Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.11.23

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House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

-- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13, 14

Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

-- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m.  Visit the Board webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Laura Griffin at laurgriffi@pa.gov or (717) 772-3277.  Read more here.

TODAY 1:00: House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee information meeting on organic production in PA.  Rodale Institute Visitor’s Center, Kutztown.  1:00 p.m.

-- TODAY: DEP Issues Air Quality Action Day Alert For Liberty-Clairton Area, Allegheny County

-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Meets April 20 On Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Outdoor Recreation Economic Potential ‘Bigger’ Than Natural Gas, DCNR Secretary Says

-- Utility Dive: FERC Gives PJM Flexibility For Handling Member Defaults Related To Paying Nonperformance Penalties For Winter Storm Elliot As More Power Generators Seek Protection 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Rep. Struzzi Holds Out Hope PJM May Keep Coal-Fired Homer City Power Plant Open

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: TeamPA Adds New Partner - Shell, Provides Details On Regional Hydrogen Hub

-- EQT Natural Gas In Partnership To Manage 1,000 Acres Of Forest In West Virginia As Carbon Offsets

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Hydroelectric Project On Susquehanna River In York County Draws Controversy, Would Flood 580 Acres 

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PUC Without Executive Director, Chief Counsel

-- PUC Seeks Public Comments On Utility Consumer Assistance Programs

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: April 17 Webinar On Green Steel In The Ohio River Valley - Mon Valley Works Possibilities  [PaEN]

-- EPA Awards Allegheny County $10 Million Grant To Replace Diesel With Electric Buses In Mon Valley  [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Transit To Buy 4 Electric Buses For Mon Valley With $10 Million EPA Grant

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: How To Weather Spring Storms Using Green Infrastructure At Home

-- Observer-Report Editorial: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Plan Serves Economy, Environment, Shapiro Should Stay The Course 

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Applications For College Scholarship Program  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Wilkes University To Host Lecture On Solving Environmental Problems April 24

-- Register Now For 2023 Delaware River Sojourn On June 17-23  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy: Sign Up For April 15 Stream Cleanup, Volunteers Needed  

-- Scranton Times: Brush Fire Envelops Bell Mountain

-- Altoona Mirror: Brush Fires On The Rise In Blair County, Avoid Burning

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Offers Guidance For Leek Collecting

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Process A Pond Goes Through As It Thaws Is Quite Amazing

-- Williamsport Sun: Bald Eagles Topic At Little Pine State Park April 15

-- Williamsport Sun: Ricketts Glen State Park Reopens Falls Trail For Season

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: Increased Demand, OPEC+ Oil Production Cut Contribute To Rising Gasoline Prices

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA Average $3.69; National Average $3.60

Other States/National/International

-- NPR: Law To Have Federal Buildings Stop Using Natural Gas Never Implemented

-- AP: New EPA Car Emission Standards To Push Huge Increase In Electric Vehicle Sales

-- NPR: Businesses Face More Pressure From Investors To Act On Climate Change

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive/Inquirer: PA Democrats Aim To Appeal To Working-Class Voters With Policy, Symbolism, Some Anger

-- TribLive Editorial: Clarence Thomas Situation Shows Why Harrisburg Politicians Need Gift Ban

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: How Harrisburg Works: PA House Majority, Rules vs. Bills, Taxpayer Money For Twitter Blue

-- Politics PA: Young Voters Came Out Big In PA In 2022

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[Posted: April 11, 2023]  PA Environment Digest