House holds Regular Session Feb. 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8
-- House Budget Hearing Schedule
-- March 7 Governor’s Budget Address
Senate returns to voting session Feb. 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8
-- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
DEP Advisory: DEP Forms Application Will Be Unavailable March 3-4 Due To Maintenance
-- Bay Journal: PA Conventional Gas Wells Routinely Abandoned, Left Unplugged - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Senate Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability: Natural Gas Continues To Have Reliability Problems; Renewables Aren’t Coming Online Fast Enough; Energy Office To Be Proposed [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Study Shows Renewable Energy Sources Not Coming Online Fast Enough To Replace Fossil Fuel Plants; Critical Path Analysis Started To Avoid Grid Reliability Risks [PaEN]
-- Latest PJM Interconnection Electricity Capacity Auction Shows Price Decrease, But Mixed Results In PA [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PJM Launches Fast-Track Capacity Market Reform Process In Face Of Shrinking Generation Reserve Margins
-- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bills On Decommissioning Solar Energy Facilities, Limiting 1 Use Of PFAS Chemicals, Resolution Calling For Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Approves Permits For Transco’s 7-County Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Project
-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Made In America To Made In Appalachia And PA’s Second-Largest Natural Gas Producing County - By Washington County Chamber of Commerce
-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Customers To See Slight Drop In Electricity Costs [After Natural Gas Price Spikes Ease]
-- Inquirer: As Utility Costs Rise, Small Business Owners Must Get Creative: Electricity Costs Up 75% Since Jan. 2021 [Primarily Due To Natural Gas Prices Spikes]
-- Inquirer: Philly Natural Gas Customers To See Lower Cost For Gas Starting Wednesday, But PGW Asked For Base Rate Increase
-- PUC Reminds Consumers Of Deadline To Register For March 9 Hearing On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Normalization Bill Adjustment
-- Feb. 27: Shapiro Davis Administration Opening PA Health Resource Center In Beaver County Tuesday; Healthcare Providers Webinar; Door-To-Door Health Survey [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Scientists Answer Questions On Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Experts Agreed That Pittsburghers Are Probably Safe, But Maybe Not Residents In Beaver, Butler Counties
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Senate Hearing: Federal Regulators Tie PA’s Hands On Hazmat Train Safety [Senate Transportation Committee hearing video, testimony]
-- PennLive: PA Senate Panel Learns There’s Little State Can Do To Implement Own Railway Rules
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Senate Consider Issuing Subpoena To Norfolk Southern To Compel Testimony
-- Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Federal Office Of Surface Mining Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program Changes
-- Williamsport Sun: Protection Of Lycoming Creek Water Quality Topic Of March 1 Meeting By Susquehanna Chapter Trout Unlimited
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Names Joe Hallinan New Manager, Erin Via Logistics Specialist For PA-Wide Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership [PaEN]
-- Londonderry Twp/Local Conservation Partners Host 1-Mile Fun Run & Field Day For Clean Water In Elizabethtown, Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- PA American Water Seeking Entries For Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest [PaEN]
-- Penn State Launches Statewide Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring Network
-- MCall: Foes Line Up To Oppose Bethlehem Landfill Expansion
-- Williamsport Sun: Locals Encouraged To Take Survey On Proposed Encina Plastics Recycling Plant Along Susquehanna’s North Branch
-- Inquirer: Meet The Danville Man Determined To Climb The Tallest Tree In All 67 PA Counties To Draw Attention To Forest Threats
-- WeConservePA: Federal Fish & Wildlife Funding Used To Expand Existing State Parks In Pennsylvania
-- Help Wanted: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Public Engagement Coordinator
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: One Of The Founders Of Erie Steelhead Fishing Program Left A Legacy Behind
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bowers: Reflections In Nature - Cold Weather Has Not Affected Wildlife
Ohio/PA Train Derailment
-- Feb. 27: Shapiro Davis Administration Opening PA Health Resource Center In Beaver County Tuesday; Healthcare Providers Webinar; Door-To-Door Health Survey [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Scientists Answer Questions On Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Experts Agreed That Pittsburghers Are Probably Safe, But Maybe Not Residents In Beaver, Butler Counties
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Senate Hearing: Federal Regulators Tie PA’s Hands On Hazmat Train Safety [Senate Transportation Committee hearing video, testimony]
-- PennLive: PA Senate Panel Learns There’s Little State Can Do To Implement Own Railway Rules
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Senate Consider Issuing Subpoena To Norfolk Southern To Compel Testimony
-- USA Today: Experts Say Trains Are Becoming Less Safe: ‘Disasters Like East Palestine Will Be More And More Prevalent’
-- PA Capital-Star: Federal Railroad Administration: Over Last 10 Years, Norfolk Southern Had 163 Train Derailments, 2.9 Hazardous Material Releases Per Year
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Resume Fall On Worrisome Inflation Figures, Analyst Says
-- Inquirer: Philly Natural Gas Customers To See Lower Cost For Gas Starting Wednesday, But PGW Asked For Base Rate Increase
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Recede Following Record Demand Cut, Natural Gas Use Saw Its Steepest Drop In Recorded History
New Federal Climate/Energy Law
Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Other States/National/International
-- Bloomberg: BP CEO Says More Oil & Gas Investment Good For Climate Fight
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Lt. Gov. Davis Teases Shapiro’s Spending Priorities [‘Equitable Education’]
-- Spotlight PA: See House Your PA County Ranks On Voter Friendliness
-- AP: Fetterman ‘On Path To Recovery,’ Will Be Out For More Weeks
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[Posted: February 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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