Saturday, July 2, 2022

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.2.22

Are You Telling Your Story?

Senate returns to session July 5 [Budget Time!]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session July 5 [Budget Time!]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events


-- AP: PA Heads Into Fiscal Year Without Budget In Place, Senate, House Return Tuesday

 

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Lawmakers Target Next Week To Complete State Budget

 

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports FY 2021-22 Revenues $5.6 Billion Above Estimates  

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports FY 2021-22 Revenues $6.22 Billion Above Estimates


Take Action Now!

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

 

-- Most UNwanted List: Lookout For Bad Environmental, Energy Provisions During Final Budget Week  [PaEN]

 

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-- Ramez Ziadeh Takes Over As Acting DEP Secretary; Patrick McDonnell Departs 

 

-- Sign On To REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania - Petition To PA Lawmakers  [PaEN]

 

-- WESA: Environmentalists Train Drone Pilots To Find And Pursue Pollution [PA Included]

 

-- Western PA Conservancy: Special Discover French Creek Webinar Aug. 10  [PaEN]


-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Conestoga Club, RiverKeepers Plan To Improve Recreational Access Along 30-Mile Stretch Of Conestoga River

 

-- Pike Conservation District: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms?  Climate Change Makes Them More Prolific, Intense  [PaEN]

 

-- Call For Presentations: Partnership For Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Jan. 30 - Feb. 1  [PaEN]

 

-- Dept. Of Insurance/PEMA Urge Pennsylvanians To Prepare For Hurricane Season  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Hosts Aug. 4 Hearing on an NPDES permit application for a Rutter’s Convenience Store in Antis Township, Blair County. (PA Bulletin, page 3721Read more here.

 

-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 1 RiverWatch Video Report

 

-- PA Capital-Star: House Passes Bill To Block Wind Energy Projects That Interfere With Military Installations’ Airspace

 

-- Kraft Heinz Company Makes First Wind Energy Investment With Repsol For 90% Of Electricity Used In European Plant Sites  [PaEN]

 

-- StateImpactPA/The Allegheny Front: U.S. Supreme Court Pushes U.S. Closer To ‘Climate Cliff,’ Say PA Environmental Leaders

 

-- NPR: EPA Prepares For Its ‘Counterpunch’ After The Supreme Court Ruling

 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Supreme Court Hurts EPA’s Ability To Fight Carbon Pollution - By PennFuture

 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Change To United Refining Company Air Quality Permit Adding Emission Limit For Sulfur Dioxide In Warren  [PaEN]

 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We All Benefit By Helping People In Need Pay Utility Bills [LIHEAP] - By Rep. Matzie

 

-- DEP Posts 38 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 2 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

 

-- KYW: Lawmakers Pass Bill To Crack Down On Illegal Dirt Bikes, ATVs On City Streets  [Returns To Senate for concurrence - Senate Bill 1183]

 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Plan To Sell Off Former Scout Camp In Schuylkill County For Development In Roxborough Rattles Neighbors

 

-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Staff Clear Down Trees After Storm

 

-- July 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

 

-- Fish & Boat Commission: July 4th Fish For Free Day In Pennsylvania

 

-- Republican Herald: Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Population At Fort Indiantown Gap 

 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Offering Nature Play Days On July, August Mondays

 

-- Warren Times: Start Earning Votes For Your Entry In Local Audubon’s 2022 Nature Photo Contest

 

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

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


-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Approves Refund Of $12.4 Million In Excessive Weather Charges For Philadelphia Natural Gas Customers


-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Until Other Solutions Are Feasible - Support Drilling


-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Federal Gasoline Tax Holiday A Mistake


-- Bloomberg: JPMorgan Sees ‘Stratospheric’ $380 Oil On Worst-Case Russian Cut


-- Reuters: Exxon Signals Operating Profits Could Double Over First Quarter


-- Bloomberg: Exxon Sees $5.5 Billion Refining Windfall As Gasoline Prices Soar, Signals Gigantic Profits For Industry


-- Bloomberg: Germany Cut Natural Gas Consumption By 35% In May


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?


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- LancasterOnline: Republican Cong. Lloyd Smucker Says Testimony Before U.S. House Committee Investigating The Assault On The U.S. Capital, Efforts To Overturn The 2020 Election ‘Very Credible’

-- MCall: Montgomery County Man Charged With Crimes Related To The Assault On U.S. Capitol Sentenced To Prison

-- AP: PA Heads Into Fiscal Year Without Budget In Place, Senate, House Return Tuesday

-- Post-Gazette: Lawmakers Leave Harrisburg For July 4th Holiday With Budget Still Unfinished

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Lawmakers Target Next Week To Complete State Budget

-- PA Capital-Star: House, Senate Cancel Holiday Weekend Sessions After Missing Budget Deadline

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Budget Talks Slow Down, Leaving Lehigh Valley Lawmakers Uncertain

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Why Can’t Pennsylvania Pass A Budget On Time?

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports FY 2021-22 Revenues $5.6 Billion Above Estimates  

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports FY 2021-22 Revenues $6.22 Billion Above Estimates

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Put Pensions On The Line For Lawmakers For Sexaual Misconduct

-- TribLive: Rep. Dowling To Retire, Remove Name From Ballot After DUI Charges Filed

-- AP: Lawmakers Pass New Limits On Fireworks As July 4th Nears

-- Scranton Times: Rising Costs Deal Blow To Fireworks Shops

-- WHYY: Fight Gears Up Over PA Constitutional Amendment To Protect ‘Every Unborn Child’

-- MCall: Legislature Passes Bills Giving Health Care Providers, Insurance Companies Access To Mental Health Records

-- WESA: Allegheny County Reports Slight Uptick In COVID Numbers

-- WESA: 3 Allegheny County Residents Test Positive For Monkeypox Virus

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Police Accreditation Threatened By Law To Scale Back Traffic Stops

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Allegheny County Jail Board Must Enforce Transgender Policies And Culture Of Respect

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh Should Use Federal Windfall For Neglected Roads And Bridges

-- Erie Times: Edinboro University Now Pennsylvania Western

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[Posted: July 2, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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