Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.26.23

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House holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22

-- Committee Schedule

Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets June 15 On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling  [PaEN]

-- Registration Deadline Extended To May 31: 2023 Watershed Forestry Summit June 13-15 In Altoona  

-- Reminder: Deadline To Apply For DEP Growing Greener Plus, Section 319, SMCRA Mine Reclamation, Pipeline Penalty Projects, Stormwater Planning, Watershed Restoration Grants June 23  [PaEN]

-- Reminder CFA Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants Due May 31

-- Reminder: Next Deadline Aug. 25 For DEP Local Federally-Funded Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds June 7 Business Meeting To Consider Water Withdrawal Requests, Other Items  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper May 26 RiverWatch Video Report

-- CBF: U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection Could Damage Efforts To Restore The Chesapeake Bay  [PaEN] 

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Sharply Limits Federal Government’s Ability To Police Pollution Into Certain Wetlands

-- WFMZ: West Reading Borough, Fire Company To Distribute Free Natural Gas Alarms To Homes Near Chocolate Plant Explosion Site

-- The Allegheny Project: Pittsburgh Media Outlets Collaborate To Cover Air Quality Misinformation In Southwest PA

-- 300+ Registered For ReImagine Appalachia's Community Benefits And Labor Standards Virtual Summit On Taking Advantage Of New Federal Funding; Toolkits Available   [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Smokestacks For Coal-Fired Cheswick Power Plant To Be Imploded In Allegheny County

-- York Dispatch: Proposed $2.1 Billion Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Project Along Susquehanna River Hits First Snag With Federal Regulators

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Mine Reclamation Project In Washington County

-- May 27 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- PA Resources Council Releases Interactive Map Of Glass Recycling Bin Locations Throughout Southwestern PA  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: PASA Sustainable Agriculture Multiple Job Openings Available

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce Announces Participants In Remote Working Project To Visit The County In July 

-- MCall: Camp Trexler Boy Scout Camp Sold For $7.8 Million To Nonprofit Trexler Veterans Initiative Providing Services To Veterans 

-- YourErie.com: Republican Cong. Kelly Voices Opposition To Proposed French Creek Wildlife Refuge

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, Partners Host Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo June 3 Shikellamy State Park Marina, Sunbury  [PaEN]

Other States/National/International

-- Bloomberg: Here’s Why Energy Permitting Reform Is On The Table In U.S. Debt-Limit Talks

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Republican Field In U.S. Senate Race Still Wide Open, Sen. Mastriano Says He Won’t Run

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[Posted: May 26, 2023]  PA Environment Digest