This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips--

-- The Guardian: One Of The Worst Global Methane Leaks In 2022 Was In PA - Equitrans In Cambria County; Routine Abandonment, Non-Compliance Of Conventional Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] 

-- Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Elected Officials From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change [PaEN]

-- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Allowing General Assembly To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Greene County House That Exploded In 2018 From Natural Gas Leak Stands As A Monument To Leaking Gas Pipelines, Leaking Gas Wells, Leaking Gas Storage Areas 

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 4 to 10; Big Week For Spills  [PaEN] 

-- WESA: CMU Researchers Find High Levels Of A Hazardous Chemical Acrolein Weeks After Ohio/PA Train Derailment [Acrolein Also Used In Shale Gas Fracking Fluid ,To Treat Shale Gas Drilling Impoundments] 

-- U.S. Senate Hearing: Energy, Environmental Impacts Of Cryptocurrency Mining In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: U.S. Senate Panel Probes How Cryptocurrency Mining Increases Energy Consumption

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Hydrogen Advocates Say Permitting Reform Needed Before Hub Becomes Reality

-- Lehigh Valley Live: Months After Tanker Crash In Bethlehem, Cleanup Continues Of 8,500 Gallons Of Spilled Gasoline, Diesel Fuel 

-- Citizens Voice: Dallas Municipal Authority Pleads Not Guilty To Criminal Charges Of Illegally Dumping Sewage 

-- Inquirer: Field Of Dread, 6 Former Phillies Died From Same Brain Cancer, We Tested The Vet’s AstroTurf And Found PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ 

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Is Among Worst Places For Lead Poisoning, Here’s Why

-- The Guardian: Among 10 Worst Places To Live In U.S. For Particulate Air Pollution - Harrisburg, York, Lancaster Region

-- AP: Audit Says Surplus In Senate, House Legislative Expense Accounts Jumped To A Record $261 Million In FY 2022; Spending Reached $392 Million On Themselves 

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Legislatures Financial Surplus Sets Record High At $261 Million

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-- 3,190 New Stories In 2022 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership [PaEN]

[Posted: March 12, 2023]  PA Environment Digest