Saturday, April 15, 2023

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.15.23

Are You Telling Your Story?

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- DEP/Equitrans Settlement: DEP, Preempted By Federal Law, Withdraws Order, Closes NOVs Against Equitrans For Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Leak Releasing 1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas  [PaEN] 


-- The Express: Bechtel Corp Announced It Will Discontinue Development Of The 1,000 MW Natural Gas-Fired Renovo Energy Center In Clinton County  [PaEN]


-- The Express: Developer Backs Out Of Renovo Energy Plant Project


-- PennLive: Environmentalists Win, Company Drops Plans For $1 Billion Natural Gas-Fired Renovo Power Plant


-- The Express: End Of Renovo Power Plant A ‘Crucial Win’ For Residents, Opposing Agencies Say


-- Marcellus Drilling News: Chesapeake Appalachia Makes Slow Progress Cleaning Up Spills In Bradford County Well Pad - 'Something That Should Not Happen’ 


-- Post-Gazette: DEP Investigating Stink At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County


-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 8 to 14; Shale Gas Drillers Create New Brownfields, 8 Wells Found With Defective Casing/Cementing  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 15  [PaEN]


-- Shapiro Administration Announces Commitment To Fight Climate Change Under New EPA Climate Grant Program  [PaEN]


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA To Get $6 Million In Grants For Climate Change Planning From EPA


-- AP: Shapiro’s Working Group On Climate Change Meets In Private 


-- City & State PA: PA Energy Summit May 11 In Pittsburgh, Featuring Keynote Speaker Acting DEP Secretary Negrin  [PaEN] 


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Green Group Highlights Renewable Energy Projects In All 67 Counties


-- Scranton Times Editorial: EPA Rule To Cut Mercury Emissions From Power Plants Long Overdue


-- WESA/WVIA: More Federal Funding Coming To PA To Cleanup Abandoned Mine Lands, Treat Mine Discharges


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CMU Presents Plan For Robotics Innovation Center At Hazelwood Green Redevelopment Site


-- DEP Posts 68 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 15 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- National Wildlife Federation Selected To Serve PA, Other Mid-Atlantic States To Help Communities Access Historic Investments To Advance Environmental Justice [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Export Borough, Water Authority Differ On Removal Of Asbestos-Infused Waterlines In Westmoreland County


-- Allegheny National Forest Reports 447 Acre River Road Wildfire In Elk County Is 95% Contained  [PaEN]


-- LehighValleyLive: Luzerne County Wildfire That Closed Turnpike Has Burned 2,513 Acres, 10% Contained 


-- Apply Now For A Scholarship To Attend The Watershed Forestry Summit In Altoona June 14-15  [PaEN] 


-- Western PA Audubon Society, Buffalo Creek Coalition Host May 9 Grants & Funding Workshop In Butler County, Online  [PaEN]


-- Fox43: 14,000 Native Trees To Be Planted April 14-15 At Furnace Run Park, Franklin County   


-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $5 Million To Protect 22 Farms, 2,038 Acres Of Farmland In 13 Counties  [PaEN]


-- Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Agricultural Research Grants For Water Quality BMPs, Protecting Pollinators, Climate Change Resilience, On-Farm Energy Efficiency, More  [PaEN]


-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Officials Remind Residents Of West Nile Virus Dangers 


-- Lancaster Conservancy Announces Plan To Acquire Over 300 Acres Along Susquehanna River In York County  [PaEN] 


-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Preserving 300+ Acres In York County Near Susquehanna River


-- April 14 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]


-- Fish & Boat Commission holds April 24 hearing on proposed regulation to change fishing license fees. Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.  11:30 a.m.  (formal notice)


Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- TribLive: Norfolk Southern Offers Up-Close View Of Cleanup Work At Ohio Train Derailment Site  


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: G7 Ministers Agree To Cut Natural Gas Consumption, Speed-Up Renewable Energy


-- Bloomberg: G7 Agrees To Accelerate Phase-Out Of Unabated Fossil Fuels [Fuels Without Carbon Capture]


-- Reuters: US Power Grid To Rely On Renewable Sources As Most Cost-Effective Option, EIA Says


Other States/National/International


-- EPA Publishes New Online Resource To Help Prevent Heavy Metal Exposures In Children


-- AP: U.S. Energy Secretary Says G7 Can Lead Global Carbon Emissions Cuts


-- AP: G7 Energy, Environment Leaders Haggle Over Climate Strategy


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive Guest Essay: It’s The Truth That Should Drown Out The Noise, Not Vice Versa - By Mark Singel

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[Posted: April 15, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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