Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.16.23

Are You Telling Your Story?

House holds Regular Session May 22, 23, 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22

-- Committee Schedule

Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


NOTICE: PA Environment Digest will be CLOSED Election Day, May 16.


May 22-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds hearing on hydrogen hubs and climate change.  Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.


May 23-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 1032 (Fiedler-D-Philadelphia) establishing a Solar Energy For Schools Grant Program [Read more here]; House Resolution 79 (Pisciottano-D-Allegheny) urging the Biden Administration and Congress to designate Pennsylvania as a hydrogen hub.  Room G-50 Irvis Building.  9:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.


-- Olympus Energy Shale Gas Driller Expresses Fear Municipalities Will Use Their DEP Compliance Record With Hundreds Of Violations To Help Make Local Land Use Decisions On Oil & Gas Infrastructure Projects  [PaEN]


-- State Agencies Hold Small Business Resources Fair May 17 In Beaver County To Help Community Recover From Impacts Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN]


-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show: Holding Fossil Fuel Companies To Account May 19 At 4:00 p.m. 


-- Utility Dive: PJM To Offer Incentives For ‘Black Start’ Electric Generators, Allow Wind, Solar, Energy Storage To Qualify As Power Plants


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PJM Interconnection Says Regional Electric Grid Can Meet Summer Power Needs


-- Elk County Conservation District, 9 Other Districts Partner To Host Regional Forest Landowners Workshop June 17 In Ridgway  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Franklin Regional School District, Westmoreland Conservation District Seek Grant For Haymaker Run Environmental Center Near School 


-- NextPittsburgh: YMCA’s Camp Kon-O-Kwee Spencer Immerses Western PA Students In Environmental Education


-- Beaver Times Guest Essay: High School Students Invited To Enroll In Summer Sustainability Institute


-- USDA NRCS Seeks Members For Federal Advisory Committee For Urban Agriculture, Innovative Production


-- PA Recycling Markets Center May 31 Webinar Environmental Justice Issues For Recycling Facilities, 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.


-- Williamsport Sun: Third-Annual Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week Was A Success


-- Warren Times: Trash, Hundreds Of Tires Collected During Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup


-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Trail To Bring Tourism, Recreational Opportunities To Frackville


-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Highlights PA Native Species Day, DEP EE Grants Open In August, Summer EE Activities  [PaEN]


-- Williamsport Sun: Little Pine, Hyner Run State Parks Offer Education Programs


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Lilac Bushes Are In Bloom And Provide Beautiful Smell


-- Fish & Boat Commission Announces Awards For Outstanding Achievements In Law Enforcement By Waterways Conservation Officers


-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Benefit For The Birds Online Auction Thru May 31


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: Germany Scales Down LNG Natural Gas Terminal Plans As Supply Crisis Eases


-- Reuters: U.S. Shale Oil Production Set To Rise To Highest On Record In June, EIA


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: PA’s Mail-In Voting Law Gets Beaten Up On Republican Campaign Trail

-- TribLive: Lawmakers Push For Earlier Presidential Primary

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[Posted: May 16, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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