Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.9.22

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House returns to session May 23, 24, 25

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- May 9 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

 

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues  [PaEN]

 

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Mariner East Pipeline Sparked Boom In Propane, Butane, Ethane Exports From Philly Region; Paid $24 Million In Environmental Fines; Drew Criminal Charges 

 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: The Cost Of Pandering To Natural Gas Industry Rising  [Methane Reduction Rule]

 

-- Centre Daily Times: How Residents, Businesses, Local Government Embrace Solar Power In Centre County

 

-- Inside Climate News: Climate Change Takes Backseat To Jobs, Economic Development In Contested Pittsburgh Area Congressional Race

 

-- York Daily Record: 9-Ton ‘Atom Smasher,’ Once A Nuclear Marvel, Rusts At A Westinghouse Site In A PA Neighborhood In Pittsburgh 

 

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Electronic Waste Collection Program Returning

 

-- Altoona Mirror: 3 Rescued From Stranded Vehicle On Flooded Road

 

-- Republican Herald: Volunteer Maintains Spirit Of Tuscarora Trail At Tuscarora State Park, Schuylkill County 

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Butler-Freeport Trail Lands $750,000 Grant To Shore Up Cracks In The Trail 

 

True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[How Long Do You Want To Be Held Hostage By Foreign Oil/Natural Gas Markets?]

-- Reuters: Trudeau: Canada To Be Good Energy Partner With Europe But Won’t Compromise Climate Goals 

-- Financial Times: Rocketing Prices At The Pump Fuel Surge In Profits At U.S. Refiners 

-- Bloomberg: Saudis Cut Oil Prices From Record Highs Amid China Lockdowns

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Drops As Russia Tries To Calm Clients Over Payments

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?

 

Other States/National/International

-- The Center Square: Biofuels Industry Still Waiting On Subsidies To Compete With Oil, Natural Gas, Electric Vehicles

-- USA Today: New Mexico Wildfires: Strong Winds Ground Firefighting Aircraft, Threatening More Communities

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- LancasterOnline: Conservative ‘Audit The Vote’ Report On 2020 Election In Lancaster County Riddled With Errors, Deeply Flawed 

-- Reuters: U.S. Police Trainers With Far-Right Ties Are Teaching Hundreds Of Cops [PA Police Training Firm Included]

-- TribLive Editorial: Independent Voters Need To Be Engaged In Primary Process

-- TribLive/Bloomberg: How PA’s Abortion Fight Could Play Out Across The Country

-- WHYY: Sen. Anthony Williams Has His First Real Challenger In 23 Years

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Capital Restoration Project In Governor’s Office Suite Completed

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Black Lives Matter Protester Acquitted By Judge After Charges Refiled

-- Post-Gazette: Penn State Searching For Suspects In ‘Death By Cop,’ ‘Death By Hazing,’ ‘Death By Suicide’ Vandalism At Campus Landmarks

-- PennLive: Penn State Searching For Suspects After ‘Profoundly Disturbing Acts’ Of Vandalism At Main Campus

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Continuing The Pitt-Pennsylvania Partnership

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Ranks High In Preventable Hospitalizations, Report

-- KYW: 2 Young Brothers Pass Away After Being Shot By Their Mother In Bucks County

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Public Defenders Say Staff Pay Inequity Is A Racial Justice Issue

-- PA Capital-Star: Affordable For Whom? The Cost Of Child Care In PA

-- Post-Gazette: Owners Of Pittsburgh Commercial Properties Could Benefit From Property Assessment Appeals Deal

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[Posted: May 9, 2022]  PA Environment Digest