Thursday, March 3, 2022

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 3.3.22

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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


TODAY 10:00: Senate Appropriations Committee state budget hearings: 10:00 - Department of Agriculture. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.  Click Here to watch live.


-- Senate Budget Hearings: PA’s Experience With New Pipeline Construction Shows State Laws Not Strong Enough To Prevent Environmental Damage, Protect Public Safety  [PaEN]


-- The Epoch Times: Republicans Urge Gov. Wolf To Unleash PA’s Immense Natural Gas Reserves


-- WNEP: Calls For Pennsylvania To Supply More Natural Gas


-- LehighValleyLive: Increasing Role For PA To Help Europe Meet Energy Needs Faces Hurdles, Critics


-- PG Guest Essay: When It Comes To Natural Gas, Russia Is Putin Us On - State Treasurer Stacy Garrity [Clever Headline, But Not factual: PA hasn’t ‘halted’ natural gas export projects, drillers don’t use 40% of their permits]


-- CitizensVoice: Nine NE PA Companies To Receive Awards For Solar Energy Leadership


-- New Poll Finds 81%, Bipartisan Support For Solar Power In Pennsylvania Over Other Energy Sources  [PaEN]


-- The Center Square: Bipartisan Support For Plugging PA’s Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, But RGGI Still Divides


-- DEP Blog: Plugging Pennsylvania’s Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells


-- Tribune-Democrat: Heating Oil Fuel Leak Stopped In Quemahoning Creek, Somerset County


-- DEP News & Views Newsletter:  Investing In Pennsylvania’s Future


--  The Center Square: PA Parks A Major Source Of Revenue For Recreation And Natural Gas


-- PA Master Naturalist Trainee Kristin Joivell From Huntingdon County Honored With Presidential Award For Excellence In Math, Science Teaching  [PaEN]


-- Trout Unlimited PA Coldwater Habitat Program Releases 2021 Annual Report  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times: Students Part Of Warren Conservation District Rain Barrel Effort


-- CourierT: Bucks County Targeting PFAS Manufacturers In Lawsuit Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Chemical Contamination 


-- Penn State Extension Hosts March 30 Webinar On Current & Future Management Of Dairy Operations Given Climate Changes  [PaEN]


-- NRCS-PA Announces Signups For Urban Agriculture In Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh


-- Delaware River Basin Commission Summary Of February 17 Water Management Committee Meeting


-- PG Editorial: Getting Tough On Air Pollution In The Mon Valley, Allegheny County


-- National Fuel Joins Clean Hydrogen Economy Consortium


-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Meets Virtually On March 8


-- PA Resources Council, Western PA Municipalities Launch Glass Recycling Collaborative To Set Up Permanent Glass Recycling Stations  [PaEN]


-- PA Resources Council Hosts Backyard Composting Webinars On March 10 & 29  [PaEN]


-- Penn State Alumni Advance Communities With Careers At The Sustainability Program Thru The Penn State Center In Pittsburgh


-- ScrantonT: Anthracite Heritage Museum Opens For Season March 4


-- Entomological Society Of America: 'Spongy Moth' Adopted As New Common Name For Lymantria dispar [Gypsy Moth]


-- Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For State Wildlife Grants  [PaEN]


-- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize For Innovative Ways To Make Wildlife Conservation Relevant To All  [PaEN]


-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Building Bird-Safe Cities


-- WITF Smart Talk 9:30 a.m.: Controlling Invasive Species In Pennsylvania


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: These PA Places Are On A Federal List Of Derogatory Names


-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: March Pennsylvania Nature News


-- Help Wanted: Brandywine Conservancy Land Easement Steward 2  [PaEN]


True Energy Independence Means More Renewables

 

-- Senate Budget Hearings: PA’s Experience With New Pipeline Construction Shows State Laws Not Strong Enough To Prevent Environmental Damage, Protect Public Safety  [PaEN]


-- WNEP: Calls For Pennsylvania To Supply More Natural Gas


-- The Epoch Times: Republicans Urge Gov. Wolf To Unleash PA’s Immense Natural Gas Reserves


-- LehighValleyLive: Increasing Role For PA To Help Europe Meet Energy Needs Faces Hurdles, Critics


-- PG Guest Essay: When It Comes To Natural Gas, Russia Is Putin Us On - State Treasurer Stacy Garrity [Clever, But Not factual: PA hasn’t ‘halted’ natural gas export projects, drillers don’t use 40% of their permits]


-- Reuters: Explainer: Why $100 Oil Could Hurt The Transition To Clean Energy More Than It Helps [By Promoting More Drilling]


-- WSJ: Oil Tops $115


-- Financial Times: Europe’s Natural Gas Prices Hit New Record, Commodity Prices Soar To Highest Level Since 2008


-- Reuters: U.S. Utilities Push White House Not To Sanction Russian Uranium

 

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?


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: A Complete Guide To PA’s Redistricting Court Challenges

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Franklin & Marshall Poll Shows Tight Race For Republican U.S. Senate Nomination, Fetterman Leads Lamb In Democratic Primary

-- PennLive - John Baer: PA Democrats Could Be In Trouble This Year, Maybe Beyond, Poll Shows

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Voters Split Over Amendment To Sell Of PA’s State-Run Liquor Stores: Poll

-- LancasterOnline: New F&M Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Are Most Concerned About Their Finances Since 2010

-- Franklin & Marshall March 2022 Poll Results

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Army Veteran Rick Coplen Steps Forward To Challenge Republican Congressman Scott Perry

-- YorkD Editorial: Calling All Challengers: It’s Time To Stand Up And Oust Republican Cong. Scott Perry

-- ErieT Guest Essay: A CRIZ For Erie When I’m PA Governor - Dave White

-- ScrantonT: Luzerne County Woman Gets 60 Days In Jail For Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- Inquirer: PA Saw Big Increase In Reports Of White Supremacist Propaganda Last Year, But It’s Not Clear Why 

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA State Agencies Moving To Rid Their Portfolios Of Investments In Russia

-- MCall - Paul Mushick: How PA Politicians Are Uniting Against Russia

-- WESA: As COVID Subsides, Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Could Lose Medicaid Coverage

-- WHYY: PA Gives Final Approval To Delaware County’s First Health Department

-- CourierT: Bucks County Gets $45 Million To Aid With Opioid Prevention, Treatment

-- TribLive: Start Getting Used To These Words: Commonwealth University Of PA

-- AP: Philadelphia Police Shoot, Kill 12-Year-Old Boy After Officers In A Car Were Shot, Officials Say

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Temple University Mom Right To Hire Security To Help Keep Her Kid Safe Off Campus 

--  LancasterOnline: High Family Transfers Stock From Its $570 Million Business To Charitable Foundation

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[Posted: March 3, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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