Senate returns to session April 5, 6
House returns to session April 11, 12, 13
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- PA Senate Fails To Override Gov. Wolf’s Veto Of A Resolution To Kill RGGI Regulation; Moving House Bill To Block Next? [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Gov. Wolf’s Climate Rule Survives Veto Override Attempt In PA Senate; Court Sets May 4 Hearing On Republican Lawsuit To Block Rule
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Plan To Wean PA Power Plants Off Fossil Fuels Survives PA Senate Override Test
-- AP: Republican-Controlled PA Senate Fails To Override Key Element Of Gov. Wolf’s Climate Plan
-- Republican Rep. Mehaffie Proposing Bill To Use RGGI Proceeds To Support Development Of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
-- Comcast Signs Agreement To Purchase 250 MW Of Solar Energy In Step Toward Carbon Neutral Goal [PaEN]
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Hill District Gets Federal Money To Develop Renewable Energy Plan Focused On Vacant Lots
-- Allegheny College To Host Fifth World Symposium On Sustainable Development At Universities June 16-17 [PaEN]
-- Senate Committee Sets April 6 Meeting On Rare Earth Minerals Resolution; Bill Redirecting Coal Mining Penalties [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Control Mine Drainage For Long Term
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philadelphia Gas Works, Liberty Energy Trust No Longer In Talks About LNG Plant In Passyunk: The “Opportunity Has Passed” [Project Was Approved In 2019]
-- PA American Water Partners With Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Plant Trees For Customers Who Switch To Paperless Billing In April [PaEN]
-- Natural Lands, Robinson Family Take Steps Toward Preserving 208 Acre Crebilly Farm In Chester County [PaEN]
-- Governor’s Residence Virtual Earth Day Celebration April 22. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
-- NextPittsburgh: Earth Month Celebrations - April 5 Forest Bathing At Frick Environmental Center
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Our Water Is Becoming Privatized, That’s A Good Thing - Fmr PUC Chair Robert Powelson
-- PA Resources Council: Help Celebrate Earth Day By Putting Your 'Lens On Litter' [PaEN]
-- Clean Water Is Up To You: Are You Wasting Perfectly Good Waste? - By Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: More Parking-Protected Bike Lanes Could Be Built Under House Bill
-- MCall: New Trail Will Connect Lafayette College With Downtown Easton
-- PA Forestry Association, Ned Smith Center Release 5th Forest Heritage Video - History Of PA's Forest Products Industry [PaEN]
-- Nature At Risk: Bee Kind - Three Ways You Can Help Rusty-Patched Bumble Bees Survive - By Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Van Scott Nature Reserve Open House May 14 In Wayne County [PaEN]
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Educational Programs, Activities In April
-- Help Wanted: PA Parks & Forests Foundation - Public Engagement Coordinator [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Eagle Watch Programs Set At Chapman State Park - April 9, 15
-- Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.
True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[We’re Not Independent If Foreign Markets, Despots Set The Prices We Pay For Energy]
-- Financial Times: ExxonMobil Flags Highest Quarterly Profit Since The Boom Year Of 2008 When Russia Invaded Georgia [Anyone See A Pattern? Oil/Natural Gas Companies Thrive On War-Driven Price Spikes]
-- NPR: The War In Ukraine Makes The Point That Clean Energy Is Crucial For National Security [We’re Not Independent If Foreign Markets, Despots Set The Prices We Pay For Energy]
-- Financial Times: Berlin Seizes Control Of Gazprom Germania Which Owns Some Of Germany’s Largest Natural Gas Storage Facilities
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne County Accepting Pre-Applications For Federal 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
-- Gov. Wolf Highlights Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments In Hollidaysburg Region
Federal FY 2023 Budget Proposal
-- PA Capital-Star: Proposed Chesapeake Bay Federal Funding Bump Could Be Used To Boost Restoration Efforts In PA
Other States/National/International
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: PA, Delaware Move To Limit PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water
-- The Guardian: EPA Definition Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Excludes Most Common Compounds
-- WV News: West Virginia’s Largest Solar Farm To Be Built On Former Coal Mine, Power Mixed Use Development
-- Reuters: New York Set To Ban Natural Gas In New Buildings - Environmental Groups
-- Reuters: Canada To Invest $2 Billion On Mineral Strategy For EV Battery Supply Chain
-- AP: Africa Looks To Renewables To Curb Warming, Boost Economies
-- OMB Blog: Quantifying Risks To The Federal Budget From Climate Change - Floods, Wildfires, Drought [PaEN]
-- The Guardian: Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change Report: Dire Warning On Climate Change ‘Is Being Ignored’ Amid War, Economic Turmoil
-- Financial Times: Landmark U.N. Report On Global Warming Solutions Delayed By Top Polluters
-- NPR: U.N. Report Finds It’s Not Too Late To Stave Off The Climate Crisis
-- AP: U.N. Warns Earth ‘Firmly On Track Toward An Unlivable World’
-- Reuters: ‘Now Or Never’: Only Severe Emissions Cuts Will Avoid Climate Extremes - U.N. Report
-- Bloomberg Green: Money Pouring Into Fossil Fuels Risks Climate Disaster, U.N. Report Warns
-- Bloomberg Green: Climeworks Raises $650 Million For Carbon Removal Startup
-- Reuters: Accuweather Forecasts 2022 To Be 7th Straight Above-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season
-- Reuters: Alaska Oil Field Natural Gas Leak Estimated At 7.2 Million Cubic Feet
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Fulton County Commissioner ‘Clarifies’ Response To Senate Committee On 2020 Election Comments
-- Post-Gazette: Special Election Today To Fill Allegheny County House Seats
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Late Ballots Will Be Accepted From Luzerne County Special House Election Due To State Glitch
-- PennLive: Republican House Candidate In Cumberland County Battles Fake Tweets, Online Smear Tactics
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: It’s Time To Fix Harrisburg So Politicians Can Work - For The People - Fair Districts PA
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Hate Groups Are Not Good For Business In Lancaster County, Make It Clear They Are Not Welcome
-- WHYY: What Do We Know About PA U.S. Senate Candidates’ Personal Finances?
-- LancasterOnline: Republican Cong. Smucker Eschews Federal Money For Local Projects
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Again Call On PA Senate Republicans to Open 2-Year Window For Child Sexual Abuse Survivors [Wolf To Call Special Session If No Action By June]
-- AP: PA Aims To Reduce Wait For Clemency By Years
-- TribLive: FBI: Extortion Of Teenagers Is Growing Problem
-- TribLive: Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Pittsburgh In Jim Rogers’ Death
-- WHYY: Philly COVID Cases Creep Closer To Levels That Would Trigger Return To Masks
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Rush To legalize Recreational Marijuana Ignores Public Health, Safety Concerns - Sen. Judy Ward
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Rural Hospitals Are In Major Trouble
-- TribLive: Fmr Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto Joining Carnegie Mellon University
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[Posted: April 5, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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