Friday, June 10, 2022

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.10.22

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Senate returns to session June 13, 14, 15 [Budget Time!]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session June 13, 14, 15  [Budget Time!]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- DEP Releases Final Guidance On Handling Radioactive Waste From Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Operations [PaEN]

 

-- LancasterOnline Guest Essay: Important Moment For Lancaster County Waterways - Growing Greener III Funding Needed - Lancaster Farmland Trust

 

-- DCNR Highlights How American Rescue Funds Could Help Pay For Safety, Facility Upgrades At Bald Eagle State Forest In Centre County

 

-- Centre Daily Times: Penns Valley Trail Bridge Needs $548,000 In Repairs, Here’s Why It Matters

 

-- WITF: PA House Republicans Want To Save Billions In Surplus Tax Money In State Rainy Day Fund

 

-- Bay Journal: PA Switch-To-Grazing Project Aims To Save Farmers, Land And Chesapeake Bay - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal 


-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Partners Meeting June 22

 

-- Delaware RiverKeeper June 10 RiverWatch Video Report

 

-- PA Environmental Council Launches Online Guide To New Federal Infrastructure Funding Opportunities  [PaEN]

 

-- Global Links Company Celebrates Achieving Energy Independence Thru Solar Energy Installation, LED Lighting  [PaEN]

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Global Links’ Net Zero Success Makes It Even More Sustainable

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Solar Companies Breathe Easier As Threat Of Tariffs Paused

 

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Launches Pilot Program For Electric Vehicle Chargers At County Parks

 

-- Hearing Board Denies Sen. Muth Standing As Legislator To Appeal DEP Permit For Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant In Susquehanna County; Individual Standing Still Pending  [PaEN]

 

-- Courier Times: Upper Makefield Twp. OKs Sunoco Delaware River Pipeline Crossing Project 

 

-- Post-Gazette: Climate Activists Pitch Allegheny County To Ban Fracking In Public Parks 

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: A Climate Fight In Harrisburg Shows How Gov. Wolf Wants To Use His Power

 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Make Oil & Gas Methane Leaks Costly

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell’s Ethane Plant Has Vast Impact In Beaver County, Petrochemical Development Still Lacking

 

-- CONSOL Energy Releases 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report

 

-- PJM Interconnection Clean Attribute Procurement Task Force To Explore Market Designs

 

-- PJM Interconnection Issues 2021 Annual Report

 

-- Gov. Wolf Announces PHARE Affordable Housing Funding Supported By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees

 

-- June 11 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

 

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Lease, Don’t Sell, Your Public Water And Wastewater Systems - Fmr Cong. Bill Shuster

 

-- Perdue Foundation Supports New Educational Duck Pond At Hope Springs Farm For People With Developmental Disabilities In Hershey

 

-- Warren Times: Time Explorers Theme Of Warren Conservation District Student Summer Camp

 

-- Warren Times: Second Grade Classroom Turned Into Rainforest

 

-- PA Outdoor Writers Assn. Awards Student Scholarships To Alexis Wildt, Aaron Order  [PaEN]

 

-- Lebtown: Lebanon Valley Conservancy Awards Karen R. Light Scholarship To Lebanon Valley College Student 

 

-- DCNR Amends Streambed Lease For Oil & Gas Rights In Wyoming County

 

-- North American Biochar & Bioenergy Conference Set For August 8-11 In West Virginia [PaEN]

 

-- Penn State Extension: New Publication Offers Guidance On Managing Spotted Lanternfly

 

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Wild Heritage News - Celebrating 40 Years Of Vital Work  [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette: Carnegie Museum Herpetologist Brings Summer Campers To Borneo - Via Livestream


-- Reading Eagle: Conservation Heritage Museum Set To Open At Middle Creek Wildlife Area

 

-- Feature: How Controlled Burns Could Help Save A Species - Lupinus perennis - By Karley Stasko, North Branch Land Trust  [PaEN]


-- PA/NJ Chapter Of The American Chestnut Foundation Latest Newsletter About Chapter Activities, Upcoming Events 


-- TribLive: Hampton Residents Works With Allegheny Land Trust To Protect Green Space


-- TribLive: Business Owners Spar With Westmoreland Heritage Trail Officials Over Short Extension


-- Centre Daily Times: Explore PA’s Poe Paddy Tunnel, Spend A Day Hiking, Fishing, Swimming


-- Centre Daily Times: Ready For A Rocky Adventure?  Check Out These Hiking Trails Near State College


6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- U.S. EIA: Expects U.S. Natural Gas Prices To Remain High Thru 2022, Fall In 2023 

 

-- Natural Gas Intelligence: Natural Gas Futures Blast Higher After EIA Report, Texas Outage Uncertainty Looms 


-- Reuters: Texas LNG Plant Outage Will Aid U.S. Natural Gas Stocks As Utility Demand Soars


-- Reuters: Texas LNG Plant Explosion Cuts Key Source Of U.S. Natural Gas Supply To Europe, Asia


-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Prices Surge After Explosion At Texas LNG Plant


-- WSJ: Record Fuel Costs Upend Businesses, U.S. Economy  

“Oil and fuel production hasn’t increased quickly enough to meet growing global demand, as economies emerge from pandemic-related restrictions.”


-- WPost: Gasoline Prices Keep Inflation At Highest Level In 40 Years In May 


-- Financial Times: The World Must Brace Itself For A Further Surge In Oil Prices 


American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne County Receives 2nd Half Of American Rescue Plan Funding $56.4 Million

 

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Bloomberg: Shake Shack Drawn Into Martin’s Bread Controversy Over Chairman’s Ties To PA Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano

-- BillyPenn: Democratic Candidate For Governor Speaks Out Against Boycott Of Martin’s ‘Damn Good’ Potato Rolls Because Of CEO’s Association With Mastriano

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court To Allow Counting Of Undated Mail-In Ballots In Lehigh County

-- TribLive: PA Republican Cong. Scott Perry Asked Ex-President For Pardon After Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: PA Republican Cong. Scott Perry Asked About Presidential Pardon After Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- NPR: Republican Cong. Liz Chaney Offers Stark Message To Republicans Who Continue To Support Ex-President, Including Scott Perry - Your Dishonor Will Remain Long After Ex-President Is Gone

-- PennLive: Dauphin County Woman Facing Criminal Charges In Assault On U.S. Capitol Says House Arrest, Ankle-Monitor ‘Unduly Burdensome’

-- Spotlight PA: PA Lawmaker Wants More State Control Over Millions In Outside Campaign Spending On Federal Elections 

-- WITF: PA House Republicans Want To Save Billions In Surplus Tax Money In State Rainy Day Fund

-- Scranton Times Editorial: No Need For General Assembly To Sit On Federal Recovery Cash

-- WESA: As PA Lawmakers Work Out A Budget, Trans Athletes, Liquor, Election Money Take Center Stage

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Inflation Costing PA Consumers $3,000 More A Year On Gasoline, Food [Driven By Spike In Oil, Natural Gas Costs]

-- MCall: PA COVID Update - Infection Rates Decline Again To 22,564 Last Week, With 159 Deaths

-- WESA: COVID Levels In Allegheny County Wastewater Decline

-- WHYY: Battle Continues Over Vaccination Powers For PA Pharmacies

-- Courier Times: Assault-Style Gun Ban Introduced In PA Senate

-- MCall Guest Essay: PA Lawmakers Have Duty To Prevent Gun Violence - Rep. Schlossberg

-- AP: Amid Complaints, PA Lawmakers Move To Restrict Fireworks [Been Saying That For 5 Years]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA’s Version Of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Poised For Introduction

-- TribLive: Mt. Lebanon Moms Sue Teacher, District Over Gender Identity Lessons

-- Spotlight PA: Fight Over Public Records Could Threaten Novel Approach To Broadband In Rural PA

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[Posted: June 10, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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