Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.27.23

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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 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2023 Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- House Bill Introduced To Create Veterans Entering The Sustainability Sector Workforce Incentive Program  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 20 to 26; DEP Issues More NOVs For Conventional Well Abandonments  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 27   [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 36 Shale Gas Well Drilling Pad Water Use Permits In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties  [PaEN] 

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Observer-Reporter: EQT Drilling Donates $100,000 To Upgrade Greene County Fairgrounds [Meanwhile Frac-Out Incident Drags On In Same County That Left Families Without Clean Water Since Last June]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Subsidizes Shell Petrochemical Plant, Then Slaps Wrist For Air Quality Violations

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front-Reid Frazier: EPA/DEP Issues $2.4 Million Fine To Eastman Chemical For Pollution At Western PA Site

-- Reuters: Federal Court Questions Another Equitrans Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Permit

-- EPA Announces $14 Million+ For Cleanup, Technical Assistance For PA Brownfield Sites  [PaEN] 

-- PA Capital-Star: $14 Million In Federal Aid For Brownfield Cleanup Headed To PA, Sens. Casey, Fetterman

-- DEP Awards $7.8 Million In Federal Funding To Support Local Mine Reclamation, Mine Drainage Treatment Projects; Next Round Of Applications Due Aug. 25   [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects EPA Wetlands Rule, What It Means For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- Scranton Times Editorial: U.S. Supreme Court Loves That Dirty Water  [Wetlands Decision]

-- WHYY: Forecasters Predict A ‘Near Normal’ Hurricane Season, But Urge Communities To Prepare

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Celebrates Groundbreaking For Big Battery Plant In Weirton, WV

-- LancasterOnline: PA Doesn’t Protect Against Summer Utility Shutoffs; Here’s How Residents Can Get Help

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Plans In Congress To Update U.S. Electrical Grid 

-- Penn State Wind Energy Club Takes 3rd Place In U.S. Dept. Of Energy 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Energy Competition  [PaEN]

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 27 PA Bulletin inviting reclamation proposals for the Warren C. Hart Mine#66 Operation in Snowshoe and Burnside Townships, Centre County.  (PA Bulletin, page 2871)

-- DEP published notice in May 27 PA Bulletin of June 21 hearing on proposed waste permit for a Municipal Waste Transfer Station to be located in Hazleton, Luzerne County, 6:00 p.m. (PA Bulletin, page 2900)

-- DEP published notice in May 27 PA Bulletin of June 29 hearing on proposed RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for Lancaster County Waste-to-Energy Facility, 1:00 p.m.  (PA Bulletin, page 2861)

-- DEP published notice in May 27 PA Bulletin of July 5 hearing on proposed RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for Braskem America, Inc. Facility in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County, 3:00 p.m.  (PA Bulletin, page 2865)

-- DEP Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 27 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Trash Left On The Streets By Penn Students Moving Out - A Non-Exhaustive List

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Is Working, But We Can Do Better - By Maurice Sampson

-- Courier Times: These Farms Were In Long Fight To Preserve Agricultural Landscape In Lower Makefield, Bucks County

-- TribLive: Penn State Extension Hosts June Meetings In Allegheny County On Spotted Lanternfly

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Millersville University’s Ecology Professor John Wallace Retiring After 25 Years

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces College Scholarship Recipients  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Regional ATV Connector Pilot Opens For Season, Shares New Routes

-- May 26 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Boy Scouts Sell Camp Trexler For $7.8 Million, Deal Appears To Avoid Large-Scale Development Of Property

-- TribLive: Work Begins On Next Phase Of Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Commons Park Improvements

-- Natural Lands: Connect To The Outdoors At Upcoming Summer Events

-- Now Available! Paddlers’ Guide To The Delaware River

-- Game Commission: Bear Involved In Attack On 2 Children In Luzerne County Captured, Euthanized

-- The Ripon Advance: PA Republican Cong. Kelly, Thompson Seek Federal Reconsideration Of Proposed French Creek Watershed National Wildlife Refuge

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: Plunging LNG Natural Gas Prices Put U.S. Export Cancellations In The Frame

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Natural Gas Glut Is About To Vanish As Key Price Spread Flips Threatening To Divert Cargoes To Asia

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Runoff Elections Suggested For Crowded Primary Races

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: On Gun Control Bills, PA Parties Remain Divided

-- The Center Square: PA, Other Attorneys General File Brief In Support Of Handgun Age Requirement

-- Politics PA: Shapiro Signs Order To Develop Master Plan For Aging Pennsylvanians

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[Posted: May 27, 2023]  PA Environment Digest