Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.11.22

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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 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards and Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Diana Welker diwelker@pa.gov.  [Note: Presentation of lead workgroup findings.]  Click Here for background.

-- Journal Of Petroleum Technology: Study: Drilling Waste On Pennsylvania Roads Bad For Health, Land 

-- House Hearing: Development Of Hydrogen Hub In Western PA Offers Benefits, Obstacles [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Advocates Warn PA Hydrogen Hub Expensive, Inefficient

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Legislators Hear Pros, Cons Of Hydrogen/Carbon Capture Hub

-- 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]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PUC Warns About Rising Electrical Rates Caused By Spike In Natural Gas Cost, Other Commodities, According To West Penn Power

-- WV Metro News: WV Public Service Commission Warns Utility Customers Of 173% Increase In Natural Gas Rates Coming This Fall

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Blog: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Develops Corporate Partnerships To Tackle Agricultural Pollution Along Susquehanna River - By Caroline Grass, Communications Intern, Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay   [PaEN]

-- Morning Call: Lenape Nation Travelers Journey Hundreds Of Miles To Renew A Years-Old Treaty With Lenape Sipu (Delaware River) Communities  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: What Is The Economic Value Of Protected Open Space In Pennsylvania? -- By Jason Lenker, Intern, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Temple University Invites Families Living Near Their Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Ambler Campuses To Join HOOT - Healing Ourselves Outdoors Together  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Digging Into History In State Parks & Forests - PA Outdoor Corps Cultural Resources Crew -- By: Angie Jaillet-Wentling, M.A., RPA, DCNR Cultural Resources Program Coordinator  [PaEN]

-- The News-Item: Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Receives $4,300 Grant To Update Passive Mine Water Treatment System 

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA Budget Delivers Big Wins For Lake Erie Cleanup, Recreation, More - PennFuture

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: August Newsletter - What’s Poppin?; Striped Maple; Special Events

-- TribLive: Flood Recovery Resource Center Set To Open To Help Latrobe Area Flood Victims 

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Aug. 17 Program On Dangers Of Particulate Air Pollution  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Aug. 19 Webinar: A Brighter Future - Solar Energy For PA Schools; Save Millions, Avoid Energy Cost Spikes [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Methane ‘Loophole’ Shows Risk Of Gaming EPA System For Reporting Emissions [Range Resources In PA As An Example]

-- Penn State Names Bruce Logan Director Of The Institutes Of Energy & The Environment

-- DEP Took Action On 663 Permits, 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,271 Inspections; Responded To 7 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- Gettysburg Times Guest Essay: Why Republicans Are Bad For The Economy - Agriculture, Energy - Gettysburg Area Democracy For America

-- MCall: Fmr Tire Dump In Slate Belt Closer To Becoming An Industrial Park

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Northampton County Residents Oppose Efforts To Apply Sewage Sludge To Nearby Farm [Video]

-- Post-Gazette: PA Has So Far Avoided The Huge Western U.S. Scale Wildfires, But Climate And Forestry Scientists Warn That Could Change

-- American Chestnut Foundation 2022 American Chestnut Symposium Accepting Student Poster, Talk Proposals; Hunting Chestnut Trees!  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: 107 Foot Three Rivers Heritage Trail Segment In Natrona, Allegheny County Has Big Impact

-- Warren Times: PA American Water Grant To Expand Trails At Jakes Rocks

-- TribLive: Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor Plans Roaring 20s Anniversary Gala Aug. 20  

-- Pocono Record: Brodhead Watershed Assn. Nature At Risk: Otters Still Call Delaware River Home, For Now 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Crickets, Lightning Bugs, Frogs Bring August Nights Alive

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Hawk-Watching Season About To Launch

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Annual Autumn Hawk Watch Begins August 15

U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill

 

-- The Guardian: An Anxious American West Sizes Up Historic Climate Bill: ‘We Need Every Tool’

 

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

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

 

-- USA Today: Gasoline Prices Drop Under $4 Nationwide [But Not In PA]

 

-- The Economist: How To Help With Energy Bills - Natural Gas Prices 8 Times Higher Than Last Summer

 

-- Reuters: Texas LNG Plant Retracts Force Majeure Issued After Explosion, Could Cost Natural Gas Buyers Billions In Losses

 

-- Bloomberg: Oil Demand Accelerates As Natural Gas Crisis Spurs Switch, IEA Says

 

-- Reuters: Climate Risks Dwarf Europe’s Energy Crisis, Space Chief Warns

 

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

-- The Guardian: America’s Summer Of Floods: Climate Crisis Fueling Barrage, Scientists Say

-- Financial Times: Wildfire Season: How To Stop California Burning

-- Reuters: Landfills Around The World Release A Lot Of Methane, Study

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive: Jan Murphy/Charles Thompson: FBI Delivers Subpoenas To Several PA Republican Lawmakers

-- WPost: Who Is PA Republican Cong. Scott Perry, Ally Of Ex-President And Why Was His Phone Seized By The FBI? 

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Republican PA Cong. Scott Perry Says He’s Not A Target Of Federal Probe

-- WHYY: Fetterman’s ‘Real Doctors Against Oz’ Tour Say He’s A Danger To Public Health

-- WVIA: Making Sense Of Social Media In PA’s Campaigns For Governor, U.S. Senator

-- TribLive Editorial: Too Much Super PAC Money In PA’s U.S. Senate Race

-- Wilkes-Barre Editorial: Republican Cong. Meuser Casts Brave Vote Supporting Same-Sex Marriage Bill

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Republican Committee Questionnaire For Primary Winners To Determine Their ‘Eligibility’ To Be Seated Sparks Backlash

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Election Officials Debate Future Of Ballot Drop Boxes, Satellite Voting Centers

-- PA Capital-Star: How Coraopolis Is Becoming A Community Hub For Pittsburgh’s Growing Latino Population

-- PennLive -John Baer: Cheers To Audit Finding Liquor Control Board Bigwigs Taking From Top Shelf

-- TribLive: Western PA Colleges Readying For Round 3 With COVID Mitigation Plans

-- WHYY: Philly Health Dept. Launches New Lab To Sequence, Track COVID Variants

-- NYT: ‘Everybody Is Armed’: As Shootings Soar, Philadelphia Is Awash In Guns

-- Inquirer: Philly DA Will Not Appeal Ruling On Police Shootings, Use-Of-Force Law

-- WHYY: Can A New Faith-Based Coalition Move The Needle On Philly Gun Violence?

-- TribLive: Penn Hills School District To Form Its Own Police Force

-- MCall: Dixie Cup Plant Owner Years Behind In Property Taxes, Owes Hundreds Of Thousands To School District

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Find Revenue, Then Address Property Tax Burden

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[Posted: August 11, 2022]  PA Environment Digest