Monday, August 28, 2023

Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.28.23

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Senate next voting day August 30; 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 


-- August 28 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]


-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Proposed Permit Fee Changes; Well Plugging Financial Assurances To Prevent Abandonments; Environmental Justice Policy;  Injection Well Primacy  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times: Natural Gas Well Setbacks Questioned After Health Impact Studies


-- TribLive: Murrysville Council Approves Ordinance Regulating Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Wells, Restricting Them To Business Zones 


-- TribLive: Public To Weigh In On Proposed Olympus Energy/Hyperion Leto Natural Gas Compressor Station In West Deer Twp., Allegheny County 


-- WTAE: 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Part Of Ohio, May Have Been Felt In Pittsburgh Area  [Earthquakes have been tied to shale gas drilling, injection wells in Ohio, PA ]


-- WESA: New Carnegie Museum Of Art Exhibit In Pittsburgh Visits Front Lines Of Fossil Fuels - What It's Like To Live Where Coal, Oil, Natural Gas Are Extracted


-- Scranton Times Editorial: Key Role Of Institutions In Clean Power [University of Pittsburgh Solar Energy Project]


-- Citizens Voice: Freeland Stormwater Project In Luzerne County Largest Infrastructure Investment In 2 Decades


-- WHYY/BillyPenn: Jerome Shabazz’s Grand Vision To Turn Vacant Lots Into New Park System In Philadelphia  [Chair of DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council  ]


-- Scranton Times: It’s Prime Time For West Nile Virus Mosquitoes In Lackawanna County


-- Citizens Voice: West Nile- Infected Mosquito Count Lower This Year In Luzerne County Despite Wet Summer


-- Post-Gazette: It’s Linked To Ticks, Can Be Life Threatening, What Do We Know About Alpha-Gal Syndrome?


-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Insect Conservation - By Nate Reagle, Certified Pollinator Steward  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Elk Farm 1 Example Of Butler County’s Changing Agricultural Industry


-- Warren Times: Sen. Hutchinson Supports Timber Cutting In 325 Acre Hatch Run Conservation Demonstration Area In Warren County To Pay DGS For Former State Hospital Property


-- Altoona Mirror: Conservation And Habitat Improvement Projects Helping Glendale Lake At Prince Gallitzin State Park 


-- Scranton Times: Tips For Controlling Knotweed With Glyphosate-Based Herbicides


-- WESA: Proposed Lake Erie National Marine Sanctuary Would Include Vast Number Of Shipwrecks, Advocates Say


-- WESA: National Aviary In Pittsburgh Welcomes Female Steller’s Sea Eagle In Conservation Effort


-- ABC27 News: Ole Bull State Park Manager In Potter County Saves Bear Cub From Plastic Jug - Video 


Train Derailments


-- TribLive Editorial: Rail Safety Legislation Derailed 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Senate May Hold August 30 Floor Vote In Attempt To Wrap Up State Budget

-- Spotlight PA: Gov. Shapiro Refuses To Intervene On PA Police Officer Data Disclosure

-- Erie Times: PA’s Health Insurance Costs Are Set To Change, A Look At Proposed Rates

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[Posted: August 28, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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