Monday, October 9, 2023

Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.9.23

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania!

Senate next voting day October 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

House next voting day October 16, 17, 18, 30, 31, Nov. 1, 13, 14, 15

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TUESDAY 1:00:  Agenda Posted.  DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 1:00 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin at iirvin@pa.gov.(formal notice)    Read more here.


-- October 9 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]


-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 -- Company Tries To Limit DEP Investigation; Unauthorized Water Withdrawals; Can’t Pay For Reno Cleanup; Venting Gas Wells; More Abandoned Conventional Wells  [PaEN] 


-- Environmental Hearing Board Will Hear Key Arguments On Appeal By A Washington County Family Alleging Shale Gas Drilling Contaminated Their Water Supply With PFAS And Other Chemicals  [PaEN]


-- Dickinson College Environmental & Indigenous Rights Honoree Tara Houska: Don’t Disconnect Yourself From The Reality Of Nature; Endless Expansion Of Pipelines Have No Place In Reality; Find Powerful Moments Of Joy  [PaEN]


-- Inquirer: Bartram’s Garden Honored Indigenous Heritage Past, Present, Future


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 7   [PaEN] 


-- Observer-Reporter: Local Couple First Natural Gas Leaseholders To Contribute To Giving Fund Account Created By EQT Natural Gas At Washington County Community Foundation  [EQT Matches Donations]  [Check EQT’s DEP Compliance Record here. ]


-- Observer-Reporter: Range Resources Welcomes 150 Female Students To Annual Power Of Her Event  [Check Range Resources DEP Compliance Record here. ]


-- Reading Eagle: Chocolate Company Pushes Back Against OSHA Finding Company Was Responsible For Deaths From Natural Gas Explosion


-- Centre Daily Times Climate Watch: Make Community Solar Legal In Pennsylvania


-- Altoona Mirror Letter: America Must Rely On Renewable Energy, Nearly Every Species Of Plant, Insect, Fish, Wildlife Under Threat From Rapidly Warming Planet - By Ed Perry, Fmr US Fish & Wildlife Biologist


-- WNEP: John Levitsky, Luzerne Conservation District, Recognized With Thomas P. Shelburne Award By Northeast Environmental Partners  [Video]


-- DEP Environmental Justice Update: Invitation To Comment On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy


-- City Of Philadelphia Awards Community Resilience & Environmental Justice Grants 


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Marked For Federal Help To Address Climate Change


-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards $150,000 Grant For Cambria County Mine Reclamation Project To Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation  [PaEN]


-- WESA: How A $9 Million Grant Will Boost Pittsburgh’s Urban Forest


-- US Fish & Wildlife Service: Largest Dam Removal In PA - Oakland Dam, North Branch Susquehanna River 


-- TribLive: Canals Played A Pivotal Role In 1800s Transportation Along Allegheny, Kiski Rivers


-- Centre Daily Times: Farmland Preservation Artists Of Central PA Launch Show At Capitol Building In Harrisburg


-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Shoppers, Businesses Say Final Goodbyes To Plastic Bags


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Erie Wants You To Come See The Eclipse There Next Spring


-- York Daily Record: DCNR Grants Include $1.2 Million For 275 Acre Hellam Hills Land Preservation Effort


-- Williamsport Sun: Denton Hill State Park May Re-Open As 4-Season Resort


-- LancasterOnline: Hiking The Appalachian Trail Thru 4 States In 1 Day


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Families Fishing For Fun At Blytheburn Lake


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

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


-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Surges 9.7% Amid Pipeline Leak, Crude Oil Price Gains  [Oil, Natural Gas Industries Again Poised To Profit From War]


-- USA Today: Could Israel-Hamas War Raise Gasoline Prices To $5?


-- The Guardian: Oil Price Leaps After Hamas Attack On Israel


-- Financial Times: Oil Price Jumps To $89 A Barrel Following Hamas Attack On Israel 


Other States/National/International


-- The Guardian: Climate Crisis Costing $16 Million An Hour In Extreme Weather Damage, Study Estimates


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Erie Times: Scandal May Have Brought Down Shapiro’s Former Legislative Secretary, Lead Budget Negotiator - Here’s What We Know

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Infused By National Politics, School Board Races Look Like The Main Event In November Election

-- Spotlight PA: A Complete Guide To November 2023 Election

-- AP: Impeachments, Forced Removals From Office Emerge As Partisan Weapons In The States [PA Included]

-- Post-Gazette: These 14 Officials Are Governing AI In Pennsylvania

-- TribLive: Fatal Shooting Stuns Indiana County Community As Police Search For Suspects

-- TribLive: Indiana County Shooting Marks 540th Mass Shooting This Year, According To Gun Violence Group

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[Posted: October 9, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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