Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8
-- March 7-- Governor’s Budget Address
House returns to voting session ??????
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- Damascus Citizens For Sustainability Files Lawsuit Challenging The Delaware River Basin Commission Fracking Wastewater Rule Generally And For Allowing Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Creating Widespread Pollution [PaEN]
-- House Republicans Name Advocate For Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Rep. Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee [PaEN]
-- PUC: Act 13 Per Well Drilling Impact Fee To Increase For Calendar Year 2022 Nearly 28% For Unconventional Shale Gas Wells [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Solar Energy Is Set To Boom In The Pittsburgh Region
-- WJAC: Environmentalists Question Elk County Crypto-Mining Proposal: ‘Nobody Heats Their Home With Crypto’
-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]
-- BroadandLiberty.com Guest Essay: Cooperation, Not Partisanship, Will Solve Pennsylvania’s Environmental Challenges - Sen. Scott Martin (R-Lancaster), Chair Interstate Chesapeake Bay Commission
-- KDKA: Washington County Country Club Fined For Chartiers Creek Fish Kill
-- Shippensburg News-Chronicle: Stream Of Consciousness - What Is A Watershed? [Generated By ChatGPT - Even An A.I. Knows The Value Of Protecting Watersheds]
-- USDA NRCS Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture & Innovative Production Grants, March 27 Deadline
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: CNX Natural Gas Will Continue Stock Buyback Program Which Already Spent $868 Million: ‘And We’re Potentially Just Getting Started’ [DEP Compliance Database Shows CNX had 214 environmental violations over last 2 years, including abandoning wells without plugging them]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX To See Return To Normal Natural Gas Production This Year After failure Of Well In Central PA
-- U.S. EIA: Over The Last 20 Years, Natural Gas Displaced Most Coal-Fired Electric Generation In PA [From 2% Of Generation To 52% In 2021]
-- PennFuture Blog: What We Learned During Christmas Deep Freeze - You Can’t Rely On Natural Gas To Generate Electric Power When It’s Cold - By Rob Altenburg
-- PJM’s Preliminary Review Of Christmas Storm Electric Generation Failures Shows Natural Gas Units Failed To Provide Power At Over Triple The Rate Of Other Generation [PaEN]
-- Reuters: Winter Storm Elliot In December Hit Oil Production, Refinery Sites With Freeze-Ins, Equipment Failures
-- DEP Issues Revised Air Quality General Permit For Natural Gas, Oil-Fired Small Combustion Units Up To 100 Million Btu/Hour [Final Document Not Yet Posted]
-- Scranton Times: UGI Files Request To Raise Electric Rates Again
-- MCall: PPL Electric Customers Seeing Shocking Bill Increases; Here’s What The Company Says Is To Blame
-- Scranton Times: PPL Customers Shocked By Sky-High Electric Bills
-- PennLive: PPL Says It Fixed Problems That Led To Shocking Bills For Electricity Customers
-- Spotlight PA: How PA Homeowners Can Apply For Utility And Mortgage Assistance
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Feb. 15 Webinar On What Can PA Hope To Achieve Or Make Progress On Climate Issues This Year? 7:00 p.m.
-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Consent Decree Explained
-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Underground Mine Map Grant Program
-- Keep PA Beautiful, PalmettoPride Present Multi-State Litter Law Enforcement Study [PaEN]
-- Keep PA Beautiful Community News & Resources: Sign Up For These Anti-Litter Programs; Land & Water Stewards; Road & Area Adoption Programs
-- January 27 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 106-Acre Chester County Golf Course Is Becoming A Public Park
-- Scranton Times: Keystone Tree Fund Helps Plant Trees
-- Warren Times: Warren Public Library To Host Bee-Focused Events In March
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: Freeport, Texas LNG Natural Gas Export Plant Gets OK To Take Early Steps To Restart
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Extends Weekly Loss With Eyes On Weather, Texas LNG Export Plant Might Resume Shipments
-- Bloomberg: Chevron Posts Record 2022 Profit, Bolstering $75 Billion Stock Buyback Plan
Other States/National/International
-- The Guardian: U.S. Renters Worry About Living With Natural Gas Stoves Amid Health Concerns, Lack Choice Of Which Appliances To Use
-- Bloomberg: Amazon Climate Disaster Could Cascade Across Earth, New Study Shows
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: PA House Closed For Business, But Lawmakers Still Getting Paid; Here’s How Much Gridlock Is Costing Taxpayers
-- Politics PA: Has Time Run Out For Child Sexual Abuse Survivors, Again? Jan. 27 Deadline For May 16 Primary Election
-- Inquirer: Rep. Joanna McClinton Unsure If She’ll Be PA’s First Female House Speaker
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: To Really Fix Harrisburg We Need To Fix The PA Constitution To Make Permanent Reforms In Operating Rules Of Senate, House - By Patrick Beaty
-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Republicans File Appeal Seeking Senate Impeachment Trial Of Philly DA
-- Inquirer: Fetterman Gets Committee Assignments On Agriculture, Banking And Environment
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA’s Job Market Distances Itself From Pandemic Effects
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: PA’s Slashed Corporate Tax Rate Still Lags
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[Posted: January 27, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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