Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.19.23

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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 


TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Statewide Water Resources [Water Plan] Advisory Committee meeting.  Delaware Room, 16th Floor Rachel Carson Building.  Visit the Committee webpage for remote attendance options.  Contact: James Horton  RA-Statewaterplan@pa.gov


TODAY 3:00: Pittsburgh-Based Group Against Smog & Pollution Hosts Workshop On Local Air Quality Issues.  3:00 p.m.  


TODAY 6:30: Ohio River Valley Institute Hosts Webinar On Policy Action In Response To The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment & Beyond. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.  


THURSDAY 10:00: Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force hearing on LNG terminal proposal in Philadelphia.  Courtyard Philadelphia South at The Navy Yard, Philadelphia. 10:00 a.m.


THURSDAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meets to consider Final Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil and Gas Operations.  14th Floor Conference Room, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.  Read more here.


THURSDAY 1:00: PA Council Of Professional Geologists Hosts Webinar Presentation By Manager Of PA State Seismic Network - Basement Structure Of Appalachian Basin In PA.  1:00 to 2:00 p.m.


FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Hosts Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report. Noon to 1:15 p.m. 


-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County  [PaEN]


-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Reaches Deal With Equitrans On Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Order


-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Importance Of Keeping A Health Diary When Living Near Shale Gas Facilities - Well Pad, Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Processing Plants, Storage Facilities, Injection Wells, Waste Sites, Trucking Facilities, Petrochemical Plants


-- ABC27: Chambersburg Receives $5.2 Million Federal PHMSA Grant To Repair Aging Natural Gas Pipelines


-- 23 Pennsylvania, National Climate Groups Call On EPA To Cut Pollution In Power Sector  [PaEN]


-- PA Capital-Star: Community Solar Can Propel PA Toward An Equitable Clean Energy Future - By Vote Solar PA


-- PA Turnpike Commission Releases 2022 Sustainability Report - EV Charging, Roadside Vegetation 


-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Receives $1 Million Grant To Complete Regional Climate Plan


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Earth Day Event In Lancaster Aims To Give People Hope In The Face Of Climate Change


-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Natural Gas Production Dropped In 2022, 1st Time Since Shale Began


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Capacity Limits Restrain PA Natural Gas Production


Remember These--

     -- EnergyNow.com: Chesapeake Energy CEO Urges Slowdown In Natural Gas Output After Price Plunge

     -- Marcellus Drilling News: Consultant Suggests Drillers Fight Low Natural Gas Price By Choking Wells 50% 

     -- Bloomberg: EQT Gas Says Natural Gas Price Slump Will Slow U.S. Supply Growth 


-- The Guardian: Nearly 120 Million In U.S. Exposed To Unhealthy Levels Of Soot And Smog- Pittsburgh, Lancaster Worst Areas For Particulate Pollution East Of The Mississippi- American Lung Assn. Report


-- Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Montgomery County Receives NOV For Odor Violations


-- PA Resources Council: Go ‘Green’ On Earth Day - And Every Day This Spring 


-- TribLive: Trees Planted Throughout Sharpsburg As Part Of Conservancy Program


-- TribLive: Clean Up Days, Tree Plantings And More In Sewickley Area For Earth Day


-- WTAJ: Keep Cambria County Beautiful: Tire, Appliance Recycling Events Returning


-- LancasterOnline: Earth Day Events To Celebrate, Clean Up Neighborhoods, Waterways In Lancaster County


-- Ohio River Basin Alliance Responds To Listing Of Ohio River As America's 2nd Most Endangered River In The Nation  [PaEN]


-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio River Ranks 2nd On America’s Most Endangered List By American Rivers Group


-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh River Named One Of 10 Most Endangered In Country; Warehouses And Poor Planning Blamed In Report


-- Pocono Record: Warehouse Growth Puts PA’s Lehigh River On Most Endangered List


-- Stroud Water Research Center: Creek Critters - A Book For Kids Inspires Scientific Discovery In Utah School 


-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner Walt Moore, Chester County, Named PA Distinguished Dairy Producer 


-- UpStream Newsletter From Stroud Water Research Center: Climate Impacts On Water Quality; Celebrating 10 Years In LEED Platinum Research Center 


-- TreeVitalize Conference To Focus On Urban Trees, Community Resilience May 31-June 1 In Philadelphia  [PaEN]


-- Allegheny County Conifer Symposium June 14 To Explore Future Of Conifers In A Changing Climate In Western PA  [PaEN]


-- USDA NRCS-PA: Hosting 9-Part People’s Garden Webinar Series Beginning April 26 


-- UnionProgress.com: Concerned About Lead In Your Soil In Allegheny County?  Get It Tested For Free


-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Outdoor Recreation Boosts Physical And Psychological Growth In Kids


-- TribLive: Shaler Commissioners Pushing For Ordinance To Prohibit Deer Feeding


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: The Urban Birder: Here’s Why You Should Spend More Time Looking Up


-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Trail Guide Training May 2


-- WeConservePA: Lauren Imgrund Moving From DCNR To National Park Service


Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- NextPittsburgh: PA Member Of Congress Summer Lee Worries About Future Train Derailments


-- AP: Norfolk Southern CEO Repeats Derailment Apologies Before Ohio Senate


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

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


-- Bloomberg: Tourmaline Aims To Double Portion Of Natural Gas Shipped As LNG By 2026


Other States/National/International


-- Bloomberg: Republicans Fight A Solar Boom That’s Made Texas King Of Clean Energy


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports March Gaming Revenues Were $515.2 Million, 11.35% Increase Over March 2022

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: COVID Still Demands Vigilance

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[Posted: April 19, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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