House holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22
Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
June 6-- Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Cindy Adams Dunn to be Secretary of DCNR. Room 8E-B East Wing. 12:30. Click Here to watch online.
June 7-- Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee informational briefing on carbon capture. Room 8E-B East Wing. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education [PaEN]
-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring
-- Utility Dive: PJM, PSEG, Other Electric Generators Urge FERC To Reject Natural Gas-Fired, Other Generator Pleas To Drop Winter Storm Elliott Nonperformance Penalties
-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Announces Rate Increase [For Those Who Do Not Shop For Electricity]
-- TribLive Editorial: Increased Electric Bills Are Power Struggle
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports First Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Down 118 Billion Cubic Feet Since It Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021; Price Down Over 45% In Last Year [PaEN]
-- CNX Releases 2022 Sustainability Report Highlighting Local Environmental, Social, Governance Approach
-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits
-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining Could Be PA’s Next Big Environmental Threat, We Need To Treat It That Way - By Clean Air Council
-- Inquirer: Wildfire Smoke From Nova Scotia In Air Over Philly This Week May Be Unprecedented
-- TribLive: 40 Pittsburgh Schools To Shift To Remote Learning Thursday Due To Heat
-- TribLive: Climate Change, Pollution, Weather Impact Start, Severity Of Allergy Season
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways
-- WHYY: Philly ‘Water Bar’ Back At City Hall To Let You Taste The Tap Water
-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District
-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record
-- AP: It’s Time To Prepare For The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season
-- PA Capital-Star: ‘Agriculture Is Central To Our Growth’: Shapiro Attends Opening Of Carbon County Farm’s Greenhouse
-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Firm Building Vertical Farm In Luzerne County Shuts Down
-- Post-Gazette: Owner Puts Braddock Plant Up For Sale 7 Months After Vertical Farm Closed
-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Host Household Chemical Collection Events In Fayette, Washington Counties In June [PaEN]
-- Protecting Clean Water Together - Disposing Of The Hard Stuff - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: PPL To Host Small Appliance Recycling Event At Frackville Center June 3
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: ‘Advanced’ Plastics Recycling Is Real And Erie Is Poised To Lead The Nation Forward - By IRG
-- Keep PA Beautiful, DCED Host June 13 Webinar On How Your Community Can ‘Fight Dirty’ - A Review Of Anti-Littering Media Assets, Tools And Resources [PaEN]
-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Proposal To Allow Some e-Bikes On Trails At Jakes Rocks In Allegheny National Forest Still Under Review
-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Little Explorers Get ‘Down In The Dirt’ June 10
-- Nature At Risk: Are Bats Flying Back From The Brink? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Annual Pollinator And Garden Faire Planned For June 17 In Halifax, Dauphin County
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: Natural Gas Grid Congestion Soars As EU Pivots From Russian Fuel
-- Bloomberg: Asian Natural Gas Premium Puts Europe In Competition For LNG This Summer
-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Unused Coal Heads To New Shores In Post-Crisis Glut
Other States/National/International
-- USDA NRCS Promotes National Dam Safety Awareness Day
-- Financial Times: Renewable Energy Drive To Lift Capacity By A Third In 2023, IEA Says
-- WPost - Timothy Puko: Why The Federal Debt Deal Infuriates Climate Activists
-- AP: Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ And In Danger Zone In Nearly All Ecological Ways, Study Says
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Election Advisory Board Agnostic On Voter ID
-- Politics PA: Republican Senators Coleman, Dush Propose Option For Voters To Change Mind On Mail-In Votes
-- WESA: Eugene DePasquale Launches Bid In Crucial 2024 Attorney General Race
-- City & State PA: Potential Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Dave McCormick: ‘America Need To Go To The Gym’
-- Spotlight PA: Secret Meetings By Board Overseeing PA’s $1 Billion In Opioid Settlements Draw Criticism
-- AP: Teachers Leaving Their Jobs At An Accelerating Rate In PA, New Study Finds
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Man Convicted Of Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- PennLive - John Baer: Open Letter To Washington ‘Leaders’ On That Federal Debt Ceiling Thing
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[Posted: June 1, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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