Senate returns to session April 4, 5, 6
House returns to session April 11, 12, 13
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 1:30: DEP To Discuss Draft Changes To Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy at Penn State Brandywine, Delaware County.
-- Federal Court Hears Senate Republican Caucus Appeal For Standing In Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Ban On Fracking [PaEN]
-- House Passes Bill To Block RGGI Regulation - Again; Senate Republicans File Lawsuit [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Sen. Yudichak: Analysis Concludes RGGI Carbon Tax Could Hike Electricity Rates For Consumers [If you don’t count reinvestment of $400 million in RGGI emission credit auction proceeds.]
-- StateImpactPA - Jon Hurdle: PA Republican Measures To Boost Natural Gas Output Unlikely To Succeed, Analysts Say
-- PUC Holds April 13 Hearings On Proposed 7.8% UGI Gas Rate Increase
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Best Way To Fight High Oil [Natural Gas] Prices Is To Use Less, Transition To Renewable Fuels
-- $3.8 Million Federal Grant For Coal Community Revitalization Awarded In Bedford, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts Down In Allegheny County, Demolition Work To Begin [Due to “unfavorable economic conditions,” i.e. competition with natural gas]
-- PennLive: Interest In Electric Vehicles Is Increasing, But Good Luck Getting One Without Long Wait
-- PA Resources Council Celebrates Three Pioneering Women - Hilda Fox, Cynthia Calhoun, Ruth Becker [PaEN]
-- State Museum Of PA, DEP Host April 8 Webinar On The Rachel Carson Building’s Peregrine Falcons [PaEN]
-- Centre County Gazette: 20 Years Of Stream Stewardship - Centre County PA Senior Environment Corps [PaEN]
-- Butler County-Based Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Looking For Stream Bank Restoration Projects, Other Updates [PaEN]
-- Courier Express: Elk Conservation Receives $138,702 Growing Greener Grant For Johnson Run Remediation Project
-- Capital RC&D, Partners Host April 23 Small Ruminant Pasture Walk On Grazing Planning In Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- Penn State: Cover Crops More Effective Than Insecticides For Managing Pests, Study Suggests
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Provide Update On Implementing County Clean Water Action Plan-- Water Testing, Grants Available, Much More
-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Must Do Better To Address Stormwater Flooding - Rep. Joe Webster (D-Montgomery)
-- Delaware RiverKeeper April 1 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Williamsport Sun: Thousands Of City Customers On Boil Water Notice Due To Water Main Breaks
-- LancasterOnline: Smart Growth Conference Looks Ahead To Lancaster County In 20 Years
-- TribLive: Moratorium Lifted On PA Utility Shutoffs; Services Can Be Interrupted Beginning April 4
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PECO Seeks 2nd Natural Gas Rate Increase In 2 Years - 13%
-- PennLive: Ex-Sunbury Landlord Admits Violating EPA Rule On Lead-Based Paint
-- Inquirer: What You Need To Know About Philadelphia’s Plastic Bag Ban
-- April 2 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- Erie Times: Erie County Breaks Lyme Disease Record; How You Can Avoid Tick Bites
-- Erie Times: Presque Isle State Park Facts: Bears, Birds, Men’s Bathing Suits
-- Republican Herald: Historic Mount Carbon Bridge To Be Relocated To Walking Trail
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Releases 2021 Annual Report, Highlights Spring, Summer Events
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Approaching Hummingbird Migration Raises Reader Questions, Here Are The Answers
True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit On What Oil/Natural Gas Companies Can Charge You]
-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Don’t Let Big Oil, Natural Gas Cynically Profit From Putin’s War - League Of Conservation Voters
-- Reuters: U.S. EIA Reports U.S. Oil Production Fell 2% In January, Lowest Since Sept. 2021
-- Bloomberg Green: Biden’s Oil Relief Plan Seen Backfiring As Drillers Dig In Heels [“Oil executives less inclined than ever to invest the proceeds from $100-a-barrel crude into new wells.”]
-- Reuters: International Energy Agency Meets To Discuss Releases From Oil Reserves Alongside The U.S. Action
-- Reuters: Biden Says U.S. Oil Companies Sitting On Record Profits
-- Bloomberg: Occidental Petroleum’s Best Quarter Ever Blows Away Stock Market
-- Bloomberg: Oil Drillers Say Scarce Steel Is One Reason For Flat U.S. Output
-- Reuters: Russian Natural Gas Keeps Flowing To Europe Despite Putin’s Deadline To Pay In Roubles
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
-- Reading Eagle: Projects At Blue Marsh Lake Get $6 Million In Federal Funding
-- Gov. Wolf Previews Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Project In Southwest Region
Federal FY 2023 Budget Proposal
-- PA Capital-Star: How PA Would Benefit From U.S. Dept. Of Interior Budget Boost
Other States/National/International
-- AP: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation To Require Shut Off Values On New Oil & Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Disasters [Does Not Apply To Existing Pipelines]
-- Bloomberg Green: Biden Embraces Oil As Ukraine War Overwhelms His Climate Agenda
-- AP: UN Chief Names Panel To Probe Companies’ Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Net Zero Pledges
-- Financial Times: Banks Face New International Standards On Carbon Emissions Disclosure
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Capital-Star: Democrats Walk Out Of Senate Committee Hearing On Ballot Drop Boxes After Republican Chairman Refused To Have Witnesses Swear Their Remarks Were Truthful
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Senate Panel’s Exploration Of Security Of Ballot Drop Boxes Leads To Democrats Walking Out
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shine A Light On Senate, House Lawmaker Expenses
--WJET/WFXP: Emerson College/The Bill Poll: Voters Largely Undecided In Critical PA U.S. Senate, Governor Races
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Candidates For Governor, U.S. Senate To Participate In Conservative Forum
-- PA Capital-Star: Now A Defender Of Personal Freedom, Republican Candidate For Governor Sen. Mastriano Proposed To Lift Patient Privacy Rules In Pandemic’s Early Days
-- Post-Gazette: Bill McSwain Picks Up Endorsement From Sean Parnell In Gubernatorial Race
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Getting To Know Major Party Candidates For Governor
-- Inquirer: YouTube Apologizes For Yanking PA Republican Governor Forum Video As Misinformation
-- WITF: Groups Seeks To Keep Senate, House Lawmakers From Ignoring Popular Bills
-- PA Capital-Star: [Republican] Targeting Of Vulnerable Transgender Kids? A Cruel And Dangerous Waste Of Time
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Only One Agency Is Qualified To Audit PA’s Schools - The Auditor General [He Said He Doesn’t Have The Resources To Do The Job]
-- MCall: Muhlenberg Poll: Most Pennsylvanians Believe Worst Of COVID Is Behind Us; Disapprove Of Biden, Wolf’s Handling [Click Here for Poll Results]
-- Post-Gazette: Western PA Lawmakers Lament Lack Of Action On Education Issues In Harrisburg
-- Inquirer: Philly School System Needs To Hire 900 Teachers For The Fall
-- Lebanon Daily News: Lebanon Officer, Suspect Dead, 2 Officers Injured In Domestic Incident
-- Courier Times: State Troopers’ Funeral: ‘They Laid Down Their Lives And Gave All They Possible Could Give’
-- Inquirer: 8-Year-Old Accidentally Discharges Gun In West Philly Schoolyard
-- Reuters: U.S. Warned Firms About Russia’s Kaspersky Software Day After Invasion
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[Posted: April 1, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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