Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.13.22

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

     -- Committee Schedule

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

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- WeConservePA Urges General Assembly, Gov. Wolf To Boost Conservation Investments - There Has Never Been A Better Time  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Hosts April 27 Webinar On Economics And The Outdoors - Funding Needs, Opportunities  [PaEN]

 

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay States Say Funds Are On The Way For Conowingo Dam Cleanup Plan - By Karl Blankenship  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA State Government’s Refusal To Pay Legal Stormwater Fees Unfairly Burdens Residential, Commercial Ratepayers - Capital Region Water

 

-- New Ohio River Valley Institute Report Shows Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owner Diversified Energy Lacks Resources To Plug Wells, Including 22,507 Wells In PA  [PaEN]

 

-- U.S. EIA: Electric Generation From Renewables To Keep Rising Leading To A Decline In Natural Gas Generation; CO2 Emissions Keep Going Up  [PaEN]


-- WNEP: PA Natural Gas Industry Facing Labor Shortages - Programs Not Attracting Enough Students 

[“"I don't have enough students. Like I said, if I had 30 more students, I could probably still not fill all the open positions that are out here, even just for the internship opportunities," said program director Sue Gumble, Lackawanna College School of Petroleum & Natural Gas.””]


-- TribLive Letter: Local Energy Choice Means Progress On Environment, Economy - PA Chamber  [Except communities are banned from making a clean energy choice under this legislation.]

 

-- DCNR, Tom Ridge Environmental Center Foundation Announce Plan For Innovative Visitor Experience Partnership In Erie  [PaEN]

 

-- Erie Times: Climbing Structure, Interactive Map Among Tom Ridge Environmental Center Exhibit Upgrades

 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Polluters Can’t Regulate Themselves [That’s What House Republican Bills Would Do] 

 

-- DEP Takes Action On 773 Permits, 98% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,483 Inspections; Responds To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

 

-- PA Capital-Star: How One PA Fire Department Is Trying To Save Its Volunteer Service

 

-- Quakers, Jews, Elders, Students Planning A 40-Mile Walk On April 18 - 22 Demanding Vanguard Stop Investing In Climate Destruction  [PaEN]

 

-- Join PA Interfaith Power & Light For The 2022 Bike/Hike Journey Towards A Cleaner Future Starting May 1  [PaEN]

 

-- Centre County Honors 28 Local Green Businesses, Schools And Organizations  [PaEN]

 

--TribLive: Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban In Pittsburgh To Start In 2023

 

-- WHYY: Haverford Bans Plastic Bags As More Main Line Communities Look To Do The Same

 

-- TribLive Editorial: Does Pittsburgh Plastic Bag Ban Steal Other Municipalities’ Choices?

 

-- TribLive: Fmr Pittsburgh Water Authority Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Federal Clean Water Act Violations Related To Sludge Releases 

 

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Supreme Court To Review Decision Allowing Chester To See Regional Water System To Aqua PA

 

-- TribLive: Gateway School Students Provide Environmentally Friendly Alternatives For Earth Day In Allegheny County

 

-- Post-Gazette: California University Students Develop Helmet Warning System To Improve Biking Safety In Traffic

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Remote Workers Offered The Chance To Sample The Lifestyle In PA Wilds

 

-- TribLive: Chatham University Study Shows Positive Results When Students Spend Time In Sensory Garden

 

-- TribLive: Penn State Master Gardeners Present April 30 Workshop In Allegheny County On Biodiversity, Pollinators And Design

 

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests May 1 Lynn Firth Wildflower Walk Near French Creek, Wattsburg, Erie County. 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

 

-- TODAY 9:30 a.m. WITF Smart Talk: New Film Describes Journey Thru Lyme Disease

 

-- Scranton Times: Experts: Safety Measures, Training Key For Off-Road Riding

 

-- Erie Times: Presque Isle History: The Story Of Massassauga Point Resort Area

 

-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Resident Pleads For Help With Raccoons Overrunning Her Property


True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[Volatile Foreign Oil/Natural Markets Have Uncontrollable Impacts Thru The Economy]


-- WNEP: PA Natural Gas Industry Facing Labor Shortages - Programs Not Attracting Enough Students

[“"I don't have enough students. Like I said, if I had 30 more students, I could probably still not fill all the open positions that are out here, even just for the internship opportunities," said program director Sue Gumble, Lackawanna College School of Petroleum & Natural Gas.””]


-- U.S. EIA: Electric Generation From Renewables To Keep Rising Leading To A Decline In Natural Gas Generation; CO2 Emissions Keep Going Up  [PaEN]


-- Reuters: U.S. Envoy Kerry Calls For Renewables Push, Says Putin Cannot Control Wind, Sun


-- Reuters: Global Renewable Power Prices Soar On Heavy Demand, Chaotic Supply Chain


-- Bloomberg Green: Surging Renewable Power Prices In Europe Are Still A Bargain 


-- Bloomberg: International Energy Agency Cuts Oil Demand Forecast As China Reimposes COVID Lockdowns


-- AP - Explainer: Why Biden Is Allowing More Ethanol In Gasoline


-- AP: Pittsburgh-Based Westinghouse, Framatom To Supply Fuel To Czech Nuclear Plant Easing Dependence On Russia  


-- Financial Times: Metals Stockpiles Shrink As Energy Prices Hit Production


-- Bloomberg Green: The Fertilizer Price Shock Might Change Agriculture - For The Better  


-- Bloomberg Green: Green Ammonia For Fertilizer Planned By Giant Wind Farm Builder 


American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- Williamsport Sun: American Rescue Plan Funds To Help In Levee And Flood-Risk Reduction

 

-- TribLive: Westmoreland’s Plan For $105 Million In COVID Relief Funds Remains Elusive

 

-- $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


-- AP: Pouring It On: Climate Change Made 2020 Hurricanes Rainer


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Inquirer: Republican Sen. Corman Staying In Republican Race For Governor After Moving To Drop Out 

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Ex-President Encourages Republican Sen. Corman To Remain In Governor’s Race - And So He Is

-- WHYY: Republican Sen. Corman Was Getting Out Of The Race For Governor, Then Ex-President Called

-- Politics PA: Corman Reverses Course, Stays In Governor Race

-- AP: Ex-President Intervenes In PA Republican Gubernatorial Primary

-- Inquirer: Ex-President Sowing Chaos In PA Republican Governor’s Race

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Ex-President Does Not Endorse Republican McSwain For Governor

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: PA U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Has Everything, Differences In Style, Substance, Strategy

-- TribLive Guest Essay: High Stakes In PA’s Primary Races - David Thornburgh

-- PA Capital-Star: Eight PA Republican Members Of Congress Help Kill Bill Honoring Iconic Black Judge

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Teen Vote Is Powerful, Here’s How To Harness It In PA

-- PennLive: PA House Republican Twitter Account Back After Several Hour Suspension

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Several Lehigh Valley House Candidates Ruled Off Primary Ballots

-- PA Capital-Star: House Votes To Ban Leasing Of Vehicles For Member Use, But Will Reimburse Vehicle Costs

-- LancasterOnline - Brad Busted: Bill Would Give Senate, House Faster Access To Public Records

-- Spotlight PA: What Are Skill Games, And Why Are They At The Center Of A Multimillion-Dollar Gambling Fight

-- AP: Bill Against Trans Girls In Girls’ Sports Passes State House

-- Inquirer - The Grammarian: New PA Book Banning Bill Gets An F For Its Proposal And Its Grammar

-- Erie Times: Albion School District Parents Challenge Elementary Social-Emotional Learning Plan

-- Centre Daily Times: Fmr Penn State All-American Fencer Sues Coach And University, Alleges Years Of Abuse

-- AP: Bill Would Change Plans For Fmr Lt. Governor’s Residence

-- TribLive: Bill Proposal Would Allow Medical Marijuana Edibles In PA Dispensaries

-- TribLive: 3 Shot In Pittsburgh’s Hill District

-- Post-Gazette: PA Could See Huge Benefits If It Goes All In On Semiconductor Chip Production

-- WESA: Unlike Philly, Allegheny County Has No Current Plans For A Mask Mandate

-- WESA: Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Applied For Mortgage Aid, But Few Have Received Help So Far

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[Posted: April 13, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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