Sunday, March 19, 2023

Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.19.23

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House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

     -- Committee Schedule

     -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22

Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

     -- Committee Schedule

     -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


MONDAY 10:00: Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee hearing to question Alan Shaw, CEO of Norfolk Southern on the Ohio/PA train derailment. Room 8E-B Capitol. Click Here to watch liveClick Here to read more on agenda.


Budget Hearings:

-- March 21: Senate Budget Hearing - DCNR 9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.

-- March 22: Senate Budget Hearing - DEP  9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.

-- March 22: House Budget Hearing - Agriculture 1:00 p.m.  Click Here to watch live.

-- March 23: House Budget Hearing - DCNR 10:00 a.m./ DEP  1:00 p.m. Watch live.

-- March 28: Senate Budget Hearing - Agriculture 1:00 p.m. Click Here to watch live.


-- 74 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]


-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults [PaEN]


-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]


-- Fox43: Activists Raise Concerns About Toxic Water Disposal At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant


-- WHYY: Connecting With The Schuylkill River, A Walk To Celebrate World Water Day


-- The New Yorker Book Review: Searching For Unfamiliar Terrain In ‘The Nature Book’ By Tom Comitta  


-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Why Your Electric/Natural Gas Utility Bill Has Gone Up And What You Can Do About It - By Patrick Cicero, Consumer Advocate Of PA, Terrance Fitzpatrick, Energy Assn. Of PA  [Natural Gas Prices Tripled]


-- UnionProgress.com: West Mifflin, Allegheny County Stays Current With EV Charging Stations, Electric Cars, And Police Truck


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Major Pittsburgh Region Projects Move Forward In 2023: Carrie Furnace, Hazelwood Green [Brownfield Redevelopment]


-- Courier Times: DEP Can’t Test ‘Horrible Odor’ Coming From Bucks County Farm Commercial Composting, Mulching Operation Because Of State Law


-- Inquirer: Philly, Neighboring PA Counties Under National Weather Service Elevated Risk For Wildfires


-- Tree Pittsburgh: Western PA Wild Ones - Native Plant Symposium March 29  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Sustainable Backyard Workshop April 22 In Mt. Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland County


-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Web Of Wetlands At Middle Creek Wildlife Area To Get Makeover To Help All Kinds Of Wildlife 


Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: After 2 Centuries, A Dairy Farm Family In Lawrence County Worries For The Future Across The State Line From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment 


-- Scranton Times Editorial: Create Federal Fund For Rail Crashes To Make Sure Communities, Emergency Responders Are Made Whole


-- AP: Pro-Moscow Voices Tried To Steer Ohio Train Disaster Debate


6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Why Your Electric/Natural Gas Utility Bill Has Gone Up And What You Can Do About It - By Patrick Cicero, Consumer Advocate Of PA, Terrance Fitzpatrick, Energy Assn. Of PA  [Natural Gas Prices Tripled]


Other States/National/International


-- The Guardian: US Utility Firms Spent Big Preparing Power Grid For Storms And Still Failed


-- The Guardian: Older Americans To Blockade Banks In Climate Protest: ‘We Have Money And Power’


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Even Republicans Applauded Gov. Shapiro’s Budget, But Now The Hard Work Begins - By Mark Singel

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Still Too Early To Let Guard Down On COVID

-- WPost: Investigation Into Assault On U.S. Capitol Is Only Half Done; 1,000 People Arrested For Their Alleged Roles; 1,200 More May Be Charged

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[Posted: March 19, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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