Thursday, June 16, 2022

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.16.22

Are You Telling Your Story?

Senate returns to session June 20, 21, 22 [Budget Time!]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session June 20, 21, 22  [Budget Time!]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

FRIDAY 11:00: Seven State Agencies To Celebrate First PA Native Species Day June 17 At Stream Restoration Site On Grounds Of Fish & Boat Commission Office in Harrisburg.

 

-- Oil & Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Bill Introduced In The House  [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: U.S./PA Natural Gas Exports Bind America To The World [And Spiking World Prices]


-- WSJ: High U.S. Gasoline, Diesel, Natural Gas Exports Contributing To Spike In U.S. Prices 

“A rapid rise in American fuel exports this year has helped push gasoline prices to a record $5 a gallon and is pressuring U.S. prices of natural gas, which hit the highest levels in over a decade earlier this month.”

 

-- DOE Partners With Carnegie Mellon University To Launch The 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh In September  [PaEN]

 

-- Beaver County Times: Big Sewickley Creek Plan Pits Drilling Company Against Watershed Defenders

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Greylock Energy Natural Gas Found Opportunity Out West [AG Shapiro Just Charged Greylock With Environmental Crimes]

 

-- DEP Hosts June 28 Hearing On Benner Twp. PFAS Hazardous Site Cleanup Investigation In Centre County  [PaEN]

 

-- EPA: New Drinking Water Health Advisories Set For 4 PFAS Chemicals; $1 Billion In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Available For Cleanup  [PaEN]


-- Courier Times: EPA Finds No Safe Level For 2 Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found In Many U.S. Water Systems


-- WPSU: State College Borough Water Authority Might End Fluoridation


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: RiverFest - ‘The River Is A Friendly Place, A Good Place’


-- Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper: 8 Floating Classroom Programs Announced For Williamsport


-- Williamsport Sun: Agnes: Memories And A Levee That Spared A City

 

-- PennDOT Invites Feedback On Components Of Proposed State Plan For National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program  [PaEN]

 

-- WESA: PennDOT Wants To Install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Every 50 Miles Along Interstates

 

-- EPA Announces Available Funding For Clean School Buses  [PaEN]

 

-- ABC27: Natural Gas Stoves May Soon Be A Thing Of The Past, Is It Time To Upgrade?

 

-- York Dispatch: Dover Solar Power Project Receives Township Approval, With Conditions

 

-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 22 On Bill To Protect Military Airspace From Windmills  [PaEN]

 

-- Utility Dive: PJM Proposes ‘First-Ready, First-Served’ Interconnection Review Process To Clear Renewable Backlog 

 

-- Post-Gazette: Green Tech Company Working With Michael Keaton To Expand Presence In Pittsburgh Beyond Manufacturing

 

-- Old Lycoming Township, DEP Highlight Local Recycling Efforts, Illegal Dumping Prevention  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive: Volunteers Sought For 32nd Annual Kiski River Cleanup This Weekend

 

-- WHYY: Why Visiting A Museum Is Good For Your Health

 

-- DCNR Blog: Be Prepared Outdoors - What To Do When… Nature Calls, Lightning Strikes, Encountering A Rattlesnake, How To Protect Food From Animals 

 

-- Republican Herald: Tuscarora State Park Beach Closed Due To Algae

 

-- WeConservePA: PA Land Trusts Preserved 208,026 Acres; 107,300 Pennsylvanians Contribute To Land Trusts  [PaEN]

 

-- NextPittsburgh: New Scenic Overlook Opening In Pittsburgh With Stunning Views

 

-- Bradford Era: Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Advocates Cancellation Of Tracy Ridge Burn Project To Protect Bat

 

-- TribLive: Goats Help Clear Out Noxious Plants Along Allegheny River In Oakmont

 

-- Appalachian Chapter Audubon Society Offering Full Scholarship To Hog Island Audubon Camp In Maine  [PaEN]

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Erie National Wildlife Refuge On List For Expansion Of Hunting, Fishing


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

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


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: U.S./PA Natural Gas Exports Bind America To The World [And Spiking World Prices]


-- WSJ: High U.S. Gasoline, Diesel, Natural Gas Exports Contributing To Spike In U.S. Prices 

“A rapid rise in American fuel exports this year has helped push gasoline prices to a record $5 a gallon and is pressuring U.S. prices of natural gas, which hit the highest levels in over a decade earlier this month.”


-- Rep. Bizzarro: End Gasoline Price Gouging Through New Stop Price Fixing Act Legislation 


-- June 22-- House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on combating inflation with the Stop Gasoline Price Fixing Act. Room 523 Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.


-- WSJ: Energy Price Surge Threatens UN Climate Pledge, Prompting More Investment In Fossil Fuels


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


-- CNN: Wind And Solar Power Are ‘Bailing Out’ Texas Amid Record Heat, Energy Demand


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- MCall: National Hate Group Monitor Unmasks Lehigh Valley-Area Publishing Company - Antelope Hill-  Peddling Nazi, Fascist Literature 

-- LancasterOnline: Critics Bash St. Boniface For Hosting ‘Christian State’ Event Moderated By Anti-Gay Writer 

-- AP: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano, Other Election Deniers Quiet On Bogus Fraud Claims After Their Primary Wins

-- City & State PA: Republican Rep. Grove Looks To Begin Bipartisan Talks On Election Reforms, Says Wolf Has ‘No Credibility’ On Election Issues

-- MCall: Nick Miller Wins 14th State Senate Democratic Primary

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Senate Votes To Block Private Charter School Accountability Regulations From Taking Effect

-- PennLive: PA Hospital Workers Face Increasing Abuse, Violence From Patients And Visitors

-- WITF: PA Mental Health Advocates Hopeful For Funding Increase

-- Post-Gazette: 2nd Case Of Monkeypox Detected In PA

-- TribLive: State-Owned University System Adopts Enrollment-Based Formula For Distributing State Funding

-- PennLive - John Baer: Could Possible Congressional Deal On Guns Be Sign Of Partisan Divide Closing?

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Teachers Union Pushes Back Against Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano’s Proposal To Allow School Employees To Be Armed

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Guns In Schools Aren’t The Solution To Guns In Schools

-- AP: Bill Limiting Inmates’ Records Access Passes House

-- Spotlight PA: Bipartisan Push To Cut Corporate Taxes In PA Explained

-- TribLive Editorial: Workweek Changes Could Be Good For Everyone

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[Posted: June 16, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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