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News From PA House & Senate
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The information you need to follow legislation in the House and Senate- starting with articles and NewsClips from last week-- Environment & Energy NewsClips-- -- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence [PaEN] -- Senate Budget Hearings: PA’s Experience With New Pipeline Construction Shows State Laws Not Strong Enough To Prevent Environmental Damage, Protect Public Safety [PaEN] -- City & State PA: PA Republicans Call For Pipeline Expansions Following Invasion Of Ukraine [And Lash Us Tighter To Energy Commodities Whose Price Is Determined By Foreign Energy Markets And Despots] -- The Epoch Times: Republicans Urge Gov. Wolf To Unleash PA’s Immense Natural Gas Reserves -- Republican Rep. Metcalfe Calls On Gov. Wolf To Ban On Russian Sourced Energy, Unleash PA’s Full Potential To Power Free World -- Gov. Wolf Blasts Republicans For Exploiting Crisis In Ukraine To Line Pockets Of The Natural Gas Industry -- PA Cap-Star: Wolf, Republicans Spar Over PA Natural Gas Exports, Russian Imports -- PoliticsPA: The Politics Around Energy And Russian Invasion In PA -- WNEP: Calls For Pennsylvania To Supply More Natural Gas -- Guest Essay: Are We Nuts? American Energy Is Key To Undermining Putin’s War - Sen. Yaw (R-Lycoming) [That’s Not What Europe Is Thinking - They Want True Energy Independence.] -- PG Guest Essay: When It Comes To Natural Gas, Russia Is Putin Us On - State Treasurer Stacy Garrity [Clever, But Not factual: PA hasn’t ‘halted’ natural gas export projects, drillers don’t use 40% of their permits] -- Senators Yaw, Yudichak Request Independent Fiscal Office To Audit Modeling Done By DEP To Justify Final RGGI Regulations Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [PaEN] -- WBTimes: Yudichak, Yaw Request Independent Review Of ‘Outdated’ RGGI Modeling Top 10 Stories On Harrisburg/PA Politics Last Week-- Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] Bill Calendars House (March 21): House Bill 1161 (Mizgorski-R- Allegheny) authorizing the establishment of a local solar energy subscriber program [not preferred by clean energy advocates Read more here]; House Bill 2069 (Cutler-R- Lancaster) Amend Article III, Section 9, to exempt the disapproval of a regulation by the General Assembly from the presentment requirement for the governor’s approval or disapproval [Read more here]; House Bill 2070 (Cutler- R-Lancaster) Amend Article IV, to add a new section providing that any executive order or proclamation issued by the governor, which purports to have the force of law, may not be in effect for more than 21 days, unless extended by concurrent resolution of the General Assembly [Read more here]. <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar. Senate (March 28): Senate Bill 284 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) would load up renewable energy projects, energy efficiency products and high-efficiency locomotives with bonds to prevent their development [Read more here]; Senate Bill 597 (Stefano-R-Fayette) would impose conflicting and expensive requirements on small water and wastewater systems for no benefit to their customers and if they can’t comply they would come under the regulation of the Public Utility Commission Read more here]; Senate Bill 1030 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) to temporarily suspend Pennsylvania’s regulations which adopted California regulations related to heavy-duty vehicle diesel controls, leaving the federal standards to govern while the suspension is in effect [Read more here]; House Bill 221 (Rader-R-Monroe) authorizing use of open space preservation funding for maintenance. <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar. Committee Meetings House -- March 10-- House Appropriations Committee ends budget hearings with Governor’s Budget Secretary. 10:00. Click Here to watch live. <> Click Here for full House Committee Schedule. Senate -- March 17-- Senate Appropriations Committee ends budget hearings with Governor’s Budget Secretary. 2:30 p.m. Click Here to watch live. <> Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule. Bills Introduced Public Natural Resources Trust Fund: House Bill 2377 (O’Mara-D-Delaware) establishing a Public Natural Resources Trust Fund with revenues received from oil and gas development on lands owned by DCNR to fund conservation projects by DCNR, DEP and Agriculture (sponsor summary). Bills Pending In Key Committees Check the PA Environmental Council Bill Tracker for the status and updates on pending state legislation and regulations that affect environmental and conservation efforts in Pennsylvania. Session Schedule Here is the latest voting session schedule for the Senate and House-- House March 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 April 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, 27 May 23, 24, 25 June 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 September 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 October 24, 25, 26 November 14, 15, 16 Senate March 28, 29, 30 April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 May 23, 24, 25 June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 |
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3/7/2022 |
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