Saturday, April 8, 2023

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.8.23

Are You Telling Your Story?

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

-- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13, 14

Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

-- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- New University Of Chicago Medical Study Connects Natural Gas Development In PA To Real, Serious Human Health Outcomes And Should Be A Call To Action For Policy Makers - By Alison Caldwell, PhD,  University of Chicago News  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times: DEP Sides With PA General Energy In Legal Challenge To Grant Twp., Indiana County Regulating Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well


-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 1 to 7; Leaking Gas Well On State Game Lands #87 Fixed  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Inspection Finds Two Repsol Oil & Gas Shale Gas Wells Venting Natural Gas To Atmosphere, Defective Well Casing/Cementing In Susquehanna County; Violations Continue From May 2017  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 8  [PaEN]


-- The Guardian: Green Groups Sue To Stop Ohio From Leasing State Parks For Oil, Gas Drilling 


-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Title V Air Quality Permit For Monessen Coke (Coal) Plant, Westmoreland County  [PaEN]


-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Environment Has Never Been Cleaner - Robert T. Smith, Environmental Consultant  [On Closing 3 Batteries At U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works] 


-- Post-Gazette: FirstEnergy Seeking Ratepayer Surcharge To Keep Two Coal-Fired Power Plants Open In West Virginia


-- PennLive - Letter: We’re At An Energy Crossroads - By Karen Feridun, Better Path Coalition


-- PennLive Guest Essay: How Nuclear Power Saved Christmas And The PJM Electric Grid - By Rep. Tom Mehaffie


-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Township Looking To Modernize Regulations On Residential Solar Arrays


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: DEP Seeks Environmental Justice Concerns To Shape Climate Planning 


-- LancasterOnline: First Lancaster County Climate Summit To Take Place April 22 - Earth Day 


-- Republican Herald: Anthracite Cultural Board Creates Signs, Displays Promoting Coal Region History


-- DEP Bans Sale Of Chuwi Electronic Products For Not Complying With PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Program Broken  [PaEN]


-- Williamsport Sun: Cong. Meuser Calls For Repeal Of Federal Superfund Cleanup Tax On Lead Battery Manufacturers


-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load Water Quality Plan For Johnston Run, Franklin County  [PaEN]


-- DEP Posted 67 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 8 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]


-- Penn State: Temperature Is Stronger Than Light And Flow As Driver Of Oxygen In U.S. Rivers And Protecting Aquatic Life  [PaEN]


-- Clinton County CleanScapes Schedules Cleanup Events, Volunteers Needed


-- UnionProgress.com: Register For PA Resources Council April 15 Household Chemical Collection In Pittsburgh


-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfill Responds To DEP Odor Violations, Criticizes Landfill Opponents In Lackawanna County


-- MCall Guest Essay: Bethlehem Landfill Expansion A Potential Environmental Disaster - By Community Resident


-- MCall: Bids To Preserve 755-Acre Camp Trexler In Monroe County Are In, Pocono Heritage Land Trust, Waste Management Waste Company Among Those Interested


-- PA Capital-Star: State Agencies Planning For The Future Of PA’s Outdoor Recreation Economy


-- WeConservePA - DCNR Forest Fridays: What’s At Stake With Live Staking To Restore Riparian Zones Along Streams


-- April 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN] 


-- PA Wilds Conservation Shop At Leonard Harrison State Park Opens April 10 In Tioga County


-- TribLive: Plans To Be Unveiled Tuesday For Improved Riverfront Access, Trail Development In Tarentum, Allegheny County


-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Don’t Miss Out On What The Outdoors Offers


-- PennLive: Peregrine Falcons Nesting On Rachel Carson Building In Harrisburg; How To Watch Them


-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Summer Field Courses: Amphibians/Reptiles; Living Streams; Appalachian Ecology; Raptor Field Techniques 


-- Erie Times: Total Solar Eclipse Arrives In Erie 1 Year From Saturday; Stake Out Your Position Now 


Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- USA Today: Families Weigh Future After Toxic Train Derailment: ‘I Don’t Want To Leave Them Behind’


-- WPost: Federal Regulators Called On Railroads To Review ‘Train Makeup’ Amid Rising Derailments Of Long Trains


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

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


-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - No Change From Last Week: 24


Other States/National/International


-- AP: Study Says Climate Warming May Push More Hurricanes Toward U.S. East, Gulf Coasts


-- The Guardian: ‘Tornado Alley’ Is Shifting Farther Into Eastern U.S., Climate Scientists Warn


-- Bloomberg: Texas Eyeing Fleet Of New, Emergency Use Only Weatherized Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Costing $18 Billion To Improve Electric Grid After Its Deadly Failure In 2021


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Pennsylvania’s Tax System ‘Punishes’ Working Class Data Shows

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Could PA Legislature Expel Members For ‘Disorderly’ Floor Behavior Like Tennessee

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Legislature Should See Tennessee Expulsions As Cautionary Tale

-- Spotlight PA: PA Supreme Court Candidates With Party Backing Show Fundraising Advantage

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Even His Most Loyal Supporters Will Face Fatigue With Ex-President - By Mark Singel

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[Posted: April 8, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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