Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.16.22

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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

 

-- AG Shapiro: Reminder: Residents Impacted By Mariner East Pipeline Can Submit Requests For Free Water Testing Until Aug. 19 

 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Republican Legislators Stall Regulations Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities 

 

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Oct. 4 Exploring Local & Regional Opportunities For Hydrogen In Appalachia  [PaEN]

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Book About Fracking In Williamsport To Be Discussed At Sept. 26 Book Club Meeting In Sunbury

 

-- Allegheny County Health Dept.  Releases Air Quality Annual Review Covering 2021 [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Releases 2021 Air Quality Report

 

-- Standard-Journal: Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Watershed Groups Essential, Need Volunteers

 

-- NextPittsburgh: Where’s The Cornfield In The Middle Of Downtown Pittsburgh?  Green Rooftops Absorb Potential Roof Runoff

 

-- TribLive: Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 24 Rain Barrel Workshop In Irwin

 

-- LancasterOnline: Climate Change Will Raise Heat Wave Risk In Lancaster, According To Model

 

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Climate Changes Makes Appalachian Life Even Harder, Why Do We Stay?

 

-- Citizens Voice: Talen Energy To Test Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Sirens Thursday

 

-- Citizens Voice: Selling Sewer System No Longer On Wilkes-Barre Mayor’s Radar

 

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Don’t Trash PA, It Costs Millions To Clean Up - Gov. Wolf 

 

-- LancasterOnline: Mosquito Spraying To Prevent West Nile Virus Set For Tuesday In Columbia

 

-- Natural Lands Partners To Preserve Forest Around Historic Isabella Furnace In Chester County  [PaEN]

 

-- WTAJ: Lumber Heritage Region Announces Recipients Of Mini Grants To Support Education Programs On The Lumber Industry

 

-- Inquirer: Union County Couple Making Interactive ‘Floating’ Maps Of Small-Town PA, See Towns Evolve Over Time

 

-- Reviving The ‘Lost’ Higbee Map Of Pennsylvania’s 86,000 Miles Of Streams [PaEN]

 

-- House Democratic Policy Committee Summary Of Hearing On Healthy Parks & Open Spaces In Philadelphia

 

-- WITF: In PA Cities, Street Trees Can Help Cool Ever-Hotter Temps, But They Present Their Own Problems To Solve

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Repurposed Railroad Bridge For Bald Eagle Valley Trail Over Susquehanna River To Be Dedicated 

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Site Announced For First State Forest Area For Motorized Recreation

 

-- York Dispatch Editorial: New Motorized Recreation Area Big Win For PA

 

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board To Hold Special Meeting Aug. 18 To Vote On Raising Fees For Licenses, Permits 

 

-- The Express: Fish & Boat Commission To Provide Presentation On Reptiles, Amphibians In Fishing Creek Watershed Aug. 29 In Loganton, Clinton County

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hummingbird Boom At Your Feeders Points To Migration Under Way

 

-- Reading Eagle: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Begins Fall Raptor Migration Count

 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center To Host Monarch Butterfly Festival Aug. 27


U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill

 

-- AP: Biden To Sign Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Today

 

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

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

 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Jumps [Again] Amid Rising Demand, Moscow’s Supply Grip

 

-- NYT: Falling Oil Prices Defy Predictions, But What About The Next Chapter?

 

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 Lancaster County Commissioners Led Effort To Repeal Law Authorizing No Excuse Mail-In Voting At State County Commissioners Meeting 

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Removes Social Media Profile Pics After Warning From U.S. Army

-- WESA: After WESA Inquiry To U.S. Army, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Dials Back Military Imagery On Social Media

-- Inquirer: Democratic Candidate For Governor Shapiro’s New Ads Cites Republican Mastriano’s Ties To Antisemitic Content On Gab Online Social Media Site

-- TribLive: FBI: Mercer County Man Makes Online Threats Against Law Enforcement After Ex-President’s Estate Was Searched 

-- Inquirer: Mercer County Man Arrested For Threatening To Slaughter FBI Agents And ‘Water The Trees Of Liberty’ With Their Blood

-- PA Capital-Star: Gunman Who Tried to Breach Cincinnati FBI Office Raised In Perry County 

-- Erie Times: Man With PA Connection Crashed Car Into Barricade Near U.S. Capitol, Fired Gunshots Before Killing Himself, Policy Say

-- Inquirer: FBI Bolsters Security Following Attacks By Men With PA Ties And Threats Prompted By Search Of Ex-President’s Florida Estate

-- PennLive: Judge Denies Request By Cumberland County Woman Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol To Move Trial From Central PA

-- PennLive: Republican Cong. Scott Perry Losing Voter Support Over Allegations Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol, Poll By Democratic Opponent Says

-- Warren Times: Democrats Want Republican Lawmakers To Stop Carrying Guns In State Capitol Building 

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: We Can Stop Corrupt In Harrisburg, Start With Lawmaker Gift Ban

-- PennLive: Fetterman Social Media Picks On Dr. Oz’s Use Of ‘Crudite,’  ‘In PA We Call This A Veggie Tray’

-- PA Capital-Star: Older Voters Delivered For Dems In 2020, Will They Repeat In PA In 2022?

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Republican State Senate Candidate’s Spurious Records Request Makes Legitimate Pursuit Of Transparency More Difficult

-- Post-Gazette: Want To Help Democracy? Sign Up To Be A Poll Worker

-- Erie Times: Erie County Reports 2 More Monkeypox Cases

-- TribLive: Hempfield School District Policy Changes Gives Parents Bigger Role In Review Of Challenged Books

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Workers’ Pay Falling Behind Inflation By Growing Margin: ‘It Affects Everything’

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[Posted: August 16, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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