Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.23.23

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

-- Committee Schedule

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

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Toxic Trains - Real-Time Hazmat Info Hard To Get, Even For Lancaster County’s First Responders 

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: At Least 28 Hazardous Materials Moved Through Lancaster County In 2021

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Who Responds?  When Do You Evacuate?  A Look At Lancaster County’s Hazardous Rail Transit Plan

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: We Sought Railroad Hazmat Records From 12 Central PA Counties, Only 3 Provided Detailed Lists

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Hazardous Material On PA Trains, How We Got The Information

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Activists Bring Supplies And Support To Residents Impacted By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Beaver County Times: Panel Sets Criteria For $5 Million Shell Petrochemical Plan Penalty Fund In Beaver County

-- Environmental Health Project: Living Close To Shale Gas Industrial Development, A Mental Health & Wellness Toolkit

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Trojan Horse - Hydrogen Power - By Vote Solar

-- Reading Eagle: Reading’s Youth Interns Clear Storm Drains After July 9 Storm

-- Gov. Shapiro, Agriculture Secretary Redding Visit The Rodale Institute In Berks County To Celebrate Organic Field Day, Meet Veteran Farmers

-- PennLive: Montgomery County Township To Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags [King Of Prussia Mall]

-- LevittownNow.com: Planning For Walking & Biking Trail In Bristol Twp. Moving Ahead In Bucks County

-- WESA: Frick Park’s Survival Camp Encourages Kids To Explore Nature

-- Scranton Times: Butterfly Effect Fundraiser For All-Inclusive Playground

-- ABC27: Mosquitoes In York County Tested Positive For West Nile Virus

Other States/National/International

-- US DOE Proposes New Energy Efficiency Standards For Water Heaters To Save Consumers $11 Billion Annually On Utility Bills

-- Reuters: US Plans Water Heater Standards, Says They Will Save Consumers $11 Billion

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- ABC27: Republican Senate Leader Kim Ward Says ‘At Some Point In August’ The Republicans Can Get The General Appropriations Bill Signed

-- PennLive Guest Essay: No One Lied To Senate Republicans, they Chose Not To Hear The Truth On State Budget - By House Democratic Leader Matt Bradford

-- Post-Gazette: For Biden And Republicans, ‘The Stakes Feel Existential’ In Pennsylvania

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Government Is An Invasive Species - By Republican Cong. Mike Kelly [Repeatedly Tried To Overthrow PA Election Results]

-- Wilkes-Barre Editorial: How About Making Current Form Of Government Work?

-- PA Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reports Pennsylvania’s June Unemployment Rate At Record Low 3.8%

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Unemployment Rate Drops To Record Low Of 3.8% In June

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[Posted: July 23, 2023]  PA Environment Digest