House returns to session May 23, 24, 25
Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25
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
-- 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
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