Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.20.23

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Senate next voting day September 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 

THURSDAY 9:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Fish & Boat Commission, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.  9:30 a.m.  Click Here for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Bob Haines at robhaines@pa.gov or (717) 787-7565 or Jay Braund  jbraund@pa.gov.   Read more here.

-- Senators Santarsiero, Comitta To Introduce Bill Increasing Setback Safety Zones From Shale Natural Gas Drilling Sites From 500 To 2,500 Feet, Based On Latest Science  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Senators To Introduce Bill To Increase Setbacks On Gas Drilling

-- Tribune-Democrat Guest Editorial: Natural Gas Development Making Pennsylvanians Sick, Lawmakers Must Act

-- DEP Issues NOVs To Roulette Oil & Gas LLC For Abandoning Another Conventional Well In Potter County; Roulette Applying For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio Commission Delays Vote On Shale Gas Fracking Under State Parks During Raucous Meeting

-- DEP To Increase Monitoring, Develop Surface Water Standard For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' After Study Shows 76% Of Streams, Rivers Contained At Least One Of These Chemicals  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water Leading Shale Gas Operators To Use Contaminated Water In Fracking Operations; DEP Doesn’t Require Routine PFAS Testing  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Study Finding Rampant PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Leads To Increased Water Monitoring Across PA

-- House Environmental Committee Meets Sept. 26 On Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Bill [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: DEP Launching Taxpayer-Funded $1.3 Million Plan To Clean Up American Biodiesel Site Gutted In 2011 Fire

-- Register Now!  PA Statewide Watershed Conference Oct. 29-30 In Altoona  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: NTSB Kicks PUC Out Of Investigation Into Deadly Natural Gas Explosion At A Chocolate Factory In Reading

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Natural Gas, Commonwealth LNG Reach Agreement To Supply Gas To Louisiana Facility

-- Washington & Jefferson College To Host Sept. 27 Webinar On Hydropower From The Three Rivers  [PaEN] 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Local Battery Manufacturer Eos Energy Wins Share Of Big Renewable Energy Power Project

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Citizens Bank Announces $50 Billion Sustainable Finance Target

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Transit To Have Special Buses For Flood Victims

-- PennLive: York County Adopts 15 Day Ban On Outdoor Burning

-- Lancaster Farming: Will New DEP Environmental Justice Permit Policy Pose Challenges For Rural Ag Groups?

-- Erie Times: Summer Of Soot And Sewage: Erie Experiences Air, Beach Water Pollution Problems

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Here’s Why And Where You Should See Eye-Popping Colorful Foliage In PA This Fall 

-- Post-Gazette: Spotted Lanternfly Life Cycle Provides Opportunity To Curb The Pest This Fall

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City Receives $1 Million To Help Property Owners With Street Tree Maintenance

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Council Votes To Bar Most Development In City Parks, Greenways

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For Water Trails Mini-Grants  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Seeking Resource Advisory Council Members

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming October Programs; Photo Contest; Cheers To Conservancy’s 50th Anniversary

-- Game Commission: Highlights Of Actions At September 16 Board Of Commissioners Meeting

-- Lancaster Farming: Deer Farmers Hope To Breed Chronic Wasting Disease Out Of Herds

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Secretive Black Rail Shorebird Could Soon Be Classified As Threatened Species In PA

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Democrats Retain Narrow Control Of PA House After Special Election

-- AP: PA Makes It Easier To Register To Vote When Drivers Get Or Renew A License

-- LancasterOnline: Rep. Cutler Not Backing Ex-President In 2024 Presidential Primary

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Lobbyist-Paid Trips Benefit Lawmakers, Not Constituents

-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports August Gaming Revenue Increased 7.5% Over Last August

-- TribLive: Gambling Brings In $457 Million For State In August

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Senate Committee Moves Bipartisan Bill Prohibiting State Employees From Lobbying Their Former Agencies For 2 Years

-- Long Nyquist & Associates Acquires Pugliese Associates Grows To 20 Lobbyists, Nearly 140 Clients

-- Post-Gazette: Several Pittsburgh-Area School Districts Respond To Fake Bomb Threats

-- Post-Gazette: White Supremacist Pleads Guilty To Threatening Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Jurors And Witnesses

-- Post-Gazette: Amazon To Hire 6,500 In PA For Holiday Shopping Season

-- The Dick Thornburgh Forum For Law & Public Policy Oct. 5 Preserving Democracy - The Critical Role Of The Media Featuring CNN Senior Reporter Katelyn Polantz 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

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[Posted: September 20, 2023]  PA Environment Digest