“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania”
Senate next voting day August 30; September 18, 19, 20; Oct. 2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled]
House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled]
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
-- Lawsuit Filed Against General Assembly, Governor Challenges Constitutionality Of Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Harm Caused By Abandoning Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN]
-- Equitrans Determined Leak Of Over 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas From Cambria County Storage Facility Was Caused By Corrosion In Conventional Gas Well Casing [PaEN]
-- WJAC: Cause Of 2022 Natural Gas Leak At Equitrans Gas Storage Facility In Cambria County Determined
-- Reuters: Equitrans Midstream Says November Natural Gas Leak Caused By Failure Due To Corrosion At PA Gas Storage Area
-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Does Anyone Care About The Study Linking PA Natural Gas Development To Cancer In Kids?
-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Pipelines To Get New Rules To Reduce Risk From Over-Pressurization Incidents, Explosions
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Analyst: Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Won’t Lead To Increases In Gas Drilling In Short Term
-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Pennsylvania Needs To Act Now To Build Our Future Clean Energy Economy
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Provides $100,000 Grant To Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. To Treat Mine Drainage In Schuylkill County [PaEN]
-- DEP PA Clean Water Academy: Releases Training On Guiding Principles Of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
-- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. Hosts Woodland Stream Protection Program Saturday, Aug. 26
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: County Action Plan Updates; Training; Grants; Accomplishments; More
-- DEP Begins Accepting Applications For Coastal Zone Management Grants Aug. 28
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In 76% Of 161 PA Streams Sampled In USGS Study
-- DEP: Drought Watch Remains For 20 Counties, Lifted For 47 Counties [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Duncannon Boro, Perry County Declares Another Water Emergency Due To Leaks In System
-- KDKA: DEP Responds To Oil Sheen On River Near Point State Park, Pittsburgh
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 25 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Why The Sharp Rise In Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions Exceedences In Mon Valley In Spite Of Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Deal?
-- 15 Western PA Environmental Organizations Call On Gov. Shapiro To Implement RGGI [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Battle Over Climate-Warming Cryptocurrency Mines Intensifies
-- PA Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates Program Now Accepting Applications
-- BCTV.org: Funding Available In Met-Ed, Penelec Service Territories For Sustainable Energy Projects
-- DEP Accepting Applications For PA State Clean Diesel Grant Program
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? Part 3: Dig In The Dirt
-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Bellefonte, Centre County Votes To Shelve Its Climate Action Plan
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Polluters Should Pay To Protect Communities From Climate Crisis They Created - By Clean Air Council
-- PUC To Invite Public Comment On Proposed Policy Statement On Use Of Electric Storage To Enhance Grid Reliability And Resilience [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection: Hot Weather Alert Issued For Aug. 25 For Western, Southern Regions Of PJM, Hot Weather Alert In Western Region For Aug. 24
-- PUC Appoints Jennifer Berrier As Executive Director
-- Post-Gazette: Kyle Winkler Is The Zero Waste Wrangler, Gathering Compostable Trash For AgRecycle In Washington County
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Make Pittsburgh Recycling Better By Making Recycling Jobs Better
-- August 26 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Highlights State Budget Investments In PA’s Hardwoods Industry
-- DCNR Wild Resource Conservation Program Hearing On Grant Applications Oct. 11
-- WeConservePA: In Their Own Words, 15 Essays By Individuals Who Made The Choice To Permanently Conserve Their Land [PaEN]
-- Three New Conservation Easement Guides From WeConservePA Address Carbon Issues [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Rafting Fatality Inquest Jurors Recommend Drastic Changes At Ohiopyle
-- Centre Daily Times: This PA Hike Offers A Railroad Tunnel, Views Of Penn’s Creek
Train Derailments
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- WTAJ: Sheetz Cuts Unleaded 88 Gasoline Price To $2.99 For Rest Of August
Other States/National/International
-- AP: Study Reveals How Much Carbon Damage Would Cost Corporations If They Paid For Their Emissions
-- International Monetary Fund: Government Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged To Record $7 trillion In 2022
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: PA Democrats Want To Keep PA Supreme Court Majority, They’re Talking Up Abortion Rights
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Voters In Special House Election Will Determine Innamorato’s Successor And Which Party Controls The House
-- PennLive: How Does $174,000/Year Sound? These State Jobs Are Hiring And Paying Well
-- Spotlight PA: Penn State Football’s Academics Rank At Bottom Of Big Ten After Worst Score In A Decade
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[Posted: August 25, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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