Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.24.22

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House returns to session May 24, 25

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session May 24, 25

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

TODAY 8:00: House Environmental & Energy Committee meets to consider bills on flooding, extending storage tank cleanup programs. Room 515 Irvis Building. 8:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live onlineClick Here for more on the agenda.


-- Gov. Wolf Announces DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell To Depart July 2, Names Ramez Ziadeh Acting Secretary  [PaEN]


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA’s Top Environmental Regulator To Step Down


-- Tell Your Legislator NOW To Set Aside $500 Million From Federal American Rescue Funds To Support Local Environmental, State Park & Forest Projects  [PaEN]


-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: PA’s Farmers And Municipalities Pay For Legislature’s Inaction On Clean Water - By Renee Reber, PennFuture 


-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Invites Comments On Draft Guidance For New Federal Abandoned Mine Land Grant Program Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]


-- Streambank Stabilization Project At Shirk Farms, Snyder County Highlights Importance Of Farm Conservation Practices To Improving Water Quality  [PaEN]


-- The Daily Item: Snyder County Stream Restoration Underway


-- Rodale Institute To Hold Organic Field Day July 22 In Berks County  [PaEN]


-- Warren Conservation District 'Save The Rain' Educational Workshop Highlights How Rain Barrels Help Reduce Pollution  [PaEN]


-- WHYY: Schuylkill River Dredging To Restart Thanks To $13 Million In Federal Funds


-- Coming Soon! Call For Presentations: Partnership For Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Jan. 30 - Feb. 1  [PaEN]


-- PUC Reminds Consumers Of Options For Managing Summer Energy Utility Bills; Price To Compare Going Up Dramatically June 1  [PaEN]


-- Pittsburgh International Airport, CNX Announce Strategy To Reduce Emissions, Costs For Transportation, Other Industries  [PaEN]


-- Register Now For Sustainable Energy Fund Energypath 2022 - Energy Source Diversity June 29  [PaEN]


-- PennTAP Hosts June 7 Northcentral Energy Roundtable; July 21 Financing Energy Improvements Webinars  [PaEN]


-- Reminder!  Penn State Energy Days - May 25-26


-- TribLive: DEP To get Input On Proposed Coal Mine Expansion In Westmoreland, Fayette May 25


-- AP: AG Shapiro Withdraws Objection To PPL Deal In Rhode Island


-- Reading Eagle: What You Need To Know About Lyme Disease


-- DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission Collaborate On Grants To Improve Lackawaxen River Access In Wayne County  [PaEN]


-- Scranton Times: Lackawaxen River To Receive Nearly $1 Million In Accessibility Improvements


-- WNEP: New Ways To Access The Lackawaxen River In Wayne County


-- Jenkins Woods - A Hidden Gem Of Natural Splendor In Monroe County - By Chris Mele for Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]


-- WHYY: Cycling Groups Get Help From Philly DA Through Anti-Violence Grants


-- Game Commission Springtime Alert: Leave Young Wildlife Alone; Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitators Care For Injured Wildlife


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Declining Deer Hunter Numbers Pose Serious Questions About Future Of Deer Management


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: In PA, There’s Almost No Chance You Saw A Murder Hornet

 

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

[There Is No Limit On What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Continue Climb As $5/Gallon Looms In Some Spots


-- LancasterOnline: 38% Rate Hike Looms For PPL Residential Electricity Customers Due To Spike In Natural Gas Prices


-- Bloomberg: LNG Natural Gas Market Is Hurtling Toward Historic Winter Shortages


-- WSJ: Biden Exploring Release Of Diesel Fuel Reserves Amid High Prices


-- Reuters: White House Weighs Waiving Summertime Smog Rules On Gasoline To Lower Pump Price


American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- Tell Your Legislator NOW To Set Aside $500 Million From Federal American Rescue Funds To Support Local Environmental, State Park & Forest Projects  [PaEN]


-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: PA’s Farmers And Municipalities Pay For Legislature’s Inaction On Clean Water - By Renee Reber, PennFuture 

 

-- $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

 

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Invites Comments On Draft Guidance For New Federal Abandoned Mine Land Grant Program Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Democrats Kick-Off PA Governor’s Race With $2.7 Million TV Campaign Attacking Mastriano’s Abortion Stance

-- AP: McCormick Sues To Ensure Counting Of Mail-In Ballots In U.S. Senate Race

-- AP: Senate Republican 2020 Election Inquiry Contractor Extended By 6 Months

-- PennLive: 2 Lycoming County Residents Expected To Plead Guilty To Criminal Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- PA Capital-Star: Advocate David Thornburgh: Opening PA’s Primaries Is The ‘Right And Smart Thing To Do’

-- AG Shapiro Releases Special Report On Fentanyl Becoming Dominant Opioid In PA

-- MCall: PA Counties Go Their Own Ways In Getting Aid To Families Of Babies Born With Withdrawal Symptoms

-- Independent Fiscal Office Initial Revenue Estimate For FY 2022-23 $47.7 Billion Up From  FY 2021-22 $41.9 Billion

-- PA Capital-Star: Flush With Cash, PA Could See Its Surplus Go Down The Drain

-- The Center Square: Fiscal Office: A 60% Chance Of Stagnation For The PA Economy

-- PennLive: PA Senate Panel Holds Hearing On Juvenile Justice Reform Bills, But Advocates Ask For More

-- Spotlight PA: Sen. Haywood Urges Legislature To Make It Easier For Attorney General To Investigate Killings By Police

-- PennLive: Many Records For People Convicted Of Murder, Rape And More Are Being Hidden From Public In PA Under ‘Clean Slate’

-- PennLive: Fmr AG Kathleen Kane Pleads Guilty To Probation Violation, Sentenced To Treatment Program

-- PennLive: Gunfire Inside York County Walmart Triggered By Confrontation In Store

-- Warren Times: Automatic Knife Legalization Bill Passes State House [Switchblades]

-- Scranton Times: Education Group Finds Private Cyber Charter School Used Taxpayer Money For Concert Tickets, Vacations, Arcades

-- TribLive: Proposal Would Require Greater Public Access To Records From Pitt, Penn State, Others

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh-Based Arconic Metals Plant Supplies Russian Military, Now The Company Is Trying To Sell It

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[Posted: May 24, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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