Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.13.22

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House returns to session September 12, 13, 14  [They’re Back….]

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

 

TODAY Off-The-Floor: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider a letter to the IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health.  Room 60 East Wing. Click Here to watch online.  Read more here.

 

TODAY 10:00: DCNR Webinar On New Community & Watershed Forestry Program - Applying For Grants.  Click Here to join via Microsoft Teams.  Webinar Recording Later

 

WEDNESDAY 9:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on hydrogen’s potential as an energy source.  Room 523 Irvis Building.  Click Here to watch online.

 

THURSDAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meeting on Final EQB Manganese Regulation.  Click Here to watch online.  Read more here.

 

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

 

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

 

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

 

-- PA Capital-Star: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. 15]

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Battle Over Shale Gas Drilling Site Near High School

 

-- Lehigh Valley Live: Proposed Expansion Of Transco PA-NJ Natural Gas Pipeline Focus Of Oct. 5 DEP Virtual Hearing

 

-- Marcellus Drilling Industry News: Pitt Tries To Recruit SW PA Families For Flawed Fracking/Cancer Study

 

-- House Committee Meets Sept. 13 On Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR Sept. 13 Webinar On New Community & Watershed Forestry Program - Applying For Grants, 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to join via Microsoft Teams.  Webinar Recording Later

 

-- PEMA To Start Accepting Applications For FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants Sept. 30  [PaEN]

 

-- WHYY Plan Philly: Why Hurricane Ida Left The Vine Street Expressway Under Water

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Stormwater System Repair Begins: Added Charge To Appear In October

 

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster’s North Museum Of Nature & Science To Host STEM Girls Summit Sept. 24

 

-- Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Commission Executive Director

 

-- Erie Times: EPA Work Nearly Done At Erie Coke (Coal) Site, Now It’s The State DEP’s Turn

 

-- DCED Awards $17,475 Grant For Industrial Sites Reuse Program Environmental Assessment In Bedford County

 

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania RGGI Climate Plan Faces Uncertain Future After Election

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Pennsylvania Gives Millions To Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption

 

-- StateImpactPA: Oct. 1 In-Person Forum On Climate Change At WITF Media Center 

 

--  Erie Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Act Opens New PA Energy Frontier - Clean Hydrogen - Team PA Foundation

 

-- Penn State Sustainability: Hurricane Agnes 50-Life After The Flood Post-Film Panel Discussion

 

-- York Daily Record: Refillism: York Store Will Fill Any Container With Eco-Friendly Cleaning, Beauty Products

 

-- Penn State Master Gardeners, Alumni Spruce Up Flight 93 National Memorial In Somerset County 

 

-- Inquirer: West Kensington’s Community Garden A Refuge For Neighborhood, Advocates Trying To Give All Philly Neighborhoods Similar Spaces

 

-- Penn State’s Sustainability Efforts In Beaver Football Stadium Suites Lauded

 

-- Let’s Bio-Blitz: Become A Citizen Scientist With North Branch Land Trust In NE PA  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Parks & Recreation Foundation: Outdoor Recreation And Children - A Perfect Match [Video] 

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Nature Heals And Reminds Us Of How Much Is At Sake - Helen Ubinas

 

-- Save Pennsylvania’s Forests: Sept. 21 Webinar: Get To Know William Penn State Forest, Noon 

 

-- Republican Herald: Frog Hollow In Wayne Twp., Could Become Schuylkill County Park In Spring 2023

 

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections On Nature: Algae Is Important To Health Lakes

 

-- WeConservePA, Game & Fish & Boat Commission Urge You To Contact PA U.S. Senators Casey, Toomey To Support Passage Of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Birding Festival Set For Oct. 7-9 In Philadelphia

 

-- Republican Herald: Game Commission: Deer Population Not Likely Hit By Drought

 

-- Manada Conservancy Names Will Dingman Executive Director  [PaEN]

 

-- Inquirer: 14-Year-Old Boy Charged With Killing Of West Philly Rec Center Employee

New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law

 

-- PA Capital-Star: Third Of U.S. House Democrats, Including In PA, Oppose Manchin Energy Permitting Deal In Stopgap Spending Bill

 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Energizes Environment, Economy

 

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

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

 

-- WESA/NPR: Soaring Electricity Largely As A Result Of High-Priced Natural Gas Are Latest Inflation Flashpoint

 

-- Reuters: EU Eyes Levy On Fossil Fuel Firms to Help Consumers Survive Energy Crisis

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?

 

Other States/National/International

-- Bloomberg: Hate Speech Increases On Social Media When Temperatures Rise Above 86 Degrees F, Study

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Tells Wolf It Won’t Fast Track Lawsuit Against Constitutionality Of Proposed Constitutional Amendments  

-- Post-Gazette: Election-Denying ‘Patriot’ Groups Trying To Stop Use Of Electronic Voting Machines Across PA

-- PennLive: Lycoming County Commissioners Rescind Action To Put Getting Rid Of Electronic Voting System On The Ballot

-- Inquirer: Debate Over Debates In PA Governor, U.S. Senate Races Devolve Into Trash Talk, Predawn Tweets

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro, Davis Announce $1.4 Million Campaign To Reach Black Voters In PA

-- LancasterOnline: We Have Questions For Debate-Shy Republican Cong. Smucker

-- PennLive: Major Party Candidates Get The Attention, But PA Voters Have Minor Party Options, Too

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Set To Plead Guilty

-- Inquirer Editorial: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thomas Must Recuse Himself In Cases Involving Ex-President

-- WITF: House Advances 3 Election Law Changes With Near-Unanimous Support From Key House Committee

-- MCall: Group Founded By Ex-President’s Staff Sues Lehigh County To Restrict Use Of Ballot Drop Boxes

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Fails To Vote On Gift Ban, But Advocates Say ‘There’s Still Time’

-- PennLive: Low Turnout For Republican Rep. Metcalfe’s Annual Gun Rally Doesn’t Dampen Pro-Gun Fervor 

-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Man Arrested Wearing Clown Wig, Carrying 3 Loaded Handguns And 62 Rounds Of Ammunition At Dairy Queen

-- MCall: Shooting Threat Closed Lehigh Valley Schools For 2 Days, Police Say

-- WHYY: Philly Mayor Kenney, DA Krasner, Police Commissioner Outlaw Join Call For Public To Help Combat Gun Violence

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Gun Violence Spending Is Surging, But Many Programs Lack Clear Goals To Show Progress

-- WESA: Effort To Grant ‘Clean Slate’ For Minor Crimes Attracts Rare Bipartisan Consensus

-- Post-Gazette: Reports Of Child Abuse In PA Going Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels Amid Social Worker Staffing Shortage

-- York Dispatch Editorial: There Is No ‘Transgender Question,’ There Are Only People

-- PennLive: AG Shapiro: PA Share Of Massive Opioid Settlement Will Pay For Treatment, Prevention, Not ‘Potholes’

-- WITF: PA Counties Receive First Payments From Opioid Settlement

-- Erie Times: Erie County Sues 5 Pharmacy Chains, Claims Opioid Negligence, 103 Million Pills Sold

-- WESA: Greene County Doctor 1 Of 5 To Plead Guilty In WV Opioid Pill Scheme

-- Reading Eagle: Pennie A One-Stop Shop For Health Insurance For Pennsylvanians

-- TribLive: Pine Richland School Parent Voice Concerns Following Racist Social Media Incident Involving Students In Allegheny County

-- Spotlight PA: Why Did Penn State Create New Vice President Position During Hiring Freeze?

-- TribLive Editorial: Turnpike Debt Problems Must Be Harrisburg Priority

-- PUC Reminds Consumers To Stay Connected Thru Lifeline And Affordable Telecommunications Connectivity Initiatives

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[Posted: September 13, 2022]  PA Environment Digest