Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.9.23

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Senate next voting day 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 

TODAY,  THURSDAY:  Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days.  Centre County.

TODAY 8:30: Senate/House Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committees hold information session on 2023 Federal Farm Bill. Ag Progress Days, 2170 W. Pine Grove Road, Furnace, PA. 8:30 a.m.

-- Hold Erie Coke Accountable Calls On EPA, DEP, Erie County & City To Form Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Community Working Group On Site Cleanup, Revitalization  [PaEN]

-- Erie News Now: State Report Details Pollution At Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site

-- Online Link Now Available For Aug. 15 Public Meeting Revealing The Results Of Shale Gas Development Health Study By University Of Pittsburgh In Washington County 

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Do Not Consume Water Advisory Continues For Reno, Venango County, Aug. 11 Event Set To Raise Money For Water Fund  [PDF of article ]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: DEP Inspection Report Outlines Findings In Reno, Venango County Water System Contamination Case [PDF of article]  

-- DEP Investigates Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Leak As Possible Source Of Village Of Reno Water Supply Contamination In Venango County; Customers Under Do Not Consume Advisory For 2 Weeks+   [PaEN - 8.5.23]

-- DEP Extends Comment Period On Proposed Roulette Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County To Sept. 7  [PaEN] 

-- Damascus Citizens: Comments Point Out Significant Deficiencies In  Proposed Fayette County Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well

-- Public Source: Inside PA’s Compliance Monitoring Of Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; DEP Struggling To Keep Up 

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Blog: Oil & Gas - Central To Pennsylvania Politics, But Not Its Economy 

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Bipartisan Poll Finds Broad Support In PA For Clean Energy Transition  [PaEN] 

-- On Demand: ReImagine Appalachia, Partners: Solar-Powered Faith Communities And Houses Of Worship, Saving Money And Ethical Labor  [PaEN]

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Over 51,000 Christians Call For Stronger Standards On Fossil Fuel Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: Constellation Energy CEO ‘Disappointed’ To See Peers Opposing EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rule

-- TribLive Guest Essay: As Climate Change Becomes Harder To Ignore, Proposed EPA Power Plant Standards Give Hope - PennEnvironment

-- Warren Times: 4 Factors Driving 2023’s Extreme Heat And Climate Disasters

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CONSOL Shifts Coal Business To Exports As Domestic Power Plant Business Declines

-- Inquirer: Philly To Replace Every Street Light [130,000] With LED Lights Over Next 2 Years

-- WHYY: Philly Starts Replacing Its Street Lights With More Efficient LEDs

-- TribLive: Hardware, Electrical Stores Adapt To Federal Ban On Selling Incandescent Light Bulbs

-- WPost: In PA It Costs Much Less To Fuel An Electric Vehicle Than Gasoline: Truck $41 Less; SUV $25 Less; Sedan $35 Less Per Fill Up

-- Williamsport Sun: Rep. Flick Proposes Bill To Exempt Lycoming County From Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program

-- EPA: Apply Now For $206 Million, 4-Year Funding For Local Water Quality Improvement Projects In Chesapeake Bay Watershed And To Advance Environmental Justice  [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era Editorial: PA Must Help Protect Chesapeake Bay

-- National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Invites County Conservation Districts To Apply For $90 Million In Grants To Fund Local Climate-Smart Conservation Practices  [PaEN]

-- MCall: “I’ve Never Seen Anything Like That:’ Stunned Allentown Residents Size Up Aftermath Of Monday’s Storm

-- ABC27: Friday Hailstorm Leaves Adams County Orchard In Ruins

-- PowerOutage.us: 26,371 Customers Still Without Power In Pennsylvania  [8.9.23 6:00 a.m.] 

-- WITF: Berks Students Who Lost School In Flood Find New Classroom At Albright College

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: After 7 Months With A PUC Executive Director, Senator Asks If One Is Actually Needed

-- York Dispatch: York Twp. Denies Rezoning For Former Red Lion Country Club For Housing Development

-- KDKA: Mosquitoes Carrying West Nile Virus Detected In 3 More Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

-- DCNR Accepting Applications For Wild Resource Conservation Grants Thru Sept. 1  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Lancaster Conservancy, DCNR Partner To Add 21 Acres To New Susquehanna Riverlands State Park  [PaEN] 

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Announces Acquisition And Transfer Of 5 Acres To Boyd Big Tree Preserve  [PaEN]

-- Manada Conservancy: Free Native Pollinator Plants To First 50 Landowners In Swatara Creek Watershed, Dauphin County  [PaEN]

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: Penn State Study Finds More Than 1 Million Acres Of Indigenous Land Flooded By Dams

-- The Guardian: July Was World’s Hottest Month On Record, Climate Scientists Confirm

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: A Roadmap To A Practical State Budget Deal

-- Warren Times Editorial: Gov. Shapiro Gaining Clout In US

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: PA State Workers Ratify AFSCME Contract With Largest Pay Raises In Years

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Special Interest Groups Are Targeting Our Schools, It’s Time For Rational Parents To Step Up

-- AP: 57% Of Ohio Voters Reject Constitutional Amendment Making It Harder To Get Citizen Initiatives On The Ballot

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[Posted: August 9, 2023]  PA Environment Digest