Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.18.22

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House returns to session September 12, 13, 14

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

TODAY 1:00:  Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting.  12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. See webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Jay Braund, jbraund@pa.gov. 

-- July 18 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

 

-- Guest Essay: Gov. Wolf, Don’t Give Money To The Oil Industry - By Rev. Mitchell Hescox & Kim Anderson, Evangelical Environmental Network  [Today Is Last Day For Action On HB 2644]  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: A Shale Gas Well Met An Abandoned Conventional Well A Mile Away - How Did It Happen? 

 

-- AP: 6 Of 9 Miners Rescued At Quecreek Mine 20 Years Ago Gather For Reunion

 

-- 20th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated In July 22-23 In Somerset County ​[PaEN]

 

-- Inside Climate News: A Collision Of Economics And History: In Pennsylvania, The Debate Over Climate Is A Bitter One

 

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Cong. Fitzpatrick Wants To Up Rare Earth Metal Production To Support Renewable Energy, EVs - Clean Air Council

 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Casey, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Improve Black Lung Benefits Program

 

-- Ned Smith Center For Nature & Arts: July 30 Nature & Arts Festival In Millersburg, Dauphin County

 

-- July 30-- Celebrate The Bloom! At The Only Prairie In PA Featuring The Blazing Star. Jennings Environmental Center, Butler County.

 

-- TribLive: Volunteers Donate Thousands Of Hours Of Time Maintaining Western PA’s Hiking, Biking Trails  

 

-- TribLive: Despite Popularity, Aging Trails Subject To All Manner Of Abuse In Western PA

 

-- Scranton Times: Parker Street Landing Gets New Canoe/Kayak Launch

 

-- WESA: Inaugural Paddlesports Festival Comes To Pittsburgh’s Allegheny River

 

-- WLVR: One Year Later, Researchers Still Don’t Know What Killed Hundreds Of Songbirds Last Summer In PA

 

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Game Commission Hands Over Evidence In Constitutional Case On Privacy Rights

 

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

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

-- Reuters: European Natural Gas Prices Jump As Heat Wave Boosts Cooling Demand

-- Reuters: Europe Must Slash Natural Gas Demand Now Before ‘Hard’ Winter, IEA Warns

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?

National/International

-- WPost: U.S. Plan To Avoid Extreme Climate Change Is Running Out Of Time

-- Post-Gazette/WPost: The World’s Longest-Lived Trees Couldn’t Survive Climate Change

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive: Republican Election-Related Constitutional Amendments Could Bring Big Changes

-- Erie Times: How Pending U.S. Supreme Court Case Could Strengthen The Power Of PA Republicans In Elections

-- TribLive Editorial: Is State Election Money A Gift Or A Problem?

-- Inquirer: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate For Governor Is Deleting His Videos From Facebook As He Runs For Governor

-- Spotlight PA: PA Budget Injects $125 Million Into [Republican] Private School Tax Credit Program That Lacks Basic Accountability

-- Post-Gazette: Unpaid PA Turnpike Tolls Rise Nearly 48% To $155 Million

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Seeking Surge In Deadly Shootings In 2022

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Detective Could Face Discipline For Unapproved Interviews With Conservative News Outlets

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[Posted: July 18, 2022]  PA Environment Digest