Senate returns to session June 6, 7, 8 [Budget Time!]
House returns to session June 7, 8, 9 [Budget Time!]
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY Off The Floor: Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 522 (Baker-R-Luzerne) providing for universal lead testing for children; Senate Bill 597 (Stefano-R-Fayette) imposing additional requirements on publicly-owned water and wastewater systems to make it easier to be taken over by private companies [Read more here]. Senate Chamber. Click Here to watch live online.
TODAY 1:00: House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on electric vehicle charging stations. Room 418 Main Capitol. Click Here for online availability.
-- June 6 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- On-Site Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Waste Disposal Plans Making Hundreds Of Drilling Sites Waste Dumps [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Western PA Residents, Advocates Urge State Lawmakers To Take Action Against Fracking
-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Pennsylvania, States Challenge Findings Of Chesapeake Bay Computer Modeling On Pollution Reduction From Farms
-- MCall: Bowery Indoor Farm Built On Former Bethlehem Steel Site In Allentown
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: High Price Of Lancaster County’s Farmland Shapes How Farmers Start Up, Expand
-- Citizens Voice: Students Compete In Rain Gutter Regatta, Other STEM Contests
-- PPL Electric Utilities: Student Art Shines A Bright Light On Energy Efficiency
-- TODAY 9:30/7:30: WITF Smart Talk: Huge Climate Change Rally/Event In Harrisburg June 11-13
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Plymouth Fire Co. To Hold Free Electronics Recycling Event June 18
-- Post-Gazette: Left-Behind Dorm Junk Finds New Life At Pitt, Other Environmentally Conscious Campuses
-- Scranton Times: Countryside Conservancy Receives Key 18 Acre Property For Trolley Trail
-- Scranton Times: Gun Violence Awareness Group Sponsors Trail Cleanup
-- PennLive: Capital Area Greenbelt Assn. 22nd Annual Tour de Belt Ride Takes Place In Harrisburg
-- Reading Eagle: Learn About The Benefits Of Native Plants At Library Program
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fireflies Soon To Light Up Some, But Not All, Of Our Yards
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit On What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Financial Times: LNG Revolution: Germany’s Plan To Wean Itself Off Russian Natural Gas Takes Shape
-- The Economist: Europe’s Economy Grapples With An Acute Energy Shock [Driven By Spiking Prices For Fossil Fuels, Even Before War]
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
-- Bloomberg: Biden Plans Solar Manufacturing Push To End Project Slowdown
-- Reuters: Biden To Waive Tariffs For 24 Months On Solar Panels Hit By Probe
-- AP: First Named Storm Of Atlantic Hurricane Season-- Alex-- Heads Toward Bermuda With High Winds [National Hurricane Center]
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- USA Today: Republican Cong. Liz Cheney Calls Jan. 6 Capitol Attack A ‘Conspiracy’ And Says Threat Is ‘Ongoing’
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Unleash PA Growth By Cutting Corporate Taxes And Regulatory Red Tape - PA Chamber Of Commerce [In addition to the $30.7 Billion in federal aid PA businesses received]
-- Inquirer: Chaos, Terror On South Street: Multiple Gunmen Fired Into Crowds On ‘A Dark Day For Philadelphia’
-- Post-Gazette: 2 People Shot In Drive-By Attack Outside Pittsburgh Banquet Hall
-- Erie Times: Erie ‘Juvenile Lifer’ To Be Sentenced Again For Murder Of 5-Year-Old
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: A Real Hope For Changing The Extremists
-- PennLive Guest Essay: To Protect Older Adults From Abuse, We Must Update Protection Law - Secretary Of Aging
-- LancasterOnline: Elizabethtown School District Denies Request To Remove ‘Me And Earl And The Dying Girl’ From Library
-- TribLive Editorial: Rep. Nelson’s College Voucher Bill Leaves Many Questions
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Transforming The State’s Hiring Process To Make State A ‘Premier Employer’
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Sovereign Incompetence - Liquor Control Board
-- Spotlight PA: PA’s Definition Of Broadband Hasn’t Changed In Nearly 20 Years
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh-Area Members Of Congress Request $108 Million In Projects In 2023
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[Posted: June 6, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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