Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.18.22

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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 10:00:  Agenda Posted. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. State College.  Remote Access via Microsoft Teams.   Conference Call: +1 267-332-8737. Phone Conference ID: 518 218 645#    Contact: Adam Walters, adwalters@pa.gov or call 717-214-6548.  Read more here on the agenda.

TODAY 9:15: Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg.  See webpage for remote options to join the meeting.  Contact: Kirit Dalai, kdalai@pa.gov. [Note: There will be an update on RGGI implementation.]

TODAY 1:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting.  Cambria County Library, 248 Main Street, Johnstown.  1:00 p.m. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting.  Contact: John Brakeall jbrakeall@pa.gov.  Read more here on the agenda.

-- PA Supreme Court: Accounting Required For Environmental Rights Amendment Trust Fund Money - By John C. Dernbach, Commonwealth Law School, Widener University   [PaEN]

-- Grant Township Charter Banning Drilling Wastewater Injection Wells Struck Down By State Court; Decision Appealed To PA Supreme Court  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Children Living Near PA Fracking Sites At Increased Risk Of Leukemia, Study Finds

-- The Guardian: PA Children Born Near Fracking Wells More At Risk For Leukemia, Study

-- New Poll: Strong Majority Of PA Voters Support Climate Action To Cut Carbon and Methane Pollution  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: How Will New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Help PA Fight Climate Change?

-- Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. 24-26  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Highlands Democrats Host ‘Green Heroes’ Environmental Rally At Harrison Hills Today

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Officials To Make Solar Panel Installation Less Cumbersome

 

-- DEP To Hold Virtual Hearings On Proposed Expansions Of 3 Deep Coal Mines In Greene County  [PaEN]

 

-- Inquirer Editorial: As PA Municipalities Sell Water Systems To For-Profit Companies, Consumers Are Left Paying The Price

 

-- DCNR Secretary Joins Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For Falcon Bridge On The Bald Eagle Valley Trail In Clinton County

 

-- WHYY: Revised FDR Park Plan Includes More Nature, No Golf In Philadelphia

 

-- Inquirer: 33-Acre Wetland Project At FDR Park In Philadelphia Will Break Ground Soon

 

-- Fish & Boat Commission Committee To Discuss Enhancing Protections Against Spread Of Aquatic Invasive Species At Sept. 28 Meeting  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Celebrates 40 Years Of Discovery - New Species, Solving Mysteries, Finding Rare Species In New Places  [PaEN]

 

-- Reading Eagle: Albright College: Bats Are Back At Wertz’s Red Bridge In Berks County

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Northern Lights Could Be Visible From PA The Next Few Nights

 

-- Help Wanted: PA Interfaith Power & Light Executive Director  [PaEN]

U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill

 

-- PA Capital-Star: How Will New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Help PA Fight Climate Change?

 

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: Natural Gas Shortage Fears Has Prices Flirting With Levels Not Seen In U.S. In 15 Years

 

-- CNN: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Spike To 14-Year High, Prices Up 525% Since June 2020

 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Advance As Energy Crisis Pounds Region

 

-- U.S. Energy Information Administration: Natural Gas Price Volatility Reached An All-Time High In First Quarter 2022

 

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?

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano And Gab - Words Of Hate Can Bring About Acts Of Hate

-- PennLive - John Baer: I’ve Changed My Mind About Ex-President, He’s Never Going Away

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Resolving The Tedious Debate Over Candidate Debates

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA Lawmakers Set To Get Huge Raises Next Year; They Can Return Them, But Almost Nobody Does

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Woman Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Wants Off House Arrest To Visit The PA Renaissance Faire

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Chooses Trial By Judge, Not Jury

-- Post-Gazette - Julian Routh: Dr. Oz Responds To Crudites Video At ‘Wegners’ As Fetterman Rakes In Donations

-- Politics PA: New Poll - Fetterman, Shapiro Extend Leads

-- Post-Gazette: Butler County Finishes Review Of 2020 Ballots, Finds No Inaccuracies

-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne County DA Finds No Criminal Wrongdoing In 2021 Primary Election Problems

-- AP: Luzerne County Kids-For-Cash Judges Ordered To Pay More Than $200 Million

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Federal Judge Turns The Tables - Cash For Kids

-- TribLive: Survey: Many At-Risk Youths In Allegheny County Lose Family To Gun Violence

-- AG Shapiro, State AGs Reach $450 Million Settlement With Endo As Part Of Opioid Manufacturer’s Bankruptcy

-- WHYY: ‘A Fascist Approach To Education’: Local Authors React To Central Bucks School District Book Policies

-- PennLive: PA Colleges Plan Monkeypox Education, Testing To Prevent Campus Outbreaks

--  KDKA: Allegheny County Business Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Almost $4 Million In Paycheck Protection Loans

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[Posted: August 18, 2022]  PA Environment Digest