Monday, January 9, 2023

Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.9.23

Are You Telling Your Story?

Senate returns to voting session January 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31

     -- Committee Schedule

House scheduled to meet in Special Session January 9, 10, & 11

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

 

DEP Advisory: DEP’s Cambria District Office still closed due to waterline break.

 

TODAY 10:00: Performance-Based Budget Board meeting on Performance-Based Budget Plan for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch liveClick Here for reports.


TUESDAY 12:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Keith Salador at ksalador@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171.  Click Here background on agenda items.

 

-- January 9 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]


-- Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic  [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Christmas Holiday Freeze Froze Off Sizable Portion Of Appalachia’s Natural Gas Production Cutting Off Supply To Power Plants When They Needed It Most [Gas Generation Dropped By 22% In PJM]

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Vanguard’s Withdrawal From Net Zero Climate Program Endangers All Of Us - By Jonathan Ogle, Earth Quaker Action Team 

 

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch - International Energy Agency Predicts Dramatic Rise In Renewable Energy Use

 

-- PA Environmental Health Project: PA Dept. Of Health Issues Medical Advisory On PFAS Exposure 

 

-- WHYY: Bucks, Montgomery County Residents Learn More About Their Exposure To Toxic Chemicals In PFAS Study

 

-- Environmental Health Project Webinar: Jan. 25 - Blue Hydrogen Made From Natural Gas - What You Need To Know.  Noon to 1:00 p.m.

 

-- Public News Service: Report: PA Actions Key To Chesapeake Bay Restoration

 

-- Altoona Mirror: Future Of Blair County Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee Uncertain As Charter Set To Expire This Year

 

-- PA Chapter The Nature Conservancy: Stream Restoration At Blakeslee Preserve [Video]

 

-- Scranton Times: Cause Of 2021 Songbird Mortality Event Still Unknown 

 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Outdoors Users Rediscover 2 Tragic Plane Crashed That Killed 7 Lancaster County Residents

 

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

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


-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Swings As Warm Winter Continues To Dominate Market

 

Other States/National/International


-- The Guardian: Global Pollinator Losses Causing 500,000 Early Deaths A Year: Study


-- Bloomberg: We Know 2022 Was Hot; Here’s What We Don’t Know About Global Warming


-- Financial Times: Scientists Study How Wavy Jet Stream Plus ‘Extra Warmth’ Fuels Extreme Weather


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Inquirer: Proud Boys Trial: Who Is Zach Rehl, The Right-Wing Group’s Philly Leader Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- TribLive: Republican PA Cong. Scott Perry Won’t Step Back From U.S. House Probe That Could Involve Allegations Against Him In Potential Conflict Of Interest

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Al Schmidt Nomination For Chief State Election Official Another Sign Of A New Harrisburg

-- AP: State Lawmakers Turn To Creative Solutions In Speaker Fights

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Good Start For PA House, Will It Work?

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: An Independent PA House Speaker? Now Let Independents Vote In Primaries - By David Thornburgh

-- Spotlight PA: Lycoming County To Start Hand Recount Of Its 2020 Presidential Election Results [Yes 2020]

-- TribLive: Western PA Pundits Call Washington Dysfunction In Speaker’s Election ‘A Disaster’

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Gov. Wolf: PA Ends Year With Strong Revenues, Sets Stage For 2023

-- MCall: PA COVID Update: 15,719 New Cases; State Marks 49,000 Deaths; Hospitalizations Up 25% In 2 Weeks

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[Posted: January 9, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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