House returns to session September 27, 28, 29
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Environmental Group Asks Court To Order Lawmakers To Pay Back $1.3 Billion Meant For Conservation
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Will See High Levels Of Smog Friday, DEP Warns
-- PA Bulletin: Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To RACT Requirements For Major Sources Of Nox, VOCs
-- DEP: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Incentive Grant Program Rebates Still Available [PaEN]
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Craft Zoning To Accommodate Electric Vehicles
-- Inquirer Editorial: Natural Gas Drillers In PA Used PFAS Forever Chemicals In 8 Wells As PA Officials Maintain Willful Ignorance
-- Better Path Coalition: PFAS Use In PA Natural Gas Drilling Confirmed - Wolf Must Halt Fracking Now
-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: FracTracker Alliance Article On Lycoming Creek Watershed Misleading, Or Simply Wrong [PaEN]
-- Erie News Now: Congress, Small Oil & Gas Companies Work To Cap Orphan Oil And Gas Wells [Abandoned by conventional oil and gas drilling companies in the first place]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Should Enact Methane Regulations Covering Oil & Gas Industry - Rep. Vitali
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Zero Carbon Bitcoin? Owner Of PA Nuclear Plant Thinks It Could Strike Gold
-- PUC: To Seek Public Comment On Proposed Changes To Regulations For Customer-Owned Pipeline System Service Lines [PaEN]
-- PUC: Approves Settlement With PPL Electric Regarding Improper Billing Practices
-- MCall: PPL Electric Fined Over Improper Billing Practices; Customers Didn’t Get Bills For 9 Months
-- PA Bulletin: Public Utility Commission Publishes Notices In August 7 PA Bulletin - Termination of the COVID-Related Moratorium; Suspension of Regulatory And Statutory Deadlines
-- MCall: PPL Now Wants To Reduce Its Carbon Emissions By 80% In 2040
-- Environmental Health News: How Joining RGGI Could Save Western PA Kids’ Lives And Lungs
-- ErieT Guest Essay: PA’s Competitive Energy Costs An Important Economic Development Tool - Ron Wilt
-- Environmental Defense Fund: August 10 - Lehigh Valley’s Clean Energy Future. ArtsQuest Center At Steel Stacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
-- ScrantonT: Auditor General Won’t Review DEP’s Approval Of Keystone Landfill Expansion Permit
-- PennLive: Cumberland County Recycling & Waste Looking For Resident Input On What’s Working, What Isn’t
-- PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In July [PaEN]
-- Delaware RiverKeeper: August 6 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Danville News: Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - Susquehanna River Care A Balancing Act
-- Inquirer: Up To 17,000 Customer Get Inaccurate Philly Water Bills Showing ‘Shocking’ Increases
-- PPL Foundation: Now Accepting Applications For STEM Education Grants [PaEN]
-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy: New Floating Classroom To Host Single-Day Educational Adventures, Floating Lecture Series [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Students Studied Snakes, Sang Songs And Learned About River’s Resources On Floating Classroom In Williamsport - Click Here For Other Stories
-- CitizensV: Oil Leak At White Haven Center Sends 2,000 Gallons Of Fuel Into Creek
-- Reminder: Westmoreland Pollinator Partners Accepting Entries To PA Pollinator Photo Challenge [PaEN]
-- Pike Wayne Conservation Partnership: Science On Tap - Aug. 19 - Biodiversity Jam [PaEN]
-- Governor’s Office: Publishes Latest Catalog Of Nonregulatory Documents [PaEN]
-- PA Bulletin: Dept. Of Agricultural: Notice Of Additions To Controlled Plants And Noxious Weed List
-- Natural Lands: Transfer Of Delaware River Waterfront Parcel Represents Progress For Delaware River Trail [PaEN]
-- PennLive: DCNR Crew Returns After 2 Weeks Of Fighting Montana Wildfires; Gratified They Could Make A Difference
-- AP: Town Burns To Ashes In Raging Northern California Wildfire
-- PA Homepage: ATV Park Planned For Luzerne County
-- CitizensV: Consultant: ATV And Recreation Park In Luzerne County Would Boost Region
-- NextPittsburgh: SouthSide Works Gets Playful With TechPlayground Pop-Up
-- Game Commission: Public Comments Invited On Removing The Peregrine Falcon From List Of Threatened Birds, Changing To Protected
-- Game Commission: Public Comments Invited On Adding Northern Goshawk To List Of Threatened Birds
-- PA Great Outdoors: Elk County - Home Of PA’s Elk Herd
-- PA Bulletin: Fish & Boat Commission Publishes Notices In August 7 PA Bulletin - Changes To List Of Class A Wild Trout Waters; Changes To Classification of Wild Trout Streams; Removal Of Waters From The Refuge Areas Program
-- William Penn Foundation: Names Stuart Clarke Director Of Watershed Protection
-- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District Erosion & Sediment Pollution Control Technician [PaEN]
National/International
-- AP: Senators Struggle To Amend, Finish $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
-- Utility Dive: Federal Court Orders FERC To Analyze Climate, Environmental Justice More Thoroughly On Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects
-- FarmAndDairy: Ohio State Study Shows Pipeline Construction Has Negative Impact On Crop Yields
-- EPA: To Overhaul Pollution Standards For Vehicles, Trucks Paving Way For Zero-Emission Future
-- The Guardian: Biden Sets Goal For 50% Of New U.S. Vehicles To Be Electric By 2030
-- Utility Dive: U.S. Power Sector Halfway To Net Zero Emissions, But It Gets Harder Now, Analysts Say
-- WPost: In A Summer Scarred By Heat, Drought And Fire, Adaptation Becomes A Necessity
-- The Guardian: Climate Crisis: Scientists Spot Warning Signs Of Gulf Stream Collapse
-- USA Today: Study Warns Of ‘Irreversible Transition’ In Ocean Currents That Could Rapidly Freeze Parts Of North America
-- The Guardian: Reduce Methane Emissions Or Face Climate Catastrophe, Scientists Warn
-- The Guardian: Facebook Let Fossil Fuel Industry Push Climate Misinformation, Report Finds
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[Posted: August 6, 2021] PA Environment Digest
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