Senate returns to session June 6, 7, 8 [Budget Time!]
House returns to session June 7, 8, 9 [Budget Time!]
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: DCNR Snowmobile & ATV Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Click Here to attend virtually. Contact: Jake Newton, 717-783-3349. (formal notice)
-- DEP Advises 18 Municipalities Where Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Occurring The Practice Is Illegal And Considered Waste Disposal [PaEN]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Eat Your Crabs, And Have Their Backs Too - By Hilary Falk, Chesapeake Bay Foundation [Allocate $500 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding]
-- Bucks County Beacon Guest Essay: Time For PA To Make Historic, Bipartisan Investment In Conservation - By Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA
-- PA Soil Health Coalition Learning Challenge - 'Soil Your Undies' To Learn More About Soil Health [PaEN]
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Program Update: Healthy Waters Partnership, County Water Quality Plan Updates, Program Progress
-- Capital RC&D Equine Pasture Management Field Day June 25, Columbia County [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Awards Scholarships To Area Seniors
-- Slippery Rock Creek Watershed Coalition Highlights Jennings Environmental Center Day Camps; Lake Arthur Regatta; One Room Schoolhouse Restoration [PaEN]
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Preparing For More Severe Flooding Due To 13% Increase In Rainfall In The Worst Storms Caused By Climate Change [Pittsburgh Stormwater Design Manual]
-- Bay Journal: High-Res Maps Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Reveal More Development, Lost Forests, Urban Trees, Spread Of Pavement
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Tropical Storm Agnes, 50 Years Ago: ‘It Was Like Something Out Of The Bible’
-- Gov. Wolf Announces Over $8.4 Million In Water, Sewer Community Block Grants In 5 Counties
-- WHYY: As Philly Water Shutoffs Return, City Rolls Out Relief Policies
-- DEP Blog: To Lower Your Electricity Bills, Take A 3-Prong Approach
-- PUC Holding June 1 Collaborative With Installers Of Distributed Energy Generation Systems
-- Scranton Times Editorial: PJM Connection Accelerates Addition Of Renewable Energy Generation At Competitive Prices To Grid
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Duquesne Light Expanding Public Electric Vehicle Charging Offerings
-- University Of Pittsburgh European Studies Center: Just Energy Transition Workshop Online Event June 3-4 [PaEN]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance June 15 Webinar - Proposed EPA Rule Reducing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions [PaEN]
-- MCall Guest Essay: Lehigh University’s Solar Project Not A Bad Neighbor
-- MCall Guest Essay: Joining Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Puts PA On Greener Path - Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA
-- TribLive: Trafford Resident Takes On Local West Nile Virus Monitoring In Westmoreland
-- Republican Herald: Ticks Out In Force In Schuylkill County
-- TribLive: Allegheny Land Trust Secures Capital To Preserve 75 Acres In Sewickley Hills
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Free Sunscreen At State Park Beaches, Pools
-- WGAL: Safe Harbor Trestle Bridge In Lancaster County Expected To Be National Draw
-- Warren Times: Northern Allegheny Mountain Biking Assn. Works To Expand Biking Throughout Region
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Council Approves Camping In City Parks
-- Penn State Master Gardeners - What’s The Buzz? Pollinator Garden Newsletter - Garden Of Merit Kathy McClure
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Youth Enjoy Free Day Of Bowfishing At Pymatuning Reservoir, Crawford County
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit On What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Natural Gas Intel: LNG Demand Seen Driving Natural Gas Prices Higher This Summer, FERC Says
-- Bloomberg: Traders Are Betting Texas Natural Gas Producers Will Be Selling At A Discount Because Of A Lack Of Pipelines
-- Bloomberg: Latest Russian Natural Gas Curbs Affect Germany, Denmark, Netherlands
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Fall As Russia Expects No Further Supply Cuts
-- Reuters: U.S. Oil Output Rose 3% In March; Still Far Below Record High In 2019
-- The Economist: Why Oil Is Back Above $120 Per Barrel
-- Financial Times: Diesel, Gasoline Supply Crunch Sets Off Sharp Rally In Crude Oil Market
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: DWS/Deutsche Bank Chief Resigns After Police Raid Over Greenwashing Claims
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Legislative Gift Bans Long Overdue
-- MCall: U.S. Supreme Court Halts Counting Undated Lehigh County Mail-In Ballots
-- WPost: U.S. Supreme Court Delays Counting Of Undated Mail-In Ballots In PA
-- City & State PA: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Asks For Recounts In 12 Counties
-- LancasterOnline: 2 Lancaster County Legislative Districts Appear Headed For Partial Hand Recount
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Unnecessary Election Recounts Are Inevitable Result Of The Big Lie
-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: People, Places & Politicians: Abstract Rhetoric Doesn’t Respond To Voters’ Real Concerns
-- PA Capital-Star: With Budget Season Approaching, PA Business Leaders Want Corporate Tax Cut [On Top Of $30.7 Billion They Got In Federal Aid In 2020, 2021 - IFO]
-- PA Capital-Star: States, Including PA, Headed For ‘Fiscal Cliff’ After COVID Aid Runs Out
-- TribLive: Parkland School Shooting Survivor Joins Pittsburgh Leaders In Calling For Gun Reform
-- Post-Gazette: Parkland School Shooting Survivor Joins Crowd Outside Pat Toomey’s Office In Pittsburgh Demanding Gun Reform
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Community Mourns Youth Violence
-- Post-Gazette: Students Searched At Indiana County Junior High After Weapons Threat
-- WHYY: Teen Gun Violence Coalition Issues Call To Action Based On Survey Data
-- WHYY: Bucks County Students Grieve Lives Lost To Gun Violence In Texas, Around Them
-- Courier Times: Once Again, Pennridge Students In Bucks County Shed Light On Victims Of Gun Violence
-- The Atlantic: Students Should Refuse To Go Back To School Until There’s Action On Stricter Gun Laws
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Wolf: Money Could Be Spent To Address Gun Violence, But ‘We Cannot Ignore The Elephant In The Room’
-- BillyPenn: Why Philly Can’t Make Stronger Gun Law, And The Legal Battle To Get That Changed
-- PA Capital-Star: Gun Violence Reduction Laws Will Pass Only When More Blacks Get Guns - Michael Coard, Philadelphia Tribune
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: The Cycle Of Gun Violence In Philadelphia Is Sickening
-- TribLive Editorial: De’Avry Thomas Won’t Be The Last Victim Of Gun Violence
-- The Center Square: Philadelphia Schools Rely On $1.8 Billion In Federal Pandemic Aid To Stay Out Of Red Ink
-- Erie Times: Erie Childcare Centers Share $11.3 Million In COVID Aid
-- Inquirer: Commonwealth Court: PA Liquor Control Board Liable For Damages, Legal Fees In Wine Shopping Fight
-- Post-Gazette: Congress Isn’t Acting On Data Privacy, So PA Should
-- MCall: Northampton Community College Picks David Ruth As Next President
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[Posted: June 1, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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