Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.15.22

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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

 

-- August 15 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Aug. 18 On Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater; Methane Regs, Conventional Regs, Well Plugging, More  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: 15-Year Oil Rig Worker With Cancer Fired, Gas Field Specialists Must Pay $184,000 In Equal Opportunity Employment Commission Settlement

-- PA PUC: 4 Major Electric Utilities Have Double Digit Electric Price Increases Coming Sept. 1 Caused By Spike In Natural Gas, Energy Costs, Hot Weather  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Philadelphia’s Biggest Barrier To Climate Action Is The Philadelphia Natural Gas Works

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Protecting The Water While Harvesting Sunshine, Researchers Say Stormwater From Solar Energy Fields Needs Careful Management

-- Feature: Lenape Nation Travelers Journey Hundreds Of Miles Seeking PA Recognition, To Renew A Years-Old Treaty With Lenape Sipu (Delaware River) Communities   [PaEN]

-- Gettysburg Connection: Adams County Planting Partnership Offers Free Native Trees, Shrub Seedlings

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Toxic Pollution In Great Lakes Remains A Colossal Problem - Western Michigan University Professor

-- WHYY: From Trash To Treasure: Magic Gardens Event Encourages Recycling Thru Creativity In Philadelphia

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Every Litter Bit Matters In Keeping Pennsylvania Beautiful - Gov. Tom Wolf

 

-- Altoona Mirror: Little Bug, Big Trouble: Spotted Lanternflies ‘A Nuisance To The Public’

 

-- WHYY: PA Horticultural Society Pop Up Garden With ‘Gritty Margs,’ Mojitos, More Plants Than You Can Count

 

-- WHYY: $20.8 Million Push To Save 208 Acres Of Crebilly Farm In Westtown Twp., Chester County Will Be On The Ballot In November 

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: $3.5 Million Purchase Of Bridge, Rail Line, Opens Path To Armstrong Trail Expansion

 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Group Helps Those With Mobility Impairments Stay Active At Frances Slocum State Park

 

-- TribLive: PHMC Officials: Bushy Run Staff Must Consult With Native Groups Before Staging Reenactments

 

-- TribLive: Woman Dies In Ohiopyle Rafting Accident

 

-- Reading Eagle: American Kestrels Studied At Rentschler Arboretum In Berks County

 

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

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

 

-- Bloomberg: World Embraces Dirtier Fuels As Natural Gas Prices Hit Exorbitant Heights 

 

-- Bloomberg: Key European Power Price Doubles In 2 Months Due To Record Natural Gas Prices

 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Rises As Heat, Drying Rivers Drive Demand

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Luzerne County To Start Accepting Federal American Rescue Plan Funding Requests This Week

 

-- $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

-- Bloomberg: Much Of U.S. Will Be An ‘Extreme Heat Belt’ By The 2050s

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Daily Item: County Commissioners Assn. Votes Down Proposal To Prioritize Repeal Of PA’s Mail-In Voting Law

-- WPost: Attempts To Inappropriately Access Voting Machines Spurred Investigations, Including In PA, CO, Georgia 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Urgent Case For Open Primary Elections

-- WESA: Problematic Rules For Covering Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Campaign Event Featuring Florida Governor Pose Ethical Quandary For Media

-- NBC10: U.S. Army Contacts Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Over Use Of Military ‘Imagery’ In Campaign

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano, Republican PA Cong. Scott Perry Giving PA A Black Eye

-- PennLive: Dr. Oz Campaigned At Bethlehem’s Musikfest Against Its Policy, Organizers Say

-- Post-Gazette: Voting Machine Company To Subpoena Fmr PA Secretary Of State Boockvar In Lawsuit Against Fox News

-- TribLive: Monkeypox Case Confirmed At YMCA Camp In Beaver County

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Liquor Control Board Weighs Change In Liquor Lotteries To restore Confidence In Their Integrity

-- Spotlight PA: Penn State Spent $500,000 On Police Overtime At Football Games In 2021

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[Posted: August 15, 2022]  PA Environment Digest