Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.7.23

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House next voting day Dec. 11, 12, 13

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Senate next voting day Dec. 11, 12, 13

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY:  In-Person, Virtual. Westminster College/Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Student Symposium On The Environment.  Lawrence County.

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Senate Republican Leaders Urge DEP To Withdraw Environmental Justice Policy Saying They Lack Statutory Authority, And Out-of-State Groups Not Actual Residents Express EJ Concerns  [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report: Senate Republicans Urge DEP To Withdraw Updated Environmental Justice Policy

-- Hydrogen Tax Credit Changes, Riparian Buffers, Light Pollution On House Environmental Committee Agenda For Dec. 13  [PaEN]

-- DEP Plugs 132 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells So Far;  DEP Issued 490 NOVs For New Conventional Well Abandonments So Far In 2023  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Murrysville Council OKs Lease For Gas, Oil Rights Under 2 Public Parks

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA US Senators Are Going To Bat For Hydrogen Hubs, Treasury Needs To Listen - By PA Building & Construction Trades Council

-- Post-Gazette: Local Environmental Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Plastics Manufacturer In Beaver County

-- Observer-Reporter: Coal Miners Who Died In Robena Mine Explosion Remembered

-- PennLive Letter: Republican Con. Scott Perry’s Latest Attack On Coal Miners Could Prove Deadly [Black Lung] - BlueGreen Alliance

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: To Preserve The Lives And Livelihoods Of Coal Miners, Enhance Federal Silica Regulations

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can Shape Its Conservation Future By Leading On New Federal Farm Bill - By PA Cong. Brian Fitzpatrick & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City Asks Residents To Identify Lead Water Service Lines

-- York Daily Record: Lake Williams Reservoir Dam Built To Handle Flood Of Biblical Proportion

-- WNEP: Cast Your Vote For The State’s River Of The Year - Lackawaxen River In Running

-- WNEP: Plans To Fix Flooding Problems In Scranton

-- Scranton Times: City, Engineers Provide Update On Keyser Valley Stormwater Plans As Residents Air Frustrations

-- WHYY: Heavy Rain, Floods, Heat: How Climate Change Makes Life Tougher For Unhoused People In The Philly Area

-- Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium May 14-15 To Focus On Forging New Partnerships In Climate, Research, Solutions  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Ranks 4th In US In 2024 QS World University Rankings For Sustainability

-- MCall: Palmer Township’s Warehouse Boom Has Redefined A Community; Why Everyone In The Lehigh Valley Needs To Pay Attention

-- WeConservePA: Schuylkill River Trail's Auburn Gap Closes With Opening Of Auburn Bridge In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Forum Focuses On Mount Penn Preserve Trails And Forest Stewardship

-- Williamsport Sun: Rep. Flick To Host DCNR Grant Seminar Dec. 20

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In November Now Available  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Forest Focus Newsletter Highlights Draft Forests For All Plan; Extended Wildfire Season; 2024 Spongy Moth Outbreak; Forest Carbon Management  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Blog: Caring For Forests In Pennsylvania’s State Parks

-- Penn State Extension Community & Urban Forestry Team Invite You To Take Survey On Education Resources

-- The Nature Conservancy-Pennsylvania Nature News: 2023 Impact Report; Volunteer Accomplishments; 50 Years Of Federal Endangered Species Act

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Gets $840,000 Federal Grant To Reduce Animal-Vehicle Crashes

-- PA Capital-Star: PA To Receive Grant Funding For Development Of Wildlife Corridors Plan

-- TribLive: 2 Men Accused Of Releasing Alligator Along Kiski River Ordered To Pay Fines 

Train Derailments

-- KYW: Freight Train Derails In South Philadelphia Overnight

-- WESA/AP: Norfolk Southern To End Relocation Aid After One-Year Anniversary Of Ohio Train Derailment 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Republican Lawmakers Blast House Democrats For Scheduling Months-Long Recess [Due To House Chamber Water Leak Repair]

-- AG Henry: Allegheny County Man Charged With Forging  Signatures On Nomination Petitions For Congressional Candidate

-- WESA: Election-Petition Fraud Charges Filed Against Canvasser For Democratic Congressional Candidate

-- PA Capital-Star: Erie County Democrat Jim Wertz Launches Challenge To Republican Sen. Dan Laughlin

-- PA Capital-Star: Democrats Make Battleground Investment In Retaining PA House

-- PennLive - John Baer: Bob Casey’s 2024 Reelection Bid Has Elements Of His First US Senate Run

-- AP: Court Filing Gives Rare Look Inside FBI Seizure Of Republican Con. Scott Perry’s Phone In 2020 Election Probe

-- Inquirer: Penn President Facing Criticism From Shapiro, White House, Others For Comments At Congressional Hearing On Antisemitism

-- Spotlight PA: Spotlight PA Sues Penn State Trustees Over Alleged Violations Of PA’s Open Meetings Law

-- Dept. Of Health: Still Time To Protect Yourself During Respiratory Disease Season

-- PennLive: RSV Continues Sharp Rise In PA, With Flu, COVID Also Up

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Credit Card Debt Rises 12% Compared To Pre-COVID

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PennDOT Mulls Several Big Fixes For Truck Parking Problem

-- TribLive: Judge Nixes Minimum Wage Hike For Allegheny County Workers

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: In Obstructing Good Immigrants, We Fail To Stop Enough Bad Ones

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[Posted: December 7, 2023]  PA Environment Digest