PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 National- $3.28 National- $3.28 National- $3.28

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. National- $3.66 National- $3.66 National- $3.66 National- $3.66

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In the Nile River basin last week, a political power shift in Sudan could turn up the heat on a long-simmering dispute over a major dam in the region. The proposed amendment is a brief but powerful statement of principle, according to John Dernbach, a law professor at Widener University Commonwealth Law School.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Million Barrel A Day Oil Cut Thru December -- Reuters Column: US Oil And Gas Output Nears Peak In Delayed Response To High Prices In Mid-2022 Train Derailments -- PA Capital-Star: PA Cong.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Jim Gregory, A Child Sexual Abuse Survivor, Asks Fellow Republicans To Unbundle Constitutional Amendments -- Politics PA: Has Time Run Out For Child Sexual Abuse Survivors, Again? Shapiro -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Won’t Share Daily Calendar, A Departure From Previous Governors -- Scranton Times Editorial: Open Opioid Meetings, Reveal Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2023

News: Norfolk Southern Train Got Alarm Before Train Derailment In New Castle, Lawrence County - NTSB -- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion -- PUC Alerts Consumers To Electricity Price Changes Coming June 1-- From 20.7%

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- Gov. National- $3.12 National- $3.12 National- $3.12

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- AP: Gov. Shapiro Says Millions Will Go To Help Train Workers For Infrastructure Projects -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Here’s What Gov. Shapiro Says About Permitting Reform In PA -- Budget 2023 -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Energy Firms Use Ukraine War To Lock In Long-Term Natural Gas Contracts -- The Guardian: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. 2020 Election Distraction Yet To Go Away -- National Politics -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Government Is An Invasive Species - By Republican Cong. Shapiro -- WPost Guest Essay: We Fixed I-95 In 12 Days, Here Are Our Lessons For U.S. Infrastructure - By Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Daryl Metcalfe, Majority Chair of the House Environment Resources and Energy Committee, announced a September 20 “Wellhead to Stovetop - Conveying Energy in PA” hearing on natural gas and pipelines in Pennsylvania. In a March hearing, Rep. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The hearing also did not tackle the issue of why Pennsylvanians, sitting on top of one of the richest natural gas reservoirs in the world, have been subjected to natural gas cost increases of as much as 154 percent over the last year from utilities. Or, why a Susquehanna County Gas Company is proposing to raise rates 33.2

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In rejecting this argument, the Court explicitly relied on a joint amicus brief from Clean Air Council , PennFuture , and Widener University Commonwealth Law School. In February 2021, the DRBC banned high-volume hydraulic fracking within the Delaware River Basin. In short, this case was nothing short of political posturing.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

On January 20, the natural gas industry and Senate Republicans launched an effort to unleash the industry by reducing regulations, requiring automatic approval of permits and limiting opportunities for public review of permits at a hearing of the Senate Republican Policy Committee in Pittsburgh. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Wolf signed into law House Bill 1059 (Hickernell-R-Lancaster) that provides $106.6 million in annual taxpayer subsidies to manufacturing and other businesses that use natural gas and hydrogen in their operations for at least 20 years. Increase In Base Delivery Charge; Separate Cost Of Gas Up 127.8% Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- Transition - Governor -- AP: Shapiro Taps Longtime Aides For Top Jobs In Governor’s Office -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Gov.-Elect Increase In Natural Gas Rates By Valley Energy, Bradford County [PA’s #3 County In Natural Gas Production] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 9.2%

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2022

John Yudichak (I-Luzerne), who Senate Republicans appointed as Majority Chair of the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee, called opponents of natural gas infrastructure projects “radical environmentalists” and arguments by supporters of the RGGI carbon pollution reduction regulations covering power plants “hysteria.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

According to the forecast, while economy-wide CO 2 emissions decrease from 2022 to 2037 due primarily to the growth in renewable energy replacing retiring coal plants, emissions do increase after 2037 from increased usage of natural gas. EIA is projecting that natural gas prices will remain low.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2023

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) represent a radical change in federal climate policy. And with divided government at the federal level, these laws may well be the last nationwide legislative actions on climate change for years.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Mitchell Hescox is the president of the Evangelical Environmental Network ; Jacquelyn Omotalade , JD, Public Policy Manager, Environmental Health Project ; Melissa Ostroff , MPH - Pennsylvania Field Advocate, Earthworks NewsClips - Don’t Subsidize Natural Gas Pollution: -- Gov. Shapiro, Lt. Davis On Environmental, Energy Issues?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As the region's premier low carbon intensive natural gas development, technology, and applications company, CNX is uniquely positioned to help revolutionize Appalachia, one of the world's most energy abundant regions, into an energy, manufacturing, and technology hub of the future. On December 12, CNX Resources Corp.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2022

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- July 4th -- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Remembering Another July 4th In A Meadow In The Allegheny Mountains South Of Pittsburgh In 1754 -- Congressional Voting Districts -- PA Capital-Star: PA Case On Congressional Voting Districts Takes A Back Seat As U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Post-Gazette: Thornburgh Memorial Service Set For Oct. Oz, Fetterman Have Big Debate Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

Pennsylvania is squarely in the middle of a national debate over “unleashing” our considerable reserves of natural gas to help supply the parts of Europe now dependent on natural gas from Russia. And natural gas is the most valuable commodity Russia has – for now.” And they meant all natural gas imports.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

million in annual taxpayer subsidies to manufacturing and other businesses that use natural gas and hydrogen in their operations for at least 20 years. The bill also more than doubles the tax credit for using natural gas to make petrochemicals or fertilizer from natural gas. Pennsylvania needs to do better….

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- New Voting Districts - Senate, House, Congressional -- Spotlight PA: How Redistricting Could Alter Control Of The Legislature And Other Changes To Watch Nov. Increase In Base Delivery Charge; Separate Cost Of Gas Up 127.8%

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 21, 2022

Senate Race -- Politics PA: New Poll - Fetterman, Shapiro Extend Leads -- WPost: PA U.S. 3 Rally For Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano, Dr. Oz At Mohegan Sun Arena -- U.S. Senate Race No Longer A Tossup As Fetterman Memes Zero In On Dr. Oz’s Wealth -- Erie Times: Fetterman Unveils 5-Point Accountability Plan If Elected To U.S.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This post was originally published on the Law and Political Economy blog as part of a symposium on inflation. In fact, it is abundantly clear that this is a fossil fuel energy crisis and, primarily, a natural gas crisis that is mainly affecting Europe. Photo credit: Matthew Smith, Flickr. In the U.S.,

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2022

Senate Race -- Politics PA: Fox News Poll: Double-Digit Leads For Democrats Shapiro, Fetterman -- Inquirer: Republican Candidate For U.S. Senate Dr. Oz Said He’d Vote Yes On Same Sex Marriage Bill -- Politics PA: Poll: Fetterman, Shapiro Hold Commanding Leads -- AP: Fetterman Harnesses Power Of Social Media In PA U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2022

Grove Amplifies Call For Election Reform, State Officials Push Back On Misinformation -- AP: PA Republicans Again Challenge PA’s Mail-In Voting Law In Court -- WHYY: Voting Rights Lawyers Say Latest PA Republican Mail-In Voting Challenge Is ‘Fueling The Big Lie’ -- Erie Times: How Pending U.S. Oz Pumps Another $2.2 Oz Pumps Another $2.2

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Oct. Nominee Austin Davis Aims To Be ‘Strong Governing Partner’ For Shapiro -- Politics PA: F&M Poll: Fetterman Has 3-Point Edge On Dr. Oz; Shapiro Leads Opponent By 14 For Governor -- Politics PA: Marist Poll: Shapiro +13, Fetterman +10 -- U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2022

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Governor’s Race -- AP: Mastriano Wins Republican Race For Governor -- AP: How PA Republican Governor Pick Could Turn Election Lies Into Action -- The Guardian: Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Governor’s Race -- Erie Times: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Calls Shapiro The ‘Extreme’ Candidate -- Politico: Republican PA Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Threatens To Renege On Testifying Before U.S. House Panel Investigating The Assault On U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2022

But the reaction from investors and oil and natural gas companies was the same as the previous week in many articles in national and international media-- -- “Oil executives less inclined than ever to invest the proceeds from $100-a-barrel crude into new wells.” FYI: There Is No Limit On What Oil/Natural Gas Companies Can Charge You.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- January 17 - Gov.-elect elect Shapiro, Lt. DeLuca -- UnionProgress.com: New PA House Speaker Sets Feb. 7 Dates For 2 House Special Elections To Fill Vacancies -- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Speaker Rozzi Reaffirmed Feb. Of Revenue: December State Revenues $319.9

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