Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.27.23

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House holds Regular Session June 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate holds Regular Session June 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 9:30: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 170 (Otten-D-Chester) establishing 2,500 foot setbacks from natural gas compressor stations, well pads, pits, storage tanks, wastewater, chemicals, condensate and other waste as recommended in Attorney General Shapiro’s Grand Jury Report (sponsor summary); House Bill 1476 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing a 2-year moratorium on issuing air quality permits to cryptocurrency data mining facilities (sponsor summary).  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:30 a.m.   Click Here to watch live.   Read more here.

UPDATE: House Democratic Leadership Blocks Environmental Committee Action On Bills Increasing Safety Zones Around Natural Gas Facilities, Cryptocurrency Permit Moratorium  [PaEN]

-- Senate Committee Unanimously Reports Out Nomination Of Richard Negrin As Secretary Of DEP  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Train Derailments Bode Poorly For Public Health Amid Planned Petrochemical And Hydrogen Hubs - By Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester), Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Shell Petrochemical Plant Hasn’t Delivered Economically For Beaver County 

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: A Cautionary Tale Of Petrochemicals From Beaver County, PA - Still Failing To Spur Economic Growth

-- House Environmental Committee Hears Progress Report On Cleaning Up PA’s Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Panel Talks Challenges Of Cleaning Up Chesapeake Bay, Local Waterways

-- Lancaster Farming: Fencing Livestock Out Of Streams Next Front For PA Water Regulations

-- Erie Times: NOAA Wants Public Comment On Proposed Lake Erie National Marine Sanctuary

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Water Authority Proposes 3 Years Of Water Rate Increases In Pittsburgh

-- Penn State Extension: Meadow Repository - Resources For Planning, Planting Meadows  [PaEN]

-- Independent Fiscal Office Projects 2023 Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Revenue At $180 to $184 Million, A Drop Of $94 Million From 2022 Revenue  [PaEN] 

-- StateImpactPA: PA Shale Gas Drillers Pay Record Amount In Impact Fees, 2 Years After They Paid Record Low Amount

-- Observer-Reporter Letter: The Definition Of Insanity - Have Qualified Stewards Of Our Health, Environment, Learning, Play Spend Washington County’s $9 Million In Act 13 Impact Fee Money

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Receives Key Federal Water Permit

-- Inquirer: POWER Interfaith Pushing PECO To Use More Renewable Energy

-- Pittsburgh-based PPG Signs Solar Energy Agreement For Texas Paint Plants, Stores To Reduce Carbon Emissions 

-- Capital & Main-Audrey Carleton: PA Could Be A Model For Solar-Powered Schools - If It Can Get Past Political Divisions 

-- PennTAP Hosts July 20 Webinar On Funding And Incentives For Energy Efficiency Improvements At Your Facility  [PaEN]

-- PUC Highlights Summer #SaveInPA Opportunities To Help Manage Summer Energy Usage, Utility Bills

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: SEPTA Awarded $80 Million Grant For Low-Emission Buses

-- MCall: Severe Storms Dump Torrential Rain On Lehigh Valley Causing Flooding

-- Spotlight PA: How Pennsylvania State & Local Government Have (And Haven’t) Spent Billions Of COVID Stimulus Dollars

-- PA Environmental Resource Consortium Names Penn State Graduate Isabella Briseno 2023 Campus Sustainability Champion 

-- The Conservation Fund: PA's Delaware State Forest Grows By 555 Acres In Pike County  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Region Faces Third Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Outbreak

-- Dept. Of Health Accepting Applications For WalkWorks Grants Thru July 28

-- June 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Hunters Unhappy With First Day Of Game Commission Antlerless Deer Licenses

-- Penn State Researchers Document Chesapeake Logperch Fish In Lower Susquehanna River

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - With Summer’s Arrival Comes Plenty Of Insects

-- Williamsport Sun - Tiadaghton Audubon: Not All Migratory Birds Are ‘Neotropical’

-- Warren Times: Local Woman Wins 2023 National Audubon Photo Contest 

I-95 Collapse In Philadelphia

-- Triblive: PA House Votes To Extend I-95 Disaster Proclamation Until Next June

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- AP: States Clamp Down On Freight Trains, Fearing Derailments And Federal Gridlock 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Train Derailments Bode Poorly For Public Health Amid Planned Petrochemical And Hydrogen Hubs - By Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester), Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project

-- WTAE: Norfolk Southern Says It Reaches Milestone In Train Derailment Cleanup

-- Post-Gazette: Norfolk Southern Has Made Strides In Cleanup After Train Derailment, But Still Has Work To Do

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: Natural Gas Power Plants, Now The Top Source Of Electricity In U.S., Are To Blame For One Of The Grid’s Biggest Vulnerabilities When Weather Gets Rough

Other States/National/International

-- Post-Gazette/Bloomberg: Electric Vehicle Metals Will Come From Dead Batteries At New Ohio Recycling Plant

-- Bloomberg: $75 Billion Climate Solution That’s A Bargain - Oil & Gas Companies Should Spend 2% Of Their Net Income To Cut Methane Emissions

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Gov. Shapiro: Senate Confirms Nominees For Education, Insurance, Office Of State Fire Commissioner

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Shapiro’s Pick For Election Chief

-- Gov. Shapiro: PA To Receive $1.6 Billion In Federal Funding To Expand Affordable, High-Speed Internet Access

-- Spotlight PA: How Pennsylvania State & Local Government Have (And Haven’t) Spent Billions Of COVID Stimulus Dollars

-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Issues Status Report On Unemployment Compensation System, Support Services For Workers And Employers

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA House Fails To Muster Enough Votes To Pass Bills To Fund University of Pittsburgh, Temple

-- TribLive Editorial: Competing For College Students Amid Declining Enrollments

-- PA Unions Urge Lawmakers To Oppose Legalizing ‘Skill Games’ Gambling

-- City & State PA: As Moms For Liberty Comes To Philly, Tensions Run High

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[Posted: June 27, 2023]  PA Environment Digest