PA Environment Digest Blog: Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.5.22

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Senate returns to session July 6? [Budget Time!]

-- Committee Schedule

House returns to session July 6? [Budget Time!]

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- DEP Issues 20% More NOVs To Oil & Gas Well Drillers For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them In 2nd Quarter [PaEN]

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The Senate and House are very tentatively scheduled to return to voting session July 6 [or not], but the state budget is still not done. Act Now To Support Growing Greener III funding: https://bit.ly/3OV3y45

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Budget Negotiations Appear To Be In Final Stages

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Discusses Infrastructure Needs Across PA

Take Action Now!

-- Take Action Now! State Budget Isn’t Done! - Help Bipartisan Lawmakers, Wildlife, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups Working To Get Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

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

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-- GASP Pittsburgh: Smoke & Flames At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works, Allegheny County Issues Alert Regarding Facility Outage [Video/Photos of Event]

-- WESA: Power Outage Results In Coke (Coal) Gas Flaring At U.S. Steel Clairton Works

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Monitoring Air Quality Closely After Power Outage At U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Works

-- Post-Gazette: Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Returns To Normal Operations After Power Outage

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: PA, NJ, DE Among 16 States Suing Postal Service Over Lack Of Electric Vehicles

-- AP: In Light Of EPA Supreme Court Ruling, New Focus On State’s Power [PA Included]

-- Scranton Times: Water Main Break Impacting Dunmore, Several Other Communities

-- York Daily Record: Century-Old, Electric Powered Chief Uncus Tour Boat Launched Into Susquehanna River

-- WITF: Prescribed Fires Are Backed By Science, But Shifts In Climate Patterns Could Make Them More Challenging

-- Inquirer: Researchers, Volunteers Hope To Restore The American Chestnut, Former King Of PA’s Forests

-- Citizens Voice: Popular Pear Tree Added To State Noxious Weeds List

-- Countryside Conservancy, The Conservation Fund Close Gap In Northern Electric Trolley Trail Corridor In Lackawanna County [PaEN]

-- 20 Teams Take PA Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation To Next Level; Accepting Matching Gifts Thru July 15 [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Seeing Flash Of Colors Of Baltimore Orioles A Special Treat

-- TribLive: Plenty Of July 4th Fun On ‘Fish-For-Free’ Day At Northmoreland Park

--TODAY: WITF Smart Talk Noon & 8:00 p.m.: New Conservation Heritage Museum At Middle Creek Wildlife Area Chronicles Game Commission’s History

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

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

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: The Political Cost Of Rising Gasoline Prices Is Mitigated By Republican Success And Denial - Mansfield University Professor

Just Added: -- Reuters: More Than 5 Million Barrels Of Oil Released From U.S. Reserves To Oil Companies Being Sold Overseas As U.S. Gasoline & Diesel Prices Touch Record Highs

-- Bloomberg: Global Natural Gas Demand Growth Forecast To Falter For Years, IEA Says Due To Soaring Prices, Threat Of Further Russian Supply Cuts

““Today’s record prices and supply disruptions are damaging the reputation of natural gas as a reliable and affordable energy source,” the Paris-based agency said in the report.”

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Increases Show No Sign Of Easing On Supply Concerns

-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Prices Jump As Norway Workers Strike Adds To Supply Woes

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

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Budget Negotiations Appear To Be In Final Stages

-- PA Capital-Star: Nope, No Budget Yet - Three Things To Know

-- TribLive Editorial: PennDOT Needs To Find Real Alternative To Tolling

-- Inquirer: Records Of Candidates For PA Governor On Abortion Are Long And Drastically Different

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: The Political Cost Of Rising Gasoline Prices Is Mitigated By Republican Success And Denial - Mansfield University Professor

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: House Speaker Shows Some Courage In Overturning 2020 Election, Other Elected Officials Should Take Note

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Delaware County Relied On Pharmacists For Essential Care During Pandemic