Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.12.22

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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 

 

-- Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council and Washington County Resident  [PaEN]  

 

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Environmentalists Breathe Sigh Of Relief In PA With Midterm Election Results, But Shapiro’s, Fetterman’s Policies On Key Issues Remain Uncertain

 

-- What Can We Expect From Gov. Shapiro, Lt. Gov. Davis On Environmental, Energy Issues?  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]  

 

-- DEP Issues Revised Chapter 102 Permit For Mariner East II Post Construction Stormwater Management BMPs In Delaware County  [PaEN]

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Few Details Released In State’s Bid For Federal Hydrogen Hub Funding 

 

-- PA Business Report: Philadelphia-Based Petrochemical Company Braskem America Announces Progress Toward Environmental Goals

 

-- Inquirer: Proterra Electric Bus Battery Caught Fire In A Philly SEPTA Depot

 

-- DEP Posted 41 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 12 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive: Record Rainfall, Flooding Affects Western PA

 

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Republican House Member Sued By Former Staff Over Mold In His District Office

 

-- TribLive: 4 Charged In Catalytic Converter Thefts In Westmoreland

 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Proposed Development Rethinking The Ohio Riverfront In Pittsburgh

 

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Dec. 6 Advanced Grower Intensive, Other Educational Opportunities 

 

-- WeConservePA: Pollinator Pitstop Program Starts A Community-Wide Movement Thanks To West Vincent Township Environmental Advisory Council In Chester County - By Donna Delany

 

-- Agriculture: Controlled Plant & Noxious Weed Committee Adds 5 Weeds To Restricted List  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Capital-Star: Outdoor Recreation Industry Added $13.6 Billion To PA Economy In 2021

 

-- Vote Now! To Help Pick PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2022 Photo Contest Winners  [PaEN]

 

-- Nov. 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

 

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

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

 

-- Altoona Mirror: Cost Of Heating Oil Raises Concerns As Winter Nears; Price Went From Just Over $3/Gallon In Oct. 2021 To $6.45/Gallon On Oct. 24; Big Surge In People Getting Heat Pumps

 

-- Warren Times: There’s Help For Higher Winter Heating Bills

 

-- MCall: Gasoline In PA Costs More Than Any Of Its Neighboring States

 

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Drops By 2 Since Last Week, Now 22

 

-- Bloomberg: Texas Freeport LNG Natural Gas Terminal Says Tweets About Cracked Pipes Are False, Letter About Terminal Reopening Fake Led To Natural Gas Prices Plunge

 

Other States/National/International

-- AP: Congressional Republicans Tout Benefits Of Fossil Fuels At International Climate Talks 

-- Reuters: U.S. West Faces Power Reliability Issues From Growing Use Of Renewables, WECC Says More Time Needed To Determine Mitigate Risks

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive: Gov.-Elect Shapiro Vows To Be ‘A Governor For All,’ Claims ‘Mandate’ To Unite Pennsylvanians

-- Erie Times: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Refuses To Concede, Trashes Shapiro On Social Media  [Mastriano now losing by over 735,000 votes]

-- Courier Times: Montgomery County Votes To Accept More Than 1,200 Segregated Mail-In Ballots

-- PA Dept. Of State Unofficial Election Returns webpage 

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Ex-President Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving - To Democrats - By David La Torre

-- TribLive Editorial: Political Parties Need To Be Reminded The Power They Crave Is Borrowed From The People

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Will Remain Under Republican Control; House Control Up In The Air

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Democrats And Republicans Say New Voting Districts Had Lots To Do With State House Outcomes

-- WITF: The Balance Of Power Is Shifting In PA House, Citizen Groups Say That’s Good For Democracy

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: A PA General Assembly That Looks More Like All The People It Serves

-- PennLive: Fetterman Names U.S. Senate Staff Veterans As Transition Committee Co-Chairs

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Republican House Member Sued By Former Staff Over Mold In His District Office

-- Inquirer: Key Philly Gun Violence Prevention Program Is Struggling To Meet Basic Goals, New Report Says

-- Spotlight PA: Hundreds Of Penn State Faculty Publicly, Privately Questioning University Leadership

-- PennLive: Under Fire, New Penn State President Defends Her Commitment To Diversity, Equity

-- Inquirer: Graduate Students At Temple Inch Closer To A Strike

-- MCall: PA COVID Update: 12,208 Cases Show Decline, But Immunity-Evading Variants Surge

-- Centre Daily Times: PA COVID Report: Mercer, Sullivan, Bradford, Susquehanna Counties High Community Spread

-- WSJ: Packers Sanitation Services Inc. Charged With Employing Children As Young As 13 In Minnesota, Nebraska Cleaning JBS Meat Processing Plants [JBS Has 3 Locations In PA]

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[Posted: November 12, 2022]  PA Environment Digest