Friday, October 8, 2021

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.8.21

Senate
returns to session October 18, 19, 25, 26, 27

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session October 25, 26, 27

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

-- 17 Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Operators Under Review By DEP To Determine If They Comply With Program Allowing Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 19 To Hear Report On Radiation Decontamination Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Reactors, Waste Sites  [PaEN]

-- News5 Cleveland: Ohio Plans To Stop Using Deicer AquaSalina Made From Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater

-- Independent Fiscal Office: Estimates Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue To Increase By Nearly $75 Million In 2022  [PaEN]

-- WSJ: Natural Gas Shortage Sets Off Scramble Ahead Of Winter

-- Sen. Casey, Colleagues: Introduce Bill To Empower Fossil Fuel Workers To Train, Find Jobs In Changing Energy Industry  [PaEN]

-- EQB: Meets Oct. 19 On Proposed Regulation Setting Compliance Schedules For Communities With Combined Sewer Overflow Problems  [PaEN]

-- From ‘Red and Dead’ To Class A Fishery, West Branch Susquehanna River Rebounds - But We’re Not Done Yet  [PaEN]

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Philly Environmental Filmmaker Takes On Issue Of PA’s Acid Mine Drainage

-- Allegheny College: Receives $1.25 Million Mellon Foundation Grant To Establish Watershed Conservation Research Center  [PaEN]

-- MeadvilleT: Mellon Foundation Grant To Help Allegheny Create Watershed Research Center

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Host Fall Lunch & Learn Stormwater Webinar Series Starts Oct. 14  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Oct. 8 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Fall Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Issues Air Quality Action Day Warning For Oct. 8 In Susquehanna Valley Area 

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Litter A Persistent Problem In Pennsylvania

-- House Hearing On Recreation, Hunting & Fishing During Pandemic Highlights Importance Of Investments In Green Infrastructure, Clean Water [PaEN]

-- ReadingE: People Continue To Find Refuge From COVID In The Outdoors

-- PA Wilds Center: Announces 2021 Champions of the PA Wilds Award Winners [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s: 2nd Fall Foliage Report: North Of I-80 Has Best Colors So Far  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Insider Foliage Leads From PA’s Visitors Bureaus

-- Inquirer: Fall Foliage In Philly Area May Suffer From Unusually Warm, Wet Weather

-- CentreDT: Get Your Cameras Ready: Fall Foliage Is Creeping Toward Its Peak In Centre County

-- EPA: Awards Nearly $500,000 To DCNR To Enhance Wetlands On State Parks, Forest Land  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Meet Winners Of 2021 Sustainable Gardening Awards From Phipps Conservatory

-- PA Environmental Council: Podcast On Fall State Legislative Agenda

-- PUC: Commissioner John Coleman, Jr. Elected PUC Vice Chairman

-- PUC: Highlights Efforts To Safeguard Critical Utility Infrastructure During Cybersecurity Awareness Month

-- PennDOT: Accepting Unsolicited Public-Private Partnership Proposals Until Oct. 31

-- PG - Anya Litvak: PUC Approves Clearway Energy To Take Over Pittsburgh’s Steam Network

-- Reuters: Chief Oil & Gas Explores Sale For More Than $3 Billion

-- PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In September  [PaEN]

-- POSTPONED: PA Forestry Association Oct. 9 Annual Symposium - New Ways To Work With Your Woods  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Southern Beltway To Open For Bikers, Walkers In Preview

-- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Virtual Community Roundtable Oct. 12

Hurricane Ida

-- Gov. Wolf: Reminder Low-Interest Loans Available For Those Affected By Flooding Related To Hurricane Ida

National/International

-- Reuters: New York Says It Will Have Enough Power, Natural Gas This Winter, Prices To Rise

-- Utility Dive: PJM, Southern, Duke, Others Call For More Transmission, Coordination To Handle Renewables Surge

-- NYT/PG: 6 Aspects Of American Life Threatened By Climate Change

-- White House: Releases Agency Climate Adaptation & Resilience Plans

PA Politics

-- Inquirer: U.S. Senate Report Singles Out Republican Cong. Scott Perry & State Sen. Doug Mastriano As Key Figures In Trying To Overturn Election Results

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Congressional Report Sheds More Light On Role Of Republican Cong. Scott Perry In Undermining Election

-- WITF: Report Sheds Light On How PA Republican Lawmakers Helped Pressure DOJ To Investigate False Election Fraud Claims

-- YorkD: Perry, Mastriano At Center Of Trump Scheme To Overturn 2020 Election: U.S. Senate Committee

-- PA Cap-Star: Report Sheds New Light On PA Republican Lawmakers’ Role To Pressure DOJ Over Election

-- PennLive: 11 Of 59 Pennsylvanians Charged In Assault On U.S. Capitol Plead Guilty, Prepare For Sentencings

-- WESA: Sen. Corman Says He Accepts Nov. Election Results, But Wants Audit For Oversight Of Dept. Of State

-- PennLive - Letter: Republicans Funding Misinformation With Fake Mailers In Lebanon County

-- ScrantonT: Man Recorded Stuffing Lackawanna County Ballot Boxes With More Than One Vote

-- PA Cap-Star: Report Shows Risk For Dems Losing Blue-Collar Voters In PA

-- Gov. Wolf: Announces State Prison Population Reaches 20-Year Low

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Rep. Dowling Injured In One Vehicle Accident

-- MCall: Ex-Congressional Candidate Ends Lawsuit Against Morning Call On Misconduct Allegation

-- WITF: People Living With HIV Ask For ‘Dehumanizing’ State Laws To Be Taken Off The Books

-- WITF: PA Teams Up With 3 Other States To Share Gun Crime Information

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[Posted: October 8, 2021]  PA Environment Digest

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