Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.10.22

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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

 

-- Allegheny National Forest: Commercial Alternatives For Dust Suppression Makes The Practice Of Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater ‘Unnecessary’ On Roads  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Capital-Star: Pennsylvania Oil Lobby Keeps Abandoned Wells Unplugged

 

-- New Abandoned Wells: DEP Records Show Abandoning Oil & Gas Wells Without Plugging Them Is Pervasive In Conventional Drilling Industry; Who Is Protecting Taxpayers?  [2.23.22] 

 

-- 12 Unconventional Shale Gas Drillers Issued DEP Notices Of Violation For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them At 35 Well Pads In 17 Counties [3.2.22]

 

-- Quarterly Report: DEP Issued 77 Notices Of Violations To Conventional Drillers, 8 To Shale Gas Drillers For Attempting To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them  [4.7.22]

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Court Battle Over PA RGGI Climate Rule Set To Begin

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Candidates For Governor Show Support For Fossil Fuels, Ignore Climate In Runup To Primary 

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Works Toward Harnessing Solar Energy En Masse

 

-- PUC Alerts Electric Customers Prices To Compare Going Up June 1 Between 16.1% And 44.6% Due To Rise In Natural Gas Prices  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Capital-Star: Consumers Could See Up To 45% Increase In Electricity Rates This Summer [Natural Gas Costs]

 

-- TribLive: PA Electric Generation Costs Increasing Up To 45% On June 1 [Natural Gas Costs]  

 

-- PennLive: Options To Consider With Price Of Electricity Expected To Rise

 

-- Williamsport Sun: PPL To Work With Customers On Paying Bills

 

-- The Center Square: PA Programs Help More Affluent Buy Electric, Alternative Fuel Vehicles

 

 

-- Utility Dive: States Band Together To Push For Nationwide Fleet Electrification [PA Included] 

 

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Set Record Highs In Pittsburgh, State

 

-- Erie Times: Gasoline Prices Hit New Record In PA; Why And What To Expect This Summer

 

-- TribLive: PennDOT Filling Underground, Abandoned Coal Mine Void To Repair Route 981 Dip Near Latrobe, Westmoreland County [DEP: Get Mine Subsidence Insurance] 

 

-- Scranton Times: Casey, Cartwright Team Up On Bipartisan Abandoned Mine Land O&M Costs Bill

 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Westinghouse Electric’s Parent Company Wants To Put Nuclear Company On The Market

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Volunteers Pitch In As Part Of Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week

 

-- PA Technical Assistance Program: May 19 Webinar: Penn State University Resources For PA Industry. 11:00 to Noon.

 

-- A Daughter Partners With Pocono Heritage Land Trust To Remember Her Parents Through The 400 Acre Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve In Monroe County [PaEN]

 

-- PA Trout Unlimited Has STREAM Girls/STREAM Keeper Program Materials Available  [PaEN]

 

-- Wildlife For Everyone: Contractor Selected For Soaring Eagle Wetland Educational Trail Accessibility Improvements, Centre County  [PaEN]

 

-- ExploreClarion.com: Cook Forest Conservancy Initiatives Project To Clear Japanese Knotweed

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: During Tick Awareness Week, A Reminder They ‘Are Not Your Average Pest’

 

-- DEP Blog: Why Aren’t Ticks Exterminated In Pennsylvania?

 

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: 100+ Black Vultures Dead South Of Lancaster County Around Conowingo Dam, Bird Flu Detected

 

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Tree Swallows Are The First Swallows To Return In Spring

 

--  Scranton Times Editorial: Transparency Solves Controversy Over DCNR Submerged Land Leases To Natural Gas Companies

 

PA Politics

 

-- City & State PA: Green Party Candidates Seeking Spots On Ballot For Governor, Lt. Gov., U.S. Senator [Not On Primary Ballot]

 

True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[How Long Do You Want To Be Held Hostage By Foreign Oil/Natural Gas Markets?]

-- Reuters: Solar Rooftops, European Manufacturing To Get Boost Under Draft EU Plan

-- Bloomberg: Renewable Records In Southern Europe Boost Hopes Over Ditching Fossil Fuels

-- WSJ - Explainer: Why Your Electric Bill Is So High And Could Keep Climbing [Natural Gas Prices] 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Extend Losses As Steady Supply Counters Russia Risks

-- The Guardian: Avoid Using Natural Gas As ‘Transition’ Fuel In Move To Clean Energy, Study Urges

-- Bloomberg: OPEC Kingpins Sound Alarm Over World’s Swindling Energy Capacity

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: Earth Given 50-50 Chance Of Hitting Key Warming Mark By 2026

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Officials Indulge Election Delusion At Greensburg Rally With Ex-President

-- Erie Times Editorial: Campaigns Take Anti-Democratic Turn, PA Voters Should Hold Them Accountable

-- LancasterOnline - Brad Busmted: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Mastriano Says Democrat Shapiro’s TV Ad Will Help Him Win Primary

-- ABCNews: Republican Conservative Rep. Mike Jones Endorses Challengers To Republican Rep. Stan Saylor (Chair Of Budget Committee), long-time Republican Rep. Keith Gillespie

-- PennLive: Kathy Barnette Giving Republican U.S. Senate Primary A Grassroots Jolt

-- WHYY: Redistricting Forces Contentious Democratic Primary In Northwest Philly

-- PA Capital-Star: A Midterm Gift? Abortion Could Swing Persuadable Republicans To Democrats

-- Inquirer Editorial: PA Primary Endorsements

-- WHYY: Weapon Scans Begin For Philadelphia Middle Schools

-- TribLive Editorial: Are Rankings Fair To High Schools?

-- Erie Times: Pandemic Wanes, But Challenges Remain For Mental Health Patients, Providers In Erie County

-- PA Capital-Star: State, Local Officials Highlight Addiction Prevention Efforts In PA

-- PA Capital-Star: The Pressure Is On PA As Neighboring States Legalize Recreational Marijuana

-- Spotlight PA: Why Dept. Of Health Is Taking Spotlight PA To Court Over Revealing How Patients, Physicians Are Using Medical Marijuana To Treat Addiction

-- WHYY: Delaware County Leaders Plan To Dispatch Mental Health Experts Alongside Police

-- Centre Daily Times: Neeli Bendapudi Officially Starts Tenure As New Penn State President

-- PennLive: Columbia County Businessman Must Pay $215,000+ Restitution For Illegal Use Of COVID Relief Funds

-- WESA: More Employers Giving Workers With Criminal Records A Chance In Today’s Hot Job Market

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[Posted: May 10, 2022]  PA Environment Digest