Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.4.23

Are You Telling Your Story?

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

-- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13, 14

Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

-- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


WEDNESDAY 11:00: Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Webinar On Justice40 - Bringing Energy Transition Benefits To Disadvantaged Communities.


WEDNESDAY Noon: Webinar Features Panel Discussion On Radioactivity And Oil & Gas Development, University Of Pittsburgh Radiation Oncologist  


WEDNESDAY 7:30: Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting.


THURSDAY 2:00: FracTracker Alliance: Hellbent Virtual Screening, The Story Of Grant Township’s Fight To Stop Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well 


-- Ohio Research Confirms Health, Environmental Hazards In Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Dumped On Roads, Just Like In PA  [PaEN]


-- Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant To Close In Indiana County; Low Price Of Natural Gas, High Price Of Coal, Regulatory Burdens, RGGI Cited As Causes; Solar Projects Waiting To Fill Gap  [PaEN]


-- Indiana Gazette: Homer City Power Plant To Be Idled In June


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Homer City Coal Power Plant, The Largest In PA, Will Close By June, Solar Energy Projects Waiting To Fill Gap


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Homer City, One Of PA’s Last Coal-Fired Power Plants, To Shut Down


-- Pittsburgh Business Times/PittsburghINNO: Free Solar And EV Charger Installation Co-Op Program Launches For Eligible Allegheny County Residents 


-- Reminder: Washington & Jefferson College Hosts April 5 Webinar On Justice40 - Bringing Energy Transition Benefits To Disadvantaged Communities  [PaEN]


-- AP: Biden Offers $450 Million For Clean Energy Projects At Coal Mines


-- Utility Dive: Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Owner Nautilus Power Seeks FERC Protection From PJM Nonperformance Penalties During Winter Storm Elliot


-- Marcellus Drilling News: $2 Natural Gas Price Is Temporary, Just Like $10 Gas Was


-- Marcellus Drilling News/S&PGlobal: Chesapeake Energy CEO Says 20-25% Of U.S. Natural Gas Production Will Be Exported  


-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Realizing Our Energy Potential And Ensuring Our Security - By Rep. Joshua Kail (R-Beaver)  [Produce More Natural Gas, Build More Pipelines, End Red Tape] 


-- PA Capital-Star: Bipartisan PA Bill Would Authorize [Real] Community Solar Projects, Green Light More Than 230 Projects In 48 Counties [At No Cost To Taxpayers]


-- Scranton Times Editorial: Lift Shade On Community Solar Power


-- Bloomberg: Solar, Wind Energy Growing Faster Than Fledgling Nuclear, LNG Natural Gas Once Did


-- PUC Electric Vehicle Working Group Recommends Proceeding With EV Charging Rate Design Statement  [PaEN] 


-- Reading Eagle: Electric Vehicles Delivering Pizza In Berks, Chester Counties


-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Gasoline Stations Challenged By Evolution To Electric Vehicles


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Initiative Unveils Anchor Project - Ammonia Production Plant Involving CNX 


-- PUC Reminds Consumers Of April 11 Hearing On Proposed 8.9% UGI Electric’s Rate Increase


-- York Daily Record: Columbia Gas Wants To Decrease Its Gas Rates


-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: 40+ Southwestern PA Groups Meet To Explore Shared Visions, Metrics For A Sustainable Region  [PaEN]


-- Reminder: DEP Hosting 6 Regional Engagement Sessions On Climate Action For Environmental Justice Communities Starting April 5  [PaEN]


-- Courier Times: Trinseo, The Company Behind The Bucks County Chemical Spill, Here’s What We Know


-- PUC Seeking Members For PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee


-- Courier Times: Tornado Tore Nearly 4-Mile Path Thru Newtown Twp. Area Saturday In Bucks County


-- City & State PA: Norfolk Southern Spent Millions On Lobbying And Political Donations In Harrisburg/Washington, D.C., Will It Pay Off?


-- Observer-Reporter: DEP Crew Restores Pike Run In Daisytown After Stream Disappeared Into Underground Coal Mine In Washington County 


-- Reuters: Mine Waste Finds New Life As Source Of Rare Earth Minerals


-- EPA Awards 2nd Round Of $30 Million In Clean Water Funding From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To PA  [PaEN]


-- Citizens Voice: Forty Fort Replanting River Street Trees Thanks To $750,000 Donation


-- PA Recreation & Parks Society Recognizes Agencies, Communities & Individuals For Their Leadership In Recreation & Parks Services  [PaEN]


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Levee Bike/Walking Path Blocked By New Fence At Request Of Norfolk Southern


-- PennLive: Homeless Camps Next To Capital Area Greenbelt Spur Complaints, Concerns


-- MCall: Will Spotted Lanternflies Be A Problem In The Lehigh Valley?


-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter - Expanded Quarantine, Circle Trap, Much More 


-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Highlights Education, Earth Day, Other Programs In April


-- TribLive: State, Local Fish Nurseries Place More Than 4 Million Trout In Waters


-- Williamsport Sun - Cornell Lab Of Ornithology: 2023 Great Backyard Bird Count A Success


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Wood Frog Breeding Season Is Early Spring


-- Williamsport Sun - DCNR Blog: Wetlands In The Spring Are Enjoyable Spots To Visit


Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- City & State PA: Norfolk Southern Spent Millions On Lobbying And Political Donations In Harrisburg/Washington, D.C., Will It Pay Off?


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: Solar, Wind Energy Growing Faster Than Fledgling Nuclear, LNG Natural Gas Once Did


-- Marcellus Drilling News/S&PGlobal: Chesapeake Energy CEO Says 20-25% Of U.S. Natural Gas Production Will Be Exported


-- Reuters: U.S. LNG Natural Gas Exports Back On Rising Track, Reached Record In March


-- Reuters: U.S., EU Vow To Combat Any Attempts To Disrupt Energy Markets


-- AP: OPEC+ Oil Producers’ Cuts Could Boost Gasoline Prices, Help Russia


-- Bloomberg: Energy Sector Notches Its Best Stock Day Since October After OPEC+ Oil Production Cut


Other States/National/International


-- Financial Times: Texas Leaders Threaten To Hobble Wind, Solar Boom With Legislative Push In Power-Hungry State


-- Reuters: Mountain Valley Pipeline’s West Virginia Water Permit Tossed By Federal Court


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Supporters Hope PA’s New Legislature Will Embrace Open Primaries, Big Hurdle Remains

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports March State Revenues $499.4 Million Over Its Estimates - 8.8%; Up $1.1 Billion For Fiscal Year

-- Independent Fiscal Office: March State Revenues $494.1 Million Above IFO Estimate -8.9%; Up $2.1 Billion For Fiscal Year 

-- City & State PA: Fmr Gov. Corbett Calls For ‘Hyper-Localized’ Dialogue On Democracy, Civics

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[Posted: April 4, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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