Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.2.23

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House holds Regular Session 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 

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More  [PaEN] 

-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Footprint For June 2  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Examine Climate Issues Related To Proposed Hydrogen Hub

-- Senate, House Lawmakers Announce Co-Chairs For Legislative Coal Caucus

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation  [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards $1 Million To Support 73 Local Projects To Educate, Engage Youth And Adults In Improving The Environment In Their Communities  [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest  [PaEN] 

-- Pike Conservation District: Homeowner's Checklist For Watershed-Friendly Home - By: Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist  [PaEN] 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Victims Of 1889 Johnstown Flood Remembered At National Memorial

-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier

-- Guest Essay: Consider Health Risks When Sealing Driveways And Parking Lots - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper June 2 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dirty Water Deed [U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection]

-- June 3 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- AG Henry, Office Of Consumer Advocate Urge Pennsylvanians To Shop For Electricity, Natural Gas Suppliers; Be Aware Of Door-To-Door Solicitation 

-- Inquirer: PGW, PECO Gas Customers To See Lower Bills Soon

-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Partners Host June 8 Webinar - Solar Successes & Lessons Learned From PA School Case Studies  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pine-Richland School District Launches Pilot Program To Test Viability Of Electric Buses

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Considering $2.2 Million Study On LED Streetlight Conversion

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter

-- The Allegheny Front Wins 3 Golden Quill Awards And Best In Show

-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Register Now!  Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23 

-- Asbury Woods Environmental Ed Center 5 Mile Trail Run In Erie June 10

-- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter - Checklist For Travelers; Business Resources; Online Learning Opportunities; More

-- Western PA Conservancy: June 27 Webinar - Pollinator Habitat - Build It And They Will Come, Noon 

-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News - Supporting Native Bees; Make Your Property Pollinator Friendly; Much More  

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

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

-- Wall Street Journal: Exxon, Chevron Near Deals To Drill In Natural Gas-Rich Algeria; Proximity To Europe Makes It Attractive To U.S. Drillers With Cash To Invest

-- Reuters: Column: U.S. Oil And Natural Gas Output Still Rising In Response To High Prices Last Year

Other States/National/International

-- U.S. DOE: Applications Being Accepted For $45 Million To Improve Energy Efficiency In Nonprofit Buildings, Deadline June 29

-- EnergyWire: FERC Aims To Fix The Grid’s Renewable Energy Project Connection Backlog - Can It?

-- The Economist: Global Fertility Has Collapsed, With Profound Economic Consequences

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Progressives Make Gains In PA’s Biggest Counties Despite Establishment Democrats

-- City & State PA: A Q&A With Republican Christine Todd Whitman - Not Left, Not Right - Forward

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports May Tax Collections $46.1 Million Below Its Estimates; Year-To-Date Revenues $1.2 Billion Above Estimates

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports May State Revenue $84.9 Million Below IFO Estimates; Year-To-Date Up $2.45 Billion Above Estimates

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: State Treasurer - PA Had $437 Million Investment Income, Treasurer Says Stash It Away

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[Posted:  June 2, 2023]  PA Environment Digest