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Senate/House ----------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Guest Essay: PA Farmers, Communities And Chesapeake Bay Will Benefit From Significant Investment Of Federal American Rescue Plan Funding In Cleaning Up Our Waterways - By House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and Sen. Scott Martin (R-Lancaster) [PaEN] [$500 Million Bipartisan Proposals Using American Rescue Plan Funding Wait For Action]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Seize The Chance To Improve Water Quality In The Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay Watersheds

-- Bay Journal: Federal American Rescue Plan Boosts Environmental Work In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [Except PA, So Far]

-- 6th Oil/Gas Shock: Listen To What Europe Says They Need - Not What The U.S. Oil/Gas Industry Wants

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

-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania And Virginia Face Fight Of Their Lives - [What The Coal, Natural Gas Industries Want In PA] - By Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming)

-- Guest Essay: PA Republican Suggestions To Make Us More Dependent On Fossil Fuels Will Not Secure Our Energy Future - By Rep. Nancy Guenst (D-Montgomery), U.S. Army Veteran & Rep. Joseph G. Webster (D-Montgomery), U.S. Air Force Colonel, Retired [PaEN]

-- Senate Resolution Offers Hope Lawmakers May Finally Be Taking The Economic And Environmental Benefits Of Developing A Rare Earth Minerals Industry Seriously In PA [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: Awash In New Funds To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, DEP Short On Staff To Handle The Workload

-- York Daily Record: Feds Giving PA $400 Million To Plug Dangerous Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - Up From The Ground Comes A Bubbling Gas

-- House Environmental Committee To Hold March 28 Hearing: Oil & Gas Byproducts - Could We Live Without Them? [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Mariner East Pipeline Opponent Running For Governor On The Green Party To Advocate For Residents Affected By Industrial Pollution

-- TribLive: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Corman Talks Energy, Gasoline Tax Holiday [There is no limit to what oil companies can charge us for gasoline]

-- PG: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Lou Barletta Says PA Could Lead The Way For U.S. Energy By Unleashing Natural Gas Industry [Tieing us even more closely to spiking natural gas prices and Russian despots]

-- City & State PA: Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Josh Shapiro Unveils Plan To Cut Cell Phone Tax, Issues Gasoline Tax Refunds [There is no limit to shat oil companies can charge us for gasoline]

-- TribLive Editorial: Why Not A State Gasoline Tax Holiday, Gov. Wolf? [Think About It - There are no limits on what oil companies can charge you.]

-- PG Editorial: Gasoline Tax Holiday A Vacation From Common Sense

-- PG Guest Essay: PA Senate Bill Would Protect PA From Legionnaires Outbreaks In Drinking Water

Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg 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]

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-- 67 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults [PaEN]

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

Air

-- Environmental Quality Board Approves Final Rule Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations; Conventional Drillers Oppose [PaEN]

-- DEP Recognizes Rail Management Services For Replacing Diesel Engines To Improve Air Quality At Franklin County Railyard [PaEN]

Alternative Fuels

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Driving An EV In PA: Range Anxiety, Charging And Maintenance

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

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

-- The Economist: Youngstown, OH Getting Recharged By GM/LG Battery Manufacturing

-- USA Today: Electric Cars Coming On Fast: Climate Worries, Sinking Prices Put Spotlight On EV Sales [It costs $16 or less to fully charge an electric car at home.]

-- WSJ: As Gasoline Prices Soar, Buyers Find Fewer Fuel-Efficient Car Options

-- Inquirer: Gasoline Prices Driving Up Demand For Electric Vehicles, But They’re Hard To Get

-- PA Cap-Star: Will High Gasoline Prices Get PA Drivers Out Of Their Cars And On The Bus?

-- Bloomberg: China’s New Wave Of Electric Car Battery Giants Going Public

-- Utility Dive: Washington State Legislators Again Mandate 100% Electric New Car Sales By 2030

-- The Atlantic: Ending Ethanol Subsidies In U.S. Can Help Deal With The Food Crisis Brought On By Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

Awards & Recognition

-- Save The Date: PA Environmental Council Hosts April 26 Dinner To Honor 2020, 2021, 2022 Winners Of Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence. Harrisburg Hilton.

-- Keep PA Beautiful Announces Winners Of Litter Hawk Youth Art Awards Program [PaEN]

-- PA Society For Ornithology To Hold 2nd Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 17-20 [PaEN]

-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Sweet Root Natural Area In Bedford County Into National Old-Growth Forest Network [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Deep In Bedford County, PA Protects Its 19th Old-Growth Forest

-- EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants Of 2022; Two In PA [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary & Bartram’s Garden Plans For Freshwater Mussel Hatchery Taking Shape

-- Lancaster Farming: Lewisburg FFA Chapter Helps Release American Eels Into Susquehanna River

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

-- Nature At Risk: How Important Can A Tiny Bird Be? [PaEN]

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Life On The Forest Habitat Edge

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

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: Creating Native Habitat In A Postage-Stamp Garden [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Educator Secures Grant To Aid Honey Bees, Beekeeping

-- NextPittsburgh: CoNectar, A Honey Shop, Cafe And Education Center Makes A Beeline For Millvale

American Rescue Plan

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Seize The Chance To Improve Water Quality In The Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay Watersheds

-- Bay Journal: Federal American Rescue Plan Boosts Environmental Work In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [Except PA, So Far]

-- ScrantonT: Luzerne Flood Authority Levee Fee Reduced, Levee System Receives Highest Rating

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

-- PG - Laura Legere: Awash In New Funds To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, DEP Short On Staff To Handle The Workload

-- York Daily Record: Feds Giving PA $400 Million To Plug Dangerous Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - Up From The Ground Comes A Bubbling Gas

-- Wolf Administration Previews 2022 Pittsburgh Region Construction Season And Impact Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

-- TribLive: PennDOT To Spend $317 Million On Bipartisan Infrastructure Funded Projects In Pittsburgh Region

Budget

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Seize The Chance To Improve Water Quality In The Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay Watersheds

-- Bay Journal: Federal American Rescue Plan Boosts Environmental Work In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [Except PA, So Far]

-- PG - Laura Legere: Awash In New Funds To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, DEP Short On Staff To Handle The Workload

-- York Daily Record: Feds Giving PA $400 Million To Plug Dangerous Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - Up From The Ground Comes A Bubbling Gas

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets March 23 On Forest Management In State Parks, DCNR’s Budget Proposal [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay

-- Over $3 Million From New Federal Budget Will Direct Fund 2 Chesapeake Bay Foundation Projects In Centre, Chester, Huntingdon, Lancaster Counties [PaEN]

-- ABC27: Centre, Huntingdon Watershed Receives $1 Million Federal Grant For Restoration

-- Lancaster Farming: County Water Quality Cleanup Plans Boost Local Efforts For Chesapeake Bay

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Seize The Chance To Improve Water Quality In The Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay Watersheds

-- Bay Journal: Federal American Rescue Plan Boosts Environmental Work In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [Except PA, So Far]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: What We Owe Pennsylvania's Rachel Carson

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Citizen Action

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets March 23 On Forest Management In State Parks, DCNR’s Budget Proposal [PaEN]

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

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

-- Over $3 Million From New Federal Budget Will Direct Fund 2 Chesapeake Bay Foundation Projects In Centre, Chester, Huntingdon, Lancaster Counties [PaEN]

-- ABC27: Centre, Huntingdon Watershed Receives $1 Million Federal Grant For Restoration

-- Lancaster Farming: County Water Quality Cleanup Plans Boost Local Efforts For Chesapeake Bay

-- LandHealth Institute Invites High School Students To Be Watershed Stewards In Philadelphia [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful Announces Winners Of Litter Hawk Youth Art Awards Program [PaEN]

-- PA Society For Ornithology To Hold 2nd Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 17-20 [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Where Are All The Volunteers Who Normally Help Stock Trout In SE PA? Mystified PA Officials Ask For Help

-- ErieT: Volunteers At 58 State Parks Build, Maintain Bird Boxes For A Variety Of Species - Video

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

-- Somerset Conservancy Adds 273 Acres To Kimberly Run Natural Area [PaEN]

-- ClearWater Conservancy, Patton Township Permanently Protect 149 Acre Gray's Woods Preserve In Centre County [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh Announces Climate Action Plan To Go Carbon Neutral By 2037 [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sewickley Troop 243 Scout Completes Eagle Scout Project Plants 30 Trees At Recreation Area

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

-- Warren Times: Annual Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup Seeking Volunteers

-- Williamsport Sun: Newberry Streets Could Be Vacated To Help Prevent Illegal Dumping

-- PennLive: Cumberland County To Hold Household Chemicals Collection Events Starting April 14

-- Berks Nature To Open New Rooftop Addition, Event Venue - The Rookery - At The Nature Place In Reading March 21 [PaEN]

-- WESA: As PennDOT Hurries To Rebuild Fern Hollow Bridge In Pittsburgh, Environmentalists Worry About Waterways Below

Climate

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

-- Vesper Energy Developing 200 MW Solar Energy Project In Lawrence County [PaEN]

-- Community College Of Allegheny County Flipped The Switch On Completed Solar Energy Installation [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Community College Of Allegheny County Flips The Switch To Solar Power

-- PA League Of Women Voters: Let's Have A Cleaner, Healthier Energy Future For Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh Announces Climate Action Plan To Go Carbon Neutral By 2037 [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Path To Defeating Putin Lies In Ending Our Dependence On Fossil Fuels - Rep. Guest, Rep. Webster

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Clean Energy Transition Would Break Russia’s Geopolitical Hold - Citizens’ Climate Lobby

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

-- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: No Time To Waste To Fund Climate Solutions - PennEnvironment

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Energy Independence Means Good Union Jobs In Clean Energy - Patricia DeMarco, Forest Hills Borough Council

-- Dickinson College Hosts March 24 Discussion On The Business Of Food Waste: Climate Mitigation Thru Organics Recycling [PaEN]

-- ABC27: How PA Trees Can Counter The Effects Of Climate Change

-- Environmental Quality Board Approves Final Rule Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations; Conventional Drillers Oppose [PaEN]

-- DEP Recognizes Rail Management Services For Replacing Diesel Engines To Improve Air Quality At Franklin County Railyard [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Climate Prof. Michael Mann To Join University Of Pennsylvania Center For Science, Sustainability And The Media, Leaving Penn State

-- Centre Daily Times: Leading Climate Scientist Michael E. Mann Leaving Penn State For U. Of Pennsylvania, Here’s Why

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Aiming For 50% Renewable Energy By 2030, DCNR Launches More Solar Projects

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Driving An EV In PA: Range Anxiety, Charging And Maintenance

-- USA Today: Electric Cars Coming On Fast: Climate Worries, Sinking Prices Put Spotlight On EV Sales [It costs $16 or less to fully charge an electric car at home.]

-- Reuters: European Lawmaker Group Asks EU To Withdraw Green Investment Label For Natural Gas

“Around 100 European Union lawmakers asked Brussels on Wednesday to withdraw plans to label energy investments in gas as green, saying this undermined Europe's push to reduce reliance on Russian fossil fuels.”

-- WSJ: As Gasoline Prices Soar, Buyers Find Fewer Fuel-Efficient Car Options

-- Inquirer: Gasoline Prices Driving Up Demand For Electric Vehicles, But They’re Hard To Get

-- PA Cap-Star: Will High Gasoline Prices Get PA Drivers Out Of Their Cars And On The Bus?

-- Utility Dive: Federal Court: FERC Failed To Consider Downstream Greenhouse Gas Emission When It Approved A Natural Gas Pipeline In Massachusetts

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Solar Industry Deployed Record 23.6 GW Of Generating Capacity In 2021; 2022 Installation Were Delayed

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

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

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: $100 Billion To Much To Implement Climate Change Policies In Other Countries

-- AP: Federal Appeals Court Revives Biden Climate Damage Cost Estimate Rule

-- USA Today: How Will Climate Change Impact American Companies? The SEC Thinks You Have A Right To Know

-- Reuters: London-based Swiss Re - World’s 2nd Biggest Reinsurer-- Increases Number Of Oil/Gas Producers It Refuses To Cover To Reduce Carbon Footprint

-- Bloomberg Green: Faced With Turmoil, China Turns To Its Old Reliable - Coal

-- Bloomberg Green: France’s Biggest Insurer Dumps German Power Giant Over Coal

-- The Guardian: The Stealth Operative For Big Oil Who’s Out To Derail America’s Climate Fight - Phil Goldberg

-- Bloomberg Green: Lyme Timber CEO Wants To Fix A Broken Carbon Offset System And Create A Market That Actually Works

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

Coal Mining

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

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $4 Million For 6 Projects In PA To Boost Economic Growth In Areas Hit By The Decline Of The Coal Industry [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg Green: Faced With Turmoil, China Turns To Its Old Reliable - Coal

-- Bloomberg Green: France’s Biggest Insurer Dumps German Power Giant Over Coal

Compliance Action

-- Attorney General Files Suit Against Earthcare & Conservation For Accepting Money From Farmers Then Failing To Complete Nutrient Management Plan Work

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $83,775 In Penalties

-- DEP Took Action On 497 Permits, 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 946 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Warren Times: Students Go 3D For Save The Rain Project By Warren Conservation District

DCNR

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets March 23 On Forest Management In State Parks, DCNR’s Budget Proposal [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces $500,000 Grant For FDR Park In Philadelphia; Apply Now For DCNR Grants

-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Sweet Root Natural Area In Bedford County Into National Old-Growth Forest Network [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Deep In Bedford County, PA Protects Its 19th Old-Growth Forest

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

-- Erie News Now: Work To Restore And Expand Pymatuning State Park Trail To Resume

-- WESA: New DCNR Rules Force Pittsburgh’s Arts Festival To Relocate From Point State Park To The Cultural District

-- TribLive: DCNR Adopts New Rules For Using Pittsburgh’s Point State Park For Large Events

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Aiming For 50% Renewable Energy By 2030, DCNR Launches More Solar Projects

-- ErieT: Volunteers At 58 State Parks Build, Maintain Bird Boxes For A Variety Of Species - Video

-- DEP: Deer Tick Virus Detected At Popular Iroquois Trail In Wyoming County [PaEN]

-- WNEP: State Finds Deer Tick Virus In Wyoming County

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

-- WBTimes: PA Federation Of Sportsmen & Conservationists Opposed To Reclassifying Delaware Water Gap A National Park 7 Preserve

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

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

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

DEP

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

-- Kurt Klapkowski Serving As DEP Acting Deputy Secretary For Oil & Gas Management [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: Awash In New Funds To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, DEP Short On Staff To Handle The Workload

-- York Daily Record: Feds Giving PA $400 Million To Plug Dangerous Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - Up From The Ground Comes A Bubbling Gas

-- Environmental Quality Board Approves Final Rule Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations; Conventional Drillers Oppose [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Asks For Input On Proposed PFAS Drinking Water Rule

-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Municipalities Awarded Growing Greener Watershed Cleanup Grants

-- DEP Took Action On 497 Permits, 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 946 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

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

Delaware River

-- WHYY: Delaware River Watershed Streams Are Most Polluted In The U.S., New Report Says

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary & Bartram’s Garden Plans For Freshwater Mussel Hatchery Taking Shape

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

-- Schuylkill Acts & Impacts 6-Day Student Expedition Down The Schuylkill River In July-August [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: PA Federation Of Sportsmen & Conservationists Opposed To Reclassifying Delaware Water Gap A National Park 7 Preserve

-- Inquirer: ‘Moderate Drought’ Parching Much Of Philly Region, Feds Say

-- Delaware River Basin Commission March 9 Business Meeting Highlights

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary: Latest Estuary Newsletter Now Available

-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 18 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- Delaware River Basin Commission March 9 Business Meeting Highlights

Drinking Water

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Asks For Input On Proposed PFAS Drinking Water Rule

-- PG: Under New Lead Hazard Level, Number Of PA Children With High Lead Levels Expected To Almost Double

-- Inquirer Editorial: Getting Lead Out Of Philly School Drinking Water Is A Problem We Can Actually Fix

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

-- WBTimes: PA American Water Issues Boil Water Advisory For Customers In Part Of Kinston Twp.

-- WBTimes: PA American Water Lifts Boil Water Advisory In Kingston Twp

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA American Water Lifts Boil Water Advisory For Chester, Lancaster Counties

-- PEC Podcast: Preview Of Fairmount Water Works Exhibit On How Water Shaped Philadelphia’s History

-- PG Guest Essay: PA Senate Bill Would Protect PA From Legionnaires Outbreaks In Drinking Water

-- TribLive Editorial: Glass Plant Pullout Leaves Locals Drowning In Water Bills

Drought

-- Inquirer: ‘Moderate Drought’ Parching Much Of Philly Region, Feds Say

Earth Day

What Are You Doing For Earth Day April 22?

Economic Development

-- Senate Resolution Offers Hope Lawmakers May Finally Be Taking The Economic And Environmental Benefits Of Developing A Rare Earth Minerals Industry Seriously In PA [PaEN]

-- DEP Recognizes Rail Management Services For Replacing Diesel Engines To Improve Air Quality At Franklin County Railyard [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Packaging Group Makes The Case For Better Glass Recycling

-- ErieT: International Recycling Group Finalizes Purchase Of 25 Acres To Build Plastics Recycling Facility In Erie

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $4 Million For 6 Projects In PA To Boost Economic Growth In Areas Hit By The Decline Of The Coal Industry [PaEN]

-- PA Sustainable Agriculture, Chatham University: New Study Shows Direct-To-Consumer Markets Demonstrated Resilience, Growth During Pandemic [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Springdale Business Big Hit With Furniture Made Out Of Used Wine, Whiskey Barrels

-- NextPittsburgh: CoNectar, A Honey Shop, Cafe And Education Center Makes A Beeline For Millvale

-- TribLive Editorial: Glass Plant Pullout Leaves Locals Drowning In Water Bills

-- The Economist: Youngstown, OH Getting Recharged By GM/LG Battery Manufacturing

-- USA Today: How Will Climate Change Impact American Companies? The SEC Thinks You Have A Right To Know

Education

-- PA Educators Invited To Respond To PA Environmental Education Status And Needs Survey [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: What We Owe Pennsylvania's Rachel Carson

-- Keep PA Beautiful Announces Winners Of Litter Hawk Youth Art Awards Program [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Newsletter: Fallingwater; Summer Internships; Virtual & Onsite Summer Camps, More

-- LandHealth Institute Invites High School Students To Be Watershed Stewards In Philadelphia [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sewickley Troop 243 Scout Completes Eagle Scout Project Plants 30 Trees At Recreation Area

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Mentored Youth Day, Dietz-Schneck Memorial Fishing Event Back At Sweet Arrow Lake

-- Stroud Water Research Center Unveiling New Watershed Education Mobile Lab March 24 In Chester County [PaEN]

-- PA Society For Ornithology To Hold 2nd Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 17-20 [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For Recruitment, Retention, Reactivation Education Grants [PaEN]

-- Rachel Carson Building Falcons Have 5 Eggs! Click Here To Watch Live

-- University Of Pittsburgh Announces Climate Action Plan To Go Carbon Neutral By 2037 [PaEN]

-- Community College Of Allegheny County Flipped The Switch On Completed Solar Energy Installation [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Community College Of Allegheny County Flips The Switch To Solar Power

-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed: March 16 Webinar How Faith Groups Can Install And Finance Green Infrastructure. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- Berks Nature To Open New Rooftop Addition, Event Venue - The Rookery - At The Nature Place In Reading March 21 [PaEN]

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets March 23 On Forest Management In State Parks, DCNR’s Budget Proposal [PaEN]

-- Save Pennsylvania's Forests Hosts March 23 Get To Know Your Forests Webinar On Tioga State Forest, Noon

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

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

-- Schuylkill Acts & Impacts 6-Day Student Expedition Down The Schuylkill River In July-August [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: First Day Of Spring March 20, And Other Fascinating Facts About The Season

-- ErieT: Put Your Senses To The Test And Learn To Read Nature’s Signs

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary & Bartram’s Garden Plans For Freshwater Mussel Hatchery Taking Shape

-- NextPittsburgh: CoNectar, A Honey Shop, Cafe And Education Center Makes A Beeline For Millvale

-- Dickinson College Hosts March 24 Discussion On The Business Of Food Waste: Climate Mitigation Thru Organics Recycling [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network Hosts March 25 Online Showcase Of Watershed Improvement Projects In The Schuylkill Highlands [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute To Host First-Ever Regenerative Healthcare Conference Oct. 16-19 At Its Berks County Organic Experimental Farm [PaEN]

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: Creating Native Habitat In A Postage-Stamp Garden [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Students Go 3D For Save The Rain Project By Warren Conservation District

-- Penn State: From Museum To Laptop: Visual Leaf Library A New Tool For Identifying Plants

-- Penn State Extension Educator Secures Grant To Aid Honey Bees, Beekeeping

-- Nature At Risk: How Important Can A Tiny Bird Be? [PaEN]

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Life On The Forest Habitat Edge

-- Lancaster Farming: Lewisburg FFA Chapter Helps Release American Eels Into Susquehanna River

-- Daily Item: Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance, Bucknell Students Build New Website

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: To Relieve Stress And Stay Grounded, Take A Cue From Amphibians

-- WITF Smart Talk: Should Humans Be Concerned About COVID In Animals?

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Murrysville PixCams Brings Live Footage Of Wildlife And More Into Homes

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Endangered Indiana Bat Mostly Gone From SW PA, But Longer Migration Holds Hope

-- CourierT - Brian Whipkey: Think You Know About Opossums In PA? Here Are The Facts

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Issues RFP For Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Consultant [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Spring Events

-- PEC Podcast: Preview Of Fairmount Water Works Exhibit On How Water Shaped Philadelphia’s History

-- USGS PA Water Science Center PA Waters Spring Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

Emergency Response

-- PennLive: Drilling Crew Praised For Reducing Damage To Natural Gas Drilling Well Pad From Fire In Lycoming County, Fire Chief

-- Williamsport Sun: Firefighters Faced Unique Challenges With Fire At Natural Gas Drilling Rig In Lycoming County

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Septic Truck Releases At Least 500 Gallons Of Raw Sewage In Chester County Borough

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

-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania And Virginia Face Fight Of Their Lives - [What The Coal, Natural Gas Industries Want In PA] - By Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming)

-- PG - Salena Zito: ‘Shalennial’ Natural Gas CEO Busts Expectations [What The Natural Gas Industry Wants]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Path To Defeating Putin Lies In Ending Our Dependence On Fossil Fuels - Rep. Guest, Rep. Webster

-- Vesper Energy Developing 200 MW Solar Energy Project In Lawrence County

-- Community College Of Allegheny County Flipped The Switch On Completed Solar Energy Installation

-- University Of Pittsburgh Announces Climate Action Plan To Go Carbon Neutral By 2037

-- Senate Resolution Offers Hope Lawmakers May Finally Be Taking The Economic And Environmental Benefits Of Developing A Rare Earth Minerals Industry Seriously In PA

-- TribLive: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Corman Talks Energy, Gasoline Tax Holiday

-- PG: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Lou Barletta Says PA Could Lead The Way For U.S. Energy By Unleashing Natural Gas Industry

-- City & State PA: Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Josh Shapiro Unveils Plan To Cut Cell Phone Tax, Issues Gasoline Tax Refunds

-- PennLive: Falling Oil Prices Result In Some Relief At The Gas Pumps

-- TribLive: Diesel Price Rise A Pain At Pump And Consumer’s Pockets

-- TribLive: Are Western PA Gasoline Prices Headed Toward $5 A Gallon?

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

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

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: What’s Going On With Oil Prices? It’s More Complicated Than You Think

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

-- PA League Of Women Voters: Let's Have A Cleaner, Healthier Energy Future For Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Clean Energy Transition Would Break Russia’s Geopolitical Hold - Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Energy Independence Means Good Union Jobs In Clean Energy - Patricia DeMarco, Forest Hills Borough Council

-- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: No Time To Waste To Fund Climate Solutions - PennEnvironment

-- PG - Anya Litvak: The Oil Price Spike May Haunt The Economy Long After It Recedes From The Pump

National/International

-- The Atlantic: America’s Energy Security Is Falling Apart - No Matter How Much Oil/Gas The U.S. Drills, We Are Dangerously Dependent On International Market Whims

“Today, America is the world’s largest oil and gas producer, but instead of winning us energy independence, this distinction has made the country dangerously dependent on market whim.

“No matter how much oil the U.S. drills, crude prices are still set on the international market—so when Russia invaded Ukraine, oil prices in America soared.

“This point alone invalidated the central principle of energy independence, that suburban F-150 drivers should not have to pay more at the pump because someone else started a war.”

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

-- Reuters: France Ends Natural Gas Heater Subsidies, Boosts Heat Pumps In Bid To Cut Russian Reliance

"In the long run, we want to wean ourselves from Russian fossil energy and from fossil energy overall," said French environment minister Barbara Pompili.

-- The Guardian: UK Can Eliminate Need For Russian Natural Gas This Year Thru Energy Efficiency, Expanding Renewables

“Cutting gas use would also ease the cost of living crisis amid soaring fossil fuel prices.”

-- Reuters: Portugal Says Europe Must Cut Use Of Russian Natural Gas However Difficult

"The war in Ukraine will definitely push Europe towards faster decarbonisation because it cannot rely so much on fossil fuels that it does not produce," said Portugal's Environment and Energy Transition Minister Joao Matos Fernandes.

-- Reuters: Poland ‘Looking Again’ At The Role Of Natural Gas In Green Energy Transition

"We're looking at that again to see how we can reduce our dependence on gas during this transitional period” away from coal.

“Poland's long-term supply contract with Russia's Gazprom expires at the end of this year. The country plans to replace that supply via a new gas pipeline from Norway, expected to be ready by November.”

-- Reuters: European Lawmaker Group Asks EU To Withdraw Green Investment Label For Natural Gas

-- Defense & Security Monitor: EU Unveils Ambitious Plan To Reduce Energy Imports From Russia

“The new geopolitical and energy market reality has forced the EU to drastically accelerate its clean energy transition and increase Europe’s energy independence from unreliable suppliers and volatile fossil fuel prices.”

-- YaleEnvironment360: Will Russia’s War Spur Europe to Move On Green Energy?

“The EU had planned to reduce natural gas consumption more than 25 percent by 2030” as part of their climate change initiatives.

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

-- Reuters: EU Leaders Back Urgently Refilling Natural Gas Stores For Next Winter In Draft Summit Statement For Next Week; Commission To Publish Detailed Plan In May

-- Bloomberg: EU May Refrain From Stepping Into Energy Market To Cushion Impact Of High Prices As Nations Split On Measures To Take

-- WSJ: Oil Market Faces Biggest Supply Crisis In Decades Unless OPEC Boosts Output, IEA Says

“Beyond the spare capacity of leading OPEC members Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, there are no other sources of additional supply that can balance the market.”

“U.S. oil inventories last week were about 13% lower than a year earlier, according to Energy Information Administration data released Wednesday.

“Domestic production has been flat at about 11.6 million barrels a day since autumn, though drillers have deployed more rigs in recent weeks as prices climbed.”

-- CNN: GasBuddy Was Predicting $4 Gasoline Prices By Memorial Day Last December Due To World Demand

-- Reuters: Ukraine Conflict Opens Diplomatic And Energy Opportunities For Qatar

-- The Guardian: After Ukraine, How Will The World Replace Russia’s Oil Products

-- WSJ: Why Your Electric Bill Is Soaring And Likely To Go Higher - Because Of Volatile Natural Gas Prices Set By Global Markets

-- Financial Times: New Yorkers Struggle To Pay Utility Bills As Electricity Prices Soar

“New York is experiencing some of the most dramatic increases in a broad national rise in retail electricity prices, driven by a rebound in demand and an increase in the cost of natural gas burnt at power stations.”

-- NPR: 3 Reasons Why Big Oil Can’t Just Drill More To Ease The Pain At The Gasoline Pump

-- PG/CQ-RollCall: Drill, Baby, Drill? Not So Fast, Say Crash-Wary Energy Investors

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

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

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

-- The Economist: Today’s Oil Shock Pales In Comparison With Those Of Yesteryear

-- Financial Times: Saudi Aramco Net Revenues Double To $110 Billion On Surging 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

-- Financial Times: Billionaire Investor Predicts Energy Crisis Will Spur Green Spending Boom

-- Reuters: London-based Swiss Re - World’s 2nd Biggest Reinsurer-- Increases Number Of Oil/Gas Producers It Refuses To Cover To Reduce Carbon Footprint

-- Reuters: Europe Seeks Breakthrough On Climate Change Plans Amid Energy Crisis

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