House holds Regular Session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8
-- House Budget Hearing Schedule
-- March 7 Governor’s Budget Address
Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8
-- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. Senate Environmental Resources & Consumer Protection Committees hold joint hearing on Electric Grid Reliability And Winter Storm Elliot. Room 8E-B East Wing Capitol Building. Click Here to watch the hearing live. (Click Here for more on the agenda.)
TODAY 11:00: Agenda Posted. Senate Transportation Committee holds hearing on hazardous materials moved by rail in PA. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch the hearing online. (Click Here for more on the agenda.)
TODAY Off The Floor: Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 144 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) would restrict the use of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foams, which is only a very small use for the chemicals that can be found in thousands of products; Senate Bill 211 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) the bill-- the former Senate Bill 284-- sets decommissioning rules for utility-scale solar energy facilities, including preempting local ordinances and regulations on decommissioning; and requiring compliance with the federal Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act; Senate Bill 254 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) would suspend DEP’s regulations setting heavy-duty diesel emissions standards based on California standards. DEP already did this in November 2021 allowing federal standards to remain in place; Senate Resolution 9 (Langerholc-R-Cambria) urging President Biden to restart construction of Keystone XL Pipeline, which is not in Pennsylvania. TC Energy abandoned its plans for the Keystone XL Pipeline for good in June 2021 to carry Canadian oil to Steele City, Kansas. Senate Rules Room. Off The Floor. No video coverage. Click Here for more on the agenda.)
DEP Advisory: DEP Forms Application Will Be Unavailable March 3-4 Due To Maintenance
-- February 27 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Owners Of Natural Gas Wells Accountable For Abandoned Wells
-- PennLive: DEP To Spend Week Testing Well Water Samples Collected Within Mile Of Train Derailment
-- PennLive: Are You Drinking Bottled Water Sourced Near Ohio/PA Train Derailment? How To Tell [No Reason To Freak Out If You’ve Been Drinking It]
-- The Allegheny Front: Could Dioxins Be In The Soil After Ohio/PA Train Derailment? Experts Weigh In
-- Scranton Times: Locals Not Worried About Train Derailment; NE PA Emergency Responders Say They Are Prepared
-- Inquirer: Pumped Water Storage Hydropower Plant Proposed Using Susquehanna River Water In York County
-- York Dispatch: March 27 Meeting Announced To Address Residents’ Concerns Over York County Landfill
-- TribLive: So Thrifty: Buying, Selling Second Hand Is Affordable, Sustainable And Fun
-- WESA: Farmers Weigh In On Warm Winter: Great For Greenhouses, Livestock And Pests
-- Centre Daily Times: Centre County Fire Companies Battle Wildfire Along Rt. 144 In Potter Twp.
-- Republican Herald: Penn State Schuylkill Closer To Achieving Arboretum Certification
-- LancasterOnline: Middle Creek Wildlife Area Snow Geese Peak Numbers Potentially Drop From 2022
Ohio/PA Train Derailment
-- Inquirer: We Sat Down With Gov. Shapiro To Talk About His First Month, First Budget, Train Derailment, Here Are Our Takeaways
-- PennLive: DEP To Spend Week Testing Well Water Samples Collected Within Mile Of Train Derailment
-- PennLive: Are You Drinking Bottled Water Sourced Near Ohio/PA Train Derailment? How To Tell [No Reason To Freak Out If You’ve Been Drinking It]
-- Post-Gazette: East Palestine, Ohio Provided The Life This PA Family Always Wanted, Now They Fear It’s Gone Forever Because Of The Train Derailment
-- The Allegheny Front: Could Dioxins Be In The Soil After Ohio/PA Train Derailment? Experts Weigh In
-- AP: Contaminated Waste Shipments From Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site Resume
-- WPost: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Waste Grows As EPA Struggles To Find Disposal Sites
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 Opinion: The Year That Redrew The Energy Map - A Global Transformation That Will Surpass The 1970s Oil Shocks, And It Isn’t Over Yet
Other States/National/International
-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: There’s A Cleaner Way To Heat Your Home, And It’s Not Hydrogen
-- WITF/NPR: Dead Whales On East Coast Fuel Misinformation About Offshore Wind Development
-- The Guardian: Red States Leading The U.S. In Solar, Wind Energy Production, New Report Shows
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA House To Consider Critical Chamber Rules, Here’s What You Need To Know
-- Inquirer: We Sat Down With Gov. Shapiro To Talk About His First Month, First Budget, Train Derailment, Here Are Our Takeaways
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Sexual Harassment Threatens Too Many Female Lobbyists In PA’s Capital
-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Blue-Collar Roots In Aliquippa, Beaver County
-- Williamsport Sun: State Treasurer Garrity Calls For Fellow Republicans To Embrace Mail-In Ballots
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Standardize Voting Access, Make It Easy
-- Spotlight PA: Rollbacks To Food And Health Benefits Loom In PA, Experts Say
-- Erie Times: Erie County Residents Still Dying From COVID Despite Drop In Cases, Hospitalizations
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[Posted: February 27, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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