Thursday, August 3, 2023

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.3.23

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Senate next voting day August 3*; 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 


-- Guest Essay: Take A Deep Breath! Now Think What You Just Inhaled. If You Live Along A Dirt Road You Could Be Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater - By Siri Lawson, Warren County   [PaEN]


-- NYU Grossman School of Medicine: Closure Of Pittsburgh's Shenango Coke [Coal] Works Tied To Local Health Gains  [PaEN]


-- Register Now!  PA Statewide Watershed Conference Oct. 29-30 In Altoona  [PaEN]


-- Early Bird Registration!  Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 28-29 In Wilmington, DE   [PaEN]


-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Now Accepting Registrations For Loving The Land Through Working Forests Conference Sept. 16  [PaEN] 


-- Buffalo Creek Coalition Hosts Aug. 30 Stormwater Workshop For Municipal Officials, Staff, Engineers And Environmental Advisory Councils In Butler County  [PaEN] 


-- PA Attorney General Henry Joins Coalition Calling For Stronger Federal Strategy To Fight Plastic Pollution Crisis  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Trib Total Media Partners With Citizens Financial Group To Support Clean Energy Efforts By Nonprofits  [PaEN]


-- EPA Hosting Online Investing In America - Climate Action Funding Fair Starting Aug. 7   [PaEN] 


-- Inside Climate News: Documents Reveal [A Few] New Details About Gov. Shapiro’s Secret Working Group On Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions 


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philadelphia’s Large Solar Energy Facility Near Gettysburg 50% Complete And Set To Produce Power By End Of The Year


-- PennLive: Philadelphia’s Large Solar Energy Facility In Adams County Set To Produce Power By End Of Year


-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Build Solar Energy Facilities In Urban, Rural Settings


-- York Daily Record: Farmers’ Almanac: Don’t Expect A Mild Winter In Central PA Like Last Year


-- EPA AirNow Air Quality Monitors Show Pittsburgh As Code ORANGE, Forecast Code YELLOW  [7:30 a.m.]


-- MCall: How Bad Is The Lehigh Valley’s Air Quality?  40 Monitors Will Start Collecting Air Pollution Data


-- DEP Took Action On 868 Permits, 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,624 Inspections In The Week Ending July 30


-- DCNR Blog: Enjoy The Wonders Of The Night Sky


-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In July Now Available  [PaEN]


-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Summer Newsletter: Hubbel Hill Conservation Project; Land Story-David & Margaret Yasenchack; Much More! 


-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: PA Nature News - 240 Acres Protected; Mushroom Foraging Event Aug. 9; Blooming At The Bog; More!


-- Post-Gazette: The Robots Are Coming For You-- Spotted Lanternfly-- Courtesy Of Carnegie Mellon University


-- Fish & Boat Commission Asks Anglers To Report And Dispose Of Any Invasive Snakehead Fish They Catch In Lower Susquehanna River


-- Reading Eagle: Alligator Found Along Antietam Creek In Exeter Township


-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Upcoming Events In August


Train Derailments


-- AP: 6 Months After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Congress Is Deadlocked On New Rules For Safety


6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- MCall: PA Region Gasoline Prices Show Biggest Weekly Increase In More Than A Year


Other States/National/International


-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For $115 Million In Grants To Cut Harmful Diesel Engine Emissions


-- The Guardian: Chemical Company PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Payouts Are Huge, But The Problem Is Even Bigger


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- *PennLive: PA Senate Expected To Return Thursday, Aug. 3 To Sign One Of 2023-24 Budget Bills; Fiscal Code Bill Yet To Be Negotiated

-- PA Capital-Star: Senate Republican Leadership Calls Senate Back Into Session To ‘Finalize’ PA Budget Today

-- The Center Square: Sudden PA Senate Return Signals State Budget Revival

-- PennLive - John Baer: Gov. Shapiro, Lawmakers Should Try Common Sense To Fix The Budget Mess

-- SpotlightPA: PA Counties Face Uncertainty As They Grapple With How To Spend Opioid Settlement Funds

-- SpotlightPA - Stephen Caruso: Proposed Relief For Child Sex Abuse Survivors Won’t Reach Ballot In 2023

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: An Annotated Guide To The Distortions, Half-Truths And Outright Lies About The 2020 Election In Pennsylvania

-- WESA/WITF: Indictment Of Ex-President Spells Out Connections To Pennsylvania In Efforts To Overturn 2020 Election

-- PA Capital-Star: How Fake Electors In Pennsylvania, 6 Other States Are Central To Ex-President’s Indictment

-- City & State PA: Chronicle Of Ever-Growing Number Of Pennsylvanians Charged, Convicted Of Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- Inquirer: PA Republican Leaders Are Quiet On Indictment Of Ex-President

-- Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania Plays A Starring Role 5 Times In New Indictment Of Ex-President

-- WTAE: Pennsylvania Plays Key Role In Ex-President’s Indictment

-- Inquirer: Philly Political Strategist Played A ‘Major Operational Role’ In Ex-President’s Fake Elector Scheme

-- Inquirer: Charges Feature Ex-President’s Effort To Subvert Pennsylvania Election Results

-- City & State PA: Gov. Shapiro Weighs In On Ex-President’s Indictment: ‘Our Democracy Survived’

-- Politics PA: Ads Sponsored By Republicans Against Ex-President Coming To PA

-- TribLive/PennLive: Republican Group Set To Air Anti-Ex-President Ads In PA As Post-Indictment Pressure Ramps Up

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Should Be Put To Death, Jury Decides

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[Posted: August 3, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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