Saturday, January 7, 2023

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.7.23

Are You Telling Your Story?

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

     -- Committee Schedule

House special session days January 9, 10, & 11

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

 

-- Sen. Yaw, Sen. Comitta Again Chair Senate Environmental Committee; Other Senate Standing Committee Chairs Named  [PaEN]

 

-- PA State Sen. Scott Martin Elected Chair Of Interstate Chesapeake Bay Commission  [PaEN]

 

-- Chesapeake Bay Commission Names Anna Killius New Executive Director  [PaEN]

 

-- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Program Offering Spring Training In 37 Counties 

 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Latest Guardian Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA-Backed ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Hub Pitch Passes First Hurdle In Race For $7 Billion In Federal Funds 

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA’s Hydrogen Hub Application ‘Encouraged’

 

-- PennDOT Accepting Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Applications Beginning Feb. 24  [PaEN]

 

-- WHYY: Chester County Wants To Convert Vehicle Fleet To Electric, Install Charging Stations

 

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Pass EV Fee Bill For Revenue, And Future

 

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Groups, Residents Want EPA To Protect Pittsburgh Region From ‘Unacceptably High’ Levels Of Benzene Pollution From U.S. Steel

 

-- EPA Proposes New PM2.5 Standard To Protect Public From Harmful Effects Of Soot

 

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA’s New PM2.5 Standard Is A Good First Step

 

-- Pittsburgh District Army Corps: Federal Water Resources Act Of 2022 Authorizes Additional Projects For Civil Works, Studies To Benefit Water Infrastructure

 

-- DCNR Blog: Penn Nursery - Here’s To The Next 100 Years Of Growing Trees!

 

-- TribLive: 4 Sewickley Girl Scouts Earn Silver Awards, Among Projects Were Working At Fern Hollow Nature Center Vegetable Garden, Teaching About PA Birds 

 

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation, Game Commission Accepting Seedlings For Schools Program Applications Starting Jan. 30  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Accepting Entries For 2023 Photo Contest ‘Reflections’  [PaEN]

 

-- Jan. 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Update On Fall Migration Season, New Research, More!

 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Little Explorers To Hold Next Session Jan. 14

 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Camp Jan. 16 For Children Ages 4-12

 

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest To Hire Summer Interns

 

-- Help Wanted: Berks County Agriculture Conservation Easement Program Technician 

 

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 Prices Fall For 4th Week As Energy Crisis Abates


-- Bloomberg: Fertilizer Prices Fall To Lowest In 19 Months As Natural Gas Price Drops


-- Bloomberg: Shale Workers’ Pay Growth Slows As Explorers Throttle Back

 

Other States/National/International


-- White House: New Guidance To Disclose Climate Impacts In Major Clean Energy Infrastructure Project Environmental Reviews


-- Reuters: New Climate Review Guidelines Take Big-Picture Look At Renewable Energy Projects


-- WPost: EPA Says Current Levels Of Soot Emissions Are Taking A Deadly Toll


-- WSJ: U.S. Electric Vehicle Sales Leapt In 2022 As Newcomers Target Tesla


-- Bloomberg: Texas Cold Snap Created An Extra 2.4 Million Pounds Of Pollution


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: How The Oath Keepers Turned Pennsylvania Into A Far-Right Militia Recruiting Hotbed 

-- TribLive: 2 Years Laters: An Update On Western PA Residents Charged With Crimes Related To The Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: 2 Years After Assault On U.S. Capitol, Democracy Remains Under Attack

-- Gov. Wolf Calls Special Session On Statue Of Limitations For Victims Of Childhood Sexual Abuse Constitutional Amendment Beginning Jan. 9 

-- PA Capital-Star: New House Speaker Vows To Halt All Other Legislation Until General Assembly Passes Child Abuse Survivors’ Constitutional Amendment

-- AP: New PA House Speaker Puts Sexual Abuse Statute Of Limitations Lawsuit Window Atop Agenda

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Wolf’s Call For Special Session On Child Sex Abuse Amendment Triggers New Partisan Battle In Harrisburg

-- Inquirer: New House Speaker Rozzi’s Secret Deal To Become Speaker Isn’t The First Time He’s Left Allies Reeling

-- Inquirer: Black Philly Lawmaker Was In Line To Be PA’s First Female House Speaker; They Elected A White Guy Instead

-- PennLive Editorial: PA House Election For Speaker Shows The Nation What Compromise, Bipartisanship Look Like

-- AP: Majority Of 16,000 Canceled PA Mail-In Ballots Were From Democrats

-- PennLive: Fetterman Announces Nearly 20 New Staff Hires For PA, DC Offices

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Republican PA Cong. Scott Perry Claims Wins For Equal Representation In U.S. House Speaker Battle

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[Posted: January 7, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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