Senate next voting day October 2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled]
House next voting day October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled]
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 2:00: Clean Air Council, FracTracker Webinar Updating Public On Efforts To Reduce Methane, Other Air Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry Infrastructure - Shale Gas & Conventional Wells. 2:00 p.m. Click Here to register.
FRIDAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Molly Adams moadams@pa.gov or 717-787-2480. [Note: Three Mile Island decontamination and low-level radioactive waste generation updates.]
FRIDAY 10:00: DEP Hosts Online Training On New Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Guidance. 10:00 a.m. to Noon.
-- Pennsylvania Receives Federal Appalachian States Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Award For Clearfield County Mine Reclamation, Trail Enhancement Project [PaEN]
-- House Judiciary Committee Meets Oct. 3 To Consider Bill Against Lawsuits Aimed At Silencing Citizen Critics; Republicans, Democrats Introduced Similar Bills [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Holds Hearing On Bill To Protect Stream Buffers Oct. 2 [PaEN]
-- Brandywine Red Clay Alliance: Agriculture’s Role In A Clean Watershed: The Whole Farm Approach [PaEN]
-- NRCS-PA Announces Conservation Funding Opportunities For FY 2024
-- Marcellus Shale Gas Industry Coalition: Natural Gas Generates $41 Billion In Economic Activity, Supports 123,000 Jobs, Produced $6.3 Billion In Landowner Royalties
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Marcellus Shale Gas Industry Coalition Highlights Natural Gas Industry’s Economic Impact In PA; Faces Bills Extending Safety Zones
-- PA Business Report: New Report Examines Positive Economic Impact Of Natural Gas Industry For PA
-- Observer-Reporter: Pipeline Operator Faces $100,000 PUC Penalty For 2020 House Explosion In Greene County
-- CEOs For Sustainability Host C-Suite Summit Nov. 15 In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Philadelphia Energy Authority Host Solar Tour Webinar On Oct. 3 [PaEN]
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Climate Activists Bike Hundreds Of Miles Through PA To Demand Change
-- Group Against Smog & Pollution Tells Allegheny County Health Dept. It’s Time To Create A Crisis Communications Plan In Wake Of Metalico Fire, Pollution Concerns
-- Scranton Times: Planned Warehouse Park In Archbald, Mayfield Receives Nearly $15 Million In DEP Grant Funding For Mine Reclamation [DEP Announcement Had No Dollar Amounts]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP: Newport Twp. Mine Subsidence Sinkhole Repair Could Cost $200,000
-- WNEP: Do You Live Above An Abandoned Mine In Pennsylvania? Here’s How To Find Out [Mine Subsidence Insurance Available From DEP]
-- Scranton Times: Recovery, Repairs From Flash Flooding Continue In Scranton, Abingtons
-- York Daily Record: Solar Eclipse Coming Oct. 14, What You’ll Be Able To See From Central PA
-- Penn State Student Club Fosters Diversity, Community, Professionalism In Earth & Mineral Sciences [PaEN]
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Announces ‘Connecting Our Communities” Them For 2025 PA Farm Show - Jan. 6-13
-- TribLive: Plum Boro Farm Joins Farmland Preservation Program In Allegheny County
-- DCNR Blog: Trail Towns - Connecting The Outdoors And Communities - By Hanna Ryon, DCNR Intern To Office Of Outdoor Recreation
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Tyler Arboretum Loses 900 Ash Trees To Emerald Ash Borer, Forced To Close Miles Of Public Trails
-- WVIA: Greenways & Trails Summit Brings Experts From All Over The State To Scranton
-- WeConservePA: 2023 PA Greenways & Trails Summit Wrap-Up: A Scranton Success
-- AmeriCorps Member River Missal Joins PA Parks & Forests Foundation As Trail Training & Workday Coordinator [PaEN]
-- Warren Times Editorial: Recreation Office May Be One More Playground, One The Other Hand Outdoor Recreation Is A Vital Component Of Our Region’s Economy
-- Penn State Extension: PA Forest Webinar Series Schedule [Late 2023 and 2024]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Oct. 1 Taste Of The Harvest Special Event
-- NewsTalk103.7FM: PA Officials Warn Of $150 Million ‘Raid’ On State Game Fund
-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Prevent Invasive Species Migration - Clean, Drain, Dry
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- KDKA: Pittsburgh-Area Gasoline Prices Leaving Drivers Frustrated As Prices In Rest Of Country Drop
Other States/National/International
-- White House: Fact Sheet On First White House Climate Resilience Summit And Releases National Climate Resilience Framework
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso, Kate Huangpu: PA Lawmakers Still Trying To Finish The Budget 3 Months After The Deadline
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: More Money Means More Transparency In Higher Ed, Lawmakers Say
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Gov. Shapiro’s Legislative Secretary Resigns Abruptly, Replaced With Wolf Administration Official
-- The Center Square Guest Essay: It Takes 26 Votes In The Senate, 102 Votes In House To Pass Legislation And The Governor Has To Sign It - By Senate Republican Leader Joe Pittman
-- PennLive - John Baer: Governors Shapiro In PA, Youngkin In VA Could Be Shaping The Future Of Politics In Dealing With Divided Government
-- TribLive: PA Residents Covered By Medicaid Health Insurance Have To Reapply Or Risk Losing Coverage
-- TribLive: If Sale Of Western PA Nursing Homes Is Blocked, They May Close Displacing Hundreds Of Residents
-- Post-Gazette/Capitowire.com - Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves Juvenile Justice Reform Bill By Party-Line Vote [Republicans Opposing]
-- PennLive: Clean Slate Criminal Record Expansion, Probation Reform Held Up As PA House, Senate Seek Trade-Off
--Triblive/AP: Over 50 Arrested After Teen Mob Ransacked Philadelphia Stores, Dozens Of Liquor Outlets Are Shut Down
-- Inquirer: All Philly Liquor Stores Are Closed Today After At Least 18 Were Broken Into Overnight
-- PennLive: PA US Senator Fetterman Back To Wearing Suits As US Senate Resets Dress Code
-- WESA: Amid Enrollment Decline, Pittsburgh-Area Colleges Ponder Combined Operations As Way To Save Money
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[Posted: September 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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