House returns to session September 12, 13, 14
Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 11:30: DEP To Announce Bigger Rebates For Electric Vehicles, $3.4 Million To Install 54 Fast Chargers Statewide. Capitol Media Center, Harrisburg. Click Here to watch live.
-- House Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 20 ‘Wellhead To Stovetop’ Hearing On Natural Gas In PA; Will They Mention $70 Million In Pipeline Penalties Assessed So Far? [PaEN]
-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. 5 In-Person, Virtual Public Meeting On PA Health Studies Of Natural Gas Development In Southwest PA [PaEN]
-- Natural Gas, Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Are NOT Required To Carry Insurance Or Show They Can Pay For Damages If They Explode, Leak Or Kill Someone [PaEN]
-- Exceptional Value Water Quality Designation, State Forest Land, River Honors Were Not Enough To Protect Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Drilling & Pipelines In Lycoming County - By Friends Of The 'Sock [PaEN]
-- DEP To Host Virtual Hearing Oct. 5 On Transco Natural Gas Pipeline Project Affecting 7 Counties
-- BobScaping Blog: Proposed Westmoreland Landfill Leachate Evaporator - 45,000 Gallons/Day [Westmoreland Landfill Accepts Fracking Waste]
-- PA PUC: Cost Of Natural Gas Provided By Major Utilities In PA Increased As Much As 154% Over Last Year [PaEN]
-- Republicans On Senate Committee OK Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw: [Republicans] On Senate Environmental Committee Oppose Manganese Regulation
-- House Republicans Introduce Bill To Prohibit Financial Institutions From Protecting Their Investments From The Risks Of Climate Change, Discriminatory Practices, Poor Business Ethics [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: July Outage At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Released 11 Tons Of Pollutants, New Information Shows
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Allegheny County Health Dept. Urged To Do More After July 4 U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Outage
-- DEP To Host Sept. 13 Virtual Roundtable To Celebrate The 60th Anniversary Of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Publication [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/Tribune Democrat: David McCullough, Author Of ‘The Johnstown Flood’ Remembered Fondly In City Where His Career Took Off
-- Scranton Times: Many Parts Of Northeast PA See 4 Inches Of Rain
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Aqua PA Bails Out Of Bucks Sewer System Sale Talks After Commissioners Signal Thumbs Down
-- Reading Eagle Editorial: Water Conservation Can Make A Difference
-- Public Source: State Policies Could Prevent PA From Taking Full Advantage Of New Federal Climate, Energy Law To Promote Solar Energy Expansion
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Regional Transit Commits To Zero-Emission Bus Fleet
-- Republican Herald: 7 Penn State Students, 1 Faculty Member Affected By Chemical Spill At Schuylkill Campus
-- Penn State Dept. Of Geography Hosts Sept. 9 Online Coffee Hour On Youth Movements And Politics Of Climate Change
-- Graham Packaging Named A Sustainability Leadership Award Winner [PaEN]
-- Rodale Institute/Organic Farmers Assn.: September Organic Voice Magazine
-- Post-Gazette: Beauty Blooms To Honor 9/11 Heroes At Remember Me Rose Garden
-- Post-Gazette: On A Trip Across the 9/11 Trail, He Was Flagging; It Felt Great
-- Post-Gazette: You, Too, Can Pedal On The 9/11 Trail This Fall
-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Receives $1 Million For Park, Conservation And Recreation Projects
-- Reading Eagle: $548,000 Coming To Berks County To Improve Recreation, Conserve Natural Resources
-- DCNR: Statewide ‘Walk With A Doc’ Campaign Promotes Health And Nature
-- DCNR Blog: Ending At The Beginning - Loop Trails
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Special Needs Playground Damaged, May Wants Those Responsible Caught
-- Republican Herald: Dustin’s Adventureland All-Inclusive Playground Opens In Minersville
-- TribLive: Alphabet Trail And Tales Returns To Frick Park After 2-Year Hiatus
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Gabriel Chamber Ensemble Music On The Mountain Sept. 10
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Ginseng Hunting Season - A Look At Its Roots And Rewards
-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: September Pennsylvania Nature News
-- Centre Daily Times: Penns Valley Woman Places In Top 10 At International Fly Fishing Contest
-- PennLive: Reptiles, Amphibians Join Scorpions, Millipedes And More As Bug-O-Rama Comes To Hershey Gardens Sept. 11
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Presents Accessible Bird Days, Sept. 20 & 24
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Now Is The Time To Stock Up On Ammo For Hunting In PA
-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Fish Commission Wants To Change Regs For Private Trout Fisheries, What Does A Hatchery Owner Think?
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Gasoline Prices: They’re Down, Then They’re Up, Now They’re Down, But Why?
-- U.S. EIA: Short-Term Energy Outlook Projects Continued Natural Gas Price Increases Thru 2022
-- Bloomberg: New UK Prime Minister Lifts Shale Gas Fracking Ban To Boost Fuel Supply
-- Financial Times: U.S. Natural Gas Rescue Plan For Europe Threatens Domestic U.S. Backlash As Prices Surge To Triple What They Were
-- Reuters: EIA: U.S. Natural Gas Output And Demand To Hit Record Highs In 2022 [But Maybe Not In PA ]
-- Reuters: Top Shale Executive Says U.S. Oil Output Gains To Disappoint
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
-- Reuters: EIA: U.S. Power Use To Reach Record High In 2022 As Economy Grows
-- Reuters: How U.S. Regulators Allow Ethanol Plants To Pollute More Than Oil Refineries
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive Editorial: House/Senate Redistricting Legal Bills Are Cost Of Putting Party Before People
-- Politics PA: Could Toni Shuppe From Audit The Vote PA Be PA’s Next Head Of State Elections Under A Mastriano Administration?
-- Erie Times: 5 Seats The PA Republicans Feels It Can Flip To Secure Veto-Proof State Senate Majority
-- TribLive: Fetterman Agrees To 1 Debate With Dr. Oz In U.S. Senate Race
-- PennLive - John Baer: Biden And Ex-President, Thought Not On The Ballot, Dominate Politics And Polarization
-- Gov. Wolf Expands Voter Registration Access For Eligible Pennsylvanians
-- York Dispatch: Petition For Voter Referendum To Throw Out Dominion Voting Machines In York County Falls Short Of Signatures
-- Gov. Wolf Highlights $355 Million Commitment To Safer Communities, Announces Opening Of Violence Intervention Programs
-- TribLive: Wolf Announces $100 Million In New Funds To Curb Gun Violence
-- Reading Eagle: Explosions Heard Near Reading Were Part Of Bomb Squad Training Exercise On Fritz Island
-- TribLive: Pine-Richland School Officials Taking ‘Appropriate Next Steps’ To Address Racist Homecoming Sign
-- Auditor General DeFoor Reports On PA Turnpike Debt, Calls Annual Toll Increases To Fund PennDOT Programs Unsustainable
-- Post-Gazette: Investors Fear Millions Lost In PA’s Latest Crypto Currency Scandal
-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Craft Operators Support Bill To Brew Beer, Distill Spirits In Same Location As Pocono ‘Beverage Trail’ Takes Off
-- WESA: University Of Pittsburgh Spent $750,000 Lobbying For State Budget Fight, 9 Times Their Usual Amount
-- TribLive: Duquesne Law School Renamed After $50 Million Gift From Thomas R. Kline
-- MCall: One Lehigh Valley Health Network Skeptical Of New COVID Booster Vaccine Effectiveness
-- Spotlight PA: New Maps Will Help Decide Where Up To $1 Billion In Federal Money Goes For PA Broadband Expansion
-- Inquirer: 6 Takeaways From A New Report On Philadelphia’s Property Tax System
-- PA Capital-Star: Poll: PA Voters Back Dreamers, Path To Citizenship For Undocumented
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[Posted: September 8, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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