Saturday, July 17, 2021

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.17.21

Senate
returns to session September 20, 21, 22

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session September 27, 28, 29

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- DCNR Documents Website Will Be Down For Maintenance July 16-17

-- Reid Frazier: PUC Seeks Comment On $1 Million Fine For Beaver County Pipeline Blast  [Docket No. M-2020-3004646]

-- Reuters: PUC Fines Energy Transfer $1 Million For 2018 Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion  [Docket No. M-2020-3004646]

-- Sen. Comitta: PUC Advancing Key Pipeline Safety Regulations

-- WHYY: Most Charges Dropped Against 2 State Constables Involved In Alleged Mariner East Pipeline ‘Buy-A -Badge’ Scheme

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: July 21 - Why Does Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Threaten Public Health Webinar.  7:00 p.m.

-- Better Path Coalition: July 28 - Barging Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On The Ohio River and The Fight To Stop It.  7:00 p.m.

-- WHYY: Philly Environmental Groups Picket TD Bank Over Investment In Tar Sands Pipeline

-- Wheeling News-Register: Natural Gas Firms Accelerating Low-Carbon Transition

-- ScrantonT Editorial: State Puts A Price On Pollution [RGGI]

-- WITF: PFAS Sampling Report Identifies Hundreds Of PA Manufacturing Sites

-- University Of Pittsburgh: Eco-Village Seeks To Recirculate Pittsburgh’s Waste

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We May Not Be Ready For Electric Cars - Fmr Sen. Earl Baker [Natural Gas/Pipeline Advocate]

-- Penn State: Agricultural Research Highlighted On Ag Progress Days Tours Aug. 10-12

-- Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center: Aug. 5 - First Investigation Of Stream Health; Sept. 2 Homeowner’s Guide To Stormwater Workshop. Pasto Agricultural Museum, 2710 W. Pine Grove Road, Pennsylvania Furnace, Centre County.

-- Stroud Water Research Center: July 16 Newsletter - Saving Streams With Good Science, Farm Buffers, Watershed Education Mobile Lab, Much More

-- Bay Journal: New Slate Of Local-Level Officers Elected To Chesapeake Bay Advisory Committee, Including Leo Lutz From PA

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Statement On June Dead Zone Assessment

-- PennFuture: July 22 - Dauphin County Susquehanna River Online Volunteer Advocacy Meeting 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- Gov. Wolf: Tours Bucks County Communities Affected By Severe Weather, Flooding

-- CourierT: ‘We Need To Do More’ To Help Flood Victims, Wolf Says In Visit To Bucks County Areas Ravaged By Floods

-- KYW: Bucks County Businesses, Breweries Raise Money For Flooding Victims

-- CourierT: Was Your Flood Damage Claim Rejected? Don’t Give Up, Bucks County Consumer Advocate Says

-- Southwest PA Water-Related Agencies To Host 5-Part Online Flood Education Series For Allegheny County Homeowners & Business Owners July 27 To August 24  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County, PA Resources Council Partner For Glass Recycling Collection Events Thru December [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Roving Glass Recycling Bid To Hit Allegheny County Parks As Curbside Recycling Wanes

-- CitizensV Letter: Stop The Chemical Warfare Against Insects In Pennsylvania

-- WeConservePA: Publishes New Guide To Eminent Domain And Conserved Land In PA

-- PG: On The Shenango: A Relaxing Paddle On PA’s River Of The Year

-- Daily News: Plan For Proposed 6-Mile Hiking, Biking Trail Near Phoenixville Advances

-- CitizensV: Rockin’ The River Returns To Luzerne County

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: July 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available

-- TribLive: Latodami Nature Center Nesting Box Program A Boon To Bluebird Population In Allegheny County Park 

National/International

-- MCall Guest Essay: Why I Support A $4 Billion Federal Fund To Help Minority Farmers - Northampton County Farmer

-- The Guardian: Oregon Wildfire Causes Miles-High Fire Clouds As Flames Grow

-- The Economist: Devastating Floods In German Warn Europe Of Dangers Of  Climate Change

-- AP: Experts: Europe Floods Show Need To Curb Emissions, Adapt To Climate Change

-- NYT: China Opens National Carbon Market, Here’s Why It Matters

-- The Economist: Carbon Border Taxes Are Defensible, But Bring Great Risks

-- Financial Times: EU Plan For World’s First Carbon Border Tax Provokes Trading Partners

-- Financial Times: How The EU Plans To Reshape Its Economy To Limit Climate Change

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