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 : Senate Appropriations Committee state budget hearings--
-- Now 10:15 - Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
-- 2:30 - Department of Environmental Protection.
Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch live.
-- Budget Briefing: Senate, House Budget Hearings Should Talk About Once-In-A-Generation Investments In Cleaning Up The Environment; Oil & Gas Program At A Crossroads [PaEN]
TODAY 10:00: House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: Department of Agriculture. House Floor. Click Here to watch live.
THURSDAY 10:00: Senate Appropriations Committee state budget hearings: 10:00 - Department of Agriculture. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch live.
-- 12 Unconventional Shale Gas Drillers Issued DEP Notices Of Violation For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them At 35 Well Pads In 17 Counties [PaEN]
-- Environmental Quality Board Meets March 15 To Consider Final Rule Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- ScrantonT Editorial: State Lawmakers Should Embrace Market-Driven Change By Mandating Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas, Methane Leak Reduction
-- DCNR Budget Testimony: Critical Investments Needed To Reduce $1.4 Billion Backlog Of Infrastructure Repairs, To Expand Local Economies, Provide Recreation For All [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: Conservation Funds Help Communities Provide Outdoor Places, Opportunities; Apply Now [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Jacobs Creek Watershed Flood Control Projects To Be Unveiled
-- Pike Conservation District: Not Just A Hole In The Ground! Visually Pleasing Stormwater Best Management Practices [PaEN]
-- Audubon Society Of Western PA Offering Discounted Pollinator Seed Mix For Agricultural Properties In PA [PaEN]
-- WITF Smart Talk 9:30 a.m.: Green Jobs Could Grow In PA - 4,500 Openings Now
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: A Small Measure Of Relief Is Coming For Shell-Shocked Philly Area Natural Gas Customers
-- MCall: Utility Bills Have Risen, Will They Go A Lot Higher? That Depends Of Factors Still To Be Determined, Including the Crisis In Ukraine [PPL- Your utility bill increased because the cost of natural gas, other energy supply sources increased]
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: It’s Well Past Time For PA To Transition To A Clean Energy Economy [PaEN]
-- Harrisburg University Professors Team With Students To Develop Smart Disaster Prediction, Prevention System
-- TribLive: Quaker Valley COG Selects Permanent Glass Recycling Spot In Sewickley
-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 105 Acres Of Forested Land To Safeguard Habitats, Expanding Hunting Opportunities In Bedford County [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Worried About Spotted Lanternflies Coming This Spring? PA Spells Out Ways To Prevent Them
-- Western PA Conservancy Studies Impacts Of Invasives In 12 Counties In Northwest PA
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Salamanders, Frogs, Toads On The Move Across PA; How To Experience It Yourself
-- YorkDR - Brian Whipkey: Agencies Offer Guidance To Reduce Spread Of Bird Flu With Migrating Waterfowl
True Energy Independence Means More Renewables
-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Retail Electricity Prices Rose At Fastest Rate Since 2008, Driven By Natural Gas And Energy Commodities [Whose Price Is Determined By Foreign Energy Markets And Despots]
-- NPR: U.S. Oil Companies Not Pumping More Oil Despite High Prices
-- AP: U.S., Other Nations Agree To Release 60 Million Barrels Of Oil From Strategic Reserves
-- Financial Times: Oil Soars To $110 As European Energy Groups Shun Russian Crude
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: A Small Measure Of Relief Is Coming For Shell-Shocked Philly Area Natural Gas Customers
-- MCall: Utility Bills Have Risen, Will They Go A Lot Higher? That Depends Of Factors Still To Be Determined, Including the Crisis In Ukraine [PPL- Your utility bill increased because the cost of natural gas, other energy supply sources increased]
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: It’s Well Past Time For PA To Transition To A Clean Energy Economy [PaEN]
-- PG Guest Essay: Creating A Mineral Supply Chain From Mining Wastes - Jennifer Wilcox, DOE [PA Highlighted - Why Don’t State Lawmakers Support This?]
-- WSJ: Why Do U.S. Oil Companies Buy Russian Oil?
-- City & State PA: PA Republicans Call For Pipeline Expansions Following Invasion Of Ukraine [And Lash Us Tighter To Energy Commodities Whose Price Is Determined By Foreign Energy Markets And Despots]
-- Republican Rep. Metcalfe Calls On Gov. Wolf To Ban On Russian Sourced Energy, Unleash PA’s Full Potential To Power Free World [Now He Decides It’s OK For A Governor To Act?]
-- Guest Essay: Are We Nuts? American Energy Is Key To Undermining Putin’s War - Sen. Yaw (R-Lycoming) [That’s Not What Europe Is Thinking - They Want True Energy Independence.]
-- Newsweek: Chris Christie Slams Former Republican President For Calling Putin’s Decision To Invade Ukraine “Savvy” And “Genius”
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
-- Triblive: Republicans Push To Strip Safety Measures From West Virginia Mining Law [Watch for it in PA]
-- Reuters: Insurer AIG Steps Back From Coal, Arctic Energy Investment, Underwriting
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: PA Supreme Court Issues Order Keeping Mail-In Voting Law In Place For May Primary
-- Inquirer: Redistricting Put PA Supreme Court In Political Spotlight, Where It Doesn’t Want To Be
-- WESA: Republican Candidate For Governor Sen. Corman Gets Boost From Kellyanne Conway During Pittsburgh Visit [Corman worked to overturn Nov. 2020 election results]
-- Newsweek: Chris Christie Slams Former Republican President For Calling Putin’s Decision To Invade Ukraine “Savvy” And “Genius”
-- Inquirer: U.S. Senate Candidate Conor Lamb’s (D) Challenge: Build His Name, Take Down Fetterman, Do It All With Less Money
-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports February State Revenues Exceeded Estimates By $155.7 Million; Year-To-Date Up $2 Billion
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports February State Revenues Exceeded Estimates By $256.7 Million; Year-To-Date Up $2.46 Billion
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA State Treasurer Divesting $2.9 Million Of State Investments From Russian Companies
-- MCall/AP: PA School Pension Fund Has About $300 Million Invested In Russia, Belarus
-- MCall: Under New CDC Guidance, Masks No Longer Recommended In All But These 15 PA Counties
-- Gov. Wolf: State Expands Access To Health Insurance Thru State Health Insurance Exchange
-- Inquirer: Legalizing Weed In PA Faces Complicated Demands
-- PA Commission For Community Colleges: Community Colleges Educate For In-Demand, Local Careers In High Priority Occupations
-- PG: Third State-Owned University Returns To Flat-Rate Tuition For Full-Time Students
-- PA Cap-Star: Pittsburgh Advocates Call On Scaife-Linked Foundation To Stop Funding Anti-Immigrant Groups
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[Posted: March 2, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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