House returns to session March 28 (NV), 29. 30
Senate returns to session March 28, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 3:00: DEP, PennDOT Join Community Leaders, Honor Students In Pick Up Pennsylvania Litter Cleanup Event in Waynesboro, Franklin County
-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Technical Guidance On Trenchless Pipeline Construction. Click Here for copy.
-- Kurt Klapkowski Serving As DEP Acting Deputy Secretary For Oil & Gas Management [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $4 Million For 6 Projects In PA To Boost Economic Growth In Areas Hit By The Decline Of The Coal Industry [PaEN]
-- University Of Pittsburgh Announces Climate Action Plan To Go Carbon Neutral By 2037 [PaEN]
-- Community College Of Allegheny County Flipped The Switch On Completed Solar Energy Installation [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Community College Of Allegheny County Flips The Switch To Solar Power
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Path To Defeating Putin Lies In Ending Our Dependence On Fossil Fuels - Rep. Guest, Rep. Webster
-- WHYY: Delaware River Watershed Streams Are Most Polluted In The U.S., New Report Says
-- Schuylkill Acts & Impacts 6-Day Student Expedition Down The Schuylkill River In July-August [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Sewickley Troop 243 Scout Completes Eagle Scout Project Plants 30 Trees At Recreation Area
-- Inquirer: ‘Moderate Drought’ Parching Much Of Philly Region, Feds Say
-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 18 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary: Latest Estuary Newsletter Now Available
-- Keep PA Beautiful Announces Winners Of Litter Hawk Youth Art Awards Program [PaEN]
-- Rodale Institute To Host First-Ever Regenerative Healthcare Conference Oct. 16-19 At Its Berks County Organic Experimental Farm [PaEN]
-- March 19 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- ClearWater Conservancy, Patton Township Permanently Protect 149 Acre Gray's Woods Preserve In Centre County [PaEN]
-- Erie News Now: Work To Restore And Expand Pymatuning State Park Trail To Resume
-- MCall: Boy Scouts Selling Camp Trexler To Generate Funds To Settle Sex Abuse Claims
-- PA Society For Ornithology To Hold 2nd Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 17-20 [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Where Are All The Volunteers Who Normally Help Stock Trout In SE PA? Mystified PA Officials Ask For Help
-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary & Bartram’s Garden Plans For Freshwater Mussel Hatchery Taking Shape
-- NextPittsburgh: CoNectar, A Honey Shop, Cafe And Education Center Makes A Beeline For Millvale
-- ErieT: Put Your Senses To The Test And Learn To Read Nature’s Signs
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: First Day Of Spring March 20, And Other Fascinating Facts About The Season
True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[Listen To What Europe Says They Need - Not What The U.S. Oil/Gas Industry Wants]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Path To Defeating Putin Lies In Ending Our Dependence On Fossil Fuels - Rep. Guest, Rep. Webster
-- Reading Eagle: Oil Prices Have Dropped, But Will Gasoline Prices Follow? [That is the question isn’t it? There is no limit to what oil companies can charge you.]
-- ScrantonT: Pike County’s Average Gasoline Price Is Tops In PA
-- TribLive: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Corman Talks Energy, Gasoline Tax Holiday [There is no limit to what oil companies can charge us for gasoline]
-- PG: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Lou Barletta Says PA Could Lead The Way For U.S. Energy By Unleashing Natural Gas Industry [Tieing us even more closely to spiking natural gas prices and Russian despots]
-- City & State PA: Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Josh Shapiro Unveils Plan To Cut Cell Phone Tax, Issues Gasoline Tax Refunds [There is no limit to shat oil companies can charge us for gasoline]
-- Reuters: Poland ‘Looking Again’ At The Role Of Natural Gas In Green Energy Transition
"We're looking at that again to see how we can reduce our dependence on gas during this transitional period” away from coal.
“Poland's long-term supply contract with Russia's Gazprom expires at the end of this year. The country plans to replace that supply via a new gas pipeline from Norway, expected to be ready by November.”
-- Financial Times: New Yorkers Struggle To Pay Utility Bills As Electricity Prices Soar
“New York is experiencing some of the most dramatic increases in a broad national rise in retail electricity prices, driven by a rebound in demand and an increase in the cost of natural gas burnt at power stations.”
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
-- Bloomberg Green: Lyme Timber CEO Wants To Fix A Broken Carbon Offset System And Create A Market That Actually Works
-- AP: Federal Appeals Court Revives Biden Climate Damage Cost Estimate Rule
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
--WITF/Spotlight PA: Fringe Theory Cited By Republicans In PA Redistricting Case Could Give Legislature Unchecked Election Power
-- TribLive: State Legislative Redistricting Causes Changes In Alle-Kiski Valley Communities
-- ScrantonT Editorial: No Man An Island, Except House Republican Leader Benninghoff After Unanimous PA Supreme Court Decision On Redistricting
-- MCall - Ford Turner: House, Senate Candidates Prepare For 11-Day Signature-Seeking Frenzy
-- PG Guest Essay: The Need For Greater Security For Election Workers Against An Increasing Number Of Threats - Al Schmidt, Fmr Republican Philadelphia Elections Commissioner
-- AP: Big Republican Primary Field For Governor Has Party Leaders Worried
-- TribLive: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Corman Talks Energy, Gasoline Tax Holiday [There is no limit to what oil companies can charge us for gasoline]
-- PG: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Lou Barletta Says PA Could Lead The Way For U.S. Energy By Unleashing Natural Gas Industry [Tieing us even more closely to spiking natural gas prices and Russian despots]
-- City & State PA: Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Josh Shapiro Unveils Plan To Cut Cell Phone Tax, Issues Gasoline Tax Refunds [There is no limit to shat oil companies can charge us for gasoline]
-- Inquirer: Progressives Scored Big In Philly Politics, Here Comes The Establishment Pushback
-- Independent Sen. John Yudichak Not Seeking Reelection To State Senate
--TribLive: Westmoreland Republican Rep. Brooks Won’t Seek Reelection
-- WHYY: Philly DA Says Man Accused Of Election Interference Has Violated Bail Again
-- AP: Cowboy Politician From New Mexico 2nd Person To Go On Trial On Criminal Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol [PA Included]
-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports February Gaming Revenue Of $375.6 Million
-- TribLive: March Madness Delivers At Western PA Casinos, Sportsbooks
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Wolf’s Likely Last-Ditch Attempt To Fix ‘Broken’ Private Charter School Law Arrives Monday At IRRC
-- WESA: Some Sewickley Academy Students Say They No Longer Feel Welcome At School
-- PennLive: Juvenile Arrested After Shooting, Bomb Threats At Shippensburg Middle School
-- WHYY/Billy Penn: Philly’s Plan To Treat Gun Violence As A Public Health Crisis Is Getting An Update With Ideas From The Community
-- WHYY: PA Health Care Leaders, Advocates Urge Congress To Approve More COVID Funding
-- Inquirer: Philly Hospitals, Key Insurers, City Plan Novel Effort To Improve Health Equity
-- AP: Philadelphia Police Officer Charged With Perjury After Arrest Audit
-- AP: Fmr Attorney General Kathleen Kane Charged With Drunken Driving After Crash
-- WITF: PA Commission On Women: Fair Pay Is A Woman’s Right, The Wage Gap Must End
-- PG: Amazon Withdraws Plans For Controversial Distribution Warehouse In Churchill
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[Posted: March 18, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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