PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.17.21

House returns to session Nov. 17, Dec. 13, 14, 15

Senate returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15

TODAY 10:00: Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds a hearing on Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery site and cleanup effort. The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Rosenberger Hall Room 102, 600 S. 43rd Street. Click Here for information coming to watch online.

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DCNR Virtual Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Click Here for more on the agenda.

-- A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards - By Siri Lawson, Farmington Township, Warren County [PaEN]

-- EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; Majority Of 100,508 Conventional Wells In PA Are Not Covered By Any Bonding Requirement [PaEN]

-- WPCAMR: New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Addresses PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem; Questions About What Projects Can Be Funded [PaEN]

-- Wildlands Conservancy Protects 2,700 Acre Penrose Swamp Barrens In Carbon & Luzerne Counties [PaEN]

-- DRBC Extends Comment Period On Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From Fracking Operations & Ban On Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products [PaEN]

-- House Republicans Move Bills Amending State Constitution To Invalidate Actions By The Executive Branch To Cement One-Party Rule Of State Government [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA DEP Proposes Strict Limits For PFOS ‘Forever’ Chemicals In Drinking Water

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Moving Forward With Rule To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Water

-- AP: PA Pushes PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals Drinking Water Limit

-- CourierT: PA Moving Forward With Setting PFAS Limits For Drinking Water; Here’s The Next Step

-- DEP Proposed To Set Stricter PFAS Limits Approved [For Public Comment] By Environmental Quality Board

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: EQB Approves Proposed Drinking Water Limits For PFAS

-- EPA Asks Science Advisory Board To Review PFOA/PFOS In Drinking Water Science

-- WHYY: Does PFAS Exposure Affect COVID Illness & Vaccine Effectiveness? Researches Want To Know

-- PA Cap-Star: State Regulators Must Determine If Hazardous ‘Forever Chemicals’ Were Used In Fracking - Clean Air Council

-- DEP Took Action On 673 Permits, 91% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 963 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- TribLive: Pitt Gets $100 Million To Build Biomanufacturing Hub At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Site

-- PG: $100 Million Mellon Foundation Grant To Spur Creation Of Biomanufacturing Facility At Hazelwood Green

-- Philadelphia Citizen: Philadelphia’s Failure To Alert Residents To Tire Fire Should Scare You

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: LIHEAP Offers Relief To Households Struggling To Cover High Heating Bills - Columbia Gas

-- Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Hosts Virtual Turning A New Leaf Conference Dec. 8-9; Certification Training Schedule Updated [PaEN]

-- PennLive: More Christmas Trees, Higher Prices Anticipated At World’s Largest Tree Auction In PA

-- TribLive Editorial: Invasive Species Are Environmental Threat Everyone Can Fight

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Monarch Butterflies From PA Reached Mexican Wintering Grounds

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- CentreDT: Centre County Gives Another Boost To Tourism With American Rescue Plan Funds

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Bill

-- WPCAMR: New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Addresses PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem; Questions About What Projects Can Be Funded [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Republican PA U.S. Sen. Toomey Still Opposing Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Signed Into Law This Week

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Signifies Huge Triumph

National/International

-- PG: Gasoline Price Relief On The Horizon As Global Oil Supply Picks Up, IEA Says

-- AP: Biden Pushes Electric Vehicle Chargers As Energy Costs Spike [Due To Natural Gas Prices]

-- AP: Federal Regulators Seek To Suspend Rule Allowing Railroads To Transport Natural Gas

-- AP: Coming Off Climate Talks, U.S. To Hold Huge Crude Oil Sale In Gulf

-- Financial Times: Companies That Quickly Embrace Green Tech Will Clean Up

PA Politics

-- MCall: House Committee Votes To Endorse Proposed Constitutional Amendment On Right To Refuse Vaccines [Including vaccines like polio, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, meningitis, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis, chickenpox all but wiped out by vaccines.]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: COVID Vaccine Mandates Give Rise To Call For Protecting Medical Freedom In PA Constitution [Including vaccines like polio, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, meningitis, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis, chickenpox all but wiped out by vaccines.]

-- AP: House Passes Bill To Allow Concealed Gun Carry Without Permit, Wolf To Veto

-- MCall: House Gives Final Approval To Bill Allowing Concealed Carry Of Guns Without Permit; Wolf Plans Veto

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Gov. Wolf Says He Put His Wife Up To Breaking Election Law To Deliver His Mail-In Ballot

-- MCall: Postal Delays Meant One Allentown Resident Received Her Mail-In Ballot After Election Day

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County On Track To Finish Write-In Vote Count

-- CitizensV: Luzerne County Completes Write-In Vote Count From Nov. 2 Election

-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Sen. Corman Officially Enters Governor’s Race [He worked to overturn the 2020 election results]

-- Inquirer: Republican Sen. Corman Joins Governor’s Race As A Familiar Name In Crowded Field [He worked to overturn the 2020 election results]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Sen. Corman, Part Of PA’s Political Dance For 20+ Years, Says He’s Ready To Call The Tune As Governor [He worked to overturn the 2020 election results]

-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Sen. Corman Officially Enters 2022 Governor’s Race [He worked to overturn the 2020 election results]

-- PennLive: PA COVID Hospitalizations Rise As Summer Surge Remains Stubborn

-- CitizensV: Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Have Had COVID Twice