“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania”
Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. 2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled]
House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled]
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
WEDNESDAY 7:30: Virtual. Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community - Eyes On Shell monthly meeting. 7:30 p.m.
-- Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Places 2nd In International NCF- Envirothon Competition! [PaEN]
-- Northeast PA Environmental Partners Announce 2023 Environmental Partnership, Shelburne And Emerging Leaders Award Recipients [PaEN]
-- Richard Negrin Sworn In As DEP Secretary By Gov. Shapiro With Former Sen. Kury, Author Of State Environmental Rights Amendment, Looking On
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Here’s What Gov. Shapiro Says About Permitting Reform In PA
-- Eureka Resources Extracted 97% Pure Lithium Carbonate Used In Making Lithium-ion Batteries From Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PGT Trucking Welcomes First Battery-Electric Truck Into Its Pittsburgh Fleet
-- Pitt Water Collaboratory, Women For A Healthy Environment Report On Allegheny County Drinking Water Systems Found Need For Improvement In One Or More Metrics; Aug. 2 Webinar [PaEN]
-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Highlights Moraine State Park Regatta, Operation Scarlift Video [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA: PA Farmers Dig Into Soil And Its Ability To Trap Carbon As One Solution To Climate Change
-- Dept. Of Agriculture: Reminder To Apply For $13 Million In First-Come, First-Serve Farm Conservation Tax Credits
-- Farm Bill, Agricultural Policy Focus Of Penn State Ag Progress Days Events Aug. 8-10
-- Ag Progress Days Highlights Biodiversity, Climate-Smart Ag, Spotted Lanternfly Aug. 8-10
-- Guest Essay: 2023 Federal Farm Bill Unique Opportunity To Direct Vital Federal Resources To PA Farms - By Kristen Heberling Hoke, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: In Maryland, McIlwain Takes Reins Of Hobbled State Environmental Agency
-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Hosts The PA Taste Of The Chesapeake Bay Celebration Aug. 31 In York County [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Stormwater Management Discussion Necessary In Blair County
-- StateImpactPA: PASA Sustainable Agriculture Pitches Farms On Solar Energy Facility Model That Keeps Farmland Usable, Takes Up Less Space
-- The Center Square: Senate Bill Argues Brownfields Are Better For Solar Energy Facilities Than Farmland
-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Selected As One Of 20 Regional Green Jobs Centers To Train Individuals For Climate-Resilient Jobs [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Investing In Clean Energy Will Benefit PA Communities, Create Jobs, Generate Tax Revenue And Significantly Reduce Climate Changing Emissions - By Lori Brennan, The Nature Conservancy-PA [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Westinghouse’s First US AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Reaches Commercial Production In Georgia
-- Warren Times: 15th Allegheny River Cleanup To Be Held Sept. 14-16
-- Warren Times: Household Hazardous & Electronic Waste Collection Event To Be Held In Youngsville Aug. 9
-- Erie Times: ‘A Catastrophe Has Befallen Us:’ The Mill Creek Flood Of 1915
-- DCNR Blog: 275 State Park & Forest Rangers Help Keep Visitors Safe
-- Walk In Penn's Woods Day Oct. 1, Plan And Register Your Event Now! [PaEN]
-- WHYY: FDR Park’s Popular Boating And Fishing Programs In Philly Are At Risk Thanks To Repeated Vandalism
-- PA Capital-Star: PA’s Little Brown Bat, Decimated By A Pathogen, Is Now Endangered
-- TribLive: Kayakers Report Alligator In Kiski River Near Salina Bridge
-- Beaver County Times: Sahli Nature Park To Host Monarch Butterfly Celebration Aug. 5
-- Penn State: 2nd Species Of Ramp, Or Wild Leek, Documented In Pennsylvania
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: PA Has 25 Species Of Goldenrod
-- Beaver County Times: North Country Trail And Beaver Falls Groups Team Up To Get Kids Hiking
-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon Society: A Salute To The Hummingbird: An Intriguing Bird
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Soar Amid Heat-Related Refinery Outages, Analyst Says
-- Reuters: US Oil Supplied Rises In May To Highest Since August 2019 - EIA
-- Bloomberg: Hydrogen Too Expensive For European Companies That Want To Use It
Other States/National/International
-- White House: Biden Administration Proposes Reforms To Modernize Environmental Reviews, Accelerate Clean Energy Future, Strengthen Public Input
-- Utility Dive: Biden Administration Proposes Environmental Review Reforms For Energy Project Permits
-- Reuters: Top US Electric Utility Group Opposes EPA Emissions Plan For Existing Natural Gas Power Plants - Source
-- AP: Here’s How Hot And Extreme The Summer Has Been, And It’s Only Halfway Over
-- WPost: It’s Not Just Hot, Climate Anomalies Are Emerging Around The Globe
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: PA Schools Face Spending Down Reserves Or Taking Out Loans As State Lawmakers Fail To Act
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State A Partner, Not Just an ‘ATM’ For Higher Education Republican Lawmaker Says
-- Post-Gazette: Republicans Pick Shaler Realtor For Special House Election
-- Inquirer: Republicans Are All In On McCormick For US Senate Race, So Where Is He?
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA House Members May Soon Post Expenses Online
-- AP: Gov. Shapiro Says Millions Will Go To Help Train Workers For Infrastructure Projects
-- Spotlight PA: PA Homeowners Desperate As Mortgage Aid Struggles Drag On: ‘It Shouldn’t Be This Difficult’
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Are Leaving, But Shapiro, Lawmakers Can Inspire Them To Stay - Commonwealth Foundation
-- TribLive Editorial: Liquor Control Board Racket Must End
-- Spotlight PA: Why ‘Fake Electors’ From Nov. 2020 Election In Pennsylvania Are Likely To Avoid Prosecution
-- Inquirer Column: Florida Republican Gov. DeSantis Is Wrong - Slavery Did Not Benefit Black People - By Jenice Armstrong
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[Posted: August 1, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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