Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.23.23

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Senate next voting day October 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 

-- DEP: York County Moved To Drought Warning; 19 Counties Still In Drought Watch  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Tropical Storm Ophelia To Impact Lehigh Valley This Weekend: 2-3 Inches Of Rain, Strong Winds

-- Inquirer: Tropical Storm Ophelia Set To Ruin Philly’s Weekend

-- York Dispatch: Storm Making Way Up Coast Will Impact York County Weather

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 16 to 22 -  2nd Abandoned Shale Gas Well Pad?  5 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Comply With Order  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 23 [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 34 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In  Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties  [PaEN] 

-- EPA Approves Permit For Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Boro, Allegheny County; 30 Days To File Appeal  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: EPA Approves Permit For Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Boro, Allegheny County

-- TribLive Guest Essay: EPA/DOE Money Should Be Spent Wisely On Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - By Russell Zerbo, Clean Air Council

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: IFO Report: PA Natural Gas Prices Down, Shale Gas Drilling Falls

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Eagles Unveil ‘Kelly Green’ Hydrogen Fueling Station

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Over 33,000 Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Efforts To Modernize Federal Oil & Gas Leasing On Public Lands 

-- DEP Starts Air Monitoring Study Near Rausch Creek Coal Waste-fired Electric Generation Facility, Schuylkill County In Response To Citizen Concerns In An EJ Area  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: DEP To Conduct Air Monitoring In Greater Tremont Area Over Flyash Concerns

-- DEP Publishes Final Air Quality General Permit For Installation Of Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares  [PaEN]

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Policy Statement On Use Of Electric Storage To Enhance Grid Reliability And Resilience  [PaEN] 

-- Utility Dive: Record 13% Of Eastern US Electric Generation Capacity Failed - 63% Natural Gas-Fired During Winter Storm Elliott  [70% In PJM Were Natural Gas Failures]

-- The Allegheny Front: ‘Ezell: Ballad Of A Land Man’ Performance About Fracking And Belonging Coming To Pittsburgh  [Sept. 28 to Oct. 1]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Potential Reliant On Tax Credits, Like Green Energy

-- The Allegheny Front: PA Groups Thrilled By Launch Of American Climate Corps, But Wish It Were Bigger

-- DEP Invites Comments At Oct. 25 Hearings On NPDES Stormwater Permits For Two Warehouse Projects In Lowhill Twp., Lehigh County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 23 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- Rodale Institute: Apply Now For Training On How To Be A Regenerative Organic Farmer

-- The Allegheny Front: ‘Pittsburgh Country Fair’ Covers A Lot Of Urban Farming Ground

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Can Support Dairy Farmers By Using Waste For Renewable Natural Gas

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Man Does His Part To Remove Litter From Ohio River 

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics To Target Litter In Dozens Of City Neighborhoods This Weekend

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Annual Members & Friends Celebration Oct. 19, Monroe County 

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. 27 At Tiadaghton State Forest Center, Lycoming County  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Publishes Final List Of 82 Changes To PA Native Wild Plant Classification List  [PaEN]

-- Erie-based Asbury Woods Environmental Ed Center Welcomes New Board Members

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: 2022-23 Annual Report: Trout In The Classroom; STREAM Girls/Keepers; Inclusion; Coldwater Heritage Partnership; Much More!

-- Penn State Extension: In-Person, Virtual Creating A Garden That Welcomes Wildlife Workshop Nov. 11 At Olewine Nature Center, Dauphin County  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Promoting Recreation Is Important, But What’s The Best Way?

-- In Memoriam: Thomas Hoffmaster - A Friend To Fly Anglers And Fish  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission Dissolves Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Management Area In Fayette County

-- WESA/Lehigh Valley News: Deer Danger: PA No. 1 In US For Car Crashes With Animals

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Wildlife Corridors Would Help Drivers, Animals

-- PennLive: Flamingo In Franklin County Flies Home, Leaving Injured Mate Behind

Train Derailments

-- PA Capital-Star: PennDOT, Norfolk Southern Reach Agreement On Expanded Ambrak Service To Pittsburgh

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.94; National- $3.85; Ohio- $3.56

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count Remains At 21

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Natural Gas Hits One-Month High As Russian Risks Rattle Markets

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Lawmakers Trying To Revamp K-12 Education Funding Formula

-- WITF: PA Democrat’s Effort To Stop School Book Bans Unlikely To Pass Republican-Controlled Senate

-- TribLive Editorial: Pittsburgh Promise College Scholarships Is One Worth Keeping

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Why Is McCormick’s Residence In Connecticut The First Issue In PA US Senate Race?

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[Posted: September 23, 2023]  PA Environment Digest