Snyder (D) Not Running For Reelection
-- Inquirer: Republican Candidate For Governor Sen. Mastriano Spent A Day Claiming Facebook Was Censoring Him - On Facebook
-- Inquirer: Conor Lamb’s U.S. Senate Campaign Getting Super PAC Boost
-- TribLive: Fetterman Noncommittal On Western PA Democratic Candidate Event
-- PennLive: Here’s A Roadmap To The Major Pieces Of Wolf’s 2022 Budget Plan
-- Gov. Wolf: PA Congressional Delegation Supports Plan To Assist Pennsylvanians In Need With Federal American Rescue Plan Funds
-- AP: Poorer Cities, Growing Suburbs Get Most Out Of Wolf’s School Funding Plan
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: What Was Missing From Wolf’s Final State Budget Address
-- PennLive - John Baer: PA’s 2022 Budget Address Is Deja Vu All Over Again, Here’s Why That’s A Bad Thing
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: State Universities’ Leader Promises Tuition Freeze If It Receives $550 Million In Governor’s Budget
-- PG Editorial: Funding Can Stabilize State Universities’ System
-- WBTimes: Wolf’s Budget Priorities Solid, Both Parties Need To Work On Numbers
-- TribLive: Western PA Motorists’ Concerns Mount Over Potential Bridge Disasters
-- TribLive: Hospital Leaders In Western PA Hopeful As COVID Cases Decline; But Staffing Remains An Issue
-- PG: Allegheny County Reaches Grim Milestone: 3,000 Deaths From COVID
-- PG: Ex-Pitt Official Admits To Stealing 13,000 Masks From University To Sell On eBay
-- MCall Guest Essay: Let’s Show The Nation What True Nonpartisanship Cooperation Can Do - Lehigh County Executive
-- PA Cap-Star: PA Residents Drinking Better Not More Helping To Drive Alcohol Sales Growth
-- PennLive: 2 People Killed In Harrisburg Shooting, Suspect Fled And Crashed Into School Bus
-- Rep. Innamorato: Welcoming PA Caucus Introduces Bill To Create Office Of New Pennsylvanians
-- CourierT: Can Companies Follow Parx Casino’s Lead In Diversifying Their Workforce?
-- WESA: In The Age Of Work From Home, PA Factories Struggle With Staffing
-- WESA: Funk Legend And Longtime Pittsburgh Resident Betty Davis Dies At 77
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[Posted: February 10, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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