Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewClips 3.15.22

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House returns to session March 21, 22, 23

     -- Committee Schedule

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

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  See webpage for remote options to join the meeting.  Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator,  laurgriffi@pa.gov, 717-772-3277.   Click Here to read more on agenda: Final Regulation setting VOC/methane emission limits for oil and gas operations.

THURSDAY 2:30: Senate Appropriations Committee budget wrap-up with Governor’s Budget Secretary. 2:30 p.m.  Click Here to watch live.

-- DEP Declares TODAY An Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Matter In Allegheny County

-- Guest Essay: PA Farmers, Communities And Chesapeake Bay Will Benefit From Significant Investment Of Federal American Rescue Plan Funding In Cleaning Up Our Waterways  -  By House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and Sen. Scott Martin (R-Lancaster)   [PaEN]  [$500 Million Bipartisan Proposals Using American Rescue Plan Funding Wait For Action]

-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Municipalities Awarded Growing Greener Watershed Cleanup Grants

-- Attorney General Files Suit Against Earthcare & Conservation For Accepting Money From Farmers Then Failing To Complete Nutrient Management Plan Work 

-- House Environmental Committee To Hold March 28 Hearing: Oil & Gas Byproducts - Could We Live Without Them?  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Feds Giving PA $400 Million To Plug Dangerous Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - Up From The Ground Comes A Bubbling Gas

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Aiming For 50% Renewable Energy By 2030, DCNR Launches More Solar Projects

-- WESA: As PennDOT Hurries To Rebuild Fern Hollow Bridge In Pittsburgh, Environmentalists Worry About Waterways Below

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Could Beets Be An Answer To Philly’s Polluting Use Of Salt For Winter Weather?

-- Inquirer Editorial: Getting Lead Out Of Philly School Drinking Water Is A Problem We Can Actually Fix

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA American Water Lifts Boil Water Advisory For Chester, Lancaster Counties

-- Delaware River Basin Commission March 9 Business Meeting Highlights

-- USGS PA Water Science Center PA Waters Spring Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Packaging Group Makes The Case For Better Glass Recycling

-- ErieT: International Recycling Group Finalizes Purchase Of 25 Acres To Build Plastics Recycling Facility In Erie

-- PA Educators Invited To Respond To PA Environmental Education Status And Needs Survey  [PaEN]

-- PEC Podcast: Preview Of Fairmount Water Works Exhibit On How Water Shaped Philadelphia’s History

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: Creating Native Habitat In A Postage-Stamp Garden ​​[PaEN] 

-- Nature At Risk: How Important Can A Tiny Bird Be?  [PaEN]

-- Somerset Conservancy Adds 273 Acres To Kimberly Run Natural Area [PaEN]

-- TribLive: O’Hara Officials Hope To Expand Community Park Trail Repairs Thru Grants

-- York Daily Record: York’s Illegal Dirt Bike Problem Persists: Mayor Proposes Using Drones To Track Them Down

True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[Our Dependence On Oil/Natural Gas Is Being Used As A Weapon Against Us - Again]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: The Oil Price Spike May Haunt The Economy Long After It Recedes From The Pump

-- WSJ: Why Your Electric Bill Is Soaring And Likely To Go Higher - Because Of Volatile Natural Gas Prices Set By Global Markets

-- PennLive: Will Gasoline Prices Continue To Increase?  It All Depends On The Price Of Oil, AAA Says [Think About It - There are no limits on what oil companies can charge you.]

-- CNN: Why Are U.S. Gasoline Prices Soaring When America Barely Uses Russian Oil?

-- CNN: GasBuddy Was Predicting $4 Gasoline Prices By Memorial Day Last December Due To World Demand

-- WPost Fact Check: The Truth About Gasoline Prices And Oil Production

-- The Atlantic: Ending Ethanol Subsidies In U.S. Can Help Deal With The Food Crisis Brought On By Russian Invasion Of Ukraine 

-- Financial Times: U.S. Farmers’ Hands Are Tied As World Braced For Wheat Shortfall

-- Bloomberg Green: Faced With Turmoil, China Turns To Its Old Reliable - Coal

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

-- Utility Dive: Washington State Legislators Again Mandate 100% Electric New Car Sales By 2030  

-- Utility Dive: Federal Court: FERC Failed To Consider Downstream Greenhouse Gas Emission When It Approved A Natural Gas Pipeline In Massachusetts

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Solar Industry Deployed Record 23.6 GW Of Generating Capacity In 2021; 2022 Installation Were Delayed

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: $100 Billion To Much To Implement Climate Change Policies In Other Countries

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Politics PA: List Of Candidates For Governor, Lt. Gov, U.S. Senate Submitting Nomination Petitions So Far

-- City & State PA: With Midterms Nearing, Republicans Look To Keep PA In Republican Hands

-- PG: Allegheny County Woman Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Wants Leniency, But Feds Want Jail For Lies, Lack Of Remorse  

-- Inquirer: Super PAC Hammering Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Dr. Oz As A RINO Is Getting Money From Longtime Democratic Donors

-- WHYY: Yes, Prices At The Gasoline Pump Are High, Republican Primary Candidates In PA Have Noticed Too

-- CourierT: Republican Sen. Tomlinson Set To Retire

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Lawmakers Unveil Bipartisan Plans For Juvenile Justice Reform, Standardized Practices

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Senate Panel Exploring Recreational Marijuania Legalization Criticized For Not Hearing Both Sides

-- PA Cap-Star: Philly Council Delves Into Links Between Gun Violence And Domestic Violence

-- WHYY: Jury Trials Increase In Philadelphia To Help Eliminate 34,000 Case Backlog

-- PA Cap-Star: 13 Men Died After Going To Allegheny County Jail, Here Are Their Stories

-- AltoonaM: Altoona City Council Passes Resolution On Prohibiting Spending Taxpayer Money To Enforce Newly Passed Gun Laws

-- York Daily Record: Susquehannock Student Speaks Out Against Racial Bullying In The High School 

-- TribLive: Book Challenges In Schools Are Becoming More Frequent, Driven In Part By Social Media

-- CourierT: School Threats Are On The Rise, Is It Time To Change Our Response?

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: The Trial Is Done. What’s Next For School Funding In PA?

-- PennLive: Dr. Rachel Levine Named Among Women Of The Year By USA Today 

-- AP: Fmr PA Attorney General Kathleen Kane Charged With DUI After Crash

-- WHYY: What’s Fueling The Great Resignation? More Money, More Meaning, Less Burnout

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[Posted: March 15, 2022]  PA Environment Digest