PA Environment Digest

-- Scranton Times: Bradford County LNG Plant Faces, State, Federal Hurdles [After The Company’s Failure To Move Ahead On The Project Resulted In A String Of Expired State, Federal Approvals For The Project]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Best Way To Fight High Oil [Natural Gas] Prices Is To Use Less, Transition To Renewable Fuels

-- Centre Daily Times: As Oil Companies Cash In, Here’s How You Can Save Money On Gasoline In PA

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Don’t Let Big Oil, Natural Gas Cynically Profit From Putin’s War - League Of Conservation Voters

-- Reuters: Energy Transfer [Major PA Pipeline Owner] To Sell LNG To China

-- Urging Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline: Senate Resolution 255 (Langerholc-R-Bedford) urging the President to expedite completion of Keystone XL oil pipeline [FYI: for Canadian oil - not in Pennsylvania].

-- Sen. Casey: PA To Receive $186 Million To Lower Energy Costs For Families From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]

National/International

-- White House: To Release 1 Million Barrels/Day From Oil Reserve; Get Congress To Adopt New Fees On Oil Companies Not Using 9,000 Permits They’ve Had For Years To Drill On Federal Land

-- Financial Times: EPA Chief Defends Push For Greater Oil Supply [“Regan said the surge in prices had shown the US was “still, to a certain extent, held captive to fossil fuels”. Greater development of renewable resources would leave the country less “vulnerable” in future, he said.”]

-- Reuters: Oil Falls Most In 2 Years After Oil Stockpile Release

-- Reuters: U.S. EIA Reports U.S. Oil Production Fell 2% In January, Lowest Since Sept. 2021

-- Financial Times: U.S. Fuel Demand Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels Despite Oil Shortfall

-- Bloomberg Green: Biden’s Oil Relief Plan Seen Backfiring As Drillers Dig In Heels [“Oil executives less inclined than ever to invest the proceeds from $100-a-barrel crude into new wells.”]

-- Reuters: U.S. Drillers Add 3 Oil And Gas Rigs Amid Slow Growth [“Drillers continue to return cash to shareholders from high crude prices rather than boost production.”]

-- Post-Gazette/Dallas Morning News: Why Texas Frackers Won’t Be Riding To The Rescue: It’s Profit-Taking Time [“The fracking revolution revived the energy industry in Texas and the U.S., ushering in years of cheap oil and gas. But don’t count on frackers riding to the rescue this time.”]

-- Reuters: International Energy Agency Meets To Discuss Releases From Oil Reserves Alongside The U.S. Action

-- Reuters: Top Federal Lands Producers Decline U.S. House Committee Hearing On Oil Prices, 2,800 Unused Permits

-- Reuters: Biden Says U.S. Oil Companies Sitting On Record Profits

-- Bloomberg: Occidental Petroleum’s Best Quarter Ever Blows Away Stock Market

-- Bloomberg: World Oil Prices Don’t Fully Reflect Russian Supply Risks, China’s Ability To Keep COVID Pandemic Under Control

-- Financial Times Guest Essay: Big Oil Has Nothing To Complain About Under Joe Biden

-- Bloomberg Green: Biden Embraces Oil As Ukraine War Overwhelms His Climate Agenda

-- Financial Times Editorial: U.S. Tries To Be World’s Swing Crude Oil Producer, A Wiser Course Would Be To Promote Clean Energy Shift As A Security Priority [“But market insiders say shareholders may seek even higher prices before bringing new flows on-stream. There are other constraints on increased drilling, including shortages of everything from sand to fracking crews.”]

-- Bloomberg: VISA Changes Rules For Gas Stations To Avoid $125 Pump Limit [FYI: There Is No Limit On What Oil/Natural Gas Companies Can Charge You]

-- Bloomberg: Oil Consumers Take Control Of Market As OPEC+ Stands Back

-- AP Explainer: What’s Next For Europe’s Natural Gas During War?

-- Reuters: U.S. LNG Exports Rise 16% To New Record

-- Bloomberg Green: Europe’s Decades-Long Effort To Replace Coal, Natural Gas With Wind, Solar and Batteries Has Become A Wartime Urgency

-- Reuters: EU Will Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ To Rebuild Solar Energy Manufacturing In Europe

-- Forbes: 5 New Reports Show Wind And Solar Power Can Cripple Putin, Secure Climate Goals

-- Financial Times: Renewable Energy Pushes Ahead Of Coal For The First Time

-- WSJ: LNG Export Boom Draining U.S. Natural Gas Supplies, Lifting Prices

-- Reuters: Europe Would Struggle To Refill Natural Gas Storage Without Russian Supplies

-- Bloomberg: The Price To Wean Europe Off Russian Natural Gas Keeps Going Up

-- Financial Times: Can U.S. Natural Gas Relieve Europe From Russian Supply Dependency? [U.S. Official: “The true path to energy security runs through clean energy. The first part is getting Europe off Russian gas. The second part is getting Europe off gas altogether.”

-- Financial Times: Germany Takes Step Towards Natural Gas Rationing Over Payment Stand-Off With Russia

-- Reuters: Germany Declares ‘Early Warning’ Of Possible Russian Natural Gas Cutoff

-- Reuters: Russian Natural Gas Keeps Flowing To Europe Despite Putin’s Deadline To Pay In Roubles

-- Reuters: Russia’s Top Lawmaker Warned European Union To Find Roubles To Pay For Natural Gas, Oil, Grain, Metals, Fertiliser, Coal And Timber

-- Financial Times: Europe Battles To Secure Specialised Ships To Boost LNG Imports

-- Reuters: 2 Groups Of European Lawmakers To Reject Proposal To Label Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy Sustainable Investments

-- WSJ: E.ON, Australian Billionaire Aim To Replace Russian Gas With Hydrogen

-- Financial Times: Texas Oil Drillers Say They Have Little Capacity To Raise Production Due To Staff Shortages, Supply Chain, Sand Issues

-- Bloomberg: Oil Drillers Say Scarce Steel Is One Reason For Flat U.S. Output

-- WSJ: Biden’s Global Quest For Oil Triggers Republican, Democratic Pushback

Energy

-- 6th Oil/Natural Gas Shock: ‘Drillers Continue To Return Cash To Shareholders… Rather Than Boost Production’ [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: House Republicans Move To Block PA From RGGI Climate Program, Offer One-Time Federal Money Instead

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Republican Senators File For Injunction To Block Gov. Wolf’s Carbon Pollution Cutting Plan For Power Plants - RGGI

-- Majority Chair Of Senate Committee Calls Opponents Of Natural Gas Infrastructure ‘Radical Environmentalists,’ Arguments By Of Supporters Of RGGI ‘Hysteria’ [PaEN]

-- Senate Committees Hear Familiar Pro/Con Comments On Economic, Environmental Impacts Of EQB’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants - RGGI [PaEN]

-- House Passes Bill To Block RGGI Regulation - Again; Senate Republicans File Lawsuit [PaEN]

-- Republicans On House Committee Move Bills To Unleash Natural Gas Industry In Pennsylvania, Kill RGGI [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Don’t Thwart RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

-- Environmental Health News: One Year After Our Investigation Of Health Impacts Of Fracking, What’s Changed?

-- Federal Court Hears Senate Republican Caucus Appeal For Standing In Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Ban On Fracking [PaEN]

-- Republican Chair Of House Environmental Committee Believes Opponents Of Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects ‘Just Need To Be Ignored And Politically Ran Over’ [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Jon Hurdle: PA Republican Measures To Boost Natural Gas Output Unlikely To Succeed, Analysts Say

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Push Pro-Fossil Fuel Bills, Citing Russia’s War, Need For Energy Security

-- MCall - Ford Turner: House Republican Lawmakers Advance Energy Bills Amid Concern Over Prices, Russia-Ukraine War

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: RGGI Carbon Credit Opponents Play Cynical Games With Dangerous Costs - Clean Air Council

-- PennLive Letter: Pennsylvanians Support Caps On Power Plant Pollution - PA League Of Women Voters

-- League Of Conservation Voters: 43 PA Conservation, Faith, Business, Environmental Groups Oppose House, Senate Bills To Kill RGGI

-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts Down In Allegheny County, Demolition Work To Begin [Due to “unfavorable economic conditions,” i.e. competition with natural gas]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Investing In Clean Energy Will Add Over 126,000 Jobs In PA - Keystone Research Center

-- Generation180, FedEx Team Up To Launch Solar For All Schools In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Solar Companies Carve Out Their Piece Of PA’s Farmland, Dividing Farmers

-- York Dispatch: Township Decision On Solar Energy Farm Proposal Delayed Again

-- PA Solar Center Hosts April 8 Webinar: How Solar Energy Helps Create A More Resilient Grid & Incorporates Cybersecurity [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Solar Heats Up In Western PA - PA Could Become A Model For Solar Energy And Farmland Preservation

-- Sen. Casey: PA To Receive $186 Million To Lower Energy Costs For Families From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: As Oil Companies Cash In, Here’s How You Can Save Money On Gasoline In PA

-- TribLive: Moratorium Lifted On PA Utility Shutoffs; Services Can Be Interrupted Beginning April 4

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PECO Seeks 2nd Natural Gas Rate Increase In 2 Years - 13%

-- PUC Holds April 13 Hearings On Proposed 7.8% UGI Gas Rate Increase

-- The Guardian: Change In Bitcoin Software Code Can Reduce Energy Consumption By 99%

-- WHYY/NPR: Misinformation Is Derailing Renewable Energy Projects Across U.S.

-- Financial Times: Renewable Energy Pushes Ahead Of Coal For The First Time

-- Forbes: 5 New Reports Show Wind And Solar Power Can Cripple Putin, Secure Climate Goals

-- Bloomberg Green: Biden Embraces Oil As Ukraine War Overwhelms His Climate Agenda

-- AP: UN Chief Names Panel To Probe Companies’ Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Net Zero Pledges

-- Financial Times: Banks Face New International Standards On Carbon Emissions Disclosure

Energy Conservation

-- Sen. Casey: PA To Receive $186 Million To Lower Energy Costs For Families From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Biden Administration Seeks To Cut Home Energy Bills With $3.2 Billion For Efficiency

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Best Way To Fight High Oil [Natural Gas] Prices Is To Use Less, Transition To Renewable Fuels

Environmental Health

-- Environmental Health News: One Year After Our Investigation Of Health Impacts Of Fracking, What’s Changed?

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: DEP Holds Hearings On PFOS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Regulation

-- PennLive: Ex-Sunbury Landlord Admits Violating EPA Rule On Lead-Based Paint

-- Erie Times: Erie County Breaks Lyme Disease Record; How You Can Avoid Tick Bites

-- MCall: More Important Than Ever To Avoid Tick Bites, To Avoid Potentially Serious Tickborne Disease

-- Scranton Times: Tick And Mosquito Threat Expected To Be High In PA This Spring

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Tire Cleanup April 9 Targets West Nile Virus; Volunteers Needed

-- American Lung Association: Transition To Zero-Emission Transportation, Non-Combustion Renewable Energy Will Save Lives

-- The Guardian: U.S. Transition To Electric Vehicles Would Save Over 100,000 Lives By 2050, Study

Environmental Heritage

-- WITF: Chesapeake Mapping Initiative Uses Crowdsourcing Tool To Search For Historic African American Sites In PA

Environmental Justice

-- Dog Whistle: House Republicans Move Bill Saying DEP Permit Applicants Are Always Right; Ignores Environmental Justice Concerns; Adds More Bureaucracy [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health News: One Year After Our Investigation Of Health Impacts Of Fracking, What’s Changed?

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Officials Seek Public Input On Changes To DEP’s Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Updating Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy

-- DEP, Rep. Bullock Highlight Environmental Justice For Pennsylvania

-- DEP Secretary Highlights Importance Of Environmental Justice For Pennsylvania, Upcoming Hearings On Changes To Permit Review Policy

-- Penn State Behrend To Host In-Person Teach-In On Climate And Justice March 30

EPA

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Work Gets A Boost From Federal Funding

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Welcomes Increased Funding For Chesapeake Bay In Proposed Federal FY 2023 Budget [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Ex-Sunbury Landlord Admits Violating EPA Rule On Lead-Based Paint

Farming

-- Penn State: Cover Crops More Effective Than Insecticides For Managing Pests, Study Suggests

-- Capital RC&D, Partners Host April 23 Small Ruminant Pasture Walk On Grazing Planning In Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Promotes Investments In Pollinator Research, Strengthen Resilience Of PA Specialty Crops

-- Penn State: How Would A Nuclear Winter Impact Food Production?

Federal Policy

-- DEP Blog: Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Brings Streams, Rivers Back To Life [PaEN]

-- Casey, Cartwright Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Fund Abandoned Mine Treatment O&M Costs [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Citizens' Law Center: 34 Community Groups Endorse New Bipartisan Federal Bills To Address Mine Treatment O&M Costs [Including EPCAMR]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Federal STREAM Act Proposal To Help Pay O&M Costs Of Mine Drainage Treatment Deserves Bipartisan Support

-- $3.8 Million Federal Grant For Coal Community Revitalization Awarded In Bedford, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Work Gets A Boost From Federal Funding

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Welcomes Increased Funding For Chesapeake Bay In Proposed Federal FY 2023 Budget [PaEN]

-- WHYY: New Federal Flood Insurance Pricing Brings Big Savings To Flood-Prone Philly Neighborhood

-- Post-Gazette: PA Will See A $100 Million Increase In Federal Funds For Transportation Alternatives Like Trails, Bike Paths, Safer Routes For Children Going To School Over 5 Years

-- Sen. Casey: PA To Receive $186 Million To Lower Energy Costs For Families From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Biden Administration Seeks To Cut Home Energy Bills With $3.2 Billion For Efficiency

-- Bloomberg: Biden Poised To Use Cold War Powers To Boost Battery Metals Dominated By China

-- AP: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation To Require Shut Off Values On New Oil & Natural Gas Pipelines To Prevent Disasters [Does Not Apply To Existing Pipelines]

-- U.S. EIA: If No New Interstate Pipelines Are Built Between 2024 - 2050, Natural Gas Production Would Fall 4.6%; Consumption By 4.3%; Henry Hub Price Is 11% Higher In 2050

-- Bloomberg Green: Biden Embraces Oil As Ukraine War Overwhelms His Climate Agenda

-- NBC News: ‘Biggest Fraud In A Generation’: The Looting Of COVID Relief Paycheck Protection Program By Businesses

Flooding

-- WHYY: New Federal Flood Insurance Pricing Brings Big Savings To Flood-Prone Philly Neighborhood

-- WHYY: How Is Montgomery County Preparing For Future Floods?

-- WPost: Climate Change Spurring Movement To Build Stormproof Homes

Forests

-- DCNR Highlights How American Rescue Funds Would Help Pay For $1.4 Billion Of State Park, Forest Infrastructure Needs

-- Altoona Mirror: DCNR Presents State Park Infrastructure Plans

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Forests, Fishing & Clean Water - By Jeff Woleslagle, President of PA Outdoor Writers Association [PaEN]

-- April 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: State, Feds Partner To Combat Spongy [fmr Gypsy] Moth In Allegheny National Forests

-- Penn State Employees Traveling In Lanternfly Quarantine Zone Must Take Training

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DCNR Warns Of High Danger Of Woodland Fire As Seasonal Risk Increases

-- Erie Times: Erie County Breaks Lyme Disease Record; How You Can Avoid Tick Bites

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Study Highlights Live Stake Success To Improve Streams Using Volunteers

-- Bipartisan Resolution Advances In House To Study Wildlife Conservation Corridors [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Here’s How You Can Help Pittsburgh Collect Data On Urban Wildlife Encounters

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Planning Prescribed Burns

-- The American Chestnut Foundation Accepting Entries For 2022 Photo Contest, Entries Due Sept. 1

Grants/Funding

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Landscape Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Accepting Mini Grant Applications Starting April 4 [PaEN]

-- Courier Express: Elk Conservation Receives $138,702 Growing Greener Grant For Johnson Run Remediation Project

-- $3.8 Million Federal Grant For Coal Community Revitalization Awarded In Bedford, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: PA Will See A $100 Million Increase In Federal Funds For Transportation Alternatives Like Trails, Bike Paths, Safer Routes For Children Going To School Over 5 Years

Green Infrastructure

-- Post-Gazette: ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Stormwater Management Plan Facing Pushback, Up For Public Comment

-- WESA: ALCOSAN Wants Public Input On A $2 Billion Tunnel System To Reduce Sewage Overflows

-- Post-Gazette: ALCOSAN Taking Public Comment On Plan To Reduce Stormwater, Sewage Water In Rivers

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Must Do Better To Address Stormwater Flooding - Rep. Joe Webster (D-Montgomery)

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Mandate Stormwater Improvements

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Forests, Fishing & Clean Water - By Jeff Woleslagle, President of PA Outdoor Writers Association [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Franklin Regional Fly Fishing Club Works With Trout Unlimited To Promote Conservation

-- Courier Express: Elk Conservation Receives $138,702 Growing Greener Grant For Johnson Run Remediation Project

-- Butler County-Based Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Looking For Stream Bank Restoration Projects, Other Updates [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Provide Update On Implementing County Clean Water Action Plan-- Water Testing, Grants Available, Much More

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Forests, Fishing & Clean Water - By Jeff Woleslagle, President of PA Outdoor Writers Association [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Cover Crops More Effective Than Insecticides For Managing Pests, Study Suggests

-- Bipartisan Resolution Advances In House To Study Wildlife Conservation Corridors [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Here’s How You Can Help Pittsburgh Collect Data On Urban Wildlife Encounters

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Study Highlights Live Stake Success To Improve Streams Using Volunteers

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Landscape Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh’s New $32 Million Urban Park Reconnects Historic Hill District Neighborhood With Downtown “Cap” Project Establishes Frankie Pace Park [PaEN]

-- PA Recreation & Park Society/Park Maintenance Institute: Upcoming Professional Training Events

-- DCNR Blog: Native Plants Are ‘Good Weeds’

-- DCNR Blog: Don’t Be Fooled By Common Names Of Plants

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Online Native Plant Sale Now Open In Monroe County

Hazardous Substances

-- Environmental Health News: One Year After Our Investigation Of Health Impacts Of Fracking, What’s Changed?

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: DEP Holds Hearings On PFOS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Regulation

-- PennLive: Ex-Sunbury Landlord Admits Violating EPA Rule On Lead-Based Paint

Land Conservation

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Landscape Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Study Highlights Live Stake Success To Improve Streams Using Volunteers

-- LancasterOnline: Smart Growth Conference Looks Ahead To Lancaster County In 20 Years

-- PA Recreation & Park Society/Park Maintenance Institute: Upcoming Professional Training Events

-- DCNR Blog: Native Plants Are ‘Good Weeds’

-- DCNR Blog: Don’t Be Fooled By Common Names Of Plants

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Releases 2021 Annual Report, Highlights Spring, Summer Events

Land Use Planning

-- LancasterOnline: Smart Growth Conference Looks Ahead To Lancaster County In 20 Years

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- WHYY/Billy Penn: Officials Swear They Have Plans To Fix Philly’s Big Illegal Dumping Problem, But Say They Need More Funding

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Lehman Twp Police Seek Person For Illegal Dumping

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Tire Cleanup April 9 Targets West Nile Virus; Volunteers Needed

Mine Reclamation

-- DEP Blog: Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Brings Streams, Rivers Back To Life [PaEN]

-- Casey, Cartwright Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Fund Abandoned Mine Treatment O&M Costs [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Citizens' Law Center: 34 Community Groups Endorse New Bipartisan Federal Bills To Address Mine Treatment O&M Costs [Including EPCAMR]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Federal STREAM Act Proposal To Help Pay O&M Costs Of Mine Drainage Treatment Deserves Bipartisan Support

-- Butler County-Based Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Looking For Stream Bank Restoration Projects, Other Updates [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: Change In Bitcoin Software Code Can Reduce Energy Consumption By 99%

Ohio River

-- Post-Gazette: ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Stormwater Management Plan Facing Pushback, Up For Public Comment

-- WESA: ALCOSAN Wants Public Input On A $2 Billion Tunnel System To Reduce Sewage Overflows

-- Post-Gazette: ALCOSAN Taking Public Comment On Plan To Reduce Stormwater, Sewage Water In Rivers

-- TribLive: Franklin Regional Fly Fishing Club Works With Trout Unlimited To Promote Conservation

-- Butler County-Based Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Looking For Stream Bank Restoration Projects, Other Updates [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- 6th Oil/Natural Gas Shock: ‘Drillers Continue To Return Cash To Shareholders… Rather Than Boost Production’ [PaEN]

-- Federal Court Hears Senate Republican Caucus Appeal For Standing In Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Ban On Fracking [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health News: One Year After Our Investigation Of Health Impacts Of Fracking, What’s Changed?

-- Republicans On House Committee Move Bills To Unleash Natural Gas Industry In Pennsylvania, Kill RGGI [PaEN]

-- Republican Chair Of House Environmental Committee Believes Opponents Of Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects ‘Just Need To Be Ignored And Politically Ran Over’ [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: PA Republican Lawmakers Double Down On Oil, Gas Drilling

-- StateImpactPA - Jon Hurdle: PA Republican Measures To Boost Natural Gas Output Unlikely To Succeed, Analysts Say

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Push Pro-Fossil Fuel Bills, Citing Russia’s War, Need For Energy Security

-- MCall - Ford Turner: House Republican Lawmakers Advance Energy Bills Amid Concern Over Prices, Russia-Ukraine War

-- Bay Journal: Ukraine War Triggers Push For More Fracking In Pennsylvania - By Ad Crable [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Best Way To Fight High Oil [Natural Gas] Prices Is To Use Less, Transition To Renewable Fuels

-- Delaware Valley Journal Guest Essay: Unleash Natural Gas Industry In Pennsylvania - Marcellus Shale [Gas] Coalition

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Biden Administration Should Lift Regulations On Oil & Gas Production - Fmr Chester County Republican Sen. Earl Baker, Natural Gas Industry Booster

-- PennLive Letter: Pennsylvanians Support Caps On Power Plant Pollution - PA League Of Women Voters

-- Environmental Health News: One Year After Our Investigation Of Health Impacts Of Fracking, What’s Changed?

-- AP: Thailand-Based Firm Pays $20 Million Back To Ohio After Canceled Petrochemical Plant

-- Reuters: Energy Transfer [Major PA Pipeline Owner] To Sell LNG To China

-- Reuters: Europe Would Struggle To Refill Natural Gas Storage Without Russian Supplies

-- WSJ: LNG Export Boom Draining U.S. Natural Gas Supplies, Lifting Prices

-- Reuters: 2 Groups Of European Lawmakers To Reject Proposal To Label Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy Sustainable Investments

-- White House: To Release 1 Million Barrels/Day From Oil Reserve; Get Congress To Adopt New Fees On Oil Companies Not Using 9,000 Permits They’ve Had For Years To Drill On Federal Land

-- Reuters: U.S. EIA Reports U.S. Oil Production Fell 2% In January, Lowest Since Sept. 2021

-- Reuters: U.S. Drillers Add 3 Oil And Gas Rigs Amid Slow Growth [“Drillers continue to return cash to shareholders from high crude prices rather than boost production.”]

-- Bloomberg Green: Biden’s Oil Relief Plan Seen Backfiring As Drillers Dig In Heels [“Oil executives less inclined than ever to invest the proceeds from $100-a-barrel crude into new wells.”]

-- Reuters: Biden Says U.S. Oil Companies Sitting On Record Profits

-- Bloomberg: Occidental Petroleum’s Best Quarter Ever Blows Away Stock Market

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Don’t Let Big Oil, Natural Gas Cynically Profit From Putin’s War - League Of Conservation Voters

-- Bloomberg: Energy Stocks Fall With Oil As U.S. Weighs Massive Oil Release

-- Bloomberg: What A 180 Million Barrel Oil Release From Reserves May Mean For The Market

-- Reuters: Top Federal Lands Producers Decline U.S. House Committee Hearing On Oil Prices, 2,800 Unused Permits

-- Financial Times Guest Essay: Big Oil Has Nothing To Complain About Under Joe Biden

-- Bloomberg: World Oil Prices Don’t Fully Reflect Russian Supply Risks, China’s Ability To Keep COVID Pandemic Under Control

-- Bloomberg: VISA Changes Rules For Gas Stations To Avoid $125 Pump Limit [FYI: There Is No Limit On What Oil/Natural Gas Companies Can Charge You]

-- Reuters: International Energy Agency Meets To Discuss Releases From Oil Reserves Alongside The U.S. Action

-- Bloomberg: Oil Consumers Take Control Of Market As OPEC+ Stands Back

-- Reuters: U.S. LNG Exports Rise 16% To New Record