Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.3.22

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House returns to session May 23, 24, 25

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Dispose Of Drill Cuttings By ‘Dusting’ - Blowing Them On The Ground, And In The Air Around Drill Sites [PaEN]


-- Bob Donnan: 'Dusting' By Oil And Gas Drillers

 

-- Center For Private Forests At Penn State Renamed To Honor Founder Jim Finley [PaEN]

 

-- Gov. Wolf: April State Revenues Highest Ever Collected - 38.7% Higher Than Estimates; Year-To-Date Now $4.5 Billion Over Estimates  [PaEN]

 

-- EPA Announces $40 Million From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding For Chesapeake Bay Restoration; PA Receives $5.59 Million+  [PaEN]

 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Public Encouraged To Be Mindful Of Water Withdrawals On Smaller Streams  [PaEN]

 

-- Penn State Initiative for Resilient Communities, Bucknell University, and the Selinsgrove Flood Task Force May 7 Flood Resilience Fest In Selinsgrove, Snyder County  [PaEN]

 

-- Allegheny Conservation District, Partners To Host Flood Education Workshop May 9 For Homeowners, Business Owners  [PaEN]

 

-- PSU Institutes Of Energy & The Environment Growing Impact Podcast: Flooding, Environmental Justice

 

-- Scranton Times: On 50th Anniversary Of Hurricane, ‘Agnes’ Documentary Premiers June 23 At Kirby Center

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Massachusetts Company Buys Hydroelectric Stations Along Allegheny River

 

-- WHYY: Resistance Begins To Potential Sale Of Bucks County Sewer/Water Authority

 

-- Bay Journal: Sheep And Solar Panels: Using Solar Energy Sites For Pastureland - By Ad Crable  [PaEN]

 

-- PSU Agricultural Sciences Hosts May 18 Webinar On Utility Scale Solar Energy - Considerations And Impacts  [PaEN]

 

-- StateImpactPA - The Allegheny Front: Safety Advocate Warns Of Lack Of Oversight For New CO2 Pipelines Needed For Carbon Capture 

 

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Race Is On (Again) To Build Out Low-Carbon Hydrogen Economy 

 

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Keep PA’s Foot On The (Natural) Gas - Washington County Chamber

 

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Jump 18 Cents In Pittsburgh Area Since Last Week

 

-- MCall: DEP Investigating South Whitehall Twp. Chemical Spill

 

-- WeConservePA May 25 Virtual Roundtable On Environmental Advisory Councils And Environmental Justice  [PaEN]

 

-- Warren Times: County Envirothon Returns To Chapman State Park

 

-- Allegheny College, East Stroudsburg University Join Forces To Take On Tickborne Diseases Through Local Tick Mitigation Study; Free Tick Testing  [PaEN]

 

-- Scranton Times: Free Tick Testing Available To PA Residents: TickLab.org [East Stroudsburg University] 

 

-- NextPittsburgh: The Secret Tree Laboratory At Schenley Park 

 

-- DCNR Breaks Ground On Tuttle Point Campground At Pymatuning State Park, Crawford County

 

-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Gnomes Return To Ephrata Rail Trail

 

-- Game Commission Announces Plans For Spongy Moth Spraying On State Game Lands 

 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Natural Lands Preserves 158 Acres In Lancaster, Lebanon Counties To Be Added To State Game Lands 

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Management Areas For Deadly Chronic Wasting Disease Reaches One-Quarter Of PA

 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: PennDOT Takes Steps To Minimize Impact On Eagles Nest Near Susquehanna Thruway Southern Construction

 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Reminder - Do Not Disturb Vernal Pools And Their Aquatic Life

 

-- WeConservePA June 2 Webinar On Advocating For Local Bird-Friendly Policies  [PaEN]

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Big Month For Birding Festivals, Including Festival Of Birds At Presque Isle

 

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Fish Lifts Offline At Lower Susquehanna River Dams To Prevent Snakeheads’ Movement

 

True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[Listen To What European Allies Need, Not To What Our Natural Gas Industry Wants]


-- Bloomberg: Shale Drillers Coterra Energy, Devon Energy, Diamondback Energy Boost Dividends, Keep Oil Output Flat 


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


-- AP: As Wildfire Closes In, New Mexico Residents Prepare To Flee


-- Reuters: U.S. To Invest More Than $3 Billion On Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing


-- Bloomberg Green: As Natural Gas Prices Soar, Nobody Knows How Much Methane Is Leaking


-- Bloomberg Green: Hydrogen Is Every U.S. Natural Gas Utility’s Key To Decarbonization Plans


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Republican Gubernatorial Candidates Need To Unite Against Sen. Mastriano 

-- City & State PA: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Mastriano Wrote A Paper Saying The U.S. Military’s ‘Hypersensitivity’ To Civilian Deaths Is An ‘Enormous Weakness’ 

-- WLVR: Only Woman In Democratic Race For U.S. Senate Used To Uphill Battles

-- Inquirer: PA’s Biggest Primaries Could Get Called On Election Night, But Don’t Get Used To It

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Ballot Drop Box Monitoring Could Keep Disabled Residents From Voting

-- AP: How The Constitution Teaches Students To Disagree Civilly

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Senate, House Need To Make Lawmakers’ Expenses Searchable Online

-- Gov. Wolf: April State Revenues Highest Ever Collected, Time To Make Historic Investments In Pennsylvanians

-- Independent Fiscal Office: April State Revenue Exceeded Its Estimate By 44.4% - $2 Billion; Exceeds Year-To-Date Estimate By $5.04 Billion  

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: April State Revenues Set High-Water Mark For A Single Month

-- PA Capital-Star: With Record Tax Collections, Not Spending Would Be ‘Irresponsible’ Wolf Says

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Fix Business Tax Structure, Not Just Rate

-- Gov. Wolf Announces New Violence Intervention, Prevention Technical Assistance Project

-- AP: Fired Philadelphia Police Officer Charged With Murder In Shooting Of Boy, 12

-- The Center Square: Police Chiefs Call Attention To Hiring Problems Across PA

-- AP: New Design, Mission For Site of Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack

-- TribLive Editorial: Does Bail Work The Way It Should?

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Reaction Divided Over Leaked U.S. Supreme Court’s Draft Decision Overturning Abortion Rights

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Lawmakers Told Of Tragic Lack Of Access To Drug Abuse Treatment Medicine

-- WESA: Advocates Push For More State Funding For Disability Services, Higher Wages For Workers

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Says ‘Thousands’ Have Supported University Funding

-- MCall: Why The Lehigh Valley Will Soon See A Flood Of Home Foreclosures

-- Post-Gazette: Black Homeownership In Pittsburgh Falls As City House Prices Rise

-- PennDOT: Federal REAL ID Enforcement Begins May 3, 2023

-- TribLive: Countdown Begins For PA REAL ID Requirement

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[Posted: May 3, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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