Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.16.22

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House returns to session September 19, 20, 21 

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

 

-- IRRC Votes 4 To 1 To Disapprove A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Regulation DEP Said Would Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: IRRC Votes Down Rule To Limit Manganese In Streams To Protect Public Health

 

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

 

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Professional Development Webinar Oct. 18 - Setback Distances For Unconventional Shale Gas Well Pads - How Close Is Too Close?  [PaEN]

 

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Catholic Nuns In Lancaster County Fought A Pipeline, Now Citing Religious Freedom, They Week Damages In Court 

 

-- TribLive: Landowners To Receive $5.5 Million To Settle Suit Over Oil, Gas Rights In Fayette County

 

-- Environmental Health Project Marks 10 Years Of Defending Public Health In The Face Of Shale Gas Development

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: The Dangers Of Westmoreland Landfill’s Proposed Method Of Disposing Of Liquid Landfill Waste Containing Radioactive Material From Fracking Waste - Justin Nobel 

 

-- Conservation Innovation Fund, Agriculture Industry Partners Awarded $25 Million USDA Grant To Pay Farmers For Their Stewardship To Improve Water Quality, Reduce Carbon  [PaEN]

 

-- Lancaster Farming: $900 Million USDA Funded Climate Projects To Benefit Pennsylvania

 

-- TribLive: Sewickley Farm Earns Conservation Award Thanks To Management Practices

 

-- Erie Times: Private Forest Landowners Can Get Cash For Carbon Reduction, Here’s How A PA Couple Is Doing It

 

-- Warren Times: ‘Field To Forest’ Workshop To Be Held Oct. 1 In Warren County

 

-- Standard-Speaker: Old Idea To Reclaim Mine Water Pitched Again To Supplement Water Supplies, But Hazelton Authority Has Doubts

 

-- Warren Times: ‘A Lot Of New Old Stuff’ Found In Allegheny River Cleanup

 

-- TribLive Editorial: Laurels & Lances: Cleaning Up Along The Allegheny River

 

-- TribLive: USGS Announces Squaw Run Stream Renamed Sycamore Run In Allegheny County 

 

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 16 RiverWatch Video Report

 

-- Centre Daily Times: Hazy Skies In Centre County’s Forecast Due To Wildfires In Western U.S. 

 

-- September 17 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

 

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates

 

-- West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Six&Kane Will Host Oct. 7-8 Programs On A 120+ Year Old Commercial Building In McKean Being Reborn To Passive House Energy Standards  [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Regional Transit Zero-Emission Fleet To Cost $572.2 Million By 2045 Goal  

 

-- WHYY: Penn Students Camp Out To Demand More University Action On Climate Change

 

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Police Warn Of Uptick In Catalytic Converter Thefts

 

-- PUC Approves 6.2% Increase For Natural Gas For UGI Utilities In 2 Steps By October 2023

 

-- PA PUC: Cost Of Natural Gas Provided By Major Utilities In PA Increased As Much As 154% Over Last Year  [PaEN]

 

-- PUC Acts To Investigate Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Price Adjustment, But Leaves PGW’s Original WPA Rate System In Place

 

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Will Investigate Philly Natural Gas Works Rates After Summer ‘Weather Normalization' Debacle

 

-- PUC Approves Marketing Practices Settlement With Verde Energy USA

 

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Fines Verde Energy $1 Million For ‘Slamming’ Customers And ‘Egregious’ Marketing Violations

 

-- Post-Gazette: Giant Eagle’s Ban On Plastic Bags Begins To Spread

 

-- DCNR Formal Notice Of Special Fall Round Of Community Conservation Partnership Grants

 

-- DCNR Announced The 2021 Annual Trails Report Is Now Available 

 

-- Reading Eagle: Take Advantage Of The Great Outdoors, Right Around The Corner

 

-- Reading Eagle: Ground Broken On Reading City Park Playground Expansion

 

-- Vote Now For Delaware Highlands Conservancy Photo Contest People’s Choice Favorite Thru Sept. 23 [On Facebook]

 

-- Brandywine Conservancy Online Program Sept. 21: Exploring Nature In A Connected World Via iNaturalist App - Part I

 

-- Brandywine Conservancy Online Program Sept. 24: Exploring Nature In A Connected World Via iNaturalist App - Part II

 

-- Audubon Scientists Use Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Data To Develop New Method For Mapping Bird Migrations

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Tour Of Dauphin County Game Lands Included In Game Commission Fall Schedule

 

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

 

-- PUC Approves 6.2% Increase For Natural Gas For UGI Utilities In 2 Steps By October 2023

 

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Drop 9% On Rail Deal, Bigger Than Expected Storage Volume

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?

 

Other States/National/International

-- Binghamton Press: Lawsuit Over Binghamton-Johnson City Sewage Treatment Plant Settled After Causing Millions Of Gallons Of Untreated Wastewater To Leak Into The Susquehanna River

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Doesn’t Call Himself A Christian Natinoalist, But He Gives It A Platform

-- AP: Dr. Oz, Fetterman Both Target Suburbs In Key PA U.S. Senate Race

-- Inquirer: Fetterman Released Some Results From A Cognitive Test Related To Stroke

-- Inquirer: Bucks County Republicans Oust Committee Person Convicted Of Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Luzerne County Man Sentenced For Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Woman Accused Of Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Allowed To Visit Renaissance Faire Again

-- Post-Gazette: Ex-President: There Will Be ‘Problems In This Country The Likes Of Which Perhaps We’ve Never Seen Before’ If He’s Indicted

-- Centre Daily Times: Candidate Forum Canceled In Centre County; Republicans Not Participating

-- TribLive: Former Rep. Jeff Pyle Dies

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Misclassifying Workers Means They Lose Out On Millions In Lost Revenue - Reps. Galloway, McClinton, Harkins

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Catholic Church Child Sex Abuse Victims Deserve Justice, Don’t Let The Election Interfere

-- MCall: The Country Doesn’t Want To Keep Sending People To Jail Again And Again, It’s Trying To Figure Out How To Help Them

-- MCall: Juvenile With A Gun Prompted Lockdown At Allentown Schools Thursday

-- MCall: 5 Injured In Explosion At PA State Prison In Montgomery County During Bomb Squad Training Exercise

-- TribLive: Bill Would Let People Ban Themselves From Buying Booze In PA

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: What Sports Betting Has Done For Western PA - Rep. Matzie

-- Post-Gazette: Local Experts Urge Residents To Maintain COVID Safeguards

-- Inquirer: Tennessee Traces Its Opioid Crisis To A Malvern Drug Company

-- MCall: Are Community Colleges Accessible Enough To Students Without Cars? National Group Tracks Proximity To Public Transportation

-- WHYY: Central Bucks West Schools Tells Teachers Not To Use Students’ Preferred Names And Pronouns Without Parent Approval

-- WESA: Averted Railway Strike Underscores Fragile State Of Supply Chains In PA

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[Posted: September 16, 2022]  PA Environment Digest