Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.16.22

Are You Telling Your Story?

House returns to session November 16 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session January 1 [Adjourned for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

 

TODAY 11:00: Online. Washington & Jefferson Center For Energy Policy & Managements Webinar: Plugging In - EVS And The Charging Network. 11:00 a.m.  


TODAY Noon to 4:00: Online. PA League of Women Voters, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health 2022 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference.


TODAY Noon: Online. Penn State's 2nd Annual Solar Symposium.  Noon to 4:30 p.m.


TODAY 7:00: Online. PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Webinar: Countering Climate Disinformation In The Media.  7:00 p.m. 


-- PUC Alerts Consumers Utility Natural Gas Costs Will Be Going Up By As Much As 128%, Electric Costs Will Be Going Up By As Much As 34%; Both Driven By Cost Of Natural Gas On World Markets  [PaEN]


-- Canary Media: Charts: Winter Heating Bills To Rise Thanks To High Natural Gas Prices 

 

-- NYT: An Estimated 40 LNG Natural Gas Tankers Still Sitting Off Coasts In Europe, Asia Waiting For Higher Prices Before Unloading Their Fuel


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell’s Petrochemical City In Beaver County Finally Gets Cracking


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Ethane Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Now Operational 


-- Shell: Shell Chemical Appalachia Begins Operators At Polymers Plant In Pennsylvania


-- Public Source: Citizen Scientists Prepare To Monitor Shale Ethane Plant In Beaver County


-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Nov. 21 Webinar On 20 Recommendations For Shell To Improve Transparency & Accountability On Ethane Refinery. 7:00 p.m.


-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: White House Must Not Double Down On Anti-Drilling Agenda


-- PA Environmental Council, Environmental Defense Fund Express Concerns About Legislation Requiring DEP To Apply For Injection Well Primary For Carbon Dioxide Storage  [PaEN]


-- DCNR Discusses Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage Efforts, Announces $6 Million Investment In New Carbon Capture Research Facility  [PaEN]


-- DCED Awards $338,174 Grant To UGI Utilities For Construction Of A Natural Gas Regulation Station In Monroe County


--ChargEVC-PA: Public Utility Commission To Explore Rate Design Solutions For Electric Vehicles


-- Utility Dive: State Regulators Urge PJM To Adopt ‘Circuit Breaker’ To Prevent Extreme Prices In Emergencies [Extreme Weather, Cyberattacks] 


-- Penn State Hosting Dec. 10 Educators Workshop On Pennsylvania KidWind Challenge In State College  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Major Cleanup Effort Transformed Kiski River From Eyesore Into Destination Spot


-- Bay Journal: After 35 Years, Chesapeake Bay Commission Director Ann Swanson Hands Off The Baton


-- PA American Water Charitable Foundation Awards 2022 Workforce Readiness Grants


-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne Levee Fee Will Not Increase In 2023, But Federal Rescue Plan-Funded Rebate Will End


-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Christmas Tree Begins Journey To White House 


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Registration Open For Youth Rivers Conservation, Fly Fishing Camp By Cumberland Valley Chapter TU


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Pennsylvanians See Improved Wildlife Habitat As Important Result Of Prescribed Fire, Study Says

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Outdoor Recreation Sees 4% Increase In Jobs, Report


-- Citizens Voice: Earth Conservancy Unveils Plans For Off-Road Park In Luzerne County


-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport To Host 2023 Endless Mountains Adventure Race


-- Scranton Times Editorial: Outdoor Recreation Drives PA Economy


-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Receives Northeast Environmental Partners Award

 

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

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


-- PUC Alerts Consumers Utility Natural Gas Costs Will Be Going Up By As Much As 128%, Electric Costs Will Be Going Up By As Much As 34%; Both Driven By Cost Of Natural Gas On World Markets  [PaEN]


-- Canary Media: Charts: Winter Heating Bills To Rise Thanks To High Natural Gas Prices 

 

-- NYT: An Estimated 40 LNG Natural Gas Tankers Still Sitting Off Coasts In Europe, Asia Waiting For Higher Prices Before Unloading Their Fuel

 

-- Reuters: EU Supports UN COP27 Call To Phase Down All Fossil Fuels

 

-- Bloomberg: EU Details Proposal To Cap Natural Gas Price At Major Global Hub 

 

-- Bloomberg: Race Is On To Be Next Big U.S. Supplier Of LNG Natural Gas To Fuel-Starved Europe

 

-- Reuters: U.S. Regulator Releases Report Blaming Texas LNG Natural Gas Blast On Inadequate Operating, Testing Procedures

 

Other States/National/International


-- AP: Report: 90% Of U.S. Counties Hit With Disasters In Last Decade


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Senate Republicans Announce Leadership Team For New Session: Sen. Kim Ward Makes History As First Woman Elected Senate President Pro Tempore  [PaEN]

-- AP: PA Senate Picks First Woman As President Pro Tempore

-- TribLive Editorial: A Real Way For Sen. Kim Ward To Make History - Just Make Things Work

-- PA Senate Democratic Caucus Elects New Leadership Team  [PaEN]

-- MCall: New Democratic State Senator From Lehigh Valley To Become Youngest Member In 135 Years

-- TribLive: PA Republicans Give Ex-President’s Campaign Announcement Mixed Reaction

-- Spotlight PA: Luzerne DA Investigating Why County Rain Out Of Paper Ballots On Election Day

-- AP: House Republicans Tee Up Vote To Remove Philly DA

-- AP: Texas Republican Governor Sends Next Busload Of Migrants To Philadelphia

-- WHYY: Philly Says It’s Ready To Welcome Migrants Sent By Bus By Texas Republican Governor With ‘Open Arms’

-- MCall: Allentown Police Charge Juveniles With Making Threats, Giving False Information To Safe2Say

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh Police Lapses Require Thorough Review

-- MCall: Nearly 20% Of Lehigh, Northampton County Students ‘Seriously’ Considered Suicide, Study

-- Independent Fiscal Office: PA Economic & Budget Outlook For FY 2022-23 To 2027-28

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Shrinking PA Workforce Endangers Budget Surplus, Reserves

-- MCall: PA Road, Bridges, Parks Infrastructure Got A C-Minus,  Find Out Why It’s Not An A

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[Posted: November 16, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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