Senate returns to session June 27, 28, 29, 30 [Budget Time!]
House returns to session June 27, 28, 29, 30 [Budget Time!]
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets on House Bill 2331 (Gleim-R-Cumberland) establishes a limited program to provide water quality testing with the goal of exempting municipalities from the federal MS4 stormwater management program; and House Resolution 213 (Metcalfe-R-Butler) urging Congress to fund measures to protect the power grid from electromagnetic pulse attacks and solar flare incidents (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Office Building. Click Here to watch online.
-- Sign On To The REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania Petition To PA Lawmakers [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]
-- 2-Year Effort To Restore Plunketts Creek In Lycoming County Recognized With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: 60 Years Ago, Pittsburgh’s Rachel Carson Was More Right Than She Knew - By Jack Doyle, Historian [PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals]
-- Erie Times: PA Has $10 Billion Burning A Hole In Its Pocket, Should It Be Spent Now, And If So, How? [Growing Greener III Included]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 23 On Stormwater, Solar Flare Legislation [PaEN]
-- House Republicans Pass Bill Giving IRRC Veto Over Final Regulations; Stacking The IRRC [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Shale Gas Well Impact Fees Rise As Natural Gas Prices Surge; Effective Tax Rate Drops To 0.6%
-- StateImpactPA: Drilling Impact Fees From Drilling Rebounded In 2021 After Pandemic Slowdown
-- Warren Times: Warren City Council Asks Planning Commission To Look Into Oil & Gas Development In City Preservation Zones
-- Utility Dive: PJM Capacity Auction Prices Fall 32% With More Nuclear, Solar Capacity Clearing
-- Bloomberg: Payouts Fall On PJM Power Grid In Win For Nukes, Solar, Blow To Coal
-- FOX29: Penn-America Energy Plans LNG Natural Gas Facility Between South Philadelphia, Marcus Hook
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Plan For Green Hydrogen Plant In Lancaster County Nexed, Plug Power Officials Confirm
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Columbia Gas Faces Yet Another Settlement, As Its Push To Higher Pressure Lines Sets Off Explosions
-- TribLive Guest Essay: We Need Smart Policy To Bring Down Inflation, Reduce Energy Costs - House Republican Leader [Refers To Bills That Only Pretend To Increase Natural Gas Supplies, Do Not Address Gasoline/Diesel. Read Them]
-- FracTracker Alliance: Does Hydrogen Have A Role In Our Energy Future
-- Appalachian Regional Mine Land Reforestation Conference Aug. 17-18 In West Virginia [PaEN]
-- PUC Chair Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Elected President Of Mid-Atlantic Conference Of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. Steel In Partnership To Potentially Decarbonize… Gary Works Plant
-- EQT Natural Gas Releases 2021 Environmental, Social And Governance Report
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Shows Progress Toward Net-Zero Goals
-- Delaware Currents: Lackawaxen River Basin Earns Top Scores For Water Quality
-- Citizens Voice: Hurricane Agnes Flood Devastated The Wyoming Valley 50 Years Ago Today
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wilkes University Launches Audio Walking Tour, Retrospective On Agnes
-- Scranton Times Editorial: 50 Years Later, Hurricane Agnes Holds Lessons
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Agnes Documentary Captures The Spirit Of The Wyoming Valley
-- MCall: Residents Rip Plan To Expand Landfill In Northampton County, Say It’s Made Nearby Roads A ‘Pigsty’
-- WHYY: Easttown Twp. Bans Plastic Bags, As Advocates Push To Eliminate Styrofoam Across The Philly ‘Burbs
-- Erie Times: ‘Meadow Areas Provide Critical Habitat’: That’s Why Brown’s Farm Meadow Is Being Restored At Asbury Woods Environmental Center
-- Altoona Mirror: Mountain Laurel, State Flower, Blooming Across Pennsylvania
-- Erie Times: Presque Isle State Park A Natural Wonder, It’s Paddler-Friendly Lagoons Are Engineered
-- PA Environmental Council: Trail Gap Analysis Of The Circuit Trails Network In SE PA
-- LevitownNow.com: Biking & Walking Trail Proposed For Croydon
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Cook Forest State Park Named One Of The Best Places To Camp In U.S.
-- DCNR: Permits On Sale For Deer Management Assistance Program In State Forests, Parks
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Here’s What Hunters Can Expect This Fall [Game Commission]
-- AP: New Control Measure For Invasive Carp - Eat Them
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Sign On To The REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania Petition To PA Lawmakers [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: House Democrats Pitch Bills To Take On Price-Fixing, Price-Gouging At Gasoline Pump
-- PennLive: PA Senate Democrats Demand Republicans Pass Gasoline Tax Holiday: ‘It’s time To Free The Funds’
-- Post-Gazette: PA Democrats Push Gasoline Tax Holiday, Strengthening State Price Gouging Laws To Help Alleviate Impact Of Inflation
-- PennLive Guest Essay: End Corporate Greed And Price Gouging To Protect The People - PA House Democrats
-- TribLive Guest Essay: We Need Smart Policy To Bring Down Inflation, Reduce Energy Costs - House Republican Leader [Refers To Energy Bills That Only Pretend To Increase Natural Gas Supplies, Do Not Address Gasoline/Diesel. Read Them]
-- Inquirer Editorial: Don’t Blame Biden For Higher Gasoline Prices
-- Reuters: Biden To Meet With U.S. Oil Refiners In High-Stakes Price Talks Today
-- Bloomberg: Europe Power Soars To 6-Month High On Germany Natural Gas Supply Alert
-- Reuters: German Natural Gas Storage Triggers More Severe Warning, Russia Accused Of Economic Attack
-- Reuters: Factbox: Europe Takes Action In Case Russian Natural Gas Supply Stops
-- Washington Examiner: Did Russian Hackers Blow Up Texas LNG Terminal Facility? [U.S. Cyber Officials Issued Another Warning In April On The Vulnerability Of Natural Gas Facilities To Cyber Attacks ]
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- Erie Times: PA Has $10 Billion Burning A Hole In Its Pocket, Should It Be Spent Now, And If So, How? [Growing Greener III Included]
-- $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
-- Reuters: New Research Reveals U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Have Not Improved
-- Post-Gazette/AP: Cement Carbon Dioxide Emissions Quietly Double In 20 Years
-- Bloomberg Green: Biodiversity Loss May Push Developing World Closer To Default
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Capital-Star - John Micek: We Can’t Ignore The Evidence The U.S. House Committee Investigating The Assault On The U.S. Capitol Is Laying Out
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Will U.S. House Committee Investigation Of Assault On U.S. Capitol Turn The Tide Against Dr. Oz, Mastriano In PA?
-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Top PA Lawmakers Have Tentative Deal To Ban Private Money, Increase Funding For County Election Offices
-- AP: Republican Bills On Poll Watchers, Earlier Presidential Primary Advance In House
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Moves Closer To Having A Bigger Role In Deciding Winner In Presidential Primaries
-- Politics PA: Fetterman, Shapiro Top New AARP Poll
-- New AARP PA Poll: Voters 60+ Could Tip The Scales In 2022
-- PennLive - John Baer: Q&A With The Answer Man On PA’s U.S. Senate, Governor Races
-- Erie Times: PA Has $10 Billion Burning A Hole In Its Pocket, Should It Be Spent Now, And If So, How? [Growing Greener III Included]
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Banning Domestic Abusers From Public Office More Complicated Than Meets The Eye
-- PA Capital-Star: House Democrats Pitch Bills To Take On Price-Fixing, Price-Gouging At Gasoline Pump
-- PennLive: PA Senate Democrats Demand Republicans Pass Gasoline Tax Holiday: ‘It’s time To Free The Funds’
-- Post-Gazette: PA Democrats Push Gasoline Tax Holiday, Strengthening State Price Gouging Laws To Help Alleviate Impact Of Inflation
-- PennLive Guest Essay: End Corporate Greed And Price Gouging To Protect The People - PA House Democrats
-- TribLive Guest Essay: We Need Smart Policy To Bring Down Inflation, Reduce Energy Costs - House Republican Leader [Refers To Energy Bills That Only Pretend To Increase Natural Gas Supplies, Do Not Address Gasoline/Diesel. Read Them]
-- MCall Guest Essay: Are The Democrats Responsible For World-Wide Inflation? - By Lehigh University Professor [Spoiler - No]
-- Inquirer Editorial: Don’t Blame Biden For Higher Gasoline Prices
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: PA Nursing Homes Looking To State For Help Amid Fears Of Mass Closures
-- TribLive: PA Teacher Shortage Looms, Legislators Consider Bill To Smooth Out-Of-State Certification
-- TribLive Editorial: Easier Teacher Certification Isn’t The Problem
-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne County Community College Tuition Up 4%
-- TribLive Guest Essay: State-Owned University System Continues System Redesign With Funding Update That Supports Students, Universities - PASSHE
-- Erie Times: Anti-Masking Lawsuits Against Millcreek, NE School Districts Reach Next Stage
-- TribLive: Monroeville Man Who Canceled Wedding Over Misread COVID Test Results Sues UPMC
-- Inquirer: Shootings Continue At Record Pace In Philadelphia, Murders Down Slightly
-- Post-Gazette: Safety Expert Says House Bill To Allow Expanded Testing Of Self-Driving Vehicles In PA Better, But Still Has Flaws
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Which Bridge Will Fall Next? Pittsburgh’s Negligence Leaves Citizens On Edge
-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny Technologies Moves HQ To Texas, Changes Name
-- MCall - Ford Turner: House Passes Bill Giving Dorney Park, Other Amusement Parks More Flexibility To Sell Alcohol
-- Inquirer: Workers Commuting Into Philly Aren’t Coming Back, What Does That Mean For The City?
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[Posted: June 23, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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