Thursday, August 24, 2023

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.24.23

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Senate next voting day August 30; 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]

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- Republican Rep. Krupa To Introduce Bill To Ban Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Wells To Protect The Public From Radioactive, Toxic Materials  [PaEN]


-- Observer-Reporter: State, County Elected Leaders Take Proactive Steps To Ban Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Wells


[ This is the same conventional oil and gas wastewater that is being dumped on roads for "disposal" and is contaminating the Village of Reno water supply in Venango County. ]


-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Residents Call For Action After Pitt Study Links Natural Gas Development To Asthma, Childhood Lymphoma


-- TribLive Editorial: Studies Of Natural Gas Development Point To Health Costs


-- The Derrick: No Word Yet On When Do Not Consume Water Advisory Will Be Lifted For The Village Of Reno Water Supply Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater In Venango County  [PDF of article]


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Former Owner Of Huber Breaker Pleads Guilty To Charges Brought By State Attorney General For Illegal Hazardous Waste Dumping In Luzerne County


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Announces New $150,000 Stream & Watershed Enhancement Grant Program  [PaEN]


-- Penn State Extension, Audubon Society Of Western PA Host Oct. 21 Backyard Stream Repair Field Day In Allegheny County; Other Extension Watershed Resources  [PaEN]


-- Altoona Mirror: Western PA Conservancy Working On Juniata River Watershed Plan


-- PA Capital-Star: EPA, The Hershey Company Commit $2 Million For PA Dairy Farm Conservation


-- How One Man's Journey To Becoming A Tree Parent Is Growing A Forest And Inspiring Others - By Diane Huskinson, Stroud Water Resource Center  [PaEN]


-- How Penn State Extension Launched One Of The Most Successful Volunteer Training Programs In The US To Help Revive Struggling Local Watershed Groups - By Diane Huskinson, Stroud Water Resource Center  [PaEN]


-- $75,000 In Groundwater Level Monitoring Grants Awarded To 12 Recipients By The Susquehanna River Basin Commission  [PaEN]


-- The Center Square: Permitting Reformers Say Make State Permits More Like Pizzas


-- DEP Took Action On 888 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,269 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency In Week Ending Aug. 20


-- Air & Waste Management Assn. Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. 26-27 In Pittsburgh  [PaEN] 


-- PA Resources Council Announces 5 Upcoming Recycling, Safe Disposal Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver, Delaware Counties  [PaEN] 


-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Listen To Lycoming Landfill Staff - Don’t Throw Out Lithium Batteries, Recycle Them


-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Just Peachy: Visiting Chambersburg To Learn About PA’s Most Famous Fruit


-- Post-Gazette: What Happens When You Get Caught In The Lyme Disease Wars


-- TribLive: Inquest Examines Dangers Of Rafting Near Dimple Rock At Ohiopyle


-- South Mountain Partnership Nominations Open For Spirit Of South Mountain Award 


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

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


-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Price Tumbles As Fears Of Australian LNG Strike Subside


-- Reuters Column: US Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Emit Record High Carbon Pollution Emissions, May Top 100 Million Tons In 2023  https://tinyurl.com/3am6cjex


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Franklin & Marshall August Poll: Gov. Shapiro Has Highest Rating For Governor At This Point In His Term Since Gov. Ridge

-- Politics PA: F&M Poll: Optimism On Rise; Shapiro, Biden, Casey Approval Ratings Improve

-- LancasterOnline: F&M Poll Has Ex-President As PA Republican’s Top Pick For President, But High Unfavorability A Threat In General Election

-- PennLive - John Baer: New Franklin & Marshall Poll Says Lots About Shapiro And State’s Still Divided Politics

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Could Cash In On ‘Skill” Gambling Games, But Some Just Want Them Gone

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[Posted: August 24, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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