House returns to session April 27
Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:00: House State Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 811 (Cox-R-Berks) removing future employees of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission from the state employees retirement system. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.
TODAY 9:30: House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 1462 (T.Davis-D-Bucks) requiring municipalities to notify property owners of changes in FEMA special flood hazard area maps. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.
-- 15 Projects Recognized With 2022 Governor's Awards For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]
-- House Republicans Move Solar, Wind Bonding Bill; Fail To Plug The $1.8 Billion Hole In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding; Opposed Regs Making Natural Gas Pipelines Safer, Reducing Methane Emissions [PaEN]
-- WESA: Allegheny County Council To Reconsider Ban On Fracking In County Parks
-- Williamsport Sun: Stream Restoration Project To Help Reduce Pollution Loads In Old Lycoming Twp
-- Register Now For Pike Conservation District May 14 Wetlands Are Wonderful Identification Workshop [PaEN]
-- Met-Ed Green Team To Celebrate Arbor Day April 29 With Tree Planting In Reading
-- Register Now For American Society For Reclamation Sciences Annual Meeting June 12-16 In Duluth, MN; Research Findings, Film Festival Videos & Student Posters Invited [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Coal Industry, Workers Sue To Halt PA’s Program To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants
-- Green Building Alliance Receives Grant From Henry L. Hillman Foundation To Lead Higher Education Climate Consortium Of Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- MCall Guest Essay: How Lehigh University’s Solar Energy Project Went Wrong
-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Announces Penalties Against Violators
-- Penn State Virtual G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture In Mineral Engineering April 29 On Mining Safety & Health Research For A Rapidly Changing Industry. 3:00 p.m.
-- TribLive: Penn Twp. Police To Take Outdated Meds In Drug Take Back Day April 30
-- Register Now! PA Environmental Council Western PA Dinner May 18 Celebrating The PA Outdoor Recreation Economy. Pittsburgh
-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Boyd Big Tree Preserve In Dauphin County Into The Old-Growth Forest Network [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Boyd Big Tree Preserve In Dauphin County Added To National Old-Growth Network
-- Musser Gap To Valleylands Conservation Plan Moving Forward With Community Input In State College [PaEN]
-- Bedford Gazette: Broad Top Twp. Discusses Recreation Development, Trail Work
-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh’s 800 City Steps Bring Joy To The People Who Discover Them
-- Warren Times: Experience Bird Banding First-Hand At Audubon Community Nature Center Saturdays Thru May 21
True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[Listen To What European Allies Need, Not To What Our Natural Gas Industry Wants]
-- NYT: Why U.S. Oil Companies Aren’t Riding To Europe’s Rescue [“Executives Fear That Oil And (Natural) Gas Prices Won’t Stay High”]
-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Prices Soar After Russia Halts Supplies To Poland, Bulgaria [Yours Will Too]
-- WPost: EU Accuses Russia Of ‘Blackmail’ After Natural Gas Cut To Poland, Bulgaria [The penalty we pay for being lashed to natural gas.]
-- Reuters: Russia Stops Natural Gas To Poland, Bulgaria, Opens New Front In Economic War
-- AP: Russia Cuts Off Natural Gas Supplies To Poland, Bulgaria In War Escalation
-- Bloomberg: How Russia’s Natural Gas Ban Rips Thru Core Of European Industry
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
-- Reuters: U.S. To Boost Green Jobs, Curb Emissions By Plugging Old Oil & Gas Wells
-- Gov. Wolf Highlights Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funded PennDOT Projects In Western PA
Other States/National/International
-- Utility Dive: Looking To Start A Hydrogen Hub? Here’s What Experts Say It’s Going To Take
-- AP: Climate Activist’s Self-Immolation Stirs Questions On Faith, Protest
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive: Anti-Defamation League: 82% Increase In Antisemitic Incidents In Western PA In 2021
-- MCall/Reading Eagle: PA Republican Congressional Candidate Haunted By Antisemitic, Racially Tinged Social Media Messages
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: How A Shuttered Bathroom At A Pittsburgh Grocery Store Explains Structural Racism
-- WITF: Texts Show Details Of Republican Cong. Scott Perry’s Role In Plan To Overturn 2020 Election
-- PennLive: Federal Judge Recommends Dismissal Of Lawsuits Seeking To Take Republicans Mastriano, Perry Off Primary Ballot
-- TribLive: Republican U.S. Senate Candidates Meet In Debate, Without Front-Runners
-- Spotlight PA: Why Independents Can’t Vote In May Primary
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: PA Republicans Should Spend Money On Improving Our Elections, Not Trying to Expose Problems That Don’t Exist
-- TribLive Editorial: Existing Resources Easily Available For Ballot Drop-Off
-- PA Capital-Star: Senate Republican Budget Chair Has Primary Opposition
-- AP: Billions In Surplus Have PA Lawmakers Thinking Business Tax Cut
-- Gov. Wolf Stands Against Gun Violence, Calls For Life-Saving Legislative Action
-- PA Capital-Star: As Deaths Rise, A New Call For Gun Reform, Will Republicans Listen?
-- PennLive: Beaver County Firearms Maker Disputes Federal Crackdown On ‘Ghost Guns’
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Don’t Take Your Guns To Town
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Lawmakers Look To Curb Online Sales Of Stolen Goods By Imposing Disclosure Rules
-- PA Capital-Star: House Passes Bill Limiting Philly DA To Two Terms
-- Scranton Times: Bench Warrant Issued For Fmr AG Kathleen Kane On DUI Charges
-- Inquirer: PA Nursing Home Buyers Would Face More Scrutiny Under State Health Proposal
-- Inquirer: Massive Philly School Planning Process Will Decide Future Of Its Infrastructure
-- York Dispatch: Billboard Latest Step In One Aunt’s Quest for Justice In Child’s Death
-- Post-Gazette: State-Owned Universities Call On Legislature For More Funding
-- City & State PA: State-Owned Universities Embarked On Groundbreaking, Fraught Quest To Redesign System
-- Citizens Voice: Salary For Luzerne Community College President Up To $196,711
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Flirting With Disaster: Bridge Inspections Must Stay Public
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[Posted: April 27, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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