PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.20.22

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House returns to session April 25, 26, 27

Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25

TODAY 11:30: DEP To Announce 2022 Environmental Education Grants at Kulpmont Veterans Memorial Park, Kulpmont, Northumberland County.

THURSDAY 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.

-- UPDATED With Agenda/Location/Remote Access: DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets April 21 On Conventional Drilling Issues [PaEN]

-- DEP Update On United Refining Company Naphtha Storage Tank Roof Failure In Warren [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Soliciting Proposals For $84 Million Program To Demonstrate Enhanced Geothermal Energy Systems; PA Opportunity With Mine Water [PaEN]

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Invest In Our Clean Energy Future - PennEnvironment

-- Bay Journal: EPA Says PA’s Plan To Clean Up Its Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Still Comes Up Short - By Karl Blankenship

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: EPA Is Coming For PA Over Lagging Returns In Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Pans PA’s Latest Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan

-- Lancaster Farming: EPA Steps Up Inspections Of PA Farms Because State Falls Short On Chesapeake Bay Commitments

-- Westmoreland Conservation District April 20 After The Storms - Virtual Homeowner Driveway Program Webinar, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

-- Citizens Voice: Help Available For Those Behind On Flood Levee Fee Bills

-- Warren Times: Warren County To Take Part In Weather Siren Tests Today

-- WHYY: PECO To Add 1,550 Trees To Philadelphia’s Urban Canopy

-- DEP Announces 2022 Black Fly Control Season

-- DEP Took Action On 848 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,350 Inspections; Responded To 2 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- PennLive: Three Mile Island Documentary Coming To Netflix In May

-- TribLive Guest Essay: [Pittsburgh] Mayor Gainey, Please Focus On Environmental Justice - Winchester Thurston School Students

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Pick Up Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Cambria Counties During May [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Repelled By Trash, They Rappelled To Pick It Up At Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington Landmark

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Recycler Salvages Old Electronics; Donates Laptops To Shelter

-- MCall: Earth Day: Your Guide To Events, Cleanups In Lehigh Valley Area

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Farm Kills 1.4 Million Birds In Effort To Protect Others From Avian Flu Outbreak

-- Quaker Houghton Releases 2021 Sustainability Report

-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Ramps: How To Cook, Preserve, Grow, Harvest

-- TribLive: Native Plant Sales At Penguin Court, Compass Inn Feature Pollinator-Friendly Species In Westmoreland

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Water Trail Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Residents Pack Meeting To Hear Plans For Regional ATV Trail System

-- Scranton Times: Hummingbirds On Their Way Back To Northeast PA

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Backyard Bird Feeders Can Stay Up Despite Avian Flu

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary's Benefit For Birds In-Person Gala, Online Auction May 12 [PaEN]

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary To Host In-Person Spring Document Series 3 Saturdays Starting April 23

True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[European Energy Plans Call For Accelerating Renewables, Reducing All Natural Gas Use]

-- Reuters: European Commission Analyzing Higher 45% Renewable Energy Target For 2030

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Is On A Path To ‘Crazy Prices’ With No Relief In Sight

“Higher production could provide some price relief, but so far the industry has held back after a decade of overspending sapped profits. Even if they did want to pump more, producers would face rising costs, labor shortages and limited pipeline capacity in gas-rich areas including Appalachia.”

-- Reuters: Analysis: As Germany Joins LNG Import Race, A Long And Crowded Track Awaits

-- NPR: To Fight Climate Change, And Now Russia, Zurich Turns Off [All] Natural Gas

-- Reuters: U.S. Refiners Receiving Last Russian Oil Cargoes Before Wind-Down

-- Financial Times: Why Germany Is Resisting Calls To Ease Energy Crunch By Restarting Nuclear Power

-- Reuters: Shell Aims To Hit Carbon Reduction Goals Regardless Of Others

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

-- AP: Biden Administration Restores Environmental Reviews For Major Infrastructure Projects

-- Utility Dive: SolarAPP+ Automated Solar Permitting Program Sees 31 MW Approved In First Year Of Operation

-- VOX: Geothermal Energy May Be Buried At The Bottom Of Abandoned Oil Wells

-- Reuters: Exxon Sees Carbon Capture Market At $4 Trillion By 2050