PA Environment Digest Blog: Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.12.22

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House returns to session September 12, 13, 14

Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, 717-772-3277. Read more on Agenda.

-- Erosion & Sediment Permit Fee Report

-- Rural Recycling, Waste Disposal Options

-- Reports On Oil & Gas Well Bonding Petition

-- Gov. Wolf Now Has To Decide To Hold Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Accountable, Or Create A $5.1 Billion Cleanup Liability For Taxpayers [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Without A Veto Of HB 2644, PA's Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Problem May Be All But Permanent [PaEN]

-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets July 25 To Hear Presentation On Penn State Study Finding Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On Unpaved Roads Contains Pollutants That Exceed Human-Health Standards [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Prohibiting Communities From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Address Climate Change [PaEN]

-- AP: Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill To Block All-Electric Building Codes

-- WESA: PA Legislature Approves New $125 Million Home Repair Assistance Initiative With Energy Efficiency Program

-- StateImpactPA: Bellefonte Fixing Some Of Its Electric Vehicle Chargers After Storms Fried Them A 2nd Time

-- Republicans On House Committee Approves Letter To IRRC Setting Up Their Disapproval Of Final Oil & Gas Facility Methane Reduction Regulations; Failure To Adopt Will Risk Millions In Federal Highway Funds [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: EPA Don’t Allow States To Review Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects Under Section 401 Of Federal Clean Water Act - Laborers’ International Union of North America [Here’s PA’s Experience With Natural Gas Pipelines ]

-- After A 12 Year Journey, Gov. Wolf Signs Bill Into Law To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: PA Takes ‘Historic’ Action To Fund Clean Water Projects And Help The Chesapeake Bay - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal

-- Coalition For Delaware River Watershed: Pennsylvania Falls Short In Funding Commitment To Delaware River Basin Commission [PaEN

-- FOX43: Toms Creek Flows Milk White After Stone Quarry Malfunction In Adams County

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Statement On U.S. Supreme Court EPA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decision

-- Adams Conservation District, Partners Offer Free Trees To Landowners

-- Republican Herald: Pottsville City Council Hears Options For Stormwater Project To Address Flooding

-- Help Wanted: Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory Director [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Greenways Hopes To Raise $5 Million; Program Explained Wednesday

-- Save PA Forests Webinar: July 20 - Get To Know Rothrock State Forests. Noon.

-- Republican Herald: PA Outdoor Corps Helps Fill Labor Gap At State Park In Schuylkill County

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Cleans Up Williamsport Fish Passageway, Shares Maintenance Plan

-- WHYY: Philly’s New Tree Bill Is A Great Start To Hold Developers Accountable, But It Needs Work

-- Game Commission Highlights Actions Taken At July 9 Board Meeting

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission Takes Positive Steps With Marten, Bobwhite Quail

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Urges Caution In Wake Of Increased Bear Activity

-- Fish & Boat Commission July 25 Hearing On Fee Changes In Harrisburg

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

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

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Falling But Remain Higher Than State, National Averages

National/International

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Jump 7% As Heat Wave Boosts Air Conditioning Use

-- Bloomberg: Summer Blackout Fears Fuel 300% Jump In U.S. Power Plant Profits

-- Bloomberg: EUs Simson: Natural Gas Situation Likely To Get Worse

-- Reuters: Factbox: Could The U.S. Ship More LNG To Europe? [Natural Gas Goes Where The Price Is Highest, Emergency In Europe Or Not]

-- Washington Examiner: Unusual Coalition Aims To Turn Biden Against LNG Exports, Including Industrial Energy Consumers To Keep Natural Gas At Home To Reduce Prices

-- Bloomberg: Worst Of Global Oil/Natural Gas Energy Crisis May Still Be Ahead, IEA Says

“Like the oil crises of the 1970s, which prompted huge gains in fuel efficiency and a boom in nuclear power, the world may see faster adoption of government policies that speed the transition to cleaner energy, [IEA Executive Director] said. In the meantime, security of oil and gas supplies will continue to pose a challenge for Europe, and also for other regions, he said.”

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- Bay Journal: PA Takes ‘Historic’ Action To Fund Clean Water Projects And Help The Chesapeake Bay - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal

-- $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

-- The Guardian: Breaking From China’s Clean Energy Dominance ‘Imperative,’ U.S. And Australia Say After New Climate Tech Deal

-- S&P Global: Federal Pipeline Safety Agency Delays Methane Emission Rules From Gathering Pipelines

-- Bloomberg Green: Big Soda’s Addiction To New Plastic Jeopardizes Climate Progress

-- Bloomberg Green: Electric Car Ratings

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Criminal Charge Against Mercer County Woman Accused In Assault Of U.S. Capitol

-- LancasterOnline: 2nd Venue Cancels Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano’s Movie In Lancaster County

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: With New Legislative Voting District Maps, PA Communities Of Color Can Elect Leaders That Represent Them - PA Voice