Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.3.23

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- July 3 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- 95 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN]

-- 7.3.23 - PA Environment Digest - All Articles & NewsClips From This Issue By Topic [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

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-- Senate Republicans, Gov. Shapiro Work Out Budget Deal; Senate Democrats, House Democrats Not Onboard [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 24 to 30 - Radiation Levels Prompt Shale Gas Wastewater Tank Decontamination; Replugging Conventional, Shale Gas Wells  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For Cryptocurrency Power Generation Facility By Diversified Production, LLC At A Shale Gas Well In Elk County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Air Quality General Permit For Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Little Publicized But Treacherous, Methane From Coal Mines Upends Lives Of West Virginia Families 

-- Trout Unlimited - Brian Cooper: Beech Creek Abandoned Mine Drainage Cleanup Will Expand Brook Trout Habitat In Centre, Clinton Counties  

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Summer Fun At Jennings Environmental Center; Inspiration In Idaho  [PaEN]

-- Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts Host Homeowners Resource Fair July 21 At Wallenpaupack Environmental Center  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Individual Stormwater Permit For 4,000 Acre ‘Conservation’ Housing Development Next To Hickory Run State Park In Carbon County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: PA Member Of Congress In The Middle Of The Action As Congress Debates Federal Farm Bill

-- Scranton Times: Developer Revives Efforts To Ship LNG Natural Gas From Bradford County Through Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming Counties  [Article Text ]

-- House Passes Bipartisan Bill Establishing Grant Program To Support Solar Energy Facilities At Schools  [PaEN]

-- Public News Service: PA Groups Support New EPA Carbon Pollution Standards For Coal, Gas Plants

-- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Finally Gets Lawyers In Federal Clean Air Act Criminal Case

-- Feature: Comparing The Cost Of Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles versus Electric Vehicles: Which One Is Right For You? - By Robert Donnan, McMurray, Washington County   [PaEN] 

-- WESA: PA’s Transition To Electric Cars Is Going Just OK - New Report

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: The Battery Push That Got Pittsburgh-Based Matthews International Into Tesla’s Electric Cars

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Truckers File Suit To Stop PA From Using California Clean Air Standards

-- Inquirer: How Residents Of Philly’s Hottest Neighborhoods Are Coping As Temperatures Rise

-- Altoona Mirror: Climate Change Making Wildfires And Smoke Worse

-- The Guardian: Green Constitutional Amendments Advocates Push For Guarantees In Face Of Climate Crisis

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Forest Fridays - Celebrating Our Wildland Firefighters

-- WeConservePA: Lancaster Conservancy’s Phil Wenger - Departing Thoughts From A Land Trust Convert

-- AP: Man Drowns After Rescuing 2 Children At Nockamixon State Park

-- BucksCo.Today: Residents, Visitors Urged To Stay Away From Lake Towhee, Lake Galena In Bucks County Due To Toxic Algae Bloom

-- Scranton Times: New Park At Lackawanna River Heritage Trail’s Marvine Colliery Section In North Scranton

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Are Back Killing Trees, Threatening Agriculture And Changing The Taste Of Honey

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Should The Minimum Size For Trout In PA Be Raised? Study Underway

Other States/National/International

-- KYW: Proposed EPA Rule On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Could Cost Companies $1 Billion, But Health Experts Say It Still Falls Short

-- Inside Climate News: Rush To Build Carbon Pipelines Leaps Ahead Of Federal Rules And Safety Standards

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Democrats Huddle On Overdue Pennsylvania Budget

-- Beaver County Times: Harrisburg Has Missed Its Budget Deadline Again, Will It Affect You?

-- PA Capital-Star: Can Gov. Shapiro Parlay Popularity Into A State Budget Win?

-- TribLive: 4th Week Of Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack Trial Focused On Mental Health

-- WESA: PA Lacks Certain Gun Laws Despite Support, Survey Finds

-- TribLive: Public Menace Or Family Fun?  Fireworks In Pennsylvania

-- Post-Gazette: Fmr U.S. Senator Toomey’s Post-Senate Jobs Renewing Calls To Close Washington’s Revolving Door

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[Posted: July 3, 2023]  PA Environment Digest