Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.1.22

Are You Telling Your Story?

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 

 

THURSDAY 9:00: DCNR Grant Workshop Webinar For Recreation And Conservation Projects.  9:00 a.m. to Noon

 

-- Independent Fiscal Office Estimates CY 2022 Drilling Impact Fee Will Generate Record $274.8 Million In Revenue At Lowest Tax Rate On Record  [PaEN]

 

-- On-Demand Webinar: Creating A Healthy Home And Community With Shale Gas Development In Your Neighborhood  [PaEN]

 

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Energy Companies Are Reporting Record Profits, PA Lawmakers Don’t Need To Give Them More Tax Breaks  [PaEN]

 

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Clean Jobs, Energy And Air Are On The Ballot In PA, Choose Candidates With Care - Environmental Defense Fund

 

-- PA Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Will Accept Applications Starting Nov. 1 [PaEN]

 

-- WESA: Heating Bill Assistance Program Now Accepting Applications

 

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Celebrates Farm Conservation, Sustainable Ag Programs With Funding From PA Farm Bill

 

-- Pocono Record: Report: Microplastics Found In Some Of Cleanest Streams In Poconos, Across PA

 

-- Williamsport Sun: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected In Middle Susquehanna Just Below Williamsport In June 

 

-- Republican Herald: Stream Restoration Work To Benefit Sweet Arrow Lake Near Pine Grove

 

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Nov. 15 Webinar On Technology & Tips For Volunteer Management  [PaEN]

 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Newsletter: No Tricks, Just Amazing Momentum Across Lancaster!

 

-- Gov. Wolf Releases $40 Million In Capital Budget Funding, Including 3 Projects To Redevelop Brownfields, Recycle Plastics  [PaEN]

 

-- Inquirer: Suburban Philly Office Parks Now Have Millions Of Square Feet Of Vacant Offices That Could Be Repurposed Or Torn Down

 

-- PA Resources Council Hosts In-Person, Virtual Workshops On Backyard Composting In November [PaEN]

 

-- York Dispatch: Improvements Planned For More Than 2,000 Acres Of Protected Land In York County

 

-- DCNR, USDA Forest Service Sign Shared Forest Stewardship Agreement

 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Pennsylvania Forest Webinar Series Starting Nov. 8  [PaEN]

 

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: October Newsletter - Forests For The Bats Stories; Fall Tree Plantings In PA; Monster Trunk Tally Photo Contest Winners

 

-- PennLive: Bikeshare Program Launched In Harrisburg Area

 

-- TribLive: Public Input Meetings Will Focus On Proposed Nature, Art Park In Hempfield, Westmoreland County

 

-- Bradford Era: Wildlife Biologist Gary Alt Paid A Price For Healthier Deer Herd, But Says It Was Worth It

 

-- WESA: New Glass Panes At Pittsburgh’s National Aviary Will Make Things Safer For Birds

 

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Turkey Vultures Are Scavengers, Not Hunters

 

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

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

 

-- PennLive: Average Gasoline Price In PA Over $4/Gallon While Prices Nationally Decline, Here’s Why 

 

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Energy Companies Are Reporting Record Profits, PA Lawmakers Don’t Need To Give Them More Tax Breaks  [PaEN]

 

--  Bloomberg: Oil May Hit $100 On Russian Supply Drop, Says IEF

 

-- Reuters: U.S. LNG Natural Gas Exports Dip Slightly In October As More Cargoes Head To Asia Due To Higher Prices

 

-- Reuters: Biden Calls On Oil, Natural Gas Companies To Stop ‘War Profiteering,’ Threatens Windfall Tax

 

-- Bloomberg: Biden Warns Oil, Natural Gas Firms He’ll Seek Tax On ‘Windfall’ Profits

 

-- NYT: Biden Accuses Oil/Natural Gas Companies Of ‘War Profiteering’ And Threatens Windfall Tax

 

-- WSJ: BP Profit Boosted By Natural Gas Trading

 

-- Financial Times: BP Oil/Natural Gas To Buy Back More Shares After Profit Doubles To $8 Billion 

 

-- Reuters: U.S. Regulators Want More Data On Texas Freeport LNG Natural Gas Plant Before Restart

 

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

-- WPost: Jewish Leaders Call On Republican Candidates To Reject Antisemitic Comments [PA Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano, Dr. Oz Used As Examples]

-- PennLive: Fetterman: Dr. Oz Should Fire Staffers Who Were At Jan. 6 Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Democratic State House Candidate Assaulted At His Fayette County Home

-- Inquirer: Arab Voters Often Ignored By Political Candidate, But Shapiro Recognizes Their Voting Power

-- Inquirer Editorial: Will Republican Plans Really Make Economy Better?

-- PA Capital-Star: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects PA House Republican Claim Legislative Voting Districts Are Racially Gerrymandered  

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Elections Chief: ‘A Health Democracy Depends On Widespread Participation,’ As Nov. 8 Approaches

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Addresses Minor Mail-In Ballot Issues

-- Gov. Wolf: State Health Insurance Exchange Pennie Opens Nov. 1 For 2023 Health Coverage

-- Centre Daily Times: CDC Scores 4 PA Counties High COVID Spread: Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga

-- Governor’s Law Enforcement Commission Tackles Bias-Based Policing, Use Of Force Policies

-- Spotlight PA: Missing Traffic Stop Data From State Police Undercut 2021 Analysis For Racial Disparities

-- MCall: Commonwealth Court Rules Private Housing Development In Monroe County Cannot Bar Sex Offenders

-- The Center Square: PA Looks To Expunge Criminal Record Of Minors To ‘Get Their Lives Back On Track’

-- PennLive: Allenwood Prison Guard’s Stabbing Was ISIS Terrorist Attack, Prosecutors Say

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Bill Would Prove Fiction Publicly-Funded Sports Venues Are Good Economic Investment

-- Spotlight PA: Penn State’s New President Led A Kentucky University Through Crisis, This Is Her Story

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[Posted: November 1, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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