Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.27.22

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Senate returns to session November 15 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 9:00:  Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee to hold hearing “to examine the role of LNG (liquified natural gas) in strengthening American energy security on the world stage.” Steamfitters Local Union 420, 14420 Townsend, Philadelphia. Click Here to watch online.

-- Senate, House Pass Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries In Hours With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Study Finds Microplastic Pollution In NE PA’s Cleanest Waterways

-- PA Audubon Council Recognizes DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn With First Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award  [PaEN]

-- EPA Awards $34.6 Million In Clean School Bus Grants To PA School Districts [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 2 Washington County School Districts Benefiting From EPA Clean Bus Grants

-- Columbia Gas Launches Alternative Fuel Vehicle Pilot Program Using Adsorbed Natural Gas

-- Penn State EarthTalk Oct. 31 On Engineering Enhanced Thin-Film Solar Cells, 4:00 p.m.

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Inside A Chester County E-Waste Recycler Where Thousands Of Old Laptops Get Restored Or Destroyed Every Month

-- Penn State GIS Day Celebrating A World Of Possibilities Nov. 14-15

-- DEP Environmental Justice Newsletter: Grants Available, Cooking In A Healthy Kitchen, EV Grants Webinar, Help Wanted

-- York Dispatch: ‘Houses Everywhere’: Saving Farmland In York County For A New Generation

-- TribLive: Fundraiser To Help Vets, First Responders Through Outdoor Learning, Hunting Scheduled In Ross On Nov. 10

-- Republican Herald: DCNR Shares Info About Catawissa Motorized Recreation Area Plans At Meeting In East Union

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Quality Of PA Deer Harvest Improved Due To 20 Years Of antler Point Restrictions

-- DCNR: Benjamin Rush State Park To Host Mentored Deer Hunt Oct. 28-29 In Philadelphia

-- TribLive: PA Fisherman Pleads Not Guilty To Charges In Fishing Tournament Scandal

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Wildlife Winter Forecast - Squirrels Seem Confused, But Woolly Bears See Mild Season On The Way 

 

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

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

 

-- Financial Times: US Exports Record Oil Volumes As Fuel Price Tensions Build At Home

 

-- Reuters: LNG Ships Play Waiting Game Off Spain’s Coast As Higher Prices Eyed

 

-- Reuters: TotalEnergies, Shell Post Bumper Profits, LNG Business Diverges

 

-- NYT: War In Ukraine Likely To Speed Shift To Clean Energy, IEA Says

 

-- AP: Report: Global Crises Can Speed Up Move To Clean Energy

 

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: UN Report: Climate Pollution Reductions ‘Highly Inadequate’

-- The Guardian: UN Finds ‘No Credible Pathway To 1.5C In Place’

-- Financial Times: World On Track For Up To 2.6C Temperature Rise By 2100, Reports UN

-- AP: Climate Questions: Who Are The Big Emitters Of Greenhouse Gases?

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Four Years Since Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre, Antisemitism Still On The Rise

-- WESA: Group Led By Fmr Aide To Ex-President Runs Anti-Trans Political Ads On Pittsburgh Radio Stations

-- PennLive: Ex-President Has Added Pennsylvania Back On His Election Itinerary

-- PA Capital-Star: ‘We Will Have To Be Ready’ To Protect Elections Every Day, Black Lawmakers Warn

-- PennLive: ‘Joy As A Tool Of Resistance’: Protestors Stage Dance Party Outside Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano’s Home 

-- Spotlight PA: Where Candidates For Governor Stand On Mail Ballots, Election Security, Voting Rights

-- York Daily Record: Who Are Pennsylvania’s Split-Ticket  Voters?  We Talked To Some

-- Franklin & Marshall College New Poll Results

-- LancasterOnline - Brad Bumsted: F&M Poll Offers A Tale Of 2 Races - Shapiro Soaring, But U.S. Senate Race Effectively Tied

-- Altoona Mirror: Fetterman’s Rocky Debate Raises Anxiety Among PA Democrats

-- PennLive - John Baer: After Their Only Debate, What’s Next For Dr. Oz, Fettermand And The Voters?

-- TribLive Editorial: Did Fetterman - Dr. Oz Debate Change Any Minds?

-- WESA: PA ACLU Details Concerns About Mail-In Ballot Printing Errors In Letter To Allegheny County Elections Officials

-- TribLive: Early Voting Soars In Westmoreland County

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Elections Chief Misled Voters About Delays In Sending Out Mail Ballots

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Fmr Lawmakers Wins Senate Confirmation To Serve On PA Liquor Control Board

-- AP: House Republican Lawmakers Move Toward Removal Of Philly DA

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House Republican Lawmakers Introduce Resolution To Impeach Philly DA

-- WESA: $100 Million In Federal Funds Allocated By Legislature For Mental Health Needs Unlikely To Be Spent Due To Legislative Inaction

-- WITF: Bill To Simplify Medical Insurance In PA Heads To Wolf’s Desk

-- TribLive: PA Supreme Court Hears Case On Abortion Funding

-- Erie Times: Erie County Battles Respiratory Virus Triple Threat From RSV, COVID And Flu

-- Erie Times: Fewer Horses Don’t Stop Presque Isle Downs From Earning More Money

-- MCall: PA Bacon Fest Preview: What You Need To Know About The Easton Event

-- TribLive Editorial: Capitalize On Innovation On Main Street

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[Posted: October 27, 2022]  PA Environment Digest