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 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. 16th Floor Delaware Room, Rachel Carson Building. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: John Brakeall 717-783-9731 or jbrakeall@pa.gov.
-- Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Pay Only $46,100 Of The $10,600,000 It Costs DEP To Regulate That Industry; Taxpayers May Be Asked To Pay The Difference [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Left PA Full Of 200,000+ Possibly Harmful Old Wells, Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Brings New Hope Wells Will Be Plugged [Proposal To Increase Bonding]
-- Delaware Valley Journal: Mariner East Pipeline Construction Complete In PA, Company Says [Article Leaves Out Record $24 Million In DEP Penalties; 48 Environmental Crimes Charges Brought By State Attorney General]
-- WITF - Rachel McDevitt: High-Ranking Oil And Gas Official Resigns From DEP
-- TribLive: Commonwealth Court Denies Murrysville Watch Committee’s Appeal Of Ordinance Allowing Unconventional Drilling
-- YorkDR Letter: Pro-Life Means Supporting The Environment
-- DEP Posts Budget Documents For Senate/House Hearings
-- Public News Service: Regenerative Farming Can Help PA Reach Water Pollution Reduction Goals
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission’s New StoryMap Showcases Water Quality Monitoring System [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Researchers Cite Widespread Lead Contamination In Water At Philly Schools
-- Inquirer: 98% Of Philly Schools Tested Had Some Lead In Their Water
-- TribLive Guest Essay: The Story of Pittsburgh’s Water
-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Authority Taps Into COVID Relief Program To Pay Overdue Water, Sewer Bills
-- TribLive: Franklin Twp Sewer Authority Finalizing Study Of Stormwater Inflow, Infiltration
-- AP: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Provides $1 Billion For Great Lakes Cleanup
-- ErieT Guest Essay: Supporting The Great Lakes Is Good For The Environment, And For Business - 1% For The Great Lakes
-- Takeaways From PA State Grange Program On Solar Energy Generation And Farming [PaEN]
-- TribLive: High International Crude Oil Prices, Rising Demand Boosting Pittsburgh Region Gasoline Prices
-- ErieT: Erie Feels The Pain As Gasoline Prices Soar Due To High International Crude Oil Prices [Due To International Energy Markets Setting Prices]
-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Carbon Capture Injection Wells Promising Step
-- DCNR Accepting Applications For Grants To Support Volunteer Fire Companies Protecting Against Wildfires [PaEN]
-- YorkDR: Brian Whipkey: Fish & Boat Commission Creates Public Access To Private Stream Corridors In PA
-- Pocono Record - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission’s Howard Nursery Provides Trees, Shrubs, Habitat Structures Across PA
-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation: April 8 Soaring Eagle Celebration, State College
-- Interns Wanted: DEP Offering Paid Summer Internship Positions
-- Interns Wanted: DCNR Offering Paid Summer Internship Positions
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Maple Sugaring In PA - Where And When You Can Get Your Tastebuds Titillated
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Ready To Count Your Backyard Birds For Science? Great Backyard Bird Count
-- ScrantonT: Experience Nature Without Leaving Home During Backyard Bird Count
Federal Security Advisory
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?
Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law
-- AP: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Provides $1 Billion For Great Lakes Cleanup
Other States/National/International
-- IEEFA.org: U.S. Power Sector Natural Gas Consumption Has Likely Hit Its Peak
-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Seeks Public Input On New Hydrogen Hubs, Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing To Decarbonize Industry Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
-- Financial Times: U.S. Coal Companies Defy Obituaries With ‘Amazing’ Results
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- WITF: Reading, Allentown Highlight How Redistricting Can Impact Latino Communities For Better, Worse
-- YorkD Guest Essay: A Fair Congressional Voting Districts Map Awaits Final Approval - House Republicans
-- PennLive - John Baer: Republican Race For Governor A Hot Mess, And It’s Just Starting To Bubble
-- Inquirer Pro/Con: Should PA Governors, Lt. Governors Run On Same Ticket?
-- City & State PA: Endorsements In PA’s U.S. Senate Race Keep Stacking Up
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Talk About Getting Off Easy: A $150 Fine For A State Officials Who Ripped Off Taxpayers
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Progressive Activists Ask Wolf Administration To Bar Republicans Involved In Trying To Overturn The Nov. 2020 Election, Assault On U.S. Capitol From Primary Ballot
-- PA Cap-Star: Who In PA The U.S. House Committee Investigating The Assault On U.S. Capitol Wants To Hear From And Why
-- YorkDR: York County Commissioners Name New Elections Director; Democrats Say She Has No Elections Experience
-- MCall - Bill White: Will PA’s Government Go Full MAGA Next Year?
-- WITF/AP: Democrats Fear Extinction In Rural PA And Across The Country
-- CourierT: PA Law Mandates Judges Retire At Age 75, Here’s How They Can Avoid It
-- The Center Square: State Revenue Estimate Discrepancies Focus Of PA House Budget Hearing
-- PA Gaming Board: $68 Million In Wagers Placed On Super Bowl, 27% Increase Over Last Year
-- Dept. Of Health Weekly Update On COVID Cases, Vaccinations, Hospitalizations
-- Inquirer: More Than 9,000 Pennsylvanians Died In COVID Omicron Surge
-- WHYY: Philly Drops COVID Vaccine Mandate For Indoor Dining
-- TribLive: Allegheny County’s COVID Stats ‘Headed In A Favorable Direction
-- Spotlight PA: As COVID Surged, Few PA Schools Signed Up For Free COVID Testing
-- Inquirer: Final Republican Witness In PA School Funding Trial Disputes $4.6 Billion Spending Gap
- Gov. Wolf Outlines $200 Million Plan To Make College Affordable
-- AP: Wolf Renews High-Ed Scholarship Idea, Amid Worker Shortage
-- PennLive: Middletown Schools To Require Students To Use Clear Backpacks After Gun Found In Middle School
-- TribLive: White Students ‘No Longer Members’ Of Winchester Thurston School In Pittsburgh After Video Mocking George Floyd
-- Inquirer: 12-Year-Old Is Charged With Murder In Beating Death Of 70-Year Old Man During Carjacking
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: 7 Moms Whose Kids Were Killed By Gun Violence Share What They’ve Lost
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: ‘Please Take Pictures:’ Philadelphia Moms Who Lost Children To Gun Violence Don’t Want Us To Look Away
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster DA No Longer Using Civil Forfeiture Funds To Help Pay Drug Task Force Salaries
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Activists, Officials Hope Legislation Will End ‘Systemic Racism’ In Traffic Stops
-- CitizensV Editorial: Remington Settlement Warning Shot For Insurers
-- AG Shapiro Charges 5 Out-Of-State Residents For Defrauding PA’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program
-- TribLive: What’s The Post-Pandemic Future Of Downtown Pittsburgh Development?
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[Posted: February 17, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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