Senate returns to session April 4, 5, 6
House returns to session April 11, 12, 13
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- Majority Chair Of Senate Committee Calls Opponents Of Natural Gas Infrastructure ‘Radical Environmentalists,’ Arguments By Of Supporters Of RGGI ‘Hysteria’ [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: House Republicans Move To Block PA From RGGI Climate Program, Offer One-Time Federal Money Instead
-- Forbes: 5 New Reports Show Wind And Solar Power Can Cripple Putin, Secure Climate Goals
-- PA Solar Center Hosts April 8 Webinar: How Solar Energy Helps Create A More Resilient Grid & Incorporates Cybersecurity [PaEN]
-- Sen. Casey: PA To Receive $186 Million To Lower Energy Costs For Families From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Must Take Steps Now To Stop Global Warming If We Want Our Kids To Have A Future - Fmr Dickinson College Professor
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Investing In Clean Energy Will Add Over 126,000 Jobs In PA - Keystone Research Center
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Solar Heats Up In Western PA - PA Could Become A Model For Solar Energy And Farmland Preservation
-- Environmental Health News: One Year After Our Investigation Of Health Impacts Of Fracking, What’s Changed?
-- DEP Blog: Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Brings Streams, Rivers Back To Life [PaEN]
-- Casey, Cartwright Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Fund Abandoned Mine Treatment O&M Costs [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Citizens' Law Center: 34 Community Groups Endorse New Bipartisan Federal Bills To Address Mine Treatment O&M Costs [Including EPCAMR]
-- WESA: ALCOSAN Wants Public Input On A $2 Billion Tunnel System To Reduce Sewage Overflows
-- Post-Gazette: ALCOSAN Taking Public Comment On Plan To Reduce Stormwater, Sewage Water In Rivers
-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Work Gets A Boost From Federal Funding
-- USA Today: Your Lawn Or Toilet May Be Threat To U.S. Lakes, Rivers [Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Study Highlights Live Stake Success To Improve Streams Using Volunteers
-- Altoona Mirror: DCNR Presents State Park Infrastructure Plans
-- AP: Thailand-Based Firm Pays $20 Million Back To Ohio After Canceled Petrochemical Plant
-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Updating Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Why Racing Dirt Bikes, ATVs Thru Allentown Streets Is Not A Victimless Crime
-- Bipartisan Resolution Advances In House To Study Wildlife Conservation Corridors [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Here’s How You Can Help Pittsburgh Collect Data On Urban Wildlife Encounters
-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Planning Prescribed Burns
-- The American Chestnut Foundation Accepting Entries For 2022 Photo Contest, Entries Due Sept. 1
True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit On What Oil/Natural Gas Companies Can Charge You]
-- Bloomberg: Energy Stocks Fall With Oil As U.S. Weighs Massive Oil Release
-- Bloomberg: What A 180 Million Barrel Oil Release From Reserves May Mean For The Market
-- Bloomberg: Oil Consumers Take Control Of Market As OPEC+ Stands Back
-- Reuters: Top Federal Lands Producers Decline U.S. House Committee Hearing On Oil Prices, 2,800 Unused Permits
-- Bloomberg: Biden Poised To Use Cold War Powers To Boost Battery Metals Dominated By China
-- Financial Times: Renewable Energy Pushes Ahead Of Coal For The First Time
-- Forbes: 5 New Reports Show Wind And Solar Power Can Cripple Putin, Secure Climate Goals
-- Reuters: EU Will Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ To Rebuild Solar Energy Manufacturing In Europe
-- Reuters: Europe Would Struggle To Refill Natural Gas Storage Without Russian Supplies
-- WSJ: LNG Export Boom Draining U.S. Natural Gas Supplies, Lifting Prices
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Commissioners Invite Public To Comment On Investing $22 Million In 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
-- Gov. Wolf Previews Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Project Funding In Southcentral Region
Federal FY 2023 Budget Proposal
-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Work Gets A Boost From Federal Funding
-- Reuters: Biden Administration Seeks To Cut Home Energy Bills With $3.2 Billion For Efficiency
Other States/National/International
-- WPost: Climate Change Spurring Movement To Build Stormproof Homes
-- Reuters: Corporate Emitters Fall Far Short Of Climate Goals, Investors Say
-- NBC News: ‘Biggest Fraud In A Generation’: The Looting Of COVID Relief Paycheck Protection Program By Businesses
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Erie Times: PA Should Be More Like Saudi Arabia On Energy, Republican Candidate For Governor Barletta Says
-- PennLive - John Baer: Here’s The PA Governor’s Race Debate Some Republican Candidates Want - Never Ask Any Republican Candidate A Question That Would Make Them Think
-- York Daily Record: Will Fmr Republican President’s Endorsement Of PA Candidate For Governor Be A Deciding Factor?
-- AP: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Forum Gets Tense, Sharp-Elbowed
-- TribLive: Dr. Oz Talks Fracking At Washington County Event
-- NPR: Private Funding Saved The 2020 Election, Now Some Republican-led States Are Trying To Ban It [Including PA which does not provide any state money to cover local election costs.]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Hate Thrives - Lawmakers Refuse To Consider Anti-Hate Crime Legislation
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Ask For Rewrite Of Senate, House Rules To Prioritize Bipartisan Bills
-- PA Capital-Star: General Assembly Extends Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Disaster Declaration; 24 House Republicans Voted No
-- York Dispatch Editorial: Suspending PA’s Gasoline Tax Not A Solution To Our Money Woes
-- PennLive: Wolf Signs Bill Extending Pandemic-Related Waivers
-- Inquirer: Why COVID Hit Mifflin County Worse Than Almost Any Other In The U.S.
-- WESA: FEMA Spent $104 Million In PA Paying For COVID-Related Funerals
-- WHYY/NPR: New Study Says Ivermectin Does Not Prevent COVID Hospitalization
-- PennLive Guest Essay: A Mom’s Request Lawmakers, Gov. Wolf: Please Do The Right Thing For My Son With Disabilities
-- Spotlight PA: Parents Of Chinese American Teen Shot By State Policy Sue Troopers, Monroe County DA
-- PA Capital-Star: Philly Diversion Program Offers Option To Clear Criminal Records
-- York Dispatch: York City High School Arrested For Illegal Gun Possession
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House Panel Acts On Resolution Opposing PA’s Private Charter School Accountability Regulations
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Promise Scholarship Program Removes Attendance Requirement For 2022
-- WLVR: First Lady Frances Wolf Joins Students, Legislators In Call To End Hunger On Campus
-- WESA: Pitt Students Lobby For More Funding For State-Related Universities
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Community Colleges Can Deliver A Vibrant Future For PA - Harrisburg Area Community College
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[Posted: March 31, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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