House returns to session September 19, 20, 21, October 24, 25, 26
Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21, October 17, 18, 19
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee informational meeting on carbon capture utilization and storage. Room 8E-B East Wing. Click Here to watch live. Read more here.
TUESDAY 9:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on Wellhead to Stovetop - Conveying Energy in PA. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.
TUESDAY 12:30: Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider House Bill 1161 (Mizgorski-R-Allegheny County) establishing a solar energy subscription program. Room 461 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch live. Read more here.
-- September 19 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Not Registered For Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh? You Can Still Feel The Buzz
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Comcast Promises Energy Efficiency Improvements In Its Vast Cable And Internet System
-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Should Accelerate Its Electric Vehicle Game
-- Gov. Wolf: Two Members Of PA Task Force 1 Deploying To Puerto Rico To Support Hurricane Fiona Response
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: East Must Stay Prepared For Drought
-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: Small-Town Municipal Sewer Systems Are Getting Tech-Like Premiums
-- Inquirer Editorial: Time To Repeal PA Law That Allows Sale Of Municipal Water Systems
-- Warren Times Editorial: Righting The Wrongs In The Allegheny River Watershed [Litter, Illegal Dumping]
-- North Branch Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect 220 Acres In Huntsville Reservoir Watershed, Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: Native Urban Garden Stewardship Program Looking For 2023 Candidates In Pittsburgh
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Injured Steel Mill Bald Eagle ‘Imped’ With Grafted Feathers
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- NYT: ‘Crippling’ Energy Bills Driven By Spike In Natural Gas Costs Force Europe’s Factories To Go Dark
-- WPost: Coal Stoves, Wood Thieves: Europe Braces For Winter Without Russian Natural Gas
-- AP: Environmental Groups Attack EU’s Green Label For Natural Gas, Nuclear Power
-- Bloomberg: EU’s ‘Fake’ Green Label For Natural Gas, Nuclear Are Under Legal Attack
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?
Other States/National/International
-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Nears Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico
-- AP: Flood Waters Receding After Storm Batters Western Alaska
-- AP: First Public Global Database Of Fossil Fuels Launches
-- The Guardian: Burning World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Could Emit 3.5 Trillion Tons Of Greenhouse Gas
-- The Guardian: Fury Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As U.S State Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA: Skill Games Gambling Company Woos PA Lawmakers With Free Trips To Wild Wyoming Rodeo; Legislators Still Refuse To Pass Gift Ban
-- WPost: Republicans In Key Battleground Races Refuse To Say They Will Accept Election Results [Including PA Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano]
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Election Offices Challenged By Surge Of Voting Record Requests By Election Deniers: ‘Weaponization Of The Right To Know Process’
-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro, Other Democrats Stump At Get-Out-The Vote Rally In Pittsburgh
-- Post-Gazette: Race For Congress In Western PA Getting National Focus, And Infusion Of Cash
-- The Guardian: Proud Boys Designated A Hate Group By Southern Poverty Law Center; Memo Reveals Meticulous Planning For ‘Street-Level Violence’
-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: QAnon-Flavored Soundtrack At Ex-President’s Rally For Republican Candidates Should Terrify You
-- WHYY: These Philly Poll Workers Love Being A Crucial Part Of Democracy
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Elections Office Suffers Substantial Loss Of Institutional Knowledge Since 2020
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Legislative Softball Game Won’t Save Democracy, But It Can’t Hurt
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Rep. Dowling Making Good Things Out Of A Bad Decision [Alcoholism]
-- Inquirer: During Philadelphia Deadliest Gun Violence Summer On Record, Just One Weekend Brings An Incalculable Level Of Trauma
-- PennLive: Dauphin County Prosecutor’s Office Hires Defense Attorney To Find Wrongful Convictions
-- Courier Times: Most Of $109 Million In Bucks County COVID Aid Went To OT, Businesses, Benefits; But The County Also Got Creative, Like Renting A Horse
-- Courier Times: Central Bucks School District Received $7,300 Donation For Anti-Racism Books; Why It’s Giving The Money Back
-- The Guardian: ‘Rapid Acceleration’ In U.S. School Book Censorship Leads To 2,500 Bans In A Year [PA Number 3 In U.S., Texas, Florida Lead]
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[Posted: September 19, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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