Friday, July 21, 2023

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.21.23

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House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled]

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Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. 2, 3, 4  [Unless Sooner Recalled]

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- Marcellus Drilling News/The Allegheny Front: University Of Pittsburgh Study Finds At Least 800,000 Tons Of Oil & Gas Waste Sent To Landfills Unaccounted For In One Year; Oil & Gas Waste Adds To Radiation Accumulation In Stream Sediments  [PaEN]


-- Marcellus Drilling News: 800,000 Tons Of Drilling, Frack Waste Unaccounted For In NY-PA-OH [In One Year] 


-- The Allegheny Front: Pitt Study Finds Radioactive Materials In Waterways Near Wastewater Treatment Plants Associated With Fracking Waste 


-- Marcellus Drilling News: Aborted Epiphany Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant Resurrected With PennVEST Loan


-- Scranton Times: Appeals Court Nixes $6.25 Million Settlement Of Chesapeake Energy Lawsuits Over Landowner Royalties


-- Fox43: Lower Allen Twp., Cumberland County Makes Switch To Solar Energy


-- PA Solar Center Seeking Lodestar Award Nominations For Chester County  [PaEN]


-- Republican Herald: Region’s First ‘Fast’ EV Chargers In Operation At Plaza Off I-81 In Luzerne County


-- Warren Times: Warren City Planners Talk EV Charging Options


-- Warren Times Editorial: Power Play By EPA Needs Push Back [Limiting Pollution From Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants]


-- USDA NRCS Seeks Proposals For Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership Fund To Mitigate Wildfire Risk, Protect Water Quality, Improve Wildlife Habitat, Restore Forest Ecosystems  [PaEN]


-- Penn State: USDA Grant Funds Study Of Effectiveness Of Vegetation To Curb Water Pollution On Farms 


-- York Dispatch: York Landowners Can Get Paid To Beautify Their Property And Improve Local Water Quality


-- Penn State Extension Seeking Participants In Private Well Water Owners Focus Group


-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds July Newsletter: Storm Drain Art; Master Watershed Stewards Native Tree, Shrub Sale; Arsenic In Private Drinking Water Supplies 


-- Brodhead Watershed Association Aug. 27 Ramble, A Day Of Outdoor Adventures And Educational Programs in Monroe County 


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 15 Billion Gallons Of Sewage-Polluted Water Flows Annually Into Philly’s Rivers And Streams, Report Says 


-- WHYY: 15 Billion Gallons Of Raw Sewage, Polluted Stormwater Makes Its Way Into Philadelphia’s Waterways Every Year, According To New Report


-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 21 RiverWatch Video Report


-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Nominations For 2023 Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards  [PaEN]


-- Post-Gazette: Butler Area School District Settles Lawsuit Over Lead Contaminated Water At Summit Elementary School


-- Penn State Extension: After The Flood: Recovery Considerations For Rural Pennsylvanians 


-- Williamsport Sun: Flood Levee Relief Well Project Scope Changes May Mean Cost Savings


-- TribLive: Severe Thunderstorms Move Through Western PA; Thousands Left Without Power


-- TribLive: Pollution From Canada’s Wildfires Similar To Breathing Secondhand Cigarette Smoke Indoors, Study Shows


-- York Daily Record: Groups Urge FERC To Reject Cuffs Run Pump Storage Electric Generation Project Along Susquehanna River: ‘The Last Bit Of Nature Left On The River’


-- Governor’s Office Publishes Updated Regulatory Agenda Of Regulations In Development


-- July 22 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- York Daily Record: Where Are The Spotted Lanternflies?  Experts Explain Populations Swings


-- Charity Checkout For Conservation Raises Funds For PA Wilds State Parks, Forests From PA Wilds Conservation Shop, Online Sales  [PaEN] 


-- DCNR Opens Survey For Public Input On Plans For New Big Elk Creek State Park In Chester County  [PaEN] 


-- TribLive: Route Of Verona, Oakmont, Penn Hills, Plum Bike/Walking Trail Mapped Out


-- Scranton Times: New Pollinator Gardens Creating A Buzz In Lackawanna County


-- Discover NE PA: North Branch Land Trust Celebrates Nature Photography Along The Susquehanna River


-- Centre Daily Times: Explore The Sights, Sounds Of Soaring Eagle Wetland Thru Hiking, Nature Drawing


Other States/National/International


-- WHYY/NPR: US Could Slash Climate Pollution, But It Might Not Be Enough, New Report Says


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Politics PA: House Republican: ‘Not Going To See Any Budget Movement Until October At The Earliest’

-- TribLive: Tuition Remains Frozen For PA State-Owned Universities

-- Spotlight PA: PA’s Latest Bid To Regulate Private Cyber Charter Schools Would Lower Tuition Payments, Boost Transparency

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[Posted: July 21, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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