Thursday, April 7, 2022

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.7.22

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Senate returns to session April 11, 12, 13, May 23, 24, 25

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session April 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, 27

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events


-- Quarterly Report: DEP Issued 77 Notices Of Violations To Conventional Drillers, 8 To Shale Gas Drillers For Attempting To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them  

[“Warning: The average person is likely to be shocked at the number and extent of the violations documented by DEP day in and day out.”]


-- Lebanon Daily News: North Annville Twp. Denies Application For Controversial 858-Acre Solar Farm


-- Altoona Mirror: Stalled Bedford County Prison Solar Project Raises Questions


-- Courier Times: PECO Requests 13% Natural Gas Increase For Residential Customers


-- PA Environmental Council Recognizes DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn With Lifetime Achievement Award  [PaEN]


-- 3-Part Webinar Series Highlights Importance Of PA's Outdoor Recreation Industry, Starting April 19  [PaEN]


-- Senate Committee Reports Out Rare Earth Minerals Resolution; Bill Redirecting Coal Mining Penalties [PaEN]


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Region’s EPA Leader Seeks ‘Transformational’ Changes To Reduce Agricultural Runoff - By Karl Blankenship


-- Reading Eagle: Education Secretary Visits Reading Schools To Promote Environmental Education, School Funding Increases 


-- TribLive: Jacobs Creek Watershed Group Plans Tire, Trail Cleanups, Wetlands Walks In Westmoreland


-- Civil Eats: A Regenerative Grazing Revolution Is Taking Root In The Mid-Atlantic


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Now Accepting Applications For Groundwater Level Monitoring Grants  [PaEN]


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Releases 2021 Annual Report


-- PA Resources Council: 5 Large-Scale Public Events Have Committed To 'Zero Waste' In Pittsburgh Region  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Poised To Adopt Ban On Plastic Grocery Bags


-- Keystone Chapter-Solid Waste Assn. Of North America: Registration Open For May 17-18 Safety Summit


-- Beaver County Times: April 20 EPA Meeting In Beaver Falls On Ohio River Brownfields Project


-- Environmental Justice Champion In PA: Veronica Coptis, Center For Coalfield Justice


-- DEP Environmental Justice Newsletter: Draft Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy Available For Comment


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Chester County Town Enters $21 Million Deal To Buy Revolutionary-Era Crebilly Farm And Turn It Into A Park 


-- DCNR Blog: Bring Life To Your Yard With Native Plants


-- Dept. Of Health WalkWorks Grant Applications Now Being Accepted, Deadline May 13


-- Erie Times: Presque Isle Beach Conditions Encouraging In Wake Of Winter Ice, Lower Water


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Here’s Why You Should Check Out Raccoon Creek State Park


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Stop Messing Around And Pass Bike Safety Bill  


-- York Dispatch: Police Issue Warning After Spate Of Car Break-Ins At York County Parks


-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Eaglet Hatches At A U.S. Steel Mill In West Mifflin  


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission Considering Another Option For Removing Dead Deer


-- The Nature Conservancy-PA City Nature Challenge April 29 to May 2 


-- The Nature Conservancy April Pennsylvania Nature News


-- Conservation Voters Of PA Name Molly Parzen Next Executive Director


True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[We’re Not Independent If Foreign Markets, Despots Set The Prices We Pay For Energy]


-- Business Insider: Republican Cong. Scott Perry Voted Against The Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence And Accountability Act


-- Republican State Treasurer Garrity Calls For Biden Administration To Support American Energy Production


-- Reuters: Speed Up EU Climate Policies To Wrest Free From Russia, 11 Countries Say 


-- Bloomberg Green: UK Bets Big On Nuclear, Wind In Energy Security Strategy


-- Reuters: U.S. Lawmakers Slam Big Oil For High Gasoline Prices


-- WSJ: International Energy Agency To Release Close To 60 Million Barrels Of OIl From Reserves 


-- Bloomberg: Oil Price Increases After Slumping On Back Of IEA Reserve Release Plan


-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Market’s Delicate Balance Is Crumbling As Nations Struggle To Secure Enough Fuel

[“The unfolding global energy crisis poses higher risks than the oil shocks of the 1970s, according to energy historian Daniel Yergin.”]


-- Financial Times: Why Europe Is Hooked On Russian Gas: ‘There Is Nothing Else Out There’


-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Other Energy Problem: Relying On Russian Nuclear Fuel 


-- Reuters: EU Sanctions Hit Snags On Coal Ban Phase-In, Exemptions


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


-- CNN: Wind Power Generated More Electricity Than Coal, Nuclear For First Time, Right Behind Natural Gas  


-- AP: Wind Energy Company Kills 150 Eagles In U.S., Pleads Guilty


-- Reuters: Special Report: U.S. Solar Expansion Stalled By Rural Land Use Protests


-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Reinstates Limits On States To Review Water Quality Impacts Of Projects


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive - John Baer: If You Want Good State Government, Support Those Trying To #FixHarrisburg

-- The Center Square: Report Notes $222 Million In PA State Tax Subsidies, But Little Transparency

-- Business Insider: Republican Cong. Scott Perry Voted Against The Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence And Accountability Act

-- PennLive Letter: Why Did 9 PA Republican Members Of Congress Vote Against Capping Cost Of Insulin?

-- Erie Times: Rep. Kenyatta Running For U.S. Senate ‘Because The Status Quo Will Not Save Us’

-- Post-Gazette: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate McSwain Calls For Permanent 50% Cut In PA Gasoline Tax

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Only Latino Candidate In Lehigh Valley House Race Withdraws

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Lawmaker Calls State Agencies’ Voter Information Sharing A ‘Troubling Development’

-- TribLive: Trib Total Media To Co-Host Political Debates For Gubernatorial, U.S. Senate Candidates Ahead Of Primary

-- WESA: If PA Senators Don’t Extend Time Limits For Sexual Abuse Cases, Wolf Will Call Special Session

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Students Who Lobbied to Make Hershey’s Kiss The Official State Candy See Progress

-- Republican Rep. Mehaffie Thinks Forcing Golf Courses To Provide Free Drinking Water To Players Is A Legislative Priority

-- Spotlight PA: It’s Hard To Track Conditions Of PA School, Help Flag Health Hazards

-- AG Shapiro Releases ‘Safe2Say Something PA’ Report On School Threats

-- WESA: AG Shapiro Calls For More Mental Health Support In PA Schools

-- Erie Times: Erie H.S. School Shooting Suspect Younger Than 15 Turns Himself In

-- Erie Times: Erie H.S. Teachers Demand Safety Fixes After Shooting, Say They’ll Go Remote Otherwise

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Gun Culture Is About Fear, We Must Give our Children An Antidote

-- TribLive: Attorneys For Pittsburgh Synagogue Gunman Say They Won’t Be Ready For Trial Before Late 2023

-- AP: PA State Police Settle Profiling, Immigration Suit

-- BillyPenn: Philly Sunk $50 Million Into West Philly Police HQ, Then Walked Away

-- WHYY: Delaware County Takes Back Private County Prison, Confronts ‘Chronic Over-Incarceration’

-- PA Capital-Star: Bail Reformers Facing Backlash, Here’s What The Facts Say

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: PA Takes Step Toward Criminal Justice Reform, Fetterman Sidesteps Debate Questions

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Extremists Undermine Faith In Our Schools, We Owe It To Our Kids, Community To Speak Up - Education Voters Of PA Action

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: It’s Time To Legalize Adult-Use Marijuana In PA - Republican Sen. Regan

-- TribLive: Feds Announce Disruption Of Russian Malware Attack Aided By Pittsburgh FBI, U.S. Attorney’s Office

-- TribLive Editorial: A Gigabyte Of Prevention Is Worth A Server Farm Of Cure

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[Posted: April 7, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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