House returns to session May 23, 24, 25
Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- Republican ‘Sandbox Permit’ Legislation Would Allow Agencies, Permit Applicants To Permanently Waive And Replace Any Regulatory Requirement With Minimal Public Review [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Sues DEP To Be Excluded From Methane Emissions Reduction Rule
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Company Seeks To Withdraw Water From Western PA Trout Stream For Fracking
-- DCNR, Agriculture Join Chesapeake Bay Commission Members At Planting In Lancaster County To Highlight Role Of Stream Buffers; Learn How To Buffer Your Stream [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: The Outdoor Recreation Economy In Pennsylvania
-- CBF, Stone Independent School To Plant Over 2,000 Trees In Lancaster, York Counties May 7, Volunteers Welcome [PaEN]
-- Daily Item: May 18 Presentation To Highlight Restoration Plans For Shamokin Creek Watershed, Northumberland County
-- Gettysburg Times: Adams Conservation District Tree Planting Workshop Set For May 7
-- PA Emergency Management Agency, DRBC Virtual Hazard Mitigation Workshop Series Starts May 6 [PaEN]
-- Water Science Institute Hosts May 17 Dam Removal Forum At SRBC’s Harrisburg Conference Center [PaEN]
-- Environmental Quality Board Meets May 18 On Vanadium Standard, Coal Refuse Disposal Regulations [PaEN]
-- Schuylkill Action Network May 11 Pathogens & Point Source Workgroup Meeting
-- Bay Journal Forum: Electrify Your Lawn Care To Help Save The Chesapeake Bay
-- PA Resources Council Launches Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County June 4 [PaEN]
-- Still Time To Participate In Keep PA Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania Litter Cleanup, Beautification Initiative [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Harrison Cleanup Rids Massive Amounts Of Trash From Township
-- York Dispatch: York City Resident Fed Up With People Using His Neighborhood As Dumping Ground
-- TribLive Letter: Thanks For Monroeville Cleanup Efforts
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Only About 5% Of Plastics Get Recycled In U.S., Says New Report
-- Group Against Smog & Pollution Urges Allegheny County Board Of Health To Demand More Transparency, Improve Public Communication From County Health Dept.
-- DEP’s Latest Teaching Green Environmental Education Newsletter
-- Penn State Center For Energy Law & Policy Hosts May 10 Online Panel Discussion On Scaling Up Equitable Distributed Energy [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: PA Moratorium Loophole Nets $45 Million In Oil & Gas Revenue
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Agencies Fund Western PA Campground, Rehabilitate Park, Spray For Invasive Moths
-- Reading Eagle: Repairs On Deck For Berks-Owned Pedestrian Bridge On Schuylkill River Trail
-- WHYY: Hey Nature Nerds, You Can Help Us Understand Climate Change In The Philly Area - City Nature Challenge [Google City Nature Challenge PA to find other locations]
-- Celebrate First Ever Pennsylvania Native Species Day June 17 [PaEN]
-- Pollinator Partnership Celebrates Pollinator Week June 20 - 26 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Monarch Butterfly Moves Closer To Endangered Status
-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Group Helps Pull Rampant Invasive Garlic Mustard Plant
-- The Nature Conservancy PA/DE May Pennsylvania Nature News; Explore Tannersville Cranberry Bog Preserve; Chesapeake Bay Summit Video
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Among Top States Receiving Federal Wildlife Grants
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: National Aviary Researcher Says Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Elusive And Beautiful, Not Extinct Yet
-- NextPittsburgh: National Aviary Writes The Book On Birds
-- Inquirer: The Delaware County Bear Has Been Caught
-- Casey Sclar Named Director Of The Arboretum At Penn State
True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[How Long Do You Want To Be Held Hostage By Foreign Oil/Natural Gas Markets?]
-- Financial Times: US Natural Gas Prices Surge As Europe Turns Away From Russian Energy
[“The Henry Hub natural gas benchmark settled at $8.415 a million British thermal units on Wednesday, more than double the price at the start of the year and far above the $3 average of the previous 10 years.”
[“But for LNG, the price of Henry Hub would be $3.50 a million Btu,” said Paul Cicio, president of the Industrial Energy Consumers of America, a trade group that has long criticised US LNG exports.
[But shale gas companies have been slow to boost production despite higher commodity prices.
[“Producers are not responding because everyone is so focused on capital discipline,” said Rosenthal, who added that a “Covid hangover” was still causing labour shortages and late winter outages in areas such as North Dakota were also hindering drillers.]
-- Reuters: Shell Posts Record Quarterly Profit, Lifted By Energy Price Surge
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
-- Financial Times: Europe’s Climate Leaders
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: Baseless Election Fraud Claims Thrive On PA Republican Campaign Trail
-- AP: Attacks Dominate PA’s U.S. Senate Republican Primary Debate
-- Inquirer: 4 Takeaways From Latest Republican U.S. Senate Debate
-- PennLive: F&M Poll: Fetterman Enjoys Big Lead Over Lamb; Republican Candidates Battling In U.S. Senate, Governor Races
-- LancasterOnline - Brad Busted: PA Voters, Buffeted By Election Fraud Claims, Aren’t Happy With How Elections Are Run, New F&M Poll Finds
-- Politics PA: F&M Poll: Fetterman, Mastriano Expand Leads
-- Franklin & Marshall May 2022 Poll Results
-- MCall Guest Essay: How Harrisburg’s Delays Have Injected Chaos Into May Primary
-- PennLive - John Baer: Don’t Let The Devil, Gun-Toting Candidates Or Kathleen Kane District You From PA Primary Election
-- PennLive: Cumberland County Man Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- Inquirer: PA Ranks Near The Top Nationally In Book-Banning Activity, Report Finds; Here’s Why
-- TribLive: Accusations Of Russian Spying, Vandalism, Ethnic Intimidation Rattle Shadyside Neighborhood
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Republican Cong. Meuser Leaks Own Blind Partisanship
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: What Today’s Politicians Can Learn From John Stoffa, The Late Northampton County Executive
-- The Center Square: Strong PA Tax Collection Revenue; Partisan Divide On The Economy
-- USA Today: More Than 100 Gun Deaths A Day In U.S.: Gun Violence Reached ‘Staggering’ Record In 2020, Report Says
-- Erie Times: After Shooting Rattled School, Erie High Students Return To More Security
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pennsylvania’s McJustice [Public Defender Funding]
-- Inquirer Editorial: Sealing The Criminal Records Of More Former Offenders Is Right Move For PA
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Auditor General’s Closure Of School Audit Bureau Draw Criticism During House Hearing
-- PA Capital-Star: Pro-Private Charter Schools Billionaire Jumps Into Key PA House, Senate Races
-- Dept. Of State To Roll Back Remaining Professional Licensing Waivers Issued During COVID Emergency
-- PennLive: State To Roll Back Remaining Professional Licensing Waivers Issued During Pandemic
-- WHYY: Healthcare Workers Rally Against Crozer Health Cuts
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[Posted: May 5, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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