Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.11.22

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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

 

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Statewide Water Resources Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting.  Contact: James Horton, RA-StateWaterPlan@pa.gov.  Agenda includes Critical Water Planning Areas designations.

 

TODAY 10:00: DEP To Announce Climate Action Training For 121 More Municipalities. Capitol Media Center, Harrisburg.

 

-- Courier Times: Sunoco Plans To Relocate, Replace Natural Gas Pipeline Under Delaware River In Bucks County  [Same Company Owns Mariner East Pipeline, Revolution Pipeline]

 

-- DEP Reschedules Environmental Quality Board Meetings June Thru October  [PaEN]

 

-- Meadville Tribune: Allegheny College Cuts Ribbon On New Watershed Research Center

 

-- Bedford Gazette: Stonerstown Plans Tree Planting May 14

 

-- NRCS-PA: $22.5 Million Chesapeake Bay Partnership Initiative To Benefit PA Farmers

 

-- DCNR Today’s Wildfire Danger Map

 

-- WFMZ: Poconos Plan For PA’s Largest Solar Field To See Light Again In June  

 

-- Erie Times: Cargo Ship Delivers Wind Energy Equipment Thru Port Of Erie 

 

-- DEP Hosts May 25 Hearing On Lackawanna Energy Center Air Quality Permit

 

-- York Dispatch: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Continues

 

-- DEP Took Action On 677 Permits, 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,389 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

 

-- PUC Sets May 31, June 1 Telephonic Hearings On Proposed 10% Rate Increase By Columbia Gas

 

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Household Chemical Collection Event In Cambria County May 21  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive: New Bike Share Pittsburgh System Features e-Bikes

 

-- WITF: The Conservation Fund Purchased York County Underground Railroad Site To Preserve

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Long-Distance Rides For ATVs In Pennsylvania

 

-- DCNR Announces $150,000 Grant For Bridge Repairs At Memorial Park In Pottstown, Montgomery County

 

-- DCNR Announces $398,000 Grant For Expansion Of Schuylkill River Trail In Montgomery County

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: How To Protect Dogs, Cats, Horses From Ticks?  Watch These Free Webinars

 

True Energy Independence Means Renewables

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

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices Set Another Record In Lehigh Valley And PA, The Worst Could Be Yet To Come 

-- WSJ: Western Economies Are Creaking Under High Oil, Natural Gas Prices With No Relief In Sight 

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil, Natural Gas Spends On Investors, Not Output, Prolonging Crude Crunch 

-- Bloomberg: EU Must Speed Transition To Renewable Energy To Shut Out Russian Natural Gas, 100+ CEOs Say 

-- Bloomberg: EU Drafts $205 Billion Plan To Wean Itself Off Russian Fuels, To Propose Ambitious Renewable, Energy-Savings Goals

-- Financial Times: EU Is Preparing To Loosen Its Environmental Regulations To Fast-Track  Permitting Renewable, Wind, Solar Projects

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: Powering Electric Cars: The Race To Mine Lithium In America’s Backyard

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Conservative Audit The Vote Survey Was Flawed, Deceptive, Clearly Meant To Advance The Big Lie 

-- Politico: Republican Legislators In PA Urged By Attorney To Retabulate State’s Popular vote In Dec. 2020

-- AP: Republicans Fear Far-Right Candidate Sen. Mastriano Will Be PA Governor Nominee

-- Inquirer: PA Republican Insiders Plotting To Stop Far-Right Candidate Sen. Mastriano In Governor’s Race

-- PennLive: McSwain Tops Fundraising Among Republican Gubernatorial Candidates With $5 Million From One Group - School Choice

-- TribLive: Sen. Kim Ward Endorses Dave White In Republican Primary For Governor

-- Inquirer: Republicans Respond To Potential South Philly Ballot Harvesting By Republican Operative With Firings, Campaign Attacks

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Sheriff, Commissioners Battle Over Deputies Staffing Greensburg Rally With Ex-President

-- Scranton Times: MSNBC: Luzerne County Rightward Shift Represents Political Seachange

-- TribLive: Newly Elected Rep. Abney, Grayson Square Off In Pittsburgh House District

-- AP: Anti-Abortion Sen. Casey Backs Abortion Rights Bill

-- TribLive: Casey Says He Supports Codifying Abortion Rights Into Federal Law

-- York Dispatch: ‘Devastating’ Death Leads Dallastown H.S. Team To Join Suicide Prevention Battle

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Why Don’t More PA Towns Have ‘Do Not Knock’ Solicitation Laws

-- City & State PA: Sen. Corman Looks To Form Cryptocurrency Task Force

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[Posted: May 11, 2022]  PA Environment Digest