Saturday, June 11, 2022

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.11.22

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Senate returns to session June 13, 14, 15 [Budget Time!]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session June 13, 14, 15  [Budget Time!]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- PA Capital-Star: State Officials, Advocates Ask Legislature To Fund Waterway Cleanup: ‘If Not Now, When?’

 

-- AG Shapiro Charges Energy Corporation Of America/Greylock, 2 Employees With Environmental Crimes Involving Leaks At Oil & Gas Well Sites In Clearfield, Greene Counties [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Greylock Energy, Fmr ECA Employees Charged With Environmental Crimes For Leaks At Well Sites

 

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: F&M Prof. Dorothy Merritts, Legacy Sediments Researcher, Elected To National Academy Of Sciences 

 

-- Delaware Currents: A Bottomless Problem - Acid Mine Drainage In The Schuylkill River Basin 

 

-- Delaware Currents: New Tool Comes To Delaware Watershed To Analyze Plastics Pollution - Seabin

 

-- Patch: Aquetong Watershed Assn. Awards Student Scholarships To New Hope-Solebury H.S. Students In Bucks County

 

-- USA Today: Red Voters For Green Energy?  Conservatives Say They Support Solar, Wind Power Too [PA Farmer Who Wants Solar Included]

 

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Mix Of Hope, Fear Over Startup Of Shell’s Ethane Cracker Plant In Beaver County

 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: How Much Does A Hydrogen Hub Really Cost?  What Is Their Climate Impact? 

 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Everyone Wants PA To Be The Next Hydrogen Hub - Buyer Beware - Energy Innovation

 

-- TribLive: Bill To Ban Fracking In Allegheny County Parks Gets Additional Support

 

-- Post-Gazette: U.S. Steel Pays $4.5 Million Fine, Files Appeal Over Alleged Air Violations At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works

 

-- PA Resources Council: Registration Open For July Electronics Waste Collections In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Posts 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 11 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Educators Can Help You Celebrate PA Native Species Day June 17  [PaEN]

 

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna State Park Pool Closed Due To Lifeguard Availability

 

-- Vista.Today: William Penn Foundation Awards $5.9 Million In Grants To Extend Greater Philadelphia Circuit Trails Network

 

-- Scranton Times: Gasoline Prices Not Changing Boaters’ Summer Plans

 

-- June 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Guarantee Due Process In New Bill On Illegal ATV/Dirt Bike Use

 

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board Gives Preliminary Approval To Proposed Fishing And Boating License Fee Increases


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

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


-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Democrats Introducing Bill Limit Gasoline Price Increases At The Pump - Rep. Bizzarro (D-Erie)


-- Financial Times: PA’s EQT Drilling, U.S. Natural Gas Heartland Woos Foreign Buyers As Europe’s Energy Crisis Deepens 

“I’ve never been more excited about the future,” [EQT’s] Rice said. “We need to recognise the fact that we are in a bad situation right now. And we need to unleash our resources — unleash American energy.”


-- Baker Hughes June 10, 2022 Natural Gas Rig Count - No Increase For 2nd Week In A Row


-- The Economist: Refiners Are Providing A Fresh Source Of Drama For Oil Markets - The Low-Key, Low-Margin Industry Is Printing Money 


-- Reuters: U.S. Gasoline Average Price Tops $5/Gallon In Historic First [There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- Bloomberg: ‘Exxon Made More Money Than God’ 


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


-- Great Lakes Now: Ohio Residents Fight To Get Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Off Their Roads 


-- The Guardian: Climate Crisis Is ‘Battering Our Economy’ And Driving Inflation, New Book Says


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- USA Today: PA Has 2nd Highest Number Of People Charged With Crimes Related To Jan. 6 Assault On U.S. Capitol - 71; Texas Has 72

-- Inquirer: PA Had A Starring Role In First U.S. House Hearing On Jan. 6 Assault On U.S. Capitol -- Republican Cong. Scott Perry, Philly Proud Boys, More   

-- PennLive: Republican Cong. Scott Perry’s Opponent In Nov. Election Calls For Criminal Investigation Of Perry 

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Yes, Ex-President Is To Blame For Jan. 6 Assault On U.S. Capitol, But So Are Boneheads Who Rioted On His Behalf

-- PennLive: Dauphin County Woman Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Met With Man Who Planned To Shoot Up Synagogue - Prosecutor

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: What Is Republican Cong. Scott Perry Trying To Hide From The Public?

-- AP: First U.S. House Hearing On U.S. Capitol Assault Doesn’t Changes Many Minds In Philly Suburbs

-- PennLive: Lebanon County Man Sentenced For Threatening To Murder Democratic U.S. Senators

-- PA Capital-Star Editorial Cartoon: What’s Really Polluting The Chesapeake Bay?

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Democratic Party Chair Not Running For Re-Election

-- Billy Penn: In Democratic Ward Elections Full Of Infighting (And Physical Fighting) Philly Progressives Make Key Gains

-- Erie Times: ‘Guilt And Terror’: Teachers Reflect On Shooting At Erie High School

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Leaders Brace For Busy Weekend Amid Ongoing Violence

-- Post-Gazette: Federal Judge Denies Gun Supply Business Order Against ATF For Enforcing Prohibition Against Selling Ghost Gun Parts

-- PennLive Editorial: 3 Things PA Lawmakers Should Do To Protect Our Children [Gun Laws]

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Departure Of DGS Secretary Curt Topper, Names Joseph Lee Acting

-- AP: PA Historical & Museum Commission Pulls Gay Pioneer’s Historic Marker Over 1993 Interview

-- PA Capital-Star: Latino Community Urges Reopening Of Pittsburgh’s Immigration Court

-- Citizens Voice: State Provides $350,000 To Wilkes University To Launch Marijuana Chemistry Education Program

-- Wilkes-Barre Guest Essay: Investing In State-Owned Universities Is Good For PA

-- Citizens Voice: Wilkes-Barre Fire Chief: New Fireworks Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough

-- WHYY: New Baby Formula Plant Gets Another $8 Million From PA

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[Posted: June 11, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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