Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.8.22

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Senate returns to session April 11, 12, 13, May 23, 24, 25

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session April 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, 27

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- DEP Approves Sunoco's Mariner East Pipeline Marsh Creek State Park Lake Restoration Plan  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate McCormick Sees PA’s Natural Gas As Driver Of State’s Economy

-- PA Capital-Star: Q/A With Shapiro On Death Penalty, Climate And Harrisburg

-- PA Capital-Star: 5 PA Environmental Advocacy Groups Endorse Shapiro For Governor

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Opposition To Wolf Regulations On Carbon Pricing, Private Charter Schools Could Shape Coming Months 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Communities Should Be Allowed To Choose Clean Energy - PennEnvironment

-- PennDOT Hosts April 27 Teleconference On National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding Program. 2:00 p.m.

-- April 9 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Hosts April 19 Webinar On The Benefits Of MSC Membership. 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host April 20 Webinar On Clean Energy And Energy Independence  [PaEN]

-- University of Pittsburgh, Atlantic Council Host April 12 Webinar On State Of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, PA Perspectives  [PaEN]

-- PA League Of Women Voters Hosts April 20 Reimagine Ursinus-Collegeville Program To Envision A Healthy, Sustainable Future In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- PA County Conservation Districts Celebrate Conservation District Week April 10-16  [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute Launches New Regional Resource Center At Pocono Organics In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Rainfall Sets Records Again In Lehigh Valley, Flood Warnings Ongoing

-- PennLive: Sinkhole Reported As Rain Causes Flooding In Dauphin County

-- Inquirer: FEMA’s New Flood Insurance System Aims To Make Premiums Fairer As Climate Change Raises Flooding Risks

-- NPR: 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Will Be More Active Than Usual, Researcher Say

-- PennLive: $1.1 Billion Facility Planned For Northumberland County To Covert Used Plastic Materials Into Feedstock For New Products

-- Erie Times: Giant Eagle To Stop Providing Single-Use Plastic Bags At Erie County Markets

-- DCNR Announced $65,000 Grant To Assist Mountville Community Park In Lancaster County

-- DCNR Bureau Of State Parks Offers Special Environmental Education Activities For Earth Day In April  [PaEN]

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Accepting Applications For Trout In The Classroom Funding  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: 11 Groups Connect Pittsburgh With Earth Day Events Throughout April

-- Registration Open For Schuylkill Sojourn June 17-24; Sojourn Steward, Sojourn Diversity, First-Time Sojourner Scholarships Available  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers, PEC Host 2022 Wild & Scenic Film Festival, On Tour April 28  [PaEN]

-- PA Forestry Association: Drone Release Of Weevils To Control Mile-A-Minute Invasive Plant; Weevils Available  [PaEN]

-- PA Forestry Association April Newsletter Now Available

-- DCNR Blog: Beavers Provide Many Unique Benefits To The Ecosystem

-- Erie Times: Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Oh My!  Discover Wading Birds Of Presque Isle State Park

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Protecting Wildlife Corridors Is Good For Environment, Motorists - Poquessing Watershed Assn, PennEnvironment 

True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[We’re Not Independent If Foreign Markets, Despots Set The Prices We Pay For Energy]

-- Reuters: U.S. Shale Gas, LNG Firms Meet European Counties Over Supply Crisis  

[“We need to build LNG facilities in the Northeast,” Pioneer Natural Resources] 

-- Reuters: U.S. Trading Industry Sees Natural Gas Price Spikes, Volatility As An Opportunity 

--  Reuters: Asset Owners Managing $10.4 Trillion Urge Governments Not To Let Worries About Fossil Fuel Supplies Impede Transition To Greener Energy  

-- Bloomberg: EU Backs Russian Coal Ban In First Punch At Energy Revenue

-- AP: Germany Seeks To Boost Renewable Energy, Cut Russian Imports

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- Gov. Wolf Promotes Plan To Use $500 Million In American Rescue Plan To Put $2,000 In The Pockets Of Families Earning Less Than $80,000

 

-- Gov. Wolf Promotes Plan To Use $225 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding For Small Business Assistance Program

 

-- Gov. Wolf Promotes Plan To Use $200 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding And Other Monies To Make College More Affordable, Ensure Workforce Stability

 

-- $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

 

-- WESA: PA Public Transit Will Ride A Wave Of New Federal Cash In 2022

 

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: Methane In Earth’s Atmosphere Rose By Record Amount Last Year, U.S. Data Show

-- Bloomberg: It’s Time For A Net Zero Building Boom

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Is It Really A Big Deal That Voters Drop Off More Than One Ballot? 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Well-Run Elections Shouldn’t Have To Depend On Private Funding, Republicans Need To Ensure PA Elections Are Adequately Funded

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Governor’s Race Spending Total Nears $11 Million

-- Inquirer: Conservative Supporters Spend Twice What Republican Gubernatorial Candidate McSwain Raised In Campaign

-- Post-Gazette: Shapro Hauls In Just Over $4.5 Million For Gubernatorial Run In First Quarter

-- PA Capital-Star: Q/A With Shapiro On Death Penalty, Climate And Harrisburg

-- PA Capital-Star: 5 PA Environmental Advocacy Groups Endorse Shapiro For Governor

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Opposition To Wolf Regulations On Carbon Pricing, Private Charter Schools Could Shape Coming Months

-- AP: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Dr. Oz Reports At Least $100 Million In Assets

-- Inquirer: Super PAC Ad For Lamb Sparked Backlash For Wrongly Calling Fetterman A ‘Self-Described Democratic Socialist’

-- Post-Gazette: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate McCormick Sees PA’s Natural Gas As Driver Of State’s Economy

-- Scranton Times: Two Republican State Senate Candidates Thrown Off Primary Ballot In Luzerne, Lackawanna Counties By State Court

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Woman Sentenced To Prison For Criminal Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol 

-- MCall: Where Do Criminal Cases Stand For Lehigh Valley Residents Involved In Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- NYT: Legal Effort Expands To Disqualify Republicans From Running For Public Office As ‘Insurrectionists’ Under 14th Amendment To U.S. Constitution 

-- Gov. Wolf Promotes Plan To Use $500 Million In American Rescue Plan To Put $2,000 In The Pockets Of Families Earning Less Than $80,000

-- Gov. Wolf Promotes Plan To Use $225 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding For Small Business Assistance Program

-- Gov. Wolf Promotes Plan To Use $200 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding And Other Monies To Make College More Affordable, Ensure Workforce Stability

-- Dept. Of Health Provides Monthly Update On COVID Trends

-- WHYY: Pennsylvanians On Medicaid Risk Losing Health Coverage When COVID Emergency Ends

-- AARP-PA, Sen. Casey Speak Out About Need For Lower Prescription Drug Prices

-- Erie Times: Reports Of Potential Violence In PA Schools Increased In 2020-21

-- MCall: Allentown Teachers New Contract Has Starting Salary Of $52,000+

-- Post-Gazette: Pitt Chancellor Gallagher Plans To Step Down In 2023

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Lifts Residency Requirement For Police, Corrections Officers Amid Staffing Shortages

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[Posted: April 8, 2022]  PA Environment Digest