House holds Regular Session April 25, 26, May 1, 2, 3, 22, 23, 24
Senate holds Regular Session April 25, 26, May 1, 2, 3, 22, 23, 24
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider bipartisan bills House Bill 137 (Fiedler-D-Philadelphia) establishing a grant program to support solar energy installations in schools [Read more here]; House Bill 718 (Mako-R-Northampton) requiring DEP to notify a municipality when it receives notice from EPA of a violation of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act. Room 205 Ryan Building starting at 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.
TODAY 9:30: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 925 (Rapp-R-Warren) and Senate Bill 211 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing standards for utility-scale solar energy facility decommissioning. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
TODAY 9:30: House Tourism And Recreational Development Committee hearing with DCED and DCNR on tourism, outdoor recreation, initiatives by Office of Marketing, tourism and Film. Room 140 Main Capitol. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. 16th Floor Delaware Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbyron@pa.gov, (717) 772-8951. Join the meeting via Microsoft Teams.
-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells [PaEN]
-- Julia Krall Named PA Executive Director Of Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
-- Beaver County Times: Shell To Address Flaring, Odor At Petrochemical Plant Tuesday
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell To Hold Community Meeting Tuesday On Petrochemical Plant
-- Register: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Hold Online Meeting TODAY At 6:00 p.m. To Address Flaring, Odor Issues
-- Pittsburgh City Paper: Is Pittsburgh’s Weird Terrain Making The Already-Dodgy Air Quality Even Dodgier?
-- UnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Adding Solar Panels To New Stanton Office As Part Of Sustainability Effort
-- Utility Dive: State Regulators - Including PA - Urge PJM To Speed Interconnection For New Generation In Face Of Power Plant Retirements
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke
-- PA Resources Council: Registration Open For Weekday Electronics Waste Collection Events In Allegheny County During May [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Aspinwall Cleans Up Through ‘Green Streets’ Program
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Youth Service Corps For Cleaning Up Environment Deserves Bipartisan Support
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: FDR Park In Philly Floods During Construction Of Project Designed To Prevent Flooding
-- Erie Times: Bluffs Of Lake Erie Are Receding, Threatening Homes Along The Shore
-- Centre Daily Times: Firefighters Who Battled Wildfire In Philipsburg Area Receive ‘Overwhelming’ Community Support
-- TribLive: Monroeville Conservation Project Among Allegheny Land Trust’s 30th Anniversary Efforts
-- Reading Eagle: 1,300+ Feet Of Blue Marsh Lake Shoreline Restored, Fish Habitat Added
-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center In Erie Leads City Nature Challenge, 4-Day Bioblitz April 28 - May 1 [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon: A Look At Bringing Peregrine Falcons Back To PA After DDT Effects
-- Altoona Mirror: Area Bat Population Slowly But Steadily Rebounding [Lincoln Caverns, Frank Felbaum Bat Sanctuary]
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: A Look At The Difference Between Altricial, Preconcial
Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- WESA: Train Derailments Could Pose A Major Risk To Southwestern PA’s Rivers, Pitt Researchers Say
-- DEP Posts Soil, Water Sampling Results Related To Monitoring PA For Impacts From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN]
-- TribLive: DEP Says Soil, Water Samples Remain Safe After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- TribLive: Odds Of Gasoline Hitting $4/Gallon Decreasing, Analyst Says
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA Average $3.77, National Average $3.65
-- Bloomberg: EU Opens Natural Gas Buyers’ Club To Blunt Price Volatility Seen In Energy Crisis
-- Bloomberg: EU Bid To Swap Russia Natural Gas For Offshore Wind Is Falling Short
Other States/National/International
-- The Guardian: ‘Like A Dam Breaking:’ Experts Hail Decision To Let US Climate Lawsuits Advance
-- Inside Climate News: U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeals From Fossil Fuel Companies In Local Climate Change Lawsuits
-- Financial Times: US Renewables Industry Joins Big Oil To Fight Delays To Project Permits
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive/PennLive: House Panel Moves Bill Making Mail-In Ballot Secrecy Envelopes Optional
-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: House Panel OKs Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Legislation
-- UnionProgess.com: Feds: Allegheny County Man Deserves 9 Years In Prison For Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- Spotlight PA: Switch To PA’s Corporate Filing System Led To Backlog, Longer Waits For Business Owners
-- TribLive Editorial: When Is Free Speech Not Free On College Campuses?
-- WITF/AP: Unprepared For Long War, US Army Under Gun To Make More Ammo And A PA Plant Is At The Center Of It All
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[Posted: April 25, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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