Senate returns to session October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, November 15 [Adjourn for year]
House returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards Grants To 8 Projects To Extract Critical Minerals From Mine Waste, Including To The University Of Pittsburgh & Partners [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: The Energy VIPs Are In Pittsburgh, Everyone Wants Their Attention
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Global Clean Energy Conference Kicks Off With Energy, Enthusiasm For Change
-- WESA: Young People Call For Climate Action As Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh
-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030 [PaEN]
-- Penn State’s Sept. 26 EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA [PaEN]
-- Peoples Gas, University Of Pittsburgh Partnering On Pilot Program To Evaluate Transport Of Hydrogen In Natural Gas Systems
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. DOE Launches Big Initiative On Clean Industrial Energy
-- Inquirer: Quakers Protest Vanguard Climate Policy At Its HQ
-- WHYY/Billy Penn: 8 Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard HQ In Malvern
-- Bloomberg: Federal Climate, Energy Law Has Incentives For Community Solar Projects, If Authorized By State [PA Doesn’t, Yet]
-- Courier Times: Not All East Coast States Have A Plan For Protecting Citizens From Climate Crisis
-- House Republicans Ask IRRC To Review Hundreds Of Regulations For Need, Effectiveness
-- WHYY/PlanPhilly: 5 Tips From Your Neighbors On How To Deal With Flooding
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Officials Advance The Conversion Of Offices To Homes
-- DEP Finalizes Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan For Bishop Tube Site In Chester County [PaEN]
-- Register Now For 2022 Litter Summit Nov. 1-2 In Lancaster [PaEN]
-- Keep PA Beautiful: Hundreds Help Clean Up Erie During 37th Annual International Coastal Cleanup
-- Warren Times: Hundreds Of Volunteers Make 3-Day Allegheny River Cleanup A Success
-- ABC27: Lawmakers Seek To Ban Balloon Releases
-- Erie Times: Meadville Firm Hydroblox Recycles Junk Plastics To Make Products That Prevent Flooding
-- DEP Blog: We’re Pumped For Local Onlot Septic System Management Programs
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Region Needs To Prepare For Droughts
-- PA Environmental Educators Issue Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 Annual Conference; PAEE & MWEE Award Nominations Now Open [PaEN]
-- MyChesco.com: CFA-Act 13 Funding Supports Watershed And Trail Projects In Chester County
-- Penn State: Mixed Cover Crops Capture Carbon In Soil, Could Help Mitigate Climate Change
-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue
-- Inquirer: The Secret, Lucrative World Of PA’s Wild Ginseng Diggers
-- Keystone Trails Association Holds Fall Hiking Weekend Oct. 14-16 In Lewisburg, Union County Featuring Mega Trail Hiker Heather Anderson [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Experts Pick Best Places To See Fall Foliage In Southwestern PA
-- Citizens Voice: Fall Foliage Expected To Be Huge Attraction In NE PA
-- Republican Herald: Drought Means Schuylkill County Fall Foliage Will Be Shorter, Not As Bright, Experts Say
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Questions? We Provide Answers To Some Of Them
-- TribLive: Bethel Park Breaks Ground For Pine Tree Park Improvements
-- PA Natural Heritage Program Summer Wild Heritage News: New Interest In Old Forests; Mapping Climate Refugia In PA; Join Tree-Of-Heaven Citizen Science Project [PaEN]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Oct. 11 Eagles And Their Habitat Program At The Van Scott Nature Reserve In Wayne County [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: PA Hunters Will Have 15,000 More Pheasants To Pursue
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Price Up 4% On Rising Demand, Daily Output Decline
-- Financial Times: BP Refinery Fire In Ohio Kills 2 Workers; Analysts Warn Prolonged Shutdown Could Push Fuel Prices Higher
-- The Guardian: How The Natural Gas Industry Capitalized On The Ukraine War To Change Biden Energy Policy
-- Reuters: Britain Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Fracking Where It Is Supported By Communities
-- Bloomberg: New UK Fracking Needs Local Support, But It’s Nowhere To Be Seen
-- Reuters: Oil Prices Slide 1% After U.S. Fed Raises Interest Rates
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
-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill; U.S. Senate To Vote By Sept. 30
-- The Guardian: Sen. Manchin Unveils Bill To Expedite Federal Energy Projects
-- Reuters: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill Some Democrats Slam
-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Bill Boosting WV Natural Gas Pipeline
-- Financial Times: U.S. Lawmakers Investigate ‘Deceptive’ PR Tactics On Behalf Of Oil And Gas
-- The Guardian: ‘Dramatic’ Rise In Wildfire Smoke Triggers Decline In U.S. Air Quality For Millions
-- Reuters: Biden Administration To Fund Community Education On Nuclear Waste
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PennLive - John Baer: Here’s What Polls And Insiders Say About PA’s Governor, U.S. Senate Races
-- PennLive: Fetterman Wins Endorsement Of PA State Building & Construction Trades Council
-- Politics PA: PA House Preview - Allegheny County
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- Williamsport Sun: Clinton County Man Faces Non-Jury Trial For Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- Post-Gazette - Gene Collier: Did Ex-President’s Youngstown Show Take Democracy To A New Threat Level?
-- TribLive Editorial: U.S. Archivist’s Role Shouldn’t Be Political
-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Passes Legislation To Cancel Dead Voters’ Registrations, Improve Ballot Security During Transport
-- WESA: Allegheny County Democrats Hope To Pick Up Pace On Mail-In Ballot Applications
-- Spotlight PA: Thousands Of Older Pennsylvanians At Risk Of Losing Property Tax Rebates Because Of Legislative Inaction
-- Post-Gazette: Texas Fraudster Gets Prison For Stealing $4 Million From PA Low-Income Meal Programs
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Casino Fined For Allowing Underaged Gambling, Including An 11-Year-Old
-- MCall: 2nd Chances: How PA Marijuana Pardon Project Can Help People Move On With Their Lives
-- Inquirer Editorial: Debate Over Immigration Takes A Disgraceful Turn
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: It’s Time For WPIAL Schools To End Native American Mascots
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[Posted: September 22, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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