Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.10.22

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 

-- October 10 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Clearfield Progress: Clearfield Conservation District Awarded DEP Grant For Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Project

-- The Sentinel: Snyder Conservation District Helps Farmers Find Funding To Install Conservation Practices

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Water Customers Would Pay A Price If Public Water Authority Sold In Chester, Delaware Counties

-- NextPittsburgh: Fracking Decision Proves Constituent Turnout Matters To Allegheny County Council

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Problem With Creating Renewable Energy - We Can’t Get Enough Of It To Users - Citizens Climate Lobby - Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette Letter:  Yes, Butt Out, Mr. Bloomberg - Marcellus Shale Coalition, Pittsburgh Works

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch - The Way We Categorize Hurricanes Is Obsolete

-- WHYY: PA Horticultural Society Celebrates First Season Growing, Distributing Produce To Food Insecure Neighbors

-- Citizens Voice: Special Needs Playground Opens In Wilkes-Barre

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Sees Success With Interpretive Programs

-- Courier Times: Future Of Fonthill Castle: How A Grant Could Transform Doylestown Landmark, Woodlands

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Tourism Publishes Its Top 10 List Of Fall Foliage Spots

-- WHYY: More Bike Lanes Open In Philly As Part Of Vision Zero Initiative

-- PennLive: Appalachian Trail Conservancy Relocates To historic Craighead House In Carlisle

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

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

-- Reading Eagle: It’s Going To Cost More To Stay Warm This Winter- Natural Gas, Heating Oil, Electric Will Be Higher 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: In Response To Rising Natural Gas Costs Luzerne County Taking Steps To Reduce Usage Levels  

-- CNN: Biden Is Blamed For Downturn In New Oil Drilling, But Fossil Fuel Companies Are The Ones Hitting Pause  

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Fluctuate With LNG Shipments, Weather, Russia’s War In Ukraine 

-- Reuters: Oil Price Falls As China Demand Concerns Fuel Recession Fears

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

-- Financial Times: Republican State Treasurers Punish Asset Manager BlackRock For Pursuing Policies Allegedly Hostile To Fossil Fuel Industry 

-- The Guardian: ‘I Feel Used’: How Fossil Fuel Firms Court Black Leaders To Support Pipelines

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Federal Prosecutors Seek Prison For Berks County Man For Attack On AP Journalist During Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- York Daily Record: Instead Of Klan Robes, New Extremist Groups In PA Wear Button-Down Shirts, Hold Fundraisers For Local Charities

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Another High-Profile PA Candidate Is From New Jersey, And It’s Not Dr. Oz [Spoiler - Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano]

-- Scranton Times: Shapiro Says It’s Time For PA Voters To Send A ‘Wake-Up Call’ To Harrisburg

-- WHYY: PA’s Roads And Bridges Are Aging Poorly, Here’s How Shapiro And Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Plan To Fix Them

-- LancasterOnline - Brad Bumsted: PA Ticket-Splitting Voters May Go For Shapiro, Dr. Oz

-- PennLive Guest Essay: I Taught At The U.S. Army War College: 2 Students I would Not Vote For [Spoiler - Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano, Republican PA Cong. Scott Perry]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: What Shapiro And Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Share In Common - Commonwealth Foundation

-- Erie Times: Poll Shows Female PA Voters Are Torn Between Abortion, Economy As Top Election Issues

-- Erie Times: ‘A Heartbeat Away’: 3 Reasons The PA Lt. Governor Race Matters

-- Scranton Times: PA Members Of Congress Seek Answers About Postal Service Issues

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Marijuana Pardons Sensible; State Should Extend Deadline

-- TribLive Editorial: Allegheny County School District ‘Compromise’ On ‘Indian’ Mascot Unsatisfying 

-- Spotlight PA: Why Doesn’t Penn State’s Football Coach Show Up On List Of Highest-Paid Employees?

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: College [Drinking] Hazing Death Prompts New Solution To ‘Shameful Problem

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pennsylvania Must Start To Get Younger

-- PennLive: Over 500 PA National Guard Troops Set To Be Deployed To The Middle East

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