Friday, June 9, 2023

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.9.23

Are You Telling Your Story?

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

-- Committee Schedule

Senate holds Regular Session June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- Now Underway!  Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation - Donate To Your Favorite Team By June 19 [PaEN] 


-- DEP/EPA AirNOW Forecasts Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day Friday, June 9 Across PA


-- TribLive: Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert Issued For Region


-- PA Capital-Star - John Micek: What The Wildfires Teach Us - We Might Not Survive Our Own Climate Foolishness, But The Planet Will Go On Spinning Without Us


-- Residents, Environmental Groups Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant's Pollution In Beaver County  [PaEN]


-- WESA-Reid Frazier: Residents Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant Pollution In Beaver County


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Residents Urge Beaver County Commissioners To Help Lobby Shell To Protect Health, Police Shell


-- EPA Invites Comments On Proposed Oil/Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Fayette County; July 11 Virtual Public Hearing Set  [PaEN]


-- Broad+Liberty Guest Essay: The World Needs PA’s Natural Gas And Philly Is Poised To Deliver It [LNG Export Terminal] - By Mike Butler, Consumer Energy Alliance


-- LancasterOnline: Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes NRC Inspection Due To Safety Failure Last May In York County


-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]


-- PV Magazine: Chesapeake Conservancy Mapped Solar Energy Buildout To Determine Biodiversity Impact On Largest Estuary In The US


-- New Analysis: PA's RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants Will Cut Consumer Energy Costs, Increase Federal Investments In PA  [PaEN]


-- Virginia Mercury: Virginia Air Board Approves Withdrawal From Regional Carbon Market [RGGI]


-- Sen. Yaw Statement On Virginia Withdrawal From RGGI


-- DEP Publishes Notice Continuing Suspension Of Enforcement Of Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program Until January 2, 2026, Federal Rules Will Still Apply


-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Senate Approves New Name For DEP In Hopes Of A ‘Culture Change’   [Read more here.]


-- Citizens Voice Editorial: ‘Protection’ Still Core Of DEP’s Job  [PaEN] 


-- Observer-Reporter: Cooling Towers At Former Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished In Greene County


-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Residents Worry In Aftermath Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Implosion: ‘They Nuked Our Little Neighborhood’


-- June 10 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- NextPittsburgh: Rhonda Phillips Brings Decades Of Sustainability Research To New Role As Chatham University President 


-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry: State Forester Ellen Shultzabarger Accepts Position With US Forest Service  [PaEN]


-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Newsletter Spotlights Dark Skies In PA; Reading Trail Markers; Local Partnerships; Initiatives By Friends Of Groups; Much More!  [PaEN]  


-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Permanently Preserves 2 Properties Totalling Nearly 30 Acres In Northampton County


-- WeConservePA: Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Completes 2 Conservation Easements Protecting Critical Resources In Brandywine Creek Watershed


-- South Mountain Partnership Flex Grant Program Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]


-- NextPittsburgh: Wellsboro Adds Charm And Adventure To The Heart Of The PA Wilds


-- WTAJ: Elk County Visitor Center Extends Hours, Prepares For Elk Calving Season


-- TribLive: Game Commission Wildlife Officers Free Deer Of Plastic Feeder Stuck Around Its Neck In O’Hara


-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Great Outdoor Picnic June 24 At Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park, Centre County 


-- Penn State Researchers Study Biodiversity Through Science And Art At Berks & Lehigh Valley Campuses


-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center’s June 17 Dragons & Fairies Festival


-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Photo Contest Deadline July 2


Norfolk Southern Train Derailment


-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Officials Say They Don’t Know Long-Term Impacts Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment On Residents


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

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


-- US EIA: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Expected To Increase 30% In 2024


-- US EIA: Eastern US Wholesale Electricity Prices Expected To Be 50% Lower In 2023 As A Result Of Lower Natural Gas Prices


-- US EIA: Increased US Renewable And Natural Gas Electric Generation Likely To Reduce Summer Coal Demand


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Here’s What The U.S. Supreme Court’s Redistricting Decision Means For PA

-- Spotlight PA: ACLU Lawsuit: Delaware County Rejected 6 Voters’ Flawed Mail Ballots, Then It Refused To Count Their In-Person Votes

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[Posted: June 9, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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