Thursday, May 12, 2022

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.12.22

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House returns to session May 23, 24, 25

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

TODAY 1:00: LIVE Game Commission, DEP, DCNR Hold Live Rachel Carson Building Peregrine Falcon Banding Event via Facebook. 

 

-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Issue Alert To Members About Possible Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater In Allegheny National Forest  [PaEN]


-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Road To Recovery Concert Fundraiser May 28 For Chainsaw Carver Todd Gladfelter From Schuylkill County  [PaEN]


-- DCNR, Corrections Forestry Camp Program Prepares Reentrants For Tree Maintenance Careers In Centre County  [PaEN]


-- Clean Air Council Hosts May 18 Webinar On Oil & Gas Threat Map By Earthworks. 2:00 p.m.  [PaEN]


-- PA Solar Center May 20 Webinar: Utility Scale Projects In PJM Queue; U.S. Trade Investigation; New Poll Results.  Noon to 1:15 p.m.  [PaEN]


-- TribLive Guest Essay: In Southwest PA, The Way To A New Energy Reality [Allegheny Conference Report] - Shell Polymers &  Duquesne Light 


-- Inquirer Guest Essay: A LNG Natural Gas Terminal In South Jersey Would Put The Health Of 1.9 Million People At Risk - Delaware RiverKeeper


-- Poconos Residents Support More Action To Protect ‘Exceptional Value’ Streams, New Poll Finds  [PaEN]


-- Delaware Currents: Brandywine-Christina Watershed Faces Population Boom In Chester County


-- WHYY: For These Young Trainees, Careers In Solar Look Like Philly’s Future


-- ​​DEP Announces Local Climate Action Training Provided To 121 More Municipalities; Apply Now For Training  [PaEN]


-- Muhlenberg College Survey: Emission Reduction Remains Public’s Preferred Approach To Dealing With Climate Change; If We Don’t Act Now It Will Cost More Later  [PaEN]


-- TODAY - WITF Smart Talk: Muhlenberg Poll Finds Most Americans Say They’ve Felt The Effects Of Climate Change. 9:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.


-- Existing Technologies Can Help World Meet Agricultural Methane Targets By 2030  [PaEN]


-- Scranton Times: Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Owner Talen Energy Supply Files For Bankruptcy


-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Hears From Activists, Steel Workers On New Coke [Coal] Oven Regulations


-- WESA: Environmentalists, U.S. Steel Clash Over Allegheny County On New Coke [Coal] Oven Regulations  


-- Upcycling Plastic Waste Into Graphite Could Facilitate Transition To Electric Vehicles, Clean Energy  [PaEN]


-- MCall - Paul Muschick: America Stinks At Recycling Plastic, Why Don’t We Care?


-- PA Business Report: Reading-Based Penske Truck Leasing In Joint Initiative With Shell Recharge Solutions To Provide EV Charging At Penske Locations


-- Spotlight PA: Home Buyers, Renters In Hot Market Should Be Aware They Could Be Former Drug Labs, Public Database Significant Undercounts Contaminated Homes In PA


-- MCall: Rodale Institute Gets Nearly $160,000 Grant For Specialty Crops Project


--  Stroudsburg Herald: Get Outdoors Pocono Series Gives Public Exclusive Access To Buck Hill Trails In Monroe County 


-- Public News Service: PA Communities Gearing Up For Public Pool Season [Lifeguard Shortage]


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: 2 State Parks Pilot Glamping Project; Lifeguards Needed To Save Pools At 4 Parks 


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Camping Boom Draws More Diversity, Millennials, But One Group Has Started To Dwindle


-- Reading Eagle: Spend This Spring On The Schuylkill River Trail And River


-- Reading Eagle: DCNR Secretary Takes A Hike With Students At Nolde Forest Environmental Center In Berks


-- American Chestnut Foundation PA/NJ Chapter Newsletter Now Available 


-- Registration Open! PA Wilds Dinner & Champion Of PA Wilds Awards Program July 28 At Birds Brewing Company, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County.


-- Future Of Deer Management Clouded By Coming Steep Decline In Hunter Numbers  [PaEN]

 

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[Putin Controls The Price You Pay For Oil/Natural Gas, Regardless Of Where It Comes From]


-- WLVR: PA Public Utility Commission Warns Energy Costs Are Ready To Skyrocket [Due To Natural Gas Price Spike]


-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Surges As Russian Moves Spur Supply Worries 


-- Bloomberg: How Germany’s LNG Terminals Will Morph Into Green Hydrogen Hubs 


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


-- E&E ClimateWire: Why Biden Isn’t Preaching Energy Conservation


-- PA Capital-Star: Biden Administration Vows To Speed Up Environmental Permits For Infrastructure Projects


-- The Hill Guest Essay: Clean Energy Can Light A New Path Forward For Former Coal Communities - U.S. Secretary of Energy 


-- Reuters: Creaky U.S. Power Grid Threatens Progress On Renewables, EVs


-- Bloomberg: A 67-Foot Pipeline Rupture In Energy Transfer Pipeline In Texas Triggered Massive Methane Plume, Photos Show Blowout  [Energy Transfer owns Mariner East, Revolution Pipelines in PA]


-- AP: Tennessee Valley Authority Weighs Coal Plant Shutdown Options, Climate Impact


-- Bloomberg: More Than $200 Billion Wiped Off Cryptocurrency Market In A Day

 

-- Reuters Explainer: Does The Cryptocurrency Crash Pose A Threat To The Financial System?

 

-- The Guardian: New U.S. Fracking Boom Could Tip World To Edge Of Climate Disaster


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- LancasterOnline - Brad Bumsted: Republican Candidate For Governor Sen. Corman Decides To Exit Race [Again]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Sen. Corman Decides To Drop Out Of Governor’s Race [Again]

-- Centre Daily Times: Sen. Corman [Republican] Compares Abortion Ruling Leak To Jan. 6 Assault On U.S. Capitol, Says Both Done ‘To Intimidate’ 

-- Inquirer: Last-Ditch Republican Effort To Stop Sen. Mastriano In PA Governor’s Race Too Little, Too Late

-- PennLive - John Baer: Primary Election Results Could End Traditional Politics For PA Democrats, Republicans

-- PA Capital-Star: New National Democratic Ad In PA Hits Republican Plan To Sunset Medicare, Social Security

-- WPSU: Talks With Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Melissa Hart

-- WHYY: Where Are PA U.S. Senate Candidates Getting Their Money?

-- Inquirer: Kathy Barnette The Surprise Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Who Just Might Win

-- AP: Conservative Groups Go Against Dr. Oz In PA U.S. Senate Race  

-- AP: Crypto Comes To Washington, Will The Millions Buy Influence? [PA U.S. Senate Race]

-- City & State PA: Sen. Corman Looks To Form Cryptocurrency Task Force To Take Advantage Of Economic Opportunities Of Crypto Currency Boom

-- Bloomberg: More Than $200 Billion Wiped Off Cryptocurrency Market In A Day

-- Reuters Explainer: Does The Cryptocurrency Crash Pose A Threat To The Financial System?

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Conservative Groups Demand PA Lawmakers Pull Plug On Mail-In Voting 

-- WITF: PA ACLU, Lancaster County Commissioners Fight Over Ballot Drop Box Removal In Court

-- Inquirer: Mailers Targeting Philly Progressives Have Curious Links To Trump, City’s Democratic Party 

-- City & State PA: Mailer Featuring Gun To Head Of Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler Causes Upheaval At A Philadelphia PAC 

-- TribLive: West Allegheny H.S. Student Brought Loaded Assault Rife To School Parking Lot In Allegheny County

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: New PA Private Charter School Leader Vows To Fend Off Funding Cuts

-- Inquirer: For The Family Of A Native American Child Lost At The Carlisle School, A New Study Offers Hope Of Accountability

-- WHYY: LGBTQ Students, Faculty Fear Impact Of Central Bucks Schools’ Decisions

-- PA Capital-Star: Changes To Rules For Tipped Workers To Take Effect In August

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[Posted: May 12, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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