Sunday, February 27, 2022

Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.27.22

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House returns to session [Budget Hearings]  March 21, 22, 23

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session [Budget Hearings] March 28, 29, 30

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events


MONDAY 10:00:  House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: Department of Environmental Protection.  House Floor.  Click Here to watch live.


WEDNESDAY: Senate Appropriations Committee state budget hearings: 10:00 - Department of Conservation & Natural Resources; 2:30 - Department of Environmental Protection. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.  Click Here to watch live.


WEDNESDAY 10:00: House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: Department of Agriculture.  House Floor.  Click Here to watch live.


THURSDAY 10:00: Senate Appropriations Committee state budget hearings: 10:00 - Department of Agriculture. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.  Click Here to watch live.


--  30 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]

 

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults  [PaEN]


-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]


-- True Energy Independence Means More Renewables, Not Letting Foreign Markets Or Despots Dictate What We Pay For Energy  [PaEN]


-- StateImpactPA - The Allegheny Front: PA Natural Gas Industry Looks To Export To Europe As Prices Skyrocket On Foreign Markets And PA Due To Russian Invasion Of Ukraine 


-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Natural Gas Utility Bills Soaring In Philly Region And So Is Customer Outrage- PECO Gas Up 38%, PGW Up 17%  [PA Needs True Energy Independence, Not Energy Sources Whose Price Is Controlled By Foreign Markets And Despots]


-- WBTimes: PUC Suspends Proposed 9.5% UGI Natural Gas Rate Hike To Investigate


-- PG Editorial: Ukraine Is The End Of Easy Peace, PA Can Play Key Supply Chain Role By Reclaiming Critical Rare Earth Elements From Coal Mine Waste  [Why Don’t PA Lawmakers Support This?]


-- WHYY: Got An Idea To Address The Impacts Of Climate Change Along The Delaware?  You Could Win Money To Make It Happen


-- PA Waste Industry Associations Host 2022 Recycling Summit In Harrisburg March 14-15 [PaEN]


-- CentreDT: Learning To Live: Nature’s Healing Promise


-- ScrantonT: Schuylkill County Conservancy Searching For Big Trees Of Schuylkill County


-- CentreDT: Delaware Water Gap In PA National Park Service’s 15th Most Popular In U.S.


-- AP: Invasive Rash-Causing Browntail Moth Spreading Due To Warming, Scientists Find


True Energy Independence Means More Renewables

 

-- True Energy Independence Means More Renewables, Not Letting Foreign Markets Or Despots Dictate What We Pay For Energy  [PaEN]


-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Natural Gas Utility Bills Soaring In Philly Region And So Is Customer Outrage- PECO Gas Up 38%, PGW Up 17%  [PA Needs True Energy Independence, Not Energy Sources Whose Price Is Controlled By Foreign Markets And Despots]


-- WBTimes: PUC Suspends Proposed 9.5% UGI Natural Gas Rate Hike To Investigate


-- PG Editorial: Ukraine Is The End Of Easy Peace, PA Can Play Key Supply Chain Role By Reclaiming Critical Rare Earth Elements From Coal Mine Waste  [Why Don’t PA Lawmakers Support This?]


-- WSJ: Europe’s Dependence On Natural Gas Ties West’s Hands In Russia’s War On Ukraine


-- The Guardian: U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Leaps On Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine To Argue For Looser Regulation, Drilling On Public Lands [As They Try To Profit From Fossil Fuel Price Increases Caused By War]


-- Bloomberg: EU Climate Chief Wants Renewables To Stop Making Putin ‘Rich’ 


-- WPost: EU Will Unveil Strategy To Break Free From Russian Gas, Push Europe Toward More Renewables; Will Change Come Quickly Enough?


-- MarketWatch: ‘Want To Stop Making Putin Rich… Renewables Is The Answer’


-- Yahoo!News: Biden’s Republican Critics Are Wrong About U.S. Natural Gas Production, Experts Say


-- WKOK Podcast: Interview With Sen. Yaw On Energy, Harrisburg Issues

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?

 

Other States/National/International


-- USA Today: Road Salt, Salt Brine Triggering ‘Massive’ Harm To U.S. Lakes, Contaminating Drinking Water, Studies Warn 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: No Notes, Same Logo: Dr. Oz’s Campaign For Republican U.S. Senate Nomination Is Like His TV Show

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: It’s Campaign Season: Republican Ads Assault The Airwaves, Insult Our Intelligence - Ray Landis

-- CitizensV: Federal Prosecutors Reveal Details Of Assault On U.S. Capitol Ahead Of Luzerne County Woman’s Sentencing 

-- TribLive Editorial: 95% Vaccinated Number Seems Absurdly High

-- Inquirer: Who Is In Charge Of PA School Employees Pension Fund, The Board Or Its Executives?

-- ScrantonT: Lack Of State Funding Means Fewer Opportunities In Old Forge, Other School Districts

-- CitizensV Editorial: Politics Ensures Failure For Honest Plan To Eliminate Property Tax [Plan Has To Include Tax On Retirement Funds]

-- TribLive: Liquor Privatization In Washington State Could Provide Lessons For PA

-- ErieT: Unified Erie Anti-Crime Effort To Focus On Middle School Kids

-- PA Cap-Star: Court Date Set For Lawsuit Involving Anti-Abortion Group Spending Of Taxpayer Money

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[Posted: February 27, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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