House returns to session April 25, 26, 27
Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd. in State College. 10:00 a.m. Remote access by dial in to: 267-332-8737. Conference ID: 910 985 838#. Contact: Adam Walters, adwalters@pa.gov or call 717-214-6548. Click Here for more on the agenda, available handouts.
TODAY 10:30: DEP To Showcase Reading’s Local Climate Action For Earth Day. Reading City Park.
TODAY 11:00: DEP To Announce Environmental Education Grants For Northeast Region. Wyoming Seminary College, Kingston
TODAY 1:30: DEP To Announce Environmental Education Grants For Southcentral Region. Greencastle, Franklin County
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Game Commission Creates Award Named For John Oliver Who Helped Preserved More Than 200,000 Acres In The State
-- TribLive Editorial: Earth Day Is No Time For Politics
-- PennVEST Invests $199 Million In 13 Water Infrastructure Projects In 11 Counties [PaEN]
-- TODAY 9:30 a.m. WITF Smart Talk: EPA Is Watching PA’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts
-- Scranton Times Guest Essay: Seize The Rare Opportunity To Resolve Toxic Mine Drainage - by Robert Hughes, Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Poll Finds Voters Want Federal Rescue Plan Money To Beef Up PA’s State Parks, Forests
-- PA Capital-Star: 28 Groups Call On DEP To Strengthen Proposed PFOS Rule Ahead Of April 27 Deadline
-- WESA: Federal American Rescue Plan Dollars Go To Replacing Hundreds Of Lead Water Lines In Pittsburgh
-- TribLive: Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility Expanding In McCandless
-- Warren Times: Spill Of Oil Products At United Refinery Tuesday Results In Multi-Agency Response
-- The Center Square: Despite Setbacks, Carbon Capture May Come To Pennsylvania
-- House Environmental Committee Meets April 26 To Consider Solar/Wind Energy Bonding, Windmill Interference Bills [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee To Hold April 25 Info. Meeting On Republican Package Of Bills Attempting To Address Local Flooding [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: New Book Looks At Big Decisions Small Communities Had To Make When Shale Gas Fracking Came To Town
-- Post-Gazette: PA’s Most Unhealthy County [Fayette] Launches Program To Boost Resident Health
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Air Quality Is Improving But Still Among Worst In Country
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Air Quality Fails In Annual Report
-- Westmoreland Conservation District: Hands-On Envirothon Returns For High School Students April 28 [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council Offers Ideas To Go Green On Earth Day And Every Day! [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Sits Near Middle Of The Pack In Rankin Of ‘Greenness’
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet On April 30 [Prescription Drug Take Back Day]
-- TribLive: Final Tree Planting Set At Flight 93 National Memorial Friday, Saturday For Reforestation Project
-- MyChesCo.com: April 23: Celebrate Trails Day With Schuylkill River Trail Opening In Chester County
-- Post-Gazette: New Park To Link Carnegie With Its Library
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Here’s Why You Should Visit Canoe Creek State Park In Blair County
-- Harrisburg Capitol Complex Will Participate In Lights Out Harrisburg To Assist Migrating Birds [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: Wade Into Fly Fishing In State Parks, Forests
-- Wild Excellence Films Releases New Documentary: Golden Eagles: Witnesses To A Changing West [PaEN]
-- Erie Times - Brain Whipkey: Bats Face Long Recovery From Fungal Disease
-- Fish & Boat Commission Urges Anglers, Boaters To Help Prevent Spread Of Invasive New Zealand Mudsnails
-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Deer Farmers Work To Breed Deer Less Susceptible To Chronic Wasting Disease
True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[European Energy Plans Call For Accelerating Renewables, Reducing All Natural Gas Use]
-- Reuters: U.S. Oil Refiners Planning To Increase Jet Fuel, Diesel Production Instead Of Gasoline
-- Reuters: Rising Calls For U.S. LNG Revive Stalled Export Projects, But At Higher Costs
-- Bloomberg: European Electricity Trades At Highest This Year Driven By Natural Gas Price Increases
-- Reuters: European Union Counties Moving To Deal Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emission Thru Shared Reductions
-- Bloomberg: EU Asks Citizens To Turn Down Heating, Lower Car Speeds To Cut Russia Energy Dependence
-- Financial Times: Germany Prepares For A Russian Natural Gas Embargo: ‘Worst Crisis Since The Second World War’
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Poll Finds Voters Want Federal Rescue Plan Money To Beef Up PA’s State Parks, Forests
-- $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
-- Scranton Times Guest Essay: Seize The Rare Opportunity To Resolve Toxic Mine Drainage - by Robert Hughes, Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Other States/National/International
-- NPR: Wildfires Are Increasingly Contributing To Unhealthy Air
-- AP: After Wildfires Scorched Trees Could Disrupt Water Supplies
-- Public News Service: You Can Recycle A Plastic Bottle, But What About Wind-Turbine Blades?
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Environmental Reviews Of Major Infrastructure Projects Crucial
-- AP: This Earth Day, Biden Faces ‘Headwinds’ On Climate Agenda
-- Financial Times: The Climate Game - Can You Reach Net Zero By 2050?
-- AP: Climate Change, Big Agriculture Combine To Threaten Insects
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: 6 Things To Know From PA’s Republican Debate For Governor
-- Erie Times/Courier Times: This Week On The Campaign Trail For PA Governor, U.S. Senate: Polls, Debates, Pledges
-- PennLive - John Baer: In The Weird, Wacky PA Republican Race For Governor, Are Debates Useful?
-- Post-Gazette: Democratic U.S. Senate Candidates Fetterman, Lamb Will Square Off In Debate Thursday
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Republican Jeff Bartos Steps Off U.S. Senate Campaign Trail After Surgery
-- NPR: Ex-President’s Endorsement Of Dr. Oz Reframes PA Republican U.S. Senate Contest
-- MCall Guest Essay: We Are Taking Wrong Lessons From Racial Slur Video In Allentown
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Here’s What PA Lawmakers Could Do If They Really Wanted To Protect Women And Girls [Transgender Sports Ban]
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh-Area Film Workers Ask For Increase In PA’s Film Tax Credit Before Senate Panel
-- MCall: 40,000 Expected At PA Cannabis Festival In Kutztown This Weekend
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia’s Gun Violence Crisis Through The Eyes Of those Experiencing It
-- Inquirer: As Philly’s Economy And Public Health Revive, Gun Violence Looms As Residents’ Chief Worry: Pew Report
-- WESA: Community Groups Call For End To Gun Violence In Pittsburgh
-- PennLive: State Police Shoot At Drivers Fleeing Traffic Stop, Raising Questions About Controversial Practice
-- Spotlight PA: To Successfully Use PA’s ‘Compassionate Release’ Law, He Had To Choose To Die
-- WITF: PA Needs Rental Assistance, Eviction Diversion Programs, Activists And Lawmakers Say
-- KDKA: State Struggles To Fix Pandemic Fraud Targeting Unemployed Pennsylvanians
-- WITF: With Increase Cyber Threats From Russian, Penn State Sharpens Its Security
-- Post-Gazette: NCAA: Merging State-Owned Universities Can Keep Individual Sports Programs
-- Post-Gazette: PA’s Most Unhealthy County [Fayette] Launches Program To Boost Resident Health
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[Posted: April 21, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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