Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.18.22

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Senate returns to session October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, November 15 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

 

TODAY 9:30: Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1331 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) would deny counties revenue from the Act 13 drilling impact fee if they ban fracking on county-owned lands.  This is in reaction to a ban Allegheny County enacted for its park land earlier this year which makes up less than 1 percent of the land area in the county.  But the big picture is this-- 99% of land remaining in the County could be leased for shale gas drilling, but that’s not enough, apparently.  Read more here.; House Bill 2458 (White-R-Philadelphia) create a taskforce to study the exportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to supply the energy needs of allies around the world and what obstacles are currently preventing Philadelphia from becoming a leader in exporting LNG.  [Forbes: LNG exports lead to record U.S. natural gas prices, higher heating bills + Facilities take years to build]; House Bill 2528 (Struzzi-R-Indiana) would mandate DEP award oil and gas well plugging contracts to Pennsylvania contractors [with no regard for cost to taxpayers]; Read more here about other agenda items.  Room 461. 9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.

 

TODAY 11:30:  Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee hearing to consider PUC nominees Katie Zerfuss, John F. Coleman, Jr. (Incumbent) and Stephen DeFrank.  Room 461.  Click Here to watch live.


TODAY 12:30:  Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting.  Contact: Keith Salador, Executive Director, ksalador@pa.gov.   Read more here on the agenda.


TODAY 6:00:  PA Association of Environmental Educators Professional Development Webinar: Setback Distances For Unconventional Shale Gas Well Pads - How Close Is Too Close?  6:00 to 7:00 p.m.


-- Senate Committee Meets Oct. 18 To Consider Bill To Deny Counties Drilling Impact Fee Revenue If Only 99% Of The Land In Their County Is Available For Shale Gas Leasing; Other Bills  [PaEN]


-- Senate Committee To Hold Oct. 27 Hearing On The Role Of LNG In U.S. Energy Security On World Stage  [PaEN]


-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Sen. Bartolotta (R) Urged State Dept. Of Health To Drop Out Of Public Forum On Shale Gas Health Studies 


-- Post-Gazette: Rice-Backed Landfill Gas Firm Archaea Energy To Become Part Of BP In $4.1 Billion Deal


-- Net-Zero Manufacturing Initiative, Venango County Trails Project Among Appalachian Regional Commission Grants To Support Coal-Impacted Communities In PA  [PaEN]


-- Inquirer: Students Pressure University Of Pennsylvania To Cut Ties With Fossil Fuel Companies


-- TribLive Editorial: Electric Vehicle Highway Tax Decisions Should Come Before Charging Stations


-- CFA Accepting ARPA-Funded H2O Applications For Water Supply, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects  [PaEN]


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Sen. Baker Announces State Grants Available For Water, Sewer, Stormwater Projects


-- DEP: Drought Watch Remains In Effect For 20 Counties, Lifted For 16 Counties  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Protect PT Westmoreland Will Host Radon Information Workshop Oct. 20 Via Zoom, Offer Sensor Rentals


-- LancasterOnline: Earth Day In October Event At Lancaster’s Musser Park This Weekend


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: New NE Philly K&T Connector Trail Being Built At Base Of Tacony-Palmyra Bridge


-- Nearly 70 Runners Compete In Cameron County Sinnemahone Trail Run, Final Competition In Triple Crown  [PaEN]


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Jewelweed Is A Very Interesting Plant


-- Help Wanted: PA Federation Of Sportsmen & Conservationists Fundraising/Outreach Coordinator  [PaEN]

 

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

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

 

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Turn Lower As Diesel, Heating Oil Rise On Low Inventories

 

-- Reuters: Dozens Of LNG-Laden Ships Queue Off Europe’s Coasts Unable To Unload

 

-- Bloomberg: White House Planning Oil Reserve Release Announcement This Week

 

-- AP: EU Faces Battle To Keep Energy Prices From Tanking Economy

 

-- Bloomberg: Clean Energy Has A Tipping Point, And 87 Countries Have Reached It

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- CFA Accepting ARPA-Funded H2O Applications For Water Supply, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects  [PaEN]


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Sen. Baker Announces State Grants Available For Water, Sewer, Stormwater Projects

 

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

 

Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

 

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Invites Comments On $1 Billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Program To Enhance Energy Systems In Rural, Remote Communities

 

-- AP: Climate Questions: What’s Going On With Climate Change?

 

-- AP: Climate Questions: How Much Has The Climate Changed Already?


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Man Who Pleaded Guilty To Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Wants Less Than Minimum Jail Time

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: We’re PA Clergy, Christian Nationalism Isn’t Christian, This Is Why

-- AP:  PA Republicans Go To Court Again To Block Count Of Undated Mail-In Ballots 

-- PA Capital-Star: Republicans Asks PA Supreme Court To Take Immediate Action To Enforce Ballot Dating Requirement

-- Spotlight PA: Where Gubernatorial Candidates Stand On Rural Health Care, Broadband, Agriculture

-- Inquirer: How Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Deployed Facebook Live To Build His Far-Right Base

-- WPost: Disaffected Republican Politicians, Donors Endorse Democratic Candidate [Includes Shapiro In PA]

-- Erie Times: Fetterman Enjoys $1.6 Million Cash Advantage Over Dr. Oz Heading Into Campaign’s Final Weeks

-- Inquirer: National Groups Pouring Millions Into PA To Try To Sway State Legislative Races In Home Stretch

-- WESA: Pittsburgh State Senate Race Reflects Stakes In Effort To Change Checks And Balances In Harrisburg

-- PennLive: PA Latino Voters Still Lean Democratic As Republicans Work To Woo Them

-- WHYY: Faith-Based Groups Hitting The Road To Encourage Pennsylvanians To Vote

-- AP: Police: Campaign Signs Found Booby-Trapped With Razor Blades In Bucks County

-- Inquirer: Gov. Wolf Exonerated 16-Year-Old Delaware County Teen Executed In 1931 For A Murder He Didn’t Commit

-- TribLive: 2 Women Killed In Pittsburgh Shooting Were Innocent Bystanders, Police Say

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Keep Ammo Away From Known Felons

-- City & State PA: Can PA Erase Property Taxes Without Wiping Out Education?

-- TribLive: Application Site Launches For Biden Student Debt Cancellation

-- Erie Times: See Erie County’s Varied COVID Vaccination Rates By ZIP Code

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