Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.9.22

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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

 

-- Final State Budget Includes Nearly $700 Million In Funding To Support Local And State Environmental, Recreation Infrastructure Projects  [PaEN]

 

-- Environmental Groups Host July 13 State Budget Briefing Webinar  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Environmental Council: Without A Veto Of HB 2644, PA's Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Problem May Be All But Permanent  [PaEN]

 

-- Commonwealth Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Pausing PA’s RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants  [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: State Judge Halts PA Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Rule

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Pennsylvania’s RGGI Climate Rule Paused Until Trial This Fall

-- AP: Commonwealth Court Blocks Pennsylvania’s Carbon Emissions Reduction Plan

 

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets July 19 To Hear Presentations On Carbon Capture/Sequestration, Chapter 105 Regulatory Changes  [PaEN]

 

-- Planet Philadelphia: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: The U.S. And The Climate Crisis

 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Allegheny County Executive Right To Veto Fracking Ban In, Under County Parks

 

-- Bay Journal: PA Lawmakers Move To Limit Fertilizer Use On Turf - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal

 

-- NRCS-PA Invites Public To PA State Technical Committee Meeting July 19  [PaEN]

 

-- July 20 DEP Public Meeting On Changes To Brush Valley Mine Underground Coal Mining Area & Subsidence Control Plan, Indiana County [PaEN]

 

-- DEP To Hold July 20 Public Meeting On Changes To Barrett Mine Underground Coal Mine Area & Subsidence Control Plan, Indiana County  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Mine Reclamation, Subsidence Control Project In Fayette County

 

-- DEP Holds Aug. 14 Hearing On Changes To Brunner Island Power Plant Air Quality Permit, York County  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Posts 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 9 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance July 20 Webinar - Federal Budget Needs To Address Climate Solutions  [PaEN]

 

-- KYW: Energy Coordinating Agency Launching Water Heater Emergency Fund For Low-Income Philadelphia Families

 

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Approves Aqua PA Takeover Of Chester County Town’s Sewer System

 

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Controlled Plant & Noxious Weed Committee Meets July 21 To Consider Adding 3 Plants  [PaEN]

 

-- WITF: PA Outdoor Corps Provides Kids Work Experience, Job Training, Helps State Park Lands

 

-- DCNR Dedicates New Pool Complex, Solar Energy Arrays At Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County [PaEN]

 

-- July 8 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

 

-- Warren Times - Experience Forest Bathing July 20 At Audubon Community Nature Center

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: A Resplendent Night Sky [Cherry Springs State Park]

 

-- Republican Herald: Red Creek Wildlife Center Bursting With Baby Animals

 

-- Warren Times - Despite Their Beauty, It’s Easy To Overlook Snails - Audubon Community Nature Center 

 

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

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

-- Washington Examiner: Unusual Coalition Aims To Turn Biden Against LNG Exports, Including Industrial Energy Consumers To Keep Natural Gas At Home To Reduce Prices

 

-- Industrial Energy Consumers Of America: Texas LNG Facility Fire Illustrates Inflationary Impact Of LNG Exports

 

-- Reuters: Top U.S. LNG Producer Cheniere Asks Biden Administration To Exempt It From Limits On Emissions Of Cancer-Causing Pollutants

 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Heads For Another Weekly Gain On Deep Supply Concerns

 

-- Reuters: Strong LNG Demand To Keep Shipping Rates Firm In 2022, Beyond

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- Final State Budget Includes Nearly $700 Million In Funding To Support Local And State Environmental, Recreation Infrastructure Projects  [PaEN]

 

-- $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

-- Utility Dive: Supreme Court’s EPA Decision Will Have Little Effect On Utility Move Away From Coal-Fired Power Plants - Analysts

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Senate Signs Off On Pennsylvania’s Delayed Main Budget Bill

-- Spotlight PA: Lawmakers Agree To Boost Education Funding, Spend Billions In Federal Stimulus Money As Part Of Budget

-- Gov. Wolf Highlights Historic Investments In FY 2022-23 State Budget

-- Spotlight PA: How PA Plans To Spend Its Billions In Federal Stimulus Money

-- Post-Gazette: State Budget Includes Phase Out Of Corporate Net Income Tax

-- PennLive: PA Budget Winners: Libraries, Nursing Homes, Schools, State Parks, Environment

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Budget Includes One Time $140 Million Boost For Property Tax, Rent Relief Program

-- PennLive: Nursing Homes Get ‘Historic’ Boost From New PA Budget

-- Inquirer: State-Owned Universities Get Historic Boost In Funding In State Budget Deal

-- Centre Daily Times: Penn State’s Funding Will Mostly Remain Flat

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Right-Wing Social Warriors In Legislature Backed Off Their Effort To Hold Thousands Of PA College Students Hostage To Their Ideology

-- AP: Republican Lawmakers Move State Abortion Amendment Closer To 2023 Vote

-- Post-Gazette: Legislature Approves Constitutional Amendments On Abortion, To Require Voter ID

-- Spotlight PA: Senate Republicans Seek To Declare State Constitution Provides No Right To An Abortion

-- AP: Wolf Vetoes Bills On Poll Watchers, Transgender Athletes

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Discriminatory Transphobic Legislation

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: 3 Ways To Make PA Elections More Secure And Accessible - Fmr Republican Elections Commissioner In Philadelphia

-- MCall Guest Essay: Elections Have Consequences, Other Things U.S. Supreme Court Made Clear - Kutztown University Professor

-- PennLive Guest Essay: There’s Reason For Optimism In Electing More Diverse Candidates To PA’s Legislature - PA Voice

-- Post-Gazette - Julian Routh: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano’s Facebook Page Calls Republicans Supporting Shapiro RINOS

-- Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano The Movie!  The Return Of The American Patriot

-- LancasterOnline: Penn Cinema Cancels Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano’s Film Premiere; Producer Threatens Lawsuit

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Guest Essay: We Can Secure Our Schools Without Trading Away Constitutional Right - Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano  [School Employees Should Carry Firearms]

-- Post-Gazette - Julian Routh: Fetterman To Attack Dr. Oz’s Residency In Ads, Including With Airplane Banner Over New Jersey Beaches

-- Post-Gazette: Protests Against Police Killing Of Ohio Man Sweeps Downtown Pittsburgh

-- KYW: 73-Year-Old Man Dies After Group Of 7 Teens Brutally Attacked Him In Philadelphia

-- KYW: 2 Men Fatally Shot In Ambush During Funeral Procession In Delaware County

-- WITF: Child Psychiatry Groups Condemn Efforts To Link Mass Shootings With Mental Health Issues Calling Them ‘False And Harmful’

-- TribLive: Overdose Deaths In Allegheny, Westmoreland Counties Hit Highest Level Since 2017 Peak

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[Posted: July 9, 2022]  PA Environment Digest