Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.14.23

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

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TUESDAY 1:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Delaware Room, 16th Floor Rachel Carson Building.  1:00 p.m.. Visit the Board webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.   Contact: Jennifer McLuckie, RA-EPEJ@pa.gov.   (formal notice)

TUESDAY 6:00: In-Person, Virtual. University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health public meeting to announce the results of its shale gas development health impact study.  Performance Center on the second floor of the Natali Student Center on the PennWest California University campus, 250 University Ave, California, Washington County.  6:00 to 7:30 p.m.  Click Here to join online.  Read more here.

-- August 14 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 5 to 11; Routine Venting Of Conventional Wells, Shale Gas Wells; Major Conventional Spills; Pipeline Subsidence  [PaEN] 

-- Mayor Of Sugarcreek Asks For Donations To Refill Village Of Reno Water Tank After Contamination In Venango County; Emergency Water Distribution Resumes; Contamination From Conventional Oil Wastewater Tanks Suspected  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - August 12  [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Comments On 2 Major Olympus Energy/Hyperion Midstream Natural Gas, Water Pipeline Projects Impacting EV, HQ Streams, Wetlands In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 5 Dead, Including 1 Child, In Plum House Explosion In Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Plum Residents Come To Terms With 5 Deaths In House Explosion

-- TribLive: Cause Of Plum House Explosion Could Take Months Or Years To Find, Authorities Say

-- AP: 5 People, Including A Child, Are Dead After An Explosion Destroys 3 homes, Damages 12 Others In Plum, Allegheny County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Earth Conservancy Stream Reconstruction Corrects Damage From Coal Mining

-- PennLive: Proposed Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Project Would Flood Homes, ‘Last Bit Of Nature’ On Part Of Susquehanna River

-- Reading Eagle: Riverzilla A Chance To Interact With Schuylkill River, Reading’s Riverfront Park

-- MCall: Tick That Can Cause Red Meat Allergy Is In Lehigh Valley In Small Numbers; Here’s What You Need To Know

-- Courier Times: Is Bensalem’s Crackdown On Illegal Dirt Bikes Working?  We Ask Police After Assault Case

Other States/National/International

-- PA Capital-Star: USDA’s Climate Grants For Farms And Forests Run Into Republican Buzzsaw; PA Landowners Benefit From Support

-- Post-Gazette: Rebates, Investments, Jobs: White House Touts Impact Of New Climate Change, Energy, Inflation Reduction Laws On PA

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Republican McCormick Gearing Up For PA U.S. Senate Run, But He Lives In Connecticut

-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh’s Transparency Has Been Budget Sticking Point; Here’s What State-Related Universities Are Required To Do

-- Post-Gazette: Rebates, Investments, Jobs: White House Touts Impact Of New Climate Change, Energy, Inflation Reduction Laws On PA

-- AP: US Steel Rejects $7.3 Billion Buyout Offer From Rival Cleveland-Cliffs; Considers Alternatives

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[Posted: August 14, 2023]  PA Environment Digest