Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.4.22

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

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session November 15 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- Bay Journal: Volunteers Plant Trees Around-The-Clock In 4 Pennsylvania Counties In Chesapeake Bay Watershed - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Honors Longtime Board President Kathy Snavely - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper   [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Signs Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies Into Law For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards  [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Wolf Signs Hastily Passed $2 Billion Tax Credit Package Encouraging Natural Gas Use In PA

-- City & State PA: Wolf Signs $2 Billion Tax Credit Package That Boosts Natural Gas Industry That Drew Ire From Both Sides Of The Aisle

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Wolf Signs State Tax Credit Bill With Millions For Hydrogen Hub, Natural Gas, Other Facilities

-- Gov. Wolf Signs Bill Creating Well Plugging Grant Program; Again Fails To Address Woefully Inadequate Conventional Well Plugging Bonding; Fails To Report On Bonding Petitions; Or Issue Conventional Drilling Compliance Report  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Institute For Public Policy: Prospects For Natural Gas Well Output At Pittsburgh International Airport Have Dimmed

-- Construction Begins On University Of Pittsburgh’s 20-MW Gaucho Solar Project Near Pittsburgh International Airport  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Construction Begins On University Of Pittsburgh’s Big New Solar Energy Project

-- Berks Nature: 300 Explored Extreme Weather & Climate Change At 14th Annual State Of The Environment Breakfast  [PaEN]

-- EPA Announces More Than $4.27 Million For Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Wolf Signs Bill Increasing Maximum Weight To Allow For Commercial Electric Vehicles

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Environmental Groups Help Voters Connect The Dots On Economic, Environmental Issues Ahead Of Election Day

-- The Guardian: Republican Candidates On Climate Change: ‘Fake Science’ To ‘Carbon Is Healthy’  [PA Included]

-- Fox43: Federal Funding To Restore, Reduce Pollution In Local Waterways Awarded To Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York Counties

-- Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Files Notice Of Intent To File A Lawsuit Against Modern Landfill In York County Over Landfill Discharges Into Kreutz Creek

-- WLVR: Microplastics Are Everywhere, Even In PA’s Cleanest Waterways

-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Groups Mull Wild And Scenic River Status

-- Young People, Adult Leaders Sought For New Sea Scouting Program Starting Soon In Middle Susquehanna Region - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper  [PaEN]

-- Songs Of The Susquehanna Vol. 3: Original Songs Inspired By The River Now Being Accepted By the Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper   [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 4 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s 2022 Litter Summit A Success!  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: How To Get A Rain Barrel And Deal With Composting In Philadelphia

-- November 5 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- DCNR Issues 6th Weekly Fall Foliage Report - Best Fall Color Observers Have Seen In Years  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In October Now Available  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Harrison Twp. Unearthing ‘Hidden Gem’ Of Silverlake In Allegheny County

-- WESA: End Of Daylight Saving Time Means Uptick In Vehicles Crashing Into Deer  

 

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

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

 

-- WSJ: Why Natural Gas Tankers Are Lining Up Off Europe’s Coast And Driving Up Natural Gas Prices [Each One Could Heat A Million Homes]

 

-- Financial Times: LNG Natural Gas Tankers Idle Off Europe’s Coast As Traders Wait For Natural Gas Price To Rise

 

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

-- WHYY: EPA To Consider Expanded List Of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ For Regulatory Plans

-- Bloomberg: These 30 Fossil Fuel Companies Emit Nearly Half The Energy Sector’s Methane

-- The Economist: The World Is Missing Its Lofty Climate Targets, Time For Some Realism

-- The Economist Special Report: The Challenge Of The Age - Climate Change

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Lawrence County Man Faces Criminal Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- LancasterOnline: Interfaith Group  Rails Against ‘Voter Suppression’ And Christian Nationalism In Lancaster County Rally

-- Inquirer: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Blasted By Rick Santorum: ‘He’s Horrible’

-- Inquirer: Fmr PA Officials Warn U.S. Supreme Court Of ‘Bad Faith’ In Elections, Citing Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Be Patient During Election Week And Help Save Democracy - Al Schmidt, Fmr Republican Philadelphia Elections Commissioner, Committee Of Seventy

-- WESA: Dueling Speeches By Candidates For Governor Lay Out Stakes, Opposing Views In Final Days Of Campaign

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Speaks Of Freedom, Opportunity For PA, Delivers Dire Warnings About His Opponent

-- PA Capital-Star: Inflation Hitting PA Latinos Hard, And They’ll Vote That Way

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Environmental Groups Help Voters Connect The Dots On Economic, Environmental Issues Ahead Of Election Day

-- The Guardian: Republican Candidates On Climate Change: ‘Fake Science’ To ‘Carbon Is Healthy’  [PA Included]

-- Erie Times: Centre, Northampton Counties Bellwethers Predicted Last U.S. Senate Midterms, What New Polling Says Now

-- AP: Oprah Delivers November Surprise, Endorses Fetterman Over Dr. Oz

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Vote To Remove Republican Cong. Scott Perry’s Stain On Our Democracy

-- Erie Times: More Than 200 Mail-In Ballots In Erie County Are Being Set Aside Due To Undated Envelopes

-- Republican Herald: Most Of The 10,027 Mail-In Ballots Requested In Schuylkill County Returned

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Officials Preview Election Day Tabulating Process

-- AP: Wolf Signs Bills, Including To Decriminalize Fentanyl Strips

-- WESA: Bill Signed Into Law Will Lift Driver’s License Suspensions For Some Old Convictions

-- AP: Wolf Signs Law To Yank Turnpike Toll Scofflaws’ Vehicle Registrations

-- PennLive: Wolf Signs Bill Making Switchblades Legal In PA

-- PennLive: Babies Sick With RSV Strain Central PA Hospitals, With Intensive Care In Short Supply

-- Inquirer: Delaware County Walked Back Ban On Hoodies After Protest Turned To Chaos

-- MCall: What PA’s Corporate Income Tax Cut Means For The Lehigh Valley

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[Posted: November 4, 2022]  PA Environment Digest