House returns to session March 21, 22, 23
Senate returns to session [Budget Hearings] March 28, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
ADVISORY: Some DEP Databases Back: eFACTS, interactive Oil & Gas Compliance Reporting, online eDMR reporting databases seem to be back online, mostly. DEP Green Port, and other program reporting functions, not so much. Read more here.
-- Guest Essay: Our Addiction To Fossil Fuels Fuel War: ‘Only Truly Addicted People Chase After Their Next Hit With Singular Focus As The Consequences Of Their Addiction Pile Up Around Them’ - By Rev. Mitchell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network-PA [PaEN]
-- 2 Republican Senators Lay Out Agenda For Deregulating Oil & Gas Industry, Power Plants In PA [PaEN]
-- DCNR Designates September 11th National Memorial Trail As A Statewide Major Greenway [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Environmental Justice Policy For Permit Reviews, 3 Virtual Hearings Set [PaEN]
-- DEP Names Justin Dula Acting Director For Environmental Justice [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Encouraged By Federal Fiscal 2022 Funding Increases For Priority Programs
-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 ARIPPA Mine Reclamation Grants [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Voices: Congress Misses Another Opportunity To Tackle Ongoing Cost Of Acid Mine Drainage [PaEN]
-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Indiana County
-- PUC Invites Comments On Petition To Issue A Policy Statement On Electric Utility Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging [PaEN]
-- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Allowance Costs Increase To $13.50 From $13 In March 9 Auction
-- DEP Posted 36 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The March 12 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- WESA: New PA Program Is Helping Residents Cover Unpaid Water, Sewer Bills
-- PA American Water Helps Educate Homeowners During EPA’s Fix A Leak Week - March 14-22
-- South Mountain Partnership: Releases 2021 Year In Review Report On Accomplishments
-- March 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Huntingdon Daily News: Columnist Details History Of Retired DCNR Rockhill Fire Tower
-- Inquirer: Birders Go Bonkers Over A Snowy Owl In PA, Highlighting The Pandemic Growing Pains And Obsessions Of The Hobby
True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[Our Dependence On Oil/Natural Gas Is Being Used As A Weapon Against Us - Again]
-- Guest Essay: Our Addiction To Fossil Fuels Fuel War: ‘Only Truly Addicted People Chase After Their Next Hit With Singular Focus As The Consequences Of Their Addiction Pile Up Around Them’ - By Rev. Mitchell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network [PaEN]
-- 2 Republican Senators Lay Out Agenda For Deregulating Oil & Gas Industry, Power Plants In PA [PaEN]
-- Bloomberg Green: Seeing The Future Of Energy Thru A Coal Company’s Solar Strategy - Building Renewables On Old Coal Mining Sites Is A Win-Win
-- The Guardian: ‘Defining Moment’: How Can The U.S. End Its Dependency On Fossil Fuels?
-- MCall: Gasoline Prices Are Spiking Across PA; Is It Price Gouging?
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Gasoline Tax Break Merited, No Assurance Savings Will Be Passed On To Driver [Because There Is No Limit To What Oil Companies Can Charge]
-- The Hill: Here’s Who Stands To Win From High Gasoline Prices [Spoiler - U.S. Shale Oil Producers Are #1]
-- WSJ: Why Are Gasoline Prices So High? Invasion Accelerates Rise In Already Climbing Prices
-- Bloomberg: Biden Wants U.S. Oil To Drill More, Here’s Why They’re Holding Back, U.S. Oil Production Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
-- Financial Times: Oil Spike Crashes Houston’s Weeklong Energy Party At ‘Shocking Time’
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- PG: How Pittsburgh Uses Its $335 Million Federal American Rescue Plan Money
-- $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
-- TribLive Editorial: Infrastructure Priorities Demand Plan For Success
Other States/National/International
-- EPA Proposes ‘Cross-State Air Pollution Rule To Cut Smog-Causing Air Pollution From Power Plants, Industrial Sources, Pipelines In 25 States [Including PA]
-- AP: EPA Plan Would Limit Downwind Pollution From Power Plants
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Legislature Is Responsible For Election Laws, Not Courts
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Soaring Inflation, Gasoline Prices Have PA Lawmakers Talking About Tax ‘Holidays,’ Distributing Federal Aid
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Gasoline Tax Break Merited, No Assurance Savings Will Be Passed On To Driver [Because There Is No Limit To What Oil Companies Can Charge]
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Reps. Stambaugh, Hershey Will Run Against Each Other In Redrawn House District
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Critics Cry ‘Political Tourist,’ But Republican U.S. Senate Hopeful McCormick Plays It Like A Homecoming
-- City & State PA: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Jeff Bartos On Economy, Legislating, Saving Small Businesses
-- Inquirer: Biden To Democrats In Philly: Campaign On Policies That Gave Families ‘Money In Their Pockets’
-- CourierT: PA’s Book Ban Push Comes To Central Bucks School Board Meeting
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Private Schools Need To Fight For Fair Public Funding Of Education In PA, Too
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Transit Warns of ‘Significant Delays’ From Vaccination Discipline
-- Inquirer: School Mask Mandates Sharply Reduced COVID Transmission, New Study Suggests
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Reaches 100 homicides For 2022, Outpacing Last Year
-- MCall: Book With 2 Pages Describing A Sexual Assault Sparks Uproar At Oley Valley School Board Meeting
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Officials To PennDOT: Slow It Down On Fern Hollow Bridge Redesign
-- TribLive Editorial: Infrastructure Priorities Demand Plan For Success
-- Dept. of Labor & Industry: PA Unemployment Rate Fell Slightly To 5.4%
-- AP: PA Payrolls, Labor Force Grew In January, Unemployment Crept Down
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[Posted: March 12, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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