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
-- DEP Experiencing Computer Database, Application Outages; They’re Working On It [PaEN]
-- PA Solar Center: 9 NE PA Organizations Receive Lodestar Award For Solar Energy Leadership [PaEN]
-- Met-Ed/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund Awards $230,000 Grant For Rooftop Solar At University Of Pittsburgh-Bradford, McKean County [PaEN]
-- POWR/PEC: Registration Now Open For 4 Regional Watershed Workshops Starting March 11 [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received $26.5 Million In Federal Funding For DEP’s Traditional Mine Reclamation Program [PaEN]
-- NRCS-PA Invites Proposals For USDA Conservation Innovation Grants [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: River Advocates Call For Removing Old Dams More Quickly
-- Deadline Extended: DEP Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebate Program [PaEN]
-- DEP: Electric, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates For Consumers
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S. Steel Appealing $860,000 Allegheny County Penalty For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Violations
-- TribLive Editorial: Balancing Act Between Regulation And Condemnation [Allegheny County Air Pollution Penalties On Clairton Coke (Coal) Works]
-- DEP Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 5 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Opens Applications For Bike, Pedestrian Transportation Grants
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Unique, Historical Delaware Canal State Park Towpath Named PA Trail Of The Year
-- ScrantonT: The Conservation Fund Has Purchased 400+ Acres In Lackawanna County For $1.715 Million
-- South Mountain Partnership Hosts South Mountain Science Summit April 29 [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Chapter Of North Country Trail Assn. Seeking Feedback On Trail Improvements
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center - The Pulse Of Nature [Maple Syrup Season]
-- DCNR Names Mike Kuzar New Manager For Washington Crossing Historic Park
-- Manada Conservancy - Dauphin County: April 21- Pollinator Victory Garden; May 7- Native Plant Sale
-- WHYY: Documentary Promises Inside Look At 2018 Heist At Philly’s Insectarium
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Fish Raised By Lancaster County Anglers Will Be Stocked For Trout Season Opener
-- Help Wanted: Pike Conservation District Full-Time District Engineer [PaEN]
True Energy Independence Means More Renewables
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philly Gasoline Prices Over $4 A Gallon For The First Time In 14 Years [Electric Vehicle Drivers Haven’t Seen Any Change]
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Gasoline Prices Surge Over $4/Gallon, How Much Higher Can They Go? [This Isn’t Hurricane Katrina Or Demand For Gasoline Here, This Is All Because Foreign Energy Markets Are Setting The Price - Windfall Profits Tax Anyone?]
-- WHYY: Philly Auto Show Returns After COVID Hiatus, Flooded With Electric Cars
-- DEP: Electric, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates For Consumers
-- Altoona Mirror: Russia War Spurs Republican Lawmakers To Push State’s Fossil Fuels [Tieing Us Closer To Foreign Energy Markets That Set Prices]
-- PoliticsPA: The Politics Around Energy And Russian Invasion In PA
-- Reuters: U.S. Weighs Cutting Russian Oil Imports Amid Broad Public Support
-- Financial Times: Top US Shale Oil Boss Warns Crude Could Hit $200 With Western Energy Embargo, Can’t Replace Russian Supplies Because Of Supply Chain Issues, Demands From Wall Street To Pay Dividends With New Windfalls [Pioneer Natural Resources]
-- The Guardian Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Lobbyists Are Using Ukraine To Push For A Drilling Free-For-All In The U.S. [And Their Politicians]
-- The Economist: Russia Seizes Europe’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant, A Fifth Of Ukraine’s Electricity Supply Is Now In Putin’s Hands
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- TribLive Guest Essay: American Rescue Plan Money Should Go Where It’s Most Needed In Allegheny County
-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Spreading Hate: White Supremacist Groups Send Propaganda Throughout Lehigh Valley
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Man Accused Of Planning To Kill Democratic U.S. Senators To Plead Guilty
-- PA Cap-Star: A Year After Assault On U.S. Capitol Lives On In Hundreds Of Court Cases, Including Against 63 From PA [That’s 15.5% Of All Defendants]
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Will Some PA Residents Get Pandemic Relief Payments Up To $2,000? Here’s Where Wolf’s Proposal Stands
-- AP: PA Student Scores Fell, Delayed Test Results Show
-- ErieT: Student Test Scores Fell Dramatically In 2021 In Erie And Statewide
-- PA Cap-Star: PA Report Lower Performance On School Standardized Tests: ‘This Year’s Results Are Anything But Standard’
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Releases School Assessment Results, Which Hint At Impact Of Pandemic On Students
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Lawmakers, Advocacy Groups Want To See Pandemic-Related Learning Gaps Closed
-- Inquirer: Philly’s Restaurant Workers Reluctantly Embrace End Of Masking, But Don’t Trust It
-- PG: Penn State To Lift Masks Rules At University Park, Nearly All Campuses
-- WHYY: Philly Schools Plan To Drop Their Mask Mandate, Leaving Students To Worry About Safety, Confusion
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Public Schools Alone Among Largest Western PA School Districts To Continue Mask Mandate
-- WHYY: At Urban Navigation, Philly Kids Can Learn Music Production, Engineering Or How To Disarm A Gun
-- WITF: Latino Groups Push For Bilingual Trade Schools In Smaller Central PA Cities
-- TribLive: ‘Indefensible’ Social Media Posts About Girls, People Of Faith And Individuals With Down Syndrome Results In Call By Westmoreland School Board For One Of Its Members To Step Down [The Member Wasn’t At The Meeting, He Had 2 Wisdom Teeth Pulled]
-- Inquirer: Mystery Deepens On Whether 12-Year-Old Was Armed When Philly Police Shot Him In The Back
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Ranks #2 For The Growth Of Its ‘Creative Class,’ And The Boom May Be Just Beginning
-- PennLive: PA State Employees Pension Fund To Divest Russian Assets
-- City & State PA: How Pennsylvania Is Responding To The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House Republican Leaders Want To Send Soon-To-Expire PPE In State Stockpile To Ukraine
-- Reuters: Global News Media On Defensive After Putin Signs ‘Fake News’ Law
-- AP: Fmr VP Pence: No Room In Republican Party ‘For Apologists For Putin’
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[Posted: March 5, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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