Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.1.23


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 


TODAY 9:30: House Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force meeting to consider Task Force Report.  Room 515 Irvis Building.  9:30.  Click Here to watch live. 


TODAY 5:00:- PennDOT Outreach Session On National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. H. O. Hirt Auditorium at Blasco Library, 160 E Front Street, Erie. 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.  Click Here to register and for more information.


TODAY 7:30: Virtual. Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community - Eyes On Shell  monthly meeting.  7:30 p.m.


THURSDAY 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.


THURSDAY 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.


THURSDAY 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.


THURSDAY 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.


-- University Of Pittsburgh Studies Of Shale Gas Development Health Impacts To Be Discussed At Nov. 14 Joint Meeting Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board  [PaEN]


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Attorney General Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans In 2018 Greene County Home Natural Gas Explosion Caused By Leaking Conventional Well At The Pratt Gas Storage Facility


-- WTAE: Criminal Charges Filed Against Equitrans After Natural Gas Explosion Destroyed Greene County Home In 2018 


-- Observer-Reporter: State AG Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans, Faults Company For 2018 Natural Gas Explosion That Destroyed Home In Greene County


-- Shell Accountability Campaign Hosts Nov. 2 Shell Petrochemical Plant Town Hall Meeting On Emergency Response Plans In Beaver County  [PaEN]


-- The Guardian: Pittsburgh, Environmental, Cultural Institutions Share Lobbyists With Fossil Fuel Companies


-- The Guardian: US Students At Penn State, University Of Pennsylvania Other Schools File Complaints Over Fossil Fuel Investments  


-- PJM Interconnection Proposal To Expand The Electric Grid To Meet Needs Of Data Centers, Generator Retirements, New Generation Resource Capacity In Mid-Atlantic Region 


-- PA Watershed Groups Engaged 8,000 Volunteers Contributing Over 44,500 Hours; 35,000+ People Involved In Projects, Education, Hikes, Other Events; Planted 30,000 Trees in 2022  [PaEN] 


-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Protected Land In Bay Watershed Reaches 9.1 Million Acres; PA Leads With 3.6 Million Acres


-- National Sea Grant College Program Now Accepting Applications For 2 Marine Debris Prevention & Removal Funding Opportunities  [PaEN]


-- Scranton Times: Scranton Holding Flood Recovery Grant Outreach Sessions Thru Friday


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh Water Authority Agrees To Lower Rate Increase, But PUC Must Still Approve It


-- DEP Took Action On 763 Permits, 92% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,323 Inspections; Responded To 2 Environmental Emergencies In Week Ending Oct. 29 


-- Keep PA Beautiful Seeking Nominations For Litter Hawk Youth Award Program To Recognize Students In Grades K To 6  [PaEN]


-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County To Collect Household Hazardous Waste


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Western PA Conservancy, Other Nonprofit Groups Will Do More Than Plant Trees In McKeesport


-- The Center Square: PA House Passes Bill To Provide Private, C-PACE Funding For Electric Vehicle Chargers


-- WNEP: Getting Students Ready To Repair Electric Vehicles


-- WITF: DCNR Reclaiming Part Of Michaux State Forest In Franklin County, Here’s What To Know


-- Reminder: DCNR Holds Nov. 6 Public Meeting On Planning For Big Elk Creek State Park In Chester County


-- Altoona Mirror: Work Starts On Removing Coal Refuse For Antis Twp. First Frontier Valley Trail


-- York Daily Record Column: Creatives & Recreationalists: Galleries And Outdoors Replacing Factory Work


-- DCNR State Parks: Online Growing Up WILD Facilitator Training Starts Feb. 8  [PaEN]


-- Forests For Chesapeake Bay: Fall Tree Plantings; Bat Stories; Ghosts Of Forest; Devil Tooth Fungus; Poisonous Plants 


-- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy: Record-Setting Tree Plantings; Our Animal Ambassadors Are Stars! Fall Photo Contest; Activities, Programs!


-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: US Youth Fly Fishing Team Fills Up With PA Teenagers


-- TribLive: Recycling Pumpkins Good For Wildlife, Environment


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

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


-- National Fuel Gas Increases Gas Supply Costs For Typical Customers From $64.05 to $70.53


-- The Intelligencer: Oil Prices Could Reach ‘Uncharted Waters’ If Israel-Hamas War Escalates, World Bank Says


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Working At The Polls Cleared Up Jay Schneider’s 2020 Suspicions, Now He’s Taking Charge As A Judge Of Elections

-- Spotlight PA: New Democratic Group, One Libertarian Billionaire Flooding PA Supreme Court Race With Cash

-- Post-Gazette: PA House Committee Votes To Abolish Death Penalty

--WTAE/AP: Bills To Combat Hate Crimes Gain PA House Approval

-- Post-Gazette: Antisemitic, Hateful Graffiti In Squirrel Hill Has Residents On Edge, Police Increasing Patrols

-- WITF: Community Rallies Around Lancaster County Restaurant Owner After Hate Message

-- TribLive: PA House Approves Funding For Pitt, Penn State, Others, But With A Stipulation

-- TribLive: Southwest PA Unemployment Rate Lowest In Nearly 50 Years

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[Posted: November 1, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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