Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 3.19.22

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House returns to session March 28 (NV), 29. 30

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session March 28, 29, 30

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- Inquirer: Andrew Maykuth: Pennsylvania Oil Refineries Use Significant Amount Of Russian Crude Oil

-- Rescheduled: Senate Committees Will Now Hold March 29 Hearing On Economic Impacts Of DEP Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Technical Guidance On Trenchless Pipeline Construction  [PaEN]

-- Columbia Gas Of PA Proposes Over 10% Rate Increase To Help Replace Aging Pipeline Infrastructure

-- AP: PA Hydropower Eyes Bigger Energy Role, Less Environmental Harm

-- Republican Herald: Residents, Officials Weigh In On Rise Of Electric Vehicles In Schuylkill County

-- 2022 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference June 22-23; Project Video Tours Due May 6  [PaEN]

-- PG Guest Essay: Pittsburgh Water Authority Investment Will Ensure Water Reliability For Generations - Pittsburgh Water Authority

-- PUC Urges Consumers To Contact Utilities About Assistance As Winter Utility Termination Moratorium Approaches An End

-- DEP Posted 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 19 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP, PennDOT Encourage Everyone To Join Litter Cleanup Events And ‘Pick Up Pennsylvania’  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open For 2022 Delaware River Sojourn June 17 - 25

-- YorkDR: Lebanon Bicycle Recycle Is Wheeling Out Their Grand Opening By Helping The Community  

-- DCNR Blog: Newly Found Disease Killing American Beech Trees; Help Track The Disease  [PaEN]

-- March 18 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Names Chad McKenrick Manager For Worlds End State Park

-- AP: Treasure Hunters: Did FBI Destroy Video Of Civil War Gold In DCNR’s Dent’s Run

-- MCall/Reading Eagle: Songbird Die-Off Still A Mystery; Make Sure Feeders Are Clean This Spring, Say Experts 

True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[Listen To What Europe Says They Need - Not What The U.S. Oil/Gas Industry Wants]

-- Inquirer: Andrew Maykuth: Pennsylvania Oil Refineries Use Significant Amount Of Russian Crude Oil

-- PennLive: Falling Oil Prices Result In Some Relief At The Gas Pumps [There is no limit on what oil companies can charge you]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: It’s Critical We Expand Clean Electricity And Electrify Our Cars, Trucks, Buses Now - PennEnvironment

-- Reuters: Oil Settles Up But Posts Second Consecutive Weekly Decline

-- Reuters: Number Of U.S. Oil Rigs Down Despite $100/Barrel Crude Prices

-- Bloomberg Green: Oil Leasing To Resume On Federal Land After Court Allows Use Of Carbon Cost Metric

-- NYT: There’s A Messaging Battle Right Now Over America’s Energy Future

-- The Guardian: International Energy Agency Sets Out 10-Point Plan To Reduce Global Oil Demand

-- WPost: High Fuel Prices Led To Calls For Supercharged Clean Energy Transition, But Democrats Lack A Legislative Strategy To Advance Their Climate Agenda

-- Reuters: California Grid Operator Approves Reliability, Renewables Plan

-- U.S. EIA: Projects Renewable Generation Will Supply 44% Of U.S. Electricity By 2050

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

-- Inquirer: Bill Gates Backs Carbon-Capture Start-Up Based On Limestone

-- Bloomberg Green: Texas Wildfire Prompts Evacuations, Burns More Than 45,000 Acres

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Cap-Star: Little Has Changed For PA Election Officials, Voters Heading Into 2022

-- MCall: Lehigh County Voters Ask Court To Delay Final Tally In Judicial Race During Appeal Over Unsigned Mail-In Ballots

-- City & State PA: Survey: Most Gubernatorial Candidates Support PA Gift Ban Legislation

-- PG: In Pittsburgh, Democrat Shapiro Promises To Cut Costs For PA Families If He’s Elected Governor

-- AP: Democrat Shapiro Rolls Out First Tax Relief Plan Of Governor’s Race

-- Inquirer: Democratic Dark Money Group Spending Over 41 Million To Boost Josh Shapiro’s Run For PA Governor

-- PG: Federal Judge, Among Others, Says She Never Signed Petition For Democratic Congressional Candidate Steve Irwin

-- TribLive: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Carla Sands Speaks To Hempfield Students As She Returns To Her Roots

-- NYT: Dr. Oz’s Heritage Is Targeted As Republican Rivals Vie For PA U.S. Senate Seat

-- PG: Another Western PA Resident Surrenders To The FBI On Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol 

-- TribLive: Butler County Man Charged In Connection With Assault On U.S. Capitol  

-- MCall: COVID Update: State Passes 44,000 Deaths With 203 This Week

-- TribLive: PA Sports Betting Slips, But March Madness May Bring Recovery

-- PennLive: Read Emails That Led To Harrisburg Teacher Being Charged With Terroristic Threats

-- PA Cap-Star: U.S. Interior Dept. Research Into History Of Abusive Native American Boarding Schools Should Be Released In Coming Weeks [Including Carlisle ‘Indian School’]

-- ErieT: Is Possession Of Fake Drugs Illegal?  Erie County Judge Offers Answer [Spoiler - No]

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[Posted: March 19, 2022]  PA Environment Digest