Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.3.22

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Senate returns to session April 4, 5, 6

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session April 11, 12, 13

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

--  54 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

 

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults  [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

-- 6th Oil/Natural Gas Shock: ‘Drillers Continue To Return Cash To Shareholders… Rather Than Boost Production’ [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Franklin Regional Fly Fishing Club Works With Trout Unlimited To Promote Conservation 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Federal STREAM Act Proposal To Help Pay O&M Costs Of Mine Drainage Treatment Deserves Bipartisan Support

-- WHYY: How Is Montgomery County Preparing For Future Floods?

-- TribLive: Weather Service Confirms Tornado Hit Armstrong County

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Tire Cleanup April 9 Targets West Nile Virus; Volunteers Needed

-- Centre Daily Times: Organic Climbing Revives Philipsburg’s Sewing Trade To Serve A Global Market

-- Post-Gazette: Beaver County-based Communicycle Is On A Roll Fixing, Providing Bikes

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Around Town Bicycles Sees Demand Skyrocket

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DCNR Warns Of High Danger Of Woodland Fire As Seasonal Risk Increases

-- Scranton Times: Mother Dies After Family’s ATV Becomes Submerged In Water

-- MCall: More Important Than Ever To Avoid Tick Bites, To Avoid Potentially Serious Tickborne Disease

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: On The Ground, Volunteers Keep Harrisburg’s Famous Falcons In The Air 

-- The Discovery Center In Philadelphia Hosts Programs On Birding & Migration April 24; Freshwater Mussels April 30  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Anglers, Boaters Warned Against Spreading Harmful Species With Springtime Fishing Underway

-- ABC27: Dozens Of Eels Released Into The Conodoguinet Creek In Cumberland County

True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit On What Oil/Natural Gas Companies Can Charge You]

-- 6th Oil/Natural Gas Shock: ‘Drillers Continue To Return Cash To Shareholders… Rather Than Boost Production’  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Bradford County LNG Plant Faces, State, Federal Hurdles [After The Company’s Failure To Move Ahead On The Project Resulted In A String Of Expired State, Federal Approvals For The Project]

-- Bloomberg: The Price To Wean Europe Off Russian Natural Gas Keeps Going Up

-- Financial Times: U.S. Fuel Demand Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels Despite Oil Shortfall

-- Bloomberg: World Oil Prices Don’t Fully Reflect Russian Supply Risks, China’s Ability To Keep COVID Pandemic Under Control

-- Financial Times Editorial: U.S. Tries To Be World’s Swing Crude Oil Producer, A Wiser Course Would Be To Promote Clean Energy Shift As A Security Priority [“But market insiders say shareholders may seek even higher prices before bringing new flows on-stream. There are other constraints on increased drilling, including shortages of everything from sand to fracking crews.”]

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

 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Federal STREAM Act Proposal To Help Pay O&M Costs Of Mine Drainage Treatment Deserves Bipartisan Support

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Increase Trust In Future Elections, Don’t Obsess Over Past Ones

-- Post-Gazette: Elections Set For April 5 To Decide House Seats In Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette: For Republican U.S. Senate Candidate, PA Is A ‘Border State’

-- TribLive Editorial: Law Doesn’t Demand Transparency, People Should

-- Post-Gazette: Classmates Mourn Slain 15-Year-Old As Officials Condemn Streak Of Violence In Pittsburgh

-- MCall: Thousands Line Street To Honor Lebanon Police Officer Killed In Line Of Duty

-- TribLive: Lawsuit Settled Against Fayette County, State Police In Wrongful Conviction Of Man Imprisoned For 26 Years

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Fentanyl Involved In About 700 Drug Deaths In Lehigh Valley In 2021, Why Isn’t More Being Done?

-- Scranton Times Editorial: U.S. House Action Decriminalizing Marijuana Cues Pot Bill In PA

-- Erie Times: Patient Fights $9,000 Bill From Erie County-Owned Nursing Home For COVID He Got At The Nursing Home

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: What School Boards Should Tell Parent  Picking Ridiculous Fights

-- PennLive: Meet PA’s 17 Richest People And How They Made Their Money

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[Posted: April 3, 2022]  PA Environment Digest