Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.16.23

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House next voting day January 2, February 6

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-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

Senate next voting day January 2, 16, 17

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-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP 2024 Advisory Committee, Board Meeting Schedule Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Senate, House Release 2024 DEP, DCNR, Agriculture Agency Budget Hearing Schedule  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Per Well Fee Revenues To Drop $105 Million

-- Post-Gazette: PA Shale Gas Impact Fee Revenues Drop $105 Million

-- Williamsport Sun Letter: ‘Any Legislation Or Regulation That Seeks To Further Restrict The Development, Transportation or Use Of Natural Gas Will Harm Our Economy, Undermine Personal Property Rights, Weaken National Security And Reverse The Significant Environmental Program Enabled By This Clean Abundant Energy Source’ - By Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Letter: Transfer Of $150 Million From Game Commission Rightly Stopped - By Rep. Haddock

-- EPA/DOE Award DEP $44.4 Million To Plug Active, Conventional Oil & Gas Wells To Stop Leaking Methane  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - December 16  [PaEN]

-- CNX Ends Coordination On West Virginia Adams Fork Ammonia Energy Project, Anchor Of ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Application  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Pulls Out Of Adams Fork Hydrogen Project

-- 6ABC.com: Man, 2 Dogs Lucky To Be Alive After Massive House Explosion In Berks County, Propane Gas Used For Heat

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Unleashing LNG Natural Gas Exports On Pennsylvania’s Habitat

-- Power Magazine: Community Solar Drives Energy Transition In Longtime Fossil Fuel Region  [Beaver County]

-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. Residents Concerned About Proposed Solar Energy Facility

-- LehighValleyNews: With $4.6 Billion In Federal Funding Up For Grabs, PA Environmental Officials Collect Climate Action Plan Suggestions

-- Herald-Star: Tenaska Outlines Carbon Capture, Storage Project In Shale Gas Formations In SW PA, Southern Ohio

-- PA GreenGov Council, Penn State Sustainability Host 4-Part Sustainability Webinar Series Starting Jan. 12  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Casey Reintroduces Black Lung Legislation In Support Of Coal Miners 

-- Observer-Reporter: DEP East Dunkard Water Authority Heading To Mediation Over Proposed PA American Water Receivership In Water System Operation 

-- WNEP: Ahead Of Proposed PA American Water Rate Hikes, Scranton, Dunmore Seek Hearing To ‘Share Our Perspective Face-to-Face’

-- Registration Open! Call For Presenters Extended!  Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb. 23-24 In State College  [PaEN] 

-- Delaware Public Media - Jon Hurdle: Brandywine Flood Study Leaders Scramble To Prepare Watershed For Next Hurricane Ida

-- The Sentinel: Watershed Steward Program In Cumberland County Takes New Direction

-- Courier Express: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded $200,000 Growing Greener Grant

-- Help Wanted: Huntingdon County Conservation District - District Manager  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Route 202 Near King Of Prussia Mall Closed Again After More Sinkhole Problems

-- DEP Posted 68 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 16 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Everyone Has A Role To Play In Reducing Climate Change - By Greg Czarneki, DCNR

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority To Offer Vacant Land To Urban Farmers

-- DEP Bans Sale Of Wiltronic Corp (IVIEW) Electronic Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken  [PaEN]

-- Dec. 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy Brings Wildlife Tracking, Tree Guardianship To Bristol Twp. School

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center To Hold Holiday Camps Dec. 27-28

-- Warren Times: An Appreciation Of Nature Words - By Katie Finch, Audubon Community Nature Center

-- DCNR Appoints Haley Redmond New Manager For Mount Pisgah State Park In Bradford County

-- Lancaster Farming: PA Senators Aim To Limit Wildlife Crop Damage Through Hunting

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.44; National- $3.07; Ohio- $2.71

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drill Rigs Same As Last Week - 20

Other States/National/International

-- The Allegheny Front: COP28 Roundup: Food, Health, Disaster Relief And The Oceans

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: McClinton, Ward Talk Trust, Budget, Business At PA Chamber Dinner

-- Rep. Joe Kerwin (R-Dauphin) To Go On Military Deployment In East Africa For Several Months, Will Be Placed On Leave

-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Administration Cancels $10.7 Million Contract For PA Voter Roll System Upgrade

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Mix Of Reform-Minded, Tough-On-Crime Justice Bills Now Law In PA

-- WHYY: Meek Mill Joins Shapiro For Signing Probation Reform, Clean Slate Legislation

-- City & State PA: 13 Things To Know About The PA Budget, Other Bills Passed By Lawmakers In December

-- Politics PA: PA Superior Court Election Spending Tops $2.6 Million

-- TribLive: Fetterman Says He Is ‘Not A Progressive’

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[Posted: December 16, 2023]  PA Environment Digest