Friday, June 3, 2022

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.3.22

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


-- Who Is Protecting Taxpayers?  House Committee Meets June 7 On Bills To Preempt Any Increase In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding Amounts, Give Away Plugging Contracts With No Regard For Cost  [PaEN]


-- June 14 Environmental Quality Agenda Not Yet Posted, DEP Intended To Post Revised Final Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rule


-- PA Outdoor Writers Association’s 2022 Excellence In Craft Award Winners Show How Vibrant Outdoor Writing Is In PA [PaEN]


-- House Environmental Committee Hearing June 13 On MS4 Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program  [PaEN]


-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Announces Trout In The Classroom Grants For 2022-23 School Year  [PaEN]


-- Bradford Era: Smethport Students Release Trout Raised In Trout In Classroom Project


-- Reading Eagle: Berks’ Best 2022 Science, Environment Student Winner Joshua Leshinskie Dreaming Big


-- Delaware Currents: Acid Rain Harming Middle Delaware River, Mercury Reported In Bushkill Creek Fish


-- The Burg: Stem To Stream - If You Want Cleaner River Water, You Need Good Tree Cover


-- PennVEST, DEP Federal Clean Water, Drinking Water Revolving Fund Plans Available For Public Comment


-- Delaware RiverKeeper June 3 RiverWatch Video Report


-- EPA Names Dr. Kandis Boyd As New Director Of Chesapeake Bay Program  [PaEN]


-- PUC Continues Safety Investigation In Explosion Of Home In Pottstown That Resulted In 5 Deaths


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Local Residents, Advocates Decry Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Drilling


-- TribLive: Access To Clean Water Coming To Residents In Bell Township, Westmoreland County With Help Of CNX Natural Gas Company Foundation


-- DailyLocal.com Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Mean Clean Air, Strong Economy For Pennsylvania - by Sen. Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester)


-- PA Resources Council Responsibly Managed 3.3 Million Pounds Of Electronics Waste Over 20 Years Of Hard-To-Recycle Collections  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times: ‘Hooligans’ Help In Hemlock Road Cleanup


-- Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Pilot Agricultural Plastic Recycling Program In 9 Counties, Deadline July 8  [PaEN]


-- Sustainable Pittsburgh, Plastics Collaborative Release Whitepaper On Reducing Single-Use Plastics  [PaEN]


-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Companies To Get $1.6 Million In Dept. Of Energy Grants To Improve Nuclear Energy, Help Solve Climate Challenges


-- Dept. Of Corrections Reports On Sustainability, Green Initiatives During 2021


-- Williamsport Sun: EPA Grant To Fund Lycoming County Brownfields Revolving Loan Cleanup Fund


-- Friday 4:00: Planet Philadelphia: Air Pollution - Potential Remedies


-- June 4 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available [PaEN]


-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Summer Newsletter Now Available


-- Reading Eagle: Take It Outside For National Trails Day June 4


-- Centre Daily Times: ClearWater Conservancy’s 6th Centred Outdoors Season Starts  June 5 With Family Fishing Picnic


-- TribLive: Inclusive Playground To Open At Hempfield Park


-- TribLive: Westmoreland Heritage Trail Officials Prepare For Annual Herbicide Application


-- Inquirer: Future Of Philly Bike Lanes Could Be Determined By Senate, House Inaction


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: It Makes Sense To Open Pittsburgh Parks To Camping


-- Penn State: Managing Habitat For Flowering Plants May Mitigate Climate Effects On Bee Health


-- Philly Voice: Help With Firefly Conservation This Summer By Counting The Bugs In Your Backyard


-- The Chestnut Foundation Accepting Applications For Research Grants On American Chestnut Restoration, Due August 1


-- Game Commission To Hold 6 Junior Game Warden Camps Around The State For Students 11 To 15  [PaEN]


-- Republican Herald: Rachel Carson Building Peregrine Falcon Recovering In Schuylkill County Wildlife Center After Injury 


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Invading Frankenfish Is Focus Of New Angler Tagging Program


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Are Giant European Hornets Becoming More Common In PA?


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

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


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Natural Gas Hits Highest Price In Last Decade, Report Says


-- The Center Square: Natural Gas: ‘Hedging’ And Pipeline Capacity An Issue For PA Production


-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Even More Clear Now U.S. Needs To Drill More Oil


-- WPost: OPEC Boots Oil Production As Gasoline Prices Soar In U.S.


-- WPost: Once Eager To Drill, Oil Companies Exit Leases In Arctic Refuge


American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- LancasterOnline: Here’s How Lancaster County Is Spending $106 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding  [$325,000 for environment, $30,000 for sewer mapping]

 

-- $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


-- The Guardian: EPA Aims To Erase Rule Keeping States From Blocking Energy Projects Under Section 401 Of Federal Clean Water Act


-- AP: EPA Moves To Give States, Tribes More Power To Protect Water


-- Bloomberg: Biden Would Give States Veto Power Over Polluting Pipeline Under Section 401 Of Federal Clean Water Act


-- Financial Times: Ford To Invest $3.7 Billion In Manufacturing Amid Electric Vehicle Push


-- The Economist: The Electric Vehicle Revolution Is Not Happening Fast Enough


-- Bloomberg Green: New York Plants 22 Renewable Energy Plants To Reach Climate Goals


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive Editorial: Without Gift Ban, Bribery Is All But Legal In PA

-- AP: Republican Candidate For Governor Mastriano Wants To Make Everyone Re-Register To Vote

“The concept flatly violates federal law, legal scholars say, and may conflict with state law, not to mention constitutional protections. It is also a throwback to laws designed by white people in past eras to keep Black people or newer European immigrants from voting.” 

 

-- WHYY: Republican Insiders Begin To Reluctantly Support Mastriano, As Democrats Tout Unity In PA

-- Inquirer: Josh Shapiro, Sharif Street At Odds Over Leadership Of PA Democratic Party

-- AP: Republican Candidate For Governor Mastriano  Willing To Talk To U.S. House Committee Investigating Assault On U.S. Capitol, Efforts To Overturn Nov. 2020 Election

-- Inquirer: Republican Candidate For Governor Mastriano To Be Interviewed By U.S. House Committee Investigating Assault On U.S. Capitol, Efforts To Overturn Nov. 2020 Election 

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Candidate For Governor’s Largest Donor Is Martin’s Potato Roll,  Shake Shack’s Bread Maker 

-- AP: Commonwealth Court Orders Contested Mail-In Ballots Counted In PA U.S. Senate Primary

-- City & State PA: Casey Says Democratic U.S. Senate Nominee Fetterman Understands ‘Real People’

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Conservative Poll: 70% Of Pennsylvanians Believe The State Is Going In Wrong Direction

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Most State Government Employees Receive Bonuses For Working Thru Pandemic

-- TribLive: COVID Cases Down, Deaths Rise In Allegheny County

-- Erie Times: Masks Are Back In Erie, Other Schools, That Could Mean More Lawsuits

-- TribLive: First ‘Probable’ Case Of Monkeypox In Philadelphia

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Stop-And-Frisk Accountability Bill Will Help, Not Hurt Policing

-- Inquirer: Catholic Diocese Of Philadelphia Paid $78.5 Million In Clergy Child Sexual Abuse Reparations, Far Less Than Anticipated

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA’s Private Cyber Charter Schools Cost Taxpayers And Businesses

-- WITF: Teen Charged With Making Shooting Threat Toward Franklin County School District

-- Erie Times: McDowell H.S. Students Walk Out Of Class In Silent Protest Of Gun Violence

-- PennLive: Teens Wearing Gas Mask, Hot Dog Costume Prompt School Lockdown In Westmoreland County

-- WPSU: With No Social Worker, Clearfield County School District Addresses Student Stress, Trauma At Home

-- Warren Times Editorial: Talk Not Enough To Stop School Killing Horrors

-- Courier Times: Levittown Backyard Bomb Shelters Eerie Relics Of Cold War Era, A Look Inside

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[Posted: June 3, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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