Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.10.23

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Senate returns to voting session January 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31

     -- Committee Schedule

House - January [10, & 11] Session Canceled

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

 

DEP Advisory: DEP’s Cambria District Office still closed due to waterline break.


TODAY 12:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Keith Salador at ksalador@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171.  Click Here background on agenda items.

 

THURSDAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Visit the Board webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Daniel Snowden 717-783-8846, dsnowden@pa.gov

 

 

-- DEP Ongoing Explosion/Fire Investigation: Energy Transfer Reported An Uncontrolled Release Of Ethane For 9.5 Hours From Its Revolution Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County  [PaEN]

 

-- Observer-Reporter: Energy Transfer Natural Gas Cryogenic Plant Resumes Partial Operations

 

-- The New Republic: Fracking Poisoned This Town’s Water, Now Frackers Are Being Allowed Back In [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

 

-- MCall Guest Essay: Fracking Can Benefit Everyone - But We Must Keep Drillers Honest - By Ed Sokalski, Salisbury Twp. Resident

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Game Commission Jan. 11 Program On Natural Gas Leasing & Development In Loyalsock Creek [Exceptional Value] Watershed At Lycoming College Campus

 

-- Senate Republicans Move Constitutional Amendment Giving General Assembly Unilateral Power To Veto Regulations, With No Oversight  [PaEN] 

 

-- DEP, Health Joined By Lung Cancer Survivor To Encourage Home Radon Testing; Winners Of Student Radon Poster Contest Announced  [PaEN]

 

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Grades Chesapeake Bay’s Health A D-Plus, Again

 

-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed: 2023 Federal Budget Includes $11.5 Million For Delaware River Conservation Projects 

 

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: Watershed Superfund Sites Offer Important Lessons To Learn To Curb Potential Future Pollution - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper

 

-- Inquirer: Doing The Manure Math At PA Farm Show, Where Does It All Go?

 

-- Public Source: Slippy Slopes: Pittsburgh, Built On Slide-Prone Riverbanks, Could Face A Deluge Of Impacts From Climate Change

 

-- UnionProgress.com: Western PA’s Sinkhole Crisis Hits Wilkinsburg

 

-- MCall: Bethlehem Natural Gas Power Plant Given Emergency Approval To Keep Running During Frigid Christmas Weekend

 

-- EQT: Company-Wide Initiative Reduces EQT’s Methane Emissions By 70%  [PaEN] 

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Shale Gas Company Complete $28 Million Methane-Reduction Program

 

-- Groups Host Jan. 17 Webinar On Climate & Health Impacts Of Methane Gas From Oil & Gas Operations  [PaEN]

 

-- WFMZ: UGI Corp. Receives AAA Rating For Environmental, Social And Governance Standards

 

-- PUC Reminds Public Of Hearings On National Fuel Gas Proposed 9.2% Rate Increase

 

-- PJM Launches New Public Tool To Allow Developers To Assess Potential Impacts Of New Electric Generation On The Grid  

 

-- TribLive: Underground Coal Mine Worker Injured In Mining Accident

 

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Advocates: EPA’s Proposed PM2.5/Soot Air Quality Standards Aren’t Strong Enough

 

-- DCED Reminder:  Jan. 12 In-Person/Virtual Hearing To Discuss Federal Hurricane Ida Disaster Funding In Bedford, Bucks Chester, Montgomery, York Counties

 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Fluoride In Water Improves Oral Health And Combats Health Inequities - By Acting Secretary Of Health

 

-- The BURG: Change Agent: Meet Greg Czarnecki, A Man On A Mission To Impact Climate Change, One Pennsylvania At A Time

 

-- Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Webinar: Jan. 19 - Implementing An Energy Management System With DOE’s 50001 Ready Program. 11:00 a.m. to Noon  

 

-- Penn State Extension Land Use Webinar Series: Jan. 18 On Management Of Vegetation On Utility Transmission Line Rights-Of-Way.  Noon to 1:15 p.m.

 

-- Penn State Extension Land Use Webinar Series: Feb. 15 On Community Schoolyards: A  Solution For Increasing Park Access In Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities.  Noon to 1:15 p.m.

 

-- Penn State Extension Land Use Webinar Series: March 15 On Local Climate Action Planning - Penn State and Municipal Partners Implementing Together.  Noon to 1:15 p.m.

 

-- Penn State Extension Land Use Webinar Series: April 12 On PA’s State Recreation Plan - Meshing Community-Based Planning With State Initiatives.  Noon to 1:15 p.m.

 

-- Penn State Extension Land Use Webinar Series: May 17 On Transportation, Transit and Land Use - What Are The Connections?.  Noon to 1:15 p.m.

 

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Gets Mellon Foundation Grant To Improve Hays Woods Park

 

-- Inquirer: A Philly Man Met His Future Wife Hiking On The Appalachian Trail, Years Later Their Love Story Is Going Viral

 

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest To Consider E-Bikes On Trails At Jakes Rocks

 

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - In Animal World, All Eyes Are Different

 

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

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


-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Continue To Rise, But Increases Could Slow On Weak Demand


-- Reuters: EU Energy Regulator To Launch LNG Natural Gas Price Assessments On Fridays


-- Reuters: German Natural Gas Storage Operators Optimistic For Next Winter

 

Other States/National/International


-- Bloomberg: U.S. Safety Agency To Consider Ban On Natural Gas Stoves Amid Health Fears 


-- Washington Examiner: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Considering Ban On Natural Gas Stoves Over Health Concerns 


-- The Guardian: One In 8 Cases Of Asthma In U.S. Kids Caused By Natural Gas Stove Pollution - Study 


-- Martinsville Bulletin/AP: Colonial Pipeline Section Restarts Days After It Shut Down By Diesel Fuel Leak In Virginia


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Republican House Member Who Nominated Rozzi For Speaker Calls For His Resignation

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Republican House Member Asks New House Speaker Rozzi To Resign

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA House Speaker May Not Go Independent; Asked To ‘Immediately Resign’

-- AP: New House Speaker Wants ‘Work Group’ On Child Sexual Abuse Constitutional Amendment

-- Inquirer: Lawmakers Elected A New House Speaker, But There Are Still Questions About How Things Will Work

-- PA Capital-Star: Voter ID, Audits, Regulatory Authority Constitutional Amendments Advance From Senate Committee

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Shapiro Names 3 More Nominees To Cabinet Positions - Education, Labor & Industry, Administration

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Taps Suburban Philly School Superintendent For Education Secretary

-- Inquirer: PA Getting New Education Secretary: Lower Merion Superintendent Khalid Mumin

-- Shapiro-Davis: Updated List Of Administration Appointments

-- TribLive: New COVID Variant Dubbed ‘Kraken’ Well-Established In Western PA

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[Posted: January 10, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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