Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 2.8.22

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Senate returns to session Feb. 8, 9

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session Feb. 8, 9

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events


TODAY 11:30: Governor’s Budget Address.  Click Here to watch live.  Budget Documents will be posted here.


CORRECTION: WEDNESDAY 5:00: Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Game and Fisheries Committees Joint Hearing on Chronic Wasting Disease.  American Legion, 3721 U.S. 220 BUS, Bedford.


-- UPDATED: DEP To Prohibit Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers With Unresolved Environmental Violations From Getting Conventional Well Plugging Contracts; 133 Companies Interested In Doing Well Plugging Work [PaEN]


-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received The Initial $244.9 Million From The Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands  [PaEN]


-- PG - Laura Legere: PA To Get Surge Of  Money For Abandoned Mine Cleanup


-- TribLive: Federal Mine Cleanup Funding See As Game-Changer In PA


-- Legislative Audit Commission: Senate/House Now Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 Million As Of June 30, 2021 [$33.6 million more than 2020]


-- AP: Senate, House Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 Million Just Sitting Around


-- Growing Greener Grant To Help Restore The Health Of 30 Agriculturally-Impaired Streams In Central PA 30 x 30 Stream Restoration Initiative  [PaEN]


-- Chester County Press: Sen. Comitta Announces $1.3 Million For Watershed Protection Projects


-- PG: Allegheny Health Dept. Rejects Air Pollution Mitigation Plans For 6 Facilities


-- WESA: How Poor Air Quality Days Can Affect Pittsburghers


-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Geothermal Energy Lies Right Beneath Our Feet, Could Philadelphia Tap Into It?  


-- ScrantonT Editorial: Don’t Let Grid Operator PJM Restrict Solar Energy


-- Health Dept. Accepting Entries For Student Art Competition To Raise Awareness About Ticks, Lyme Disease  [PaEN]


-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas/Patrick Varine: PA Bans Sales of Ravenna Grass And 2 Species Of Buckthorn Trees


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission To Buy Angler Access Across Private Lands

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Gearing Up For Ice Fishing In PA - What You Need To Know

 

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?

 

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law


-- UPDATED: DEP To Prohibit Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers With Unresolved Environmental Violations From Getting Conventional Well Plugging Contracts; 133 Companies Interested In Doing Well Plugging Work [PaEN]


-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received The Initial $244.9 Million From The Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands  [PaEN]


-- PG - Laura Legere: PA To Get Surge Of  Money For Abandoned Mine Cleanup


-- TribLive: Federal Mine Cleanup Funding See As Game-Changer In PA

 

Other States/National/International


-- NYT: Why This Year Could Be A Tipping Point For Electric Cars


-- The Guardian: Rightwing Lobby Group ALEC Driving Laws To Blacklist Companies That Boycott The Oil Industry Thru Energy Discrimination Elimination Act [Watch For It In PA]


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Republican Commonwealth Court Judge Recommends Congressional Voting Districts Map Favored By Republicans

-- SpotlightPA: Republican Judge Sided With Republicans On Congressional Voting Districts Map, Here’s What’s Next

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: PA Judge’s Republican Congressional Map Would Blow Up Capitol Region District

-- PA Cap-Star: Ex-House Republican Leader Reed: PA Supreme Court Needs To Do Redistricting In Public

-- YorkD Editorial: The Reality Is Mail-In Voting Benefits Voters

-- PG: Republican Lawmakers In Western PA Take Shot At Wolf Before Last Budget Speech

-- Legislative Audit Commission: Senate/House Now Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 Million As Of June 30, 2021 [$33.6 million more than 2020]

-- AP: Senate, House Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 Million Just Sitting Around

-- PA Cap-Star: 3 Things To Watch For In Wolf’s Legacy Burnishing Budget

-- City & State PA: Southwest Republicans Outline Wish List Ahead Of Budget Address

-- PG Guest Essay: Let’s Escape Budgetary Groundhog Day By Restricting Wasteful Spending Thru A Constitutional Amendment - Sen. Bartolotta (Republican) 

-- PG Editorial: Transparency For Tax Breaks To Support Private Schools

-- Inquirer: Barletta Best-Known Republican Candidate For Governor, Is That Enough?  [He Supported Efforts To Overturn Nov. 2020 Election]

-- LancasterOnline: Ex-Ephrata Lawyers’ Statement He Would Kill Democratic U.S. Senators Allowed By Judge

-- Inquirer: Republican Push To Legalize Weed In PA Gets Underway With Hearing

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Police Chiefs Oppose Push To Legalize Marijuana In PA

-- PA Cap-Star: Will PA Lawmakers Barter Away Our Public Health And Safety In Marijuana Legislation?

-- PA Cap-Star: Marijuana Legalization: PA Should Lead, Not Follow On Cannabis Convictions

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Republican Lawmakers Advance Bill Supporting Off-Label Treatments For COVID

-- PG: Pitt Prof Compares Discomfort Of Cloth Mask To Being In A Gas Chamber At Auschwitz

-- CourierT: Are Central Bucks, Other School Districts Underreporting COVID Cases?

-- PG: Feds Say PA Courts Discriminate Against Some With Opioid Dependency

-- PA Cap-Star: Justice Dept. Finds PA Courts In Violation Of Americans With Disabilities Act

-- AP: U.S. Justice Dept. Signals It May Allow Safe Injection Sites

-- TribLive: Fayette County Priest Resigns After ‘Inappropriate Behavior’ With 19-Year-Old

-- AP: Temple Prof Seeks Reinstatement Of Damage Claims Against FBI

-- TribLive Editorial: Constables Have To Follow Law To Enforce It

-- WESA/NPR: Why Buying A Car Is Such A Miserable Experience [After Car Dealers Lobbied So Heavily To Be Exempt From COVID Requirements And Got Millions In Federal Aid]

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[Posted: February 8, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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