House returns to session September 12, 13, 14
Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
MONDAY 1:00: PennDOT, DEP, DCED, State Police, Keep PA Beautiful Kick Off Anti-Litter Campaign. City Island Boat Launch, Harrisburg
-- Gov. Wolf Announces Evaluation Of How DEP Regulates Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling & The Industry’s Compliance With Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]
-- 16 Oil & Gas Facility Spill, Soil, Water Contamination Cleanups Under Act 2 Land Recycling Program During July [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Voices: Bipartisan STREAM Act Passes U.S. House To Address Long-Term Mine Drainage Cleanup[PaEN]
-- Latest DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: DEP Sees Significant Increases In Large Area Farm BMP Implementation [PaEN]
-- Agriculture Accepting Applications For $13 Million In Farm Conservation Tax Credits - First Come, First Served [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: Lehigh Valley Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Healing The Plant Grant
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Decades In The Making, ALCOSAN Deals With One Of Pittsburgh’s Most Intractable Problems - Massive Stormwater Runoff
-- WESA: ALCOSAN’s Rising Sewage Bills Draw Complaints And Calls For More Action To Help Customers
-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Passing The Internship Torch From Older To Younger Brother; Partnership With Grove City College [PaEN]
-- StateCollege.com: July 30 Community Day Offers Activities To Learn How To Protect Marsh Creek In Howard, Centre County
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Leaving Beaver County As Shell’s Ethane Cracker Plant Sets To Open
-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Accepting Applications For Up To $165 Million To Advance Domestic Geothermal Energy Deployment[PaEN]
-- Exelon Corp Releases 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report Highlighting Clean Energy Transition
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Diversified Energy Buys ConocoPhillips Assets In TX, OK For $240 Million [Taking On More Oil & Gas Well Plugging Obligations]
-- Pennsylvania, 18 U.S., Canadian Jurisdictions Push Ahead With Action Plan For 100% Electrification Of Medium, Heavy-Duty Vehicles By 2050 [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: Nearly 20 States, Including PA, Push Ahead With Action Plan For 100% Electrification Of Medium, Heavy-Duty Vehicles By 2050
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Climate Action Must Be Strategic, Not Apocalyptic
-- Citizens Voice: Casey Advances $1.5 Million For Levee Project In Luzerne County
-- York Dispatch: Decades After Contamination, York County Waste Authority Considers Reopening Superfund Site
-- DEP Posts Updated Non-Regulatory Agenda Of Technical Guidance In Development [PaEN]
-- Governor’s Office Posts Updated Agency By Agency Regulatory Agenda Of Regulations In Development [PaEN]
-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit Related Notices In July 30 PA Bulletin; Notice Of 6 Oil & Gas Facility Cleanups [PaEN]
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture Grants Starting Aug. 1
-- North Branch Land Trust Receives PPL Foundation Grant For 'Loving Our Local Waters - Amando Nuestras Aguas Locales'; Bilingual Stewardship Sign Contest Open [PaEN]
-- Allegheny National Forest Tionesta Scenic & Research Natural Area Added To Old-Growth Forest Network In McKean County [PaEN]
-- Natural Lands: Regina A. Hairston Joins Natural Lands Board
-- DCNR Surveying Visitors On Their Experiences In Gallitzin, Rothrock State Forests [PaEN]
-- Growing Greener Coalition: DCNR Online Grant Application Workshop Set For Nov. 3
-- July 29 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: What It’s Like To Be A Park Ranger? - By Brian Price, Ranger Supervisor, French Creek State Park
-- The Allegheny Front: A Rare Prairie In PA Is In Full Bloom Right Now In Butler County
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Through A Butterflies’ Eyes
-- Land Health Institute: Join Fun, Entertaining, Educational WonderWalks In Philadelphia
-- Republican Herald: $200 Reward Offered For Return Of Mortimer, Missing 60 Pound Tortoise From Schuylkill County
-- The Allegheny Front: Gone For A Century, American Martens Might Be Brought Back To PA
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Pine Siskin Makes Journey Of 2,400+ Miles, Crossing PA On Its Way To Canada
-- York Daily Record - Brain Whipkey: PA Anglers Get More Stream Access; Bow Anglers Might Get Approval For Snakehead
-- Help Wanted: Audubon Society Of Western PA Buffalo Creek Watershed Coordinator [PaEN]
U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill
-- ClimateWire: A Federal Climate Bill With Fossil Fuel Victories
-- WPost: How The U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill Might Impact You And Change The U.S.
-- NYT: U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill Would Be ‘Transformative’ For Auto And Energy Industries
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Meadville Tribune: National Fuel Raises Natural Gas Rates To Residential Customers 26% Due To High Natural Gas Prices
-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Drilling Won’t Increase Production Until It Can Move More Natural Gas Out Of Appalachian Basin, Expand LNG Exports From East Coast
-- Casper Star Tribune (Wyoming): Natural Gas/LNG Exports, Production Troubles, Heat Waves Behind High Energy Costs
-- The Guardian: Oil, Natural Gas Company Profits Boom As Americans Reel From High Fuel Prices
-- WSJ: Oil, Natural Gas Energy Prices May Keep Inflation High For Years
-- NYT: Europe’s Race To Secure New Energy Sources Is On A Knife’s Edge
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?
Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
-- Appalachian Voices: Bipartisan STREAM Act Passes U.S. House To Address Long-Term Mine Drainage Cleanup [PaEN]
Other States/National/International
-- WESA/NPR: Record Flooding In Kentucky, Appalachia Kills More Victims As Searches Continue
-- AP: Governor: Search For Kentucky Flood Victims Could Take Weeks
-- AP: Explainer: One Weather System Floods St. Louis And Kentucky
-- Pennsylvanians It Will Flood Here: Are You Prepared? Get Flood Insurance Now! [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: With Waters Rising, Baltimore Eyes $138 Million Plan To Limit Coastal Flood Damage
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Removes Gab Page, Responds To Criticism Of Social Media Platform
-- AP: Fetterman Harnesses Power Of Social Media In PA U.S. Senate Campaign
-- The Atlantic: John Fetterman Is Very Online, That’s Not Why He’s Ahead
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Republican PA Cong. Scott Perry Unfit To Represent PA
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Where Does Republican PA Cong. Thompson Really Stand On Gary Marriage?
-- NPR: PA Sen. Pat Toomey, 24 Republicans Vote Against Bill To Help Sick Veterans
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Keep Domestic Abusers Out Of Public Office - Rep. Conklin
-- Centre Daily Times: Number Of PA Counties At High COVID Community Spread Jumps To 13
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Rises To Medium Level Of COVID Spread
-- Inquirer: LGBTQ Leaders And Residents Angered Over Philly’s Monkeypox Vaccine Shortage
-- AG Shapiro Announces $2.37 Billion Agreement With Fmr Opioid Manufacturer Allergan
-- WESA/AP: PA, 11 Other States Reach Deal Over Marketing, Safety Of Generic Opioids
-- Post-Gazette: PA Expanding Use Of Overdose-Reversing Drug, Though Critics Say It’s Unnecessary
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Use All Tools To Diminish Opioid Overdose Crisis
-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny Health Network Data Breach Affects Some 8,000 Patients
-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Students’ Mental Health Concerns Educators
-- TribLive: PA State Trooper Shot In Aliquippa; Suspect Shooter In 2005 Killing
-- PA Capital-Star: U.S. House Passes Ban On Assault Weapons After Spate Of Gun Violence
-- TribLive Editorial: U.S. Should Work To Bring Oakmont’s Marc Fogel Home From Russia, Too
-- WESA: How Long Can Workers Compete With AIs? The Fate Of 2 Pittsburgh Factories Could Offer Clues
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[Posted: July 30, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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