House returns to session May 23, 24, 25
Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Dispose Of Drill Cuttings By ‘Dusting’ - Blowing Them On The Ground, And In The Air Around Drill Sites [PaEN]
-- Bob Donnan: 'Dusting' By Oil And Gas Drillers
-- Center For Private Forests At Penn State Renamed To Honor Founder Jim Finley [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf: April State Revenues Highest Ever Collected - 38.7% Higher Than Estimates; Year-To-Date Now $4.5 Billion Over Estimates [PaEN]
-- EPA Announces $40 Million From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding For Chesapeake Bay Restoration; PA Receives $5.59 Million+ [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Public Encouraged To Be Mindful Of Water Withdrawals On Smaller Streams [PaEN]
-- Penn State Initiative for Resilient Communities, Bucknell University, and the Selinsgrove Flood Task Force May 7 Flood Resilience Fest In Selinsgrove, Snyder County [PaEN]
-- Allegheny Conservation District, Partners To Host Flood Education Workshop May 9 For Homeowners, Business Owners [PaEN]
-- PSU Institutes Of Energy & The Environment Growing Impact Podcast: Flooding, Environmental Justice
-- Scranton Times: On 50th Anniversary Of Hurricane, ‘Agnes’ Documentary Premiers June 23 At Kirby Center
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Massachusetts Company Buys Hydroelectric Stations Along Allegheny River
-- WHYY: Resistance Begins To Potential Sale Of Bucks County Sewer/Water Authority
-- Bay Journal: Sheep And Solar Panels: Using Solar Energy Sites For Pastureland - By Ad Crable [PaEN]
-- PSU Agricultural Sciences Hosts May 18 Webinar On Utility Scale Solar Energy - Considerations And Impacts [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - The Allegheny Front: Safety Advocate Warns Of Lack Of Oversight For New CO2 Pipelines Needed For Carbon Capture
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Race Is On (Again) To Build Out Low-Carbon Hydrogen Economy
-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Keep PA’s Foot On The (Natural) Gas - Washington County Chamber
-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Jump 18 Cents In Pittsburgh Area Since Last Week
-- MCall: DEP Investigating South Whitehall Twp. Chemical Spill
-- WeConservePA May 25 Virtual Roundtable On Environmental Advisory Councils And Environmental Justice [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: County Envirothon Returns To Chapman State Park
-- Allegheny College, East Stroudsburg University Join Forces To Take On Tickborne Diseases Through Local Tick Mitigation Study; Free Tick Testing [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Free Tick Testing Available To PA Residents: TickLab.org [East Stroudsburg University]
-- NextPittsburgh: The Secret Tree Laboratory At Schenley Park
-- DCNR Breaks Ground On Tuttle Point Campground At Pymatuning State Park, Crawford County
-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Gnomes Return To Ephrata Rail Trail
-- Game Commission Announces Plans For Spongy Moth Spraying On State Game Lands
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Natural Lands Preserves 158 Acres In Lancaster, Lebanon Counties To Be Added To State Game Lands
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Management Areas For Deadly Chronic Wasting Disease Reaches One-Quarter Of PA
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: PennDOT Takes Steps To Minimize Impact On Eagles Nest Near Susquehanna Thruway Southern Construction
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Reminder - Do Not Disturb Vernal Pools And Their Aquatic Life
-- WeConservePA June 2 Webinar On Advocating For Local Bird-Friendly Policies [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Big Month For Birding Festivals, Including Festival Of Birds At Presque Isle
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Fish Lifts Offline At Lower Susquehanna River Dams To Prevent Snakeheads’ Movement
True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[Listen To What European Allies Need, Not To What Our Natural Gas Industry Wants]
-- Bloomberg: Shale Drillers Coterra Energy, Devon Energy, Diamondback Energy Boost Dividends, Keep Oil Output Flat
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: As Wildfire Closes In, New Mexico Residents Prepare To Flee
-- Reuters: U.S. To Invest More Than $3 Billion On Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing
-- Bloomberg Green: As Natural Gas Prices Soar, Nobody Knows How Much Methane Is Leaking
-- Bloomberg Green: Hydrogen Is Every U.S. Natural Gas Utility’s Key To Decarbonization Plans
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Republican Gubernatorial Candidates Need To Unite Against Sen. Mastriano
-- City & State PA: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Mastriano Wrote A Paper Saying The U.S. Military’s ‘Hypersensitivity’ To Civilian Deaths Is An ‘Enormous Weakness’
-- WLVR: Only Woman In Democratic Race For U.S. Senate Used To Uphill Battles
-- Inquirer: PA’s Biggest Primaries Could Get Called On Election Night, But Don’t Get Used To It
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Ballot Drop Box Monitoring Could Keep Disabled Residents From Voting
-- AP: How The Constitution Teaches Students To Disagree Civilly
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Senate, House Need To Make Lawmakers’ Expenses Searchable Online
-- Gov. Wolf: April State Revenues Highest Ever Collected, Time To Make Historic Investments In Pennsylvanians
-- Independent Fiscal Office: April State Revenue Exceeded Its Estimate By 44.4% - $2 Billion; Exceeds Year-To-Date Estimate By $5.04 Billion
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: April State Revenues Set High-Water Mark For A Single Month
-- PA Capital-Star: With Record Tax Collections, Not Spending Would Be ‘Irresponsible’ Wolf Says
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Fix Business Tax Structure, Not Just Rate
-- Gov. Wolf Announces New Violence Intervention, Prevention Technical Assistance Project
-- AP: Fired Philadelphia Police Officer Charged With Murder In Shooting Of Boy, 12
-- The Center Square: Police Chiefs Call Attention To Hiring Problems Across PA
-- AP: New Design, Mission For Site of Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack
-- TribLive Editorial: Does Bail Work The Way It Should?
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Reaction Divided Over Leaked U.S. Supreme Court’s Draft Decision Overturning Abortion Rights
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Lawmakers Told Of Tragic Lack Of Access To Drug Abuse Treatment Medicine
-- WESA: Advocates Push For More State Funding For Disability Services, Higher Wages For Workers
-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Says ‘Thousands’ Have Supported University Funding
-- MCall: Why The Lehigh Valley Will Soon See A Flood Of Home Foreclosures
-- Post-Gazette: Black Homeownership In Pittsburgh Falls As City House Prices Rise
-- PennDOT: Federal REAL ID Enforcement Begins May 3, 2023
-- TribLive: Countdown Begins For PA REAL ID Requirement
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[Posted: May 3, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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