Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.19.23

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

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

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP, SRBC Invite Comments On New Permits For PA General Energy Shawnee Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal On The Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County After Failure To Comply With Its First Permit  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - August 19  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square: Natural Gas Well Setbacks May Not Be Protective Enough After Health Impact Study Results 

-- Bloomberg Column: Cancer In Kids Is Too High A Price For Cheap Natural Gas - By Mark Gongloff

-- Halt The Harm Network, FracTracker Alliance: Aug. 30 Webinar: Wasted Water - The Impacts Of Fracking's Water Use From PA To Colorado, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

-- AP: Underground Coal Mines Unlikely To Blame For Deadly House Explosion In Plum Boro, DEP Says

-- TribLive: DEP Inspectors Capture Gas Samples At Plum Boro Explosion Site, Await Test Results

-- DEP Working With PUC, Local And Allegheny County Agencies On Plum Boro House Explosion Investigation

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA DEP Issues Interim ‘Final’ Shale Gas Drilling Is Racist Environmental Justice Policy

-- DEP Grants Variance From Containment Standard For 10 Aboveground Storage Tanks At American Refining Refinery In Bradford, McKean County  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front: New Investigation Shows State Regulators Have Struggled To Keep Up With Pollution Events At Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County 

-- Beaver County Times: Casey, Fetterman Urge Norfolk Southern To Join Federal Program That Shields Railroad Workers Who Report Close Calls On Rail Safety

-- DEP Posted 68 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 19 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Warehouse Developer Faces Skeptical Audience: ‘This Is The Biggest Environmental Threat Kutztown University Has Ever Faced’

-- DEP Bans Sale Of Proexpress Electronic Products For Not Complying With PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken  [PaEN]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Free Tire Collection Event Sept. 16  [PaEN] 

-- WITF: Allentown-based C.F. Martin First US Company To Receive Sustainability Certification For Plastic-Free Guitar

-- Aug. 18 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Names Matthew Eckle Assistant Manager For Hickory Run State Park Complex In Carbon, Luzerne Counties

-- The Derrick: Seneca Rocks Audubon Society Begins Annual Common Nighthawk Watch In Clarion

-- Glenside Local: Cheltenham Recognized As A Bird Town By PA Audubon

Other States/National/International

-- KATV: Explosion At Kinder Morgan Tennessee Natural Gas Compressor Station Caused By Equipment Failure, Evacuation Order Lifted

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reports Record Low 3.5% Unemployment Rate In July

-- AP: PA’s Jobless Rate Has Fallen To A New Record Low, Matching The National Rate

-- AP: Federal Prosecutors Ask For 30-Year Prison Sentence For Zachary Rehl, President Of Proud Boys Philadelphia Chapter For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

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[Posted: August 19, 2023]  PA Environment Digest