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 10:00: Joint Hearing Of House Environmental Resources & Energy and Health Committees on oil and gas byproducts powering modern medicine and our healthcare system. Room 515 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.
TODAY Call Of Chair: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2644 (Causer-R-Cameron) take away the Environmental Quality Board’s authority to increase conventional oil and gas well bonding amounts to the current taxpayer cost of plugging and continue the exemption from any bonding for wells drilled before 1985 (which is most of them); House Bill 2528 (Struzzi-R-Indiana) would mandate DEP award oil and gas well plugging contracts to Pennsylvania contractors, with no regard for cost to taxpayers. Room 205 of the Ryan Office Building. [Any Time After Noon.] Click Here to watch online. (Click Here for more on the agenda.)
TODAY 9:30: Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 1947 (O’Neal-R- Washington) prohibits counties, local governments and authorities from promoting clean, cheaper energy sources to reduce climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions. Room 8E-A East Wing. Click Here to watch online. Click Here for more on the agenda.
-- Senate Hearing: Body Of Evidence Is 'Large, Growing,’ ‘Consistent’ And 'Compelling' That Shale Gas Development Is Having A Negative Impact On Public Health; PA Must Act [PaEN]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Truthful Conversation Needed About The Keystone Pipeline [Not In PA]
-- Williamsport Sun: Tioga River Cleanup Moves One Step Ahead With Land Acquisition
-- WITF/AP: Chesapeake Bay Watershed’s Latest ‘Report Card’ Trends Upward From Last One To C+
-- PA Resources Council, Delaware County Seeking Volunteers To Bolster Rose Tree Park Summer Festival Recycling, Waste Reduction Efforts [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘No Evidence’ Pottstown Home Explosion Was Gas From PECO’s System, But Investigation Could Take A Year
-- NOAA/Silver Jackets: 50th Anniversary Of Hurricane Agnes
-- Warren Times Editorial: Volunteers Pave Way For Cleaner Roads
-- June 15 Virtual Roundtable With 3 PA Outdoor Industry Founders. Noon to 1:30 p.m.
-- PA Capital-Star: Philly Native Kevin Sligh Gets Top U.S. Dept. Of Interior Appointment
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy To Host Juneteenth Celebration This Weekend
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Unveils Summer Schedule For Roving Art Cart In City Parks
-- Williamsport Sun: Game Commission Recognizes John Oliver For Lifetime Achievements
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Youth To Get A Look Inside Life Of A Game Warden
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Southcentral PA Continues As No. 1 Chronic Wasting Disease Area
-- WLVR: The Firefly Population Could Be Declining, Here’s Why
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections On Nature: Majority Of Insects Are Very Beneficial
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit On What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Extends Losses Amid Easing Demand, Ample LNG Supply
-- Financial Times: Saudi Arabia Is Increasing Supply, Why Is Oil Price Holding Firm?
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: UN: Climate Shocks, War Fuel Multiple Looming Food Crises
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer: Philly Proud Boys President Zach Rehl Charged With Sedition In Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- AP: Ex-Democratic Congressman Myers Pleads Guilty In Ballot Stuffing Case
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: ‘Election Integrity’ Or ‘Election Intimidation?’ Controversial Bill Passes PA Senate
-- Scranton Times Editorial: No Governor Owns Voting, Elections
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Long-Time Senate Republican Budget Chief Concedes Election
-- PA Capital-Star: ‘Counites Will Continue Their Efforts” In PA Election Recount
-- MCall: F&M Poll: Pennsylvanians Feeling Worst Economic Pain In Years As Gasoline Prices Approach $5/Gallon
-- Inquirer: 2 Men Will Be Charged In South Street Mass Shooting, Philly DA’s Office Said
-- City & State PA: Can Pennsylvania Pass Significant Gun Reform?
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Are You Pro-Business? Then You Should Be Pro-Gun Control, Too
-- AP: Gov. Wolf Tests Positive For COVID, Again
-- Inquirer: Suburban Philly School Superintendents Call For Curbing Payments To Private Charter Schools
U.S. House Hearings On Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- AP: Viewer’s Guide To 1st Public Hearing On Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- AP: Explainer: Hundreds Charged With Crimes In Capitol Attack
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[Posted: June 7, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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