Thursday, July 14, 2022

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.14.22

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House returns to session September 12, 13, 14

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- TODAY 10:30: DEP Oil Recovery System At Berwick Seep Hazardous Sites Cleanup Site, Berwick, Columbia County

 

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: PA, Longtime Pariah Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Gets Rare ‘Attaboy’ For New Environmental Investments

 

-- DCNR Blog: PA’s New Budget Includes Historic Investment In Conservation


-- Lancaster Farming: New PA Laws Will Head Off Nutrient Runoff


-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Model Missing Huge 5 Million Chicken Operation In PA And Their 5 Million Pounds Of Nitrogen Leading To Questions About Model’s Accuracy - By Karl Blankenship


-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Executive Won’t Sign Lease To Frack Under Parks, Proposes Bill To Allow Future County Leaders To Decide


-- TribLive: Allegheny County Executive Defends Decision To Veto County Parks Fracking Ban; County Council Will Attempt To Override The Veto


-- Utility Dive: Exelon, PG&E, PSEG, Other Companies Call On Congress To Pass ‘Ambitious’ Clean Energy Spending Package 


-- Pittsburgh's PNC Bank To Power Operations With Renewable Energy  [PaEN]


-- PennLive Guest Essay: Expanding Dirty Hydrogen In PA Would Be A Dangerous Mistake - Center For Coalfield Justice


-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: How Far Will PA Republicans Go To Limit Constitutional Rights? - Patrick Beaty, Fair Districts PA  [Is PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment Next?]


-- Rodale Institute Receives $1.1 Million Donation From The Giant Food Company [PaEN]


-- Reading Eagle: Rodale Institute Gets $1.1 Million Donation From Giant Food Company


-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Bucks County Moves Ahead On $1.1 Billion Sewer System Offer From Aqua PA

 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites Comments On Enforcement, Penalty Guidance; Info Webinar July 28; Hearing Aug. 11 [PaEN]

 

-- Pittsburgh City Paper: Ohio Valley River Fest July 17 In Monaca, Beaver County

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Natural Area Named For Native Ornithologist Robert Porter Allen In Willliamsport

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Shrinking Firefly Population Highlighted In Sylvan Dell In Williamsport 

 

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Ask The Alliance Webinars Coming Up: Native Plants At Home, Bees!, Managing Your Stormwater, Birding, More!

 

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Healthy Woodlands Partnership July Newsletter

 

-- PA Lake Management Society, Partners Hold July 15 Lake Appreciation Month Full Moon Paddle At Blue Marsh Lake, Berks County 

 

-- Erie Times: Penn State Behrend Professor Studying Feasibility Of Composting, Glass Recycling In Erie

 

-- Erie Times: Erie County Reports First Malaria Case Since 2018

 

-- TribLive: West Nile Virus Found In Mosquitoes In Allegheny County, No Human Cases Reported

 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Summer Youth Workshops Start Aug. 15Calendar of all Events


-- Festival Of Wood Returns To Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Sept. 24 & 25 In Pike County [PaEN]


-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation: Fall Meeting Nov. 12; American Chestnut Symposium Sept. 30-Oct.1; In Memoriam: Mark Knight


-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Introducing New Paddling Guidebook For Lumber History On The West Branch Susquehanna River  [PaEN]


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Susquehanna Water Trail Guide Traces PA Logging History


-- WHYY: New Playground In Philly To Be Named After Political Trailblazer Anna Verna


-- MCall: Officials: Lehigh Valley Has More Work To Do To Bring Illegal Riding Of Dirt Bikes, ATVs Under Control


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PA’s Deer Processor Shortage Has Hunters Share The Harvest Looking For Partners


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Proposed PA Fishing License Fee Increases To Get Hearing July 25


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PA Kayaker Reels In Giant Catfish On Lake Erie


-- Inquirer: PA Man Hauls In Possible World-Record Stingray In Delaware Bay

 

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

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


-- NYT: Gasoline Prices Are The Major Reason U.S. Consumer Prices Were 9.1% Higher In June; But The Trend Could Easily Reverse 


-- Reuters: U.S. Gasoline Prices Are Finally Falling.  Why?


-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Futures Jump Another 9% On Output Drop, Hotter Forecasts


-- Reuters: U.S. Solar Prices Soared Over 8% In 2nd Quarter Due To Commerce Dept. Investigation Into Tariffs 


American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- TribLive Editorial: Westmoreland County Finally Has Plans For $105 Million In American Rescue Plan Funds, Why The Cliffhanger?

 

-- $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


-- Utility Dive: Exelon, PG&E, PSEG, Other Companies Call On Congress To Pass ‘Ambitious’ Clean Energy Spending Package 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WESA: Republican Candidate For Governor Mastriano Paid $5,000 To Social Media Platform Gab Used By Tree Of Life Synagogue Shooter, Conspiracy Theorists, For Antisemitic Content  

-- York Daily Record: Testimony Before U.S. House On Assault On U.S. Capitol Tie Republican Cong. Scott Perry, Philadelphia Proud Boys Leader To Planning To Disrupt Vote Certification 

-- Post-Gazette - Julian Routh: Seeing PA As Battlefield, Ex-President’s Opponents Unite Against Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: How Far Will PA Republicans Go To Limit Constitutional Rights? - Patrick Beaty, Fair Districts PA

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pro-Shapiro Republican Players Against Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Is A Sign Of The Real Battle Ahead - Jeffrey Lord 

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Latest Inflation News Makes PA Leaders Glad They Set Money Aside

-- PennLive - John Baer: Lawmakers’ Late-Night Moves On Abortion Amendment Sure Look Familiar

-- MCall: Newest, Most Contagious COVID Variant In Lehigh Valley; Here’s What Local Experts Say About It

-- TribLive: New COVID Variants Highly Contagious, Immune Evasive, Experts Say

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: New COVID Variant Is The Most Contagious Yet, What Happens Next Is Up To Us

-- Inquirer Editorial: School Shootings, Mental Health illness, New Gun Safety Law

-- WPSU: Penn State President At Center Of Whistleblower Lawsuit Against University Of Louisville

-- PennLive: Federal Aid Program For Businesses Awash In Fraud, One Lender Might Finally Face A Legal Reckoning  [PA Businesses Got $30.7 Billion In Aid]

-- Independent Fiscal Office: Where Did All The Workers Go?

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[Posted: July 14, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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