Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Wednesday Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.5.22

Are You Telling Your Story?

Senate returns to session October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, November 15 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 10:00: House Democratic Policy Committee hearing with PA Legislative Black Caucus on environmental justice.  Room 418 Main Capitol.


TODAY 5:30: In-Person, Virtual. Center for Coalfield Justice Public Meeting On PA Health Studies Of Natural Gas Development In Southwest PA.  5:30 to 7:30 p.m.  Updated - Read more here.


TODAY 7:00: Virtual. DEP Virtual Hearing On Proposed Transco Natural Gas Pipeline Regional Energy Access Expansion Project In Eastern PA.  7:00 p.m.


-- Fall Visitors To Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Areas Urged To Report Illegal Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]


-- Williamsport Sun Outdoors: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper


-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection


-- DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 since 2016  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times: 40 Warren Residents Evacuated For Natural Gas Leak Near Construction Site


-- EPA: Most States, Including Pennsylvania, Did Not Meet 2-Year Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones [PaEN]


-- Register Now For NFWF Virtual Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Networking Forum & Listening Sessions Starting Nov. 8  [PaEN]


-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay States To Get Millions For Climate-Smart Farm Practices -- By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]


-- Land Trust Alliance Magazine Highlights Efforts Along PA's Kittatinny Ridge To Document The Economic Benefits Of Land Conservation - By Marina Shauffler [PaEN]


-- Bradford Era: McKean Conservation District Holds Annual BMP Tour


-- Rodale Institute: Celebrating 75 Years Of Organic Leadership  [PaEN]


-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Still On Drought Watch Despite Recent Rain


-- PA Solar Center: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Makes Flipping The Switch To Go Solar For Homeowners, Businesses Well Within Reach - By Sharon Pillar, Executive Director PA Solar Center  [PaEN]


-- Inquirer: A Few Philly-Area Churches Are Going Solar, New Tax Incentives Make It Easier For Others


-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Insights For A Successful Regional Decarbonization Strategy


-- StateImpactPA: PA Climate Forum Brings informed Public Into Problem-Solving Effort


-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Parking Authority To Install More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations


-- ABC27: PA State Police Investigating People Allegedly Jumping Off Wind Turbines


-- TribLive Guest Essay: Windmills Are Our Shrines To Our Modern-Day Climate Change Madness - Robert T. Smith, Environmental Consultant


-- Daily Review: Sen. Yaw Talks Energy Independence During Visit To Bradford County [Dependence On Natural Gas]


-- Reading Eagle: Reading Activists Want City Protection From Environmental Toxins, Oversight By New Environmental Justice Committee


-- Pittsburgh Inno: Pittsburgh-Based Electronics Recycler To Deploy Robotics, AI For First-In-Nation Flat Panel Display Recycling 


-- DEP Took Action On 795 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,628 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week


-- Erie Times: Girl Scout Creates Storybook Trail At Ashbury Woods In Hopes Of Bringing More Children Outside 


-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts 9-Part Virtual Caring For Creation Environmental Education Program Starting Oct. 7  [PaEN]


-- Republican Herald: Penn State Schuylkill Seeking Arboretum Certification For Campus


-- Inquirer Editorial: Redesign Of FDR Park Is The Kind Of Planning Philly Should Get Behind


-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: Latest Forest Inventory Data Released; Importance Of Stream Passages; Much More 

 

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

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

 

-- Reuters: U.S. Shale Oil, Natural Gas Producers To Remain On Sidelines If OPEC+ Cuts Output Energy Executives Say

 

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas At $4 to $5 Is A Thing Of The Past, Says Tellurian Chairman

 

-- Reuters: Exxon Signals Strong Q3 Earnings On Natural Gas Pricing

 

-- The Economist: Why Fracking Cannot Solve Europe’s Energy Crisis

 

-- Reuters: OPEC+ Heads For Deep Supply Cuts, Clash With U.S.

 

-- WSJ: High Natural Gas Prices Cloud Asia’s Push For LNG

 

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?


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso/Katie Meyer: Unresolved Gray Areas In PA Mail-In Voting Law Likely To Spur Fresh Confusion, Legal Challenges

-- PennLive: Lycoming County To Do Hand Recount Of 2020 Votes For President, One Row Office

-- TribLive: Republican Congressional Candidate Mike Doyle Share Name With Retiring Democrat, Sowing Confusion

-- Inquirer: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Has Fervent Base; Dr. Oz Trying To Reach PA Swing Voters

-- Inquirer: Gun Safety Group Launches $2.1 Million Ad Campaign Criticizing Dr. Oz, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Over Gun Laws

-- PennLive: Dr. Oz Fires Back In Controversy Over Animal Abuse Allegations

-- Post-Gazette - Julian Routh: Cook Political Report Says Dr. Oz - Fetterman U.S. Senate Race Now A ‘Toss-Up’

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Dr. Oz’s Specious Medical Claims Raise Questions Of Financial Integrity

-- York Daily Record: PA Chief Justice’s Death Leaves Vacancy In Court And Gov. Wolf With A Decision

-- PA Capital-Star: As Session Nears End, PA Counties Urge Legislature To Act On Mental Health Funding

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Communities Place Their Bets On Windfall From Casino Revenue

-- Gov. Wolf  Reminds Older Pennsylvanians Of Upcoming Medicare Open Enrollment Period, Free Insurance Counseling Available Through PA MEDI

-- WITF: Reading Invests Nearly $3 Million In Community Groups To Fight Violence

-- MCall: Montgomery County Teen Threatened To Shoot Up Bethlehem H.S., Police Charge

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: 182 Kids Have Been Shot In Philly In 2022, Here’s How To  Help Survivors

-- Post-Gazette: Lawsuit Alleges ‘Rampant’ Use Of Detainers At Allegheny County Jail Violates Constitution

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Jail Warden Responds To Pitt Study On County Jail, Criticism From Activists

-- TribLive Editorial: Public Defender Program Needs To Be Better Spelled Out In PA

-- PennLive: PA Liquor Stores Hosting Big 50% Clearance Sale

-- WESA: Nearly 3,000 Allegheny County Students Known To Lack Homes

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Enrollment Momentum For State-Owned Universities

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[Posted: October 5, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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