Thursday, October 19, 2023

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.19.23

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

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House next voting day October 30, 31, Nov. 1, 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Region Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Jay Braund jbraund@pa.gov


TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee & Solid Waste Advisory Committee joint meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Laura Henry lahenry@pa.gov or 717-783-2388. 


TODAY 6:00: DEP Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy. YMCA Camp Curtin, 2135 North Sixth Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Persons wishing to reserve time to present testimony at a meeting must contact Jennifer McLuckie at (717) 772-5633 or RA-EPOEJ@pa.gov at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing.  Read more here.


TODAY 6:00: PennDOT Outreach Session On National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. Graystone Mansion/Harcum College Coatesville, 53 S. 1st Avenue, Coatesville. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Click Here to register and for more information.


FRIDAY 9:00: Federal Interagency Working Group On Coal & Power Plant Communities Holds Oct. 20 Program On Catalyzing Economic Development In PA's Energy Communities.  Westmoreland County Community College.  9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.


FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Webinar On Solar Guidebook For PA Landowners - Leasing Property For Large-Scale Solar Development. Noon to 1:15 p.m.


-- 9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’  [PaEN]


-- Gov. Shapiro Marks Plugging 100th Conventional Oil & Gas Well In 10 Months; New Initiative Allows Texting Abandoned Well Photos/Locations To Governor That Need Plugging  [PaEN]


-- WTAE: Shapiro Announces 100th Abandoned Conventional Well Plugged; Homeowner With Contaminated Drinking Water Frustrated By Delays


-- Observer-Reporter: Milestone Moment: Hillman State Park Site Of State’s 100th Conventional Abandoned Well Plugging


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: 100 Plugged And 300,000+ To Go: Abandoned Conventional Well Cleanup Effort Jumps With Federal Money


-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Praise To Shapiro Administration For Plugging Old Conventional Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells


-- Spotlight PA: Potter County Township Wants To Make It Easier For Other Places In PA To Fight Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Wells 


-- PUC Updates Investigation Into Dec. 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Dauphin County  [PaEN] 


-- WPXI: Mayor Of Economy Boro, Beaver County, Expresses Frustration At Ongoing Natural Gas Outage 


-- US DOE Awards $3.5 Billion In Grants To Strengthen Power Grid Against Extreme Weather, To Deliver Cheaper, Cleaner, Reliable Energy, PA Included  [PaEN]


-- PennLive Letter: EPA Power Plant Rule Is A Threat To Natural Gas Production That Will Impact PA’s Electric Power Grid - By American Petroleum Institute of PA


-- TribLive Editorial: Hydrogen Hubs Coming, And That’s A Positive, If That Energy Comes From Fossil Fuels, The Carbon Emissions Can Exceed The Pollution Created By Just Using Natural Gas


-- Erie Times: Environmental Group Backs Plans To Acquire, Remediate Erie Coke [Coal] Site


-- WITF: How Pennsylvania Churches Are Addressing Climate Change By Tapping The Power Of The Sun


-- Williamsport Sun: Township Zoning Officials Grill Solar Energy Company, Set Conditions For Special Exception Approval


-- NextPittsburgh: Solar-Powered Millvale Community Hub Breaks Ground… Kind Of


-- Environmental Health News: These New Changes Could Re-Shape Environmental Justice In Pennsylvania [Interview With DEP Secretary Negrin]


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: DEP Secretary Provides Update On Permitting Reform; New Positions; New Computer System


-- DEP Takes Action On 928 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,236 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies In The Week Ending Oct. 15


-- Environmental Advocates To Spend More Than $250,000 In Support Of McCaffery In Critical PA Supreme Court Race To Protect Constitutional Right To Clean Air, Pure Water  [PaEN] 


-- Tribune-Democrat: Ebensburg Gets Millions To Replace Old Water Pipes; Water, Sewer Projects Funded Across Area By PennVEST


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Rep. Pashinski Announces $19 Million In PennVEST Funding To Help Rehabilitate Wilkes-Barre Stormwater Infrastructure


-- Republican Herald: PennVEST Loan Improves Emergency Water Storage In Schuylkill County


-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center ‘Investigators’ To Explore Water’s Journey


-- PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Name 33 Students As The 2023-24 Young Ambassadors Promoting A Clean And Beautiful Pennsylvania  [PaEN]


-- PEMA Now Accepting Letters Of Interest For FEMA Flood Mitigation & Building Resilient Infrastructure And Communities Grant Programs  [PaEN]


-- Scranton Times: Charity Offers Aid To Flood Victims


-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Improve Watersheds In Lancaster, York Counties  [PaEN] 


-- PennLive: Giant Company Donates $50,000 For Playground Accessibility Project In Dauphin County


-- Natural Lands Adds 47 Acres To William Penn State Forest Zimmerman Natural Area In Berks County  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Short Hikes Offer The Best Views In Peak Western PA Fall Foliage Season


-- Fish & Boat Commission Quarterly Board Meeting Oct. 23


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: Natural Gas Lobby Warns Of Global Price Shocks Without Investment In New Supply By Midcentury


-- Reuters: Oil Up 2% On Big US Crude Storage Draw, Middle East Tension


Other States/National/International


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline’s Costs Rise Again As Timeline Extends


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: PA Lawmakers Chip Away At Budget Stalemate, Pass Bill To Boost Hospital And Ambulance Subsidies

-- AP: PA House OKs Bill To Move 2024 Primary Election By 1 Week In Continuing Fight With Senate Over Date

-- Environmental Advocates To Spend More Than $250,000 In Support Of McCaffery In Critical PA Supreme Court Race To Protect Constitutional Right To Clean Air, Pure Water  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive - John Baer: Maybe We Should Auction Off PA Supreme Court Seats, Give Money To Schools

-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports September Gaming Revenue Increased 6.2% Over September Of 2022

-- The Center Square: Explicit Book Access In School Libraries Face A Reckoning In PA Senate

-- WESA: One Year After Walking Out, Workers At Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Remain On Strike

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Bill To Hike Dog License Fee Heads To Governor’s Desk [It Only Took 27 Years]

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[Posted: October 19, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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