Thursday, November 2, 2023

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.2.23


House next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


Watch Live TODAY At 11:00: Gov. Shapiro, CNX Resources To Announce Collaboration To Protect Public Health, Support Energy Industry  [PaEN] 


TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee joint hearing with the Ohio Public Utilities Committee on interstate relationships within PJM Electric Grid.  Williams Penn Omni Hotel, Lawrence Welk Room, Pittsburgh. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.


TODAY 6:30:  Susquehanna River Basin Commission hearing on water withdrawal requests, including shale gas drilling in Loyalsock, Pine Creek Exceptional Value Watersheds.  SRBC offices, 4423 North Front Street, Harrisburg. 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.  Read more here.


TODAY 6:00: PennDOT Outreach Session On National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. Goggleworks, 201 Washington Street, Reading.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Click Here to register and for more information.


TODAY 6:00:  In-Person/Virtual.   Shell Accountability Campaign Town Hall Meeting On Shell Petrochemical Plant And Emergency Response Plans. Community College of Beaver County, Learning Resources Center, Room 9103, 1 Campus Drive in Monaca, Beaver County.  5:00 p.m. reception, 6:00 p.m. program starts.


-- Watch Live TODAY At 11:00: Gov. Shapiro, CNX Resources To Announce Collaboration To Protect Public Health, Support Energy Industry  [PaEN]


-- Williamsport Sun: Sen. Yaw Calls Legislation Expanding Natural Gas Infrastructure Safety Zones ‘Stupid’


-- Attorney General Henry Announces Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2018 Natural Gas Explosion That Destroyed Home In Greene County  [PaEN]


-- AP: PA Attorney Charges Equitrans With Crimes In 2018 Natural Gas Explosion That Leveled Home, Hurt 3, Including 4-Year-Old Boy


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Criminal Charges Against Equitrans Should Be A Deterrent To Environmental Violators, Attorney General Says 


-- TribLive: Equitrans Faces Criminal Charges In Connection With 2018 Greene County Natural Gas Explosion That Destroyed Home


-- Protect PT Holds Nov. 11 Workshop On Living Near Shale Gas In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]  


-- Philadelphia LNG Export Task Force Issues Report On The Best Ways To Increase Exports Of PA's Natural Gas; Minority Report Rebuts Need For LNG Facility, Outlines Impacts  [PaEN]


-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN] 


-- Inquirer Guest Essay: PA Needs To Do More To Defend Public Health From Shale Gas - By Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project


-- Commonwealth Court Declares RGGI ‘Invalid Tax’ And Enjoins DEP, EQB From Enforcing Its Provisions  [PaEN] 


-- AP: Commonwealth Court Blocks Effort To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions [RGGI]


-- Spotlight PA: PA Court Strikes Down Key Climate Program [RGGI], But Environmentalists Expect An Appeal


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Court Rules Climate Program Is An Illegal Tax, Says State Cannot Join RGGI


-- The Center Square: Commonwealth Court Strikes Down Carbon ‘Tax’ [RGGI]


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Pennsylvania’s Inclusion In RGGI Remains Uncertain


-- PUC, Dept. Of Human Services Kick Off Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Season  [PaEN]


-- PUC Issues Emergency Order To PA American Water To Operate Troubled East Dunkard Water Authority In Greene County; Lawsuit Filed Alleging Water Tainted By Mine Drainage, Shale Gas Operations  [PaEN]


-- WPXI: DEP Will Work To Fix Abandoned Mine Subsidence Damage In Lincoln Place


-- LancasterOnline: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Puts $2 Million In Federal Funds Toward Pequea Creek Restoration


-- CBF's Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Last Year's Winners Of The Mira Lloyd Dock Diversity Award Work On Completing Environmental Projects  [PaEN]


-- Shippensburg News-Chronicle: Statewide Watershed Conference Gave Watershed Groups A Place To Share Stories, Concerns, Learn About Projects And Practices Elsewhere, Find Funding And More


-- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA  [PaEN]


-- Pike Conservation District: What Happens When Stormwater Management Goes Wrong? - By Chris Metzler, District Engineer  [PaEN]


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Accepting Applications For Consumptive Use Mitigation Grants; Nov. 15 Webinar  [PaEN]


-- WTAE: Sen. Robinson Wants Tougher Lead Testing Standards For PA Schools


-- WESA: Farmland Preservation Efforts Grow As Allegheny County Protects Unique Crops And Smaller Farms


-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Allegheny Outdoor Club To Mark 55th Anniversary


-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Nature News: Explore Nature In PA At A TNC Preserve; Chesapeake Bay Farmers Going Above & Beyond; More!


-- The Daily Item: Penn State Study Tracks Deer Habits, Habitats


-- WTAE: Rep. Major Wants To Chomp Down Exotic Animal Release After Multiple Gators In Kiski River


Other States/National/International


-- Inquirer: Offshore Wind Company Cancels Project In NJ, Now What?


-- Inquirer: NJ’s Other Big Wind Developer Says It’s Committed To Its Project But Also Faces ‘Extraordinary Challenges’


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: How Pro-Fossil Fuel Groups Helped Sway The Public Against Offshore Wind In New Jersey


-- Financial Times: Future Of Fossil Fuels Leaves Nations At Odds Ahead Of UN Climate Summit


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Mail-In Ballot Returns Top 500,000 In General Election

-- Gov. Shapiro Launches Online Money-Back Guarantee System For Some State Permits, Licensing, Certification Processes

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports October State Revenue $119.8 Million - 3.8%-- Over Their Estimates; Year-to-Date Up $47.5 Million Over Estimates

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports October State Revenue $116.7 Million - 3.7%-- Above IFO Estimates; Fiscal Year $18.6 Million Over Estimates

-- Post-Gazette: Penn State Cannot Support House Amendment Freezing Tuition Next Year

-- PA Capital-Star: Three Democrats Vying To Unseat State Treasurer Stacy Garrity

-- PennLive - John Baer: Former Vice President Out, Who Goes Next, And What’s It Mean For Ex-President?

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[Posted: November 2, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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