Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.31.22

Are You Telling Your Story?

Senate returns to session June 6, 7, 8 [Budget Time!]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session June 7, 8, 9 [Budget Time!]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events


-- In Memoriam: Walt Pomeroy, Environmental, Wildlife & Wilderness Advocate  [PaEN]

 

-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania's Lawmakers Must Invest More In Outdoor Recreation, Cleaning Up Polluted Waters, Restoring Habitat - By Alexandra Kozak, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership [PaEN]

 

-- New Penn State Study Finds Runoff From Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On Unpaved Roads Contains Pollutants That Exceed Human-Health, Environmental Standards  https://bit.ly/3GmH9ZM  [PaEN]


-- DEP Federal ‘Orphan’ Well Plugging List Includes 7,300 Active Conventional Wells With Identified Owners; DEP Says Cost Recovery A Priority  [PaEN]

 

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Preparing For Increasingly Severe Flooding From Climate Change

 

-- Warren Times: Students Receive ‘Watershed Ed’ At Chapman State Park

 

-- Warren Times: Middle Schoolers Help ‘Pay-It-Forward’ By Cleaning Up Roads, Waterways

 

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Consumer Advocates In PA Caution Against Switching Electric Suppliers As Utilities Raise Rates

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: The Dark Side Of Nuclear Power - Erie Epstein, Three Mile Island Alert

 

-- WESA: Recycle Computers, Cables, Microwaves At Galleria At Pittsburgh Mills June 4

 

-- WHYY: Philly Needs 60 More Lifeguards To Open Most Pools This Summer

 

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Environmental Educator’s Service Earns Award


-- PennLive: National Guard Helicopter Crew Helps Rescue Lost Hikers In Dauphin County


-- WESA: With Wildlife At The Backdoor, Pennsylvanians Watch Out For Ticks


-- Inquirer Guest Essay: PA Has More Lyme Disease Cases Than Any Other State


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: ‘Orphaned’ Wildlife Babies Probably Are Not: Game Commission


-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon/ Seven Mountains Audubon: May Warblers Abound Throughout PA


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: There’s Meaning To Names We Give Plants, Animals


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

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


-- Inquirer Editorial: Gasoline Tax Refund Giveaway Presents Big, Inequitable Hit To State Budget


-- AP: In Major Blow, EU Bans Imports Of Most Russian Oil 


-- WPost: EU Agrees To Phase Out Russian Oil But Exempts Pipeline Deliveries


-- Reuters: Russian Natural Gas Flows To Europe Fall As Russia Cuts Exports To Dutch


-- Bloomberg: Oil Headed For Longest Run Of Monthly Gains In More Than A Decade [$124]


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: Hurricane Agatha Hits Southern Mexico Coast As Strongest May Hurricane


-- Bloomberg: Miracle Fuel Hydrogen Can Actually Make Climate Change Worse


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Gift Ban, Other Good-Government Changes Stall In PA Despite Promises From Leadership 

-- City & State PA: Exit Interviews: Republican Sen. Jake Corman, The Leader

-- York Daily Record: Josh Shapiro Launched His Governor Bid In Johnstown, Why That Might Help The Democrat Win

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Open Primaries For Fairness, Governance

-- AP: Man, Boy 10, Killed In Drive-By Shooting In Philadelphia Over Violent Holiday Weekend

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Gun Violence Takes Troubling Turn To Younger Victims

-- Inquirer: Carjacking Continues To Plague Philadelphia; Here’s How Young Carjackers Say They Get Away With It

-- York Daily Record: York City Police Offers Registry For Residents With Mental Illness

-- PA Capital-Star: Audit Of Pittsburgh Police Finds Racial Disparities In Marijuana Charges

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[Posted: May 31, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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