Friday, November 11, 2022

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.11.22

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House returns to session November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to session November 15 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

 

-- PEMA, PennDOT Urge Pennsylvanians To Exercise Caution During Heavy Rains Expected From Tropical Storm Nicole

 

-- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN]

 

-- KPVI: Carbon County Votes Overwhelmingly To Authorize Up To A $10 Million Bond To Protect Water Quality, Working Farms, Wildlife Habitat  [PaEN]

 

-- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Accepting Comments On Draft EIS For Ohio Valley Connector Natural Gas Pipeline In Greene County Until Nov. 21  [PaEN]

 

-- Reuters: Williams Urges FERC To Approve Regional Energy Access Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Affecting 6 Counties In PA  [PaEN]

 

-- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA  [PaEN]

 

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council

 

-- EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Kids From Oil & Gas Methane Pollution

 

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Aerial Photos Of Dozens Of Unconventional Shale Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects, Energy Facilities In Southwestern PA, Northern WV

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell, Equinor Project Becomes Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hub Applicant

 

-- DCED/Team Pennsylvania Submit Hydrogen Hub Concept Paper To U.S. Dept. Of Energy [Paper Not Available]

 

-- York Dispatch: Nuclear Regulators Investigate 2 Recent Incidents At Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant 

 

-- WESA: University Of Pittsburgh Expects To Get About A Fifth Of Its Electricity From New Solar Energy Farm Near Pittsburgh Airport

 

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Public Utility Commission Orders Review Of Electric Vehicle Charging Rates

 

-- GASP: Allegheny County Resident Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Steel Over Noxious Odors, Dust From Edgar Thomson Facility  ​

 

-- Environmental Quality Board Notice Of Final Regulation Setting RACT Air Quality Standards For Major Sources Of NOx, VOCs

 

-- November 12 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

 

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Nov. 16 Webinar - Countering Climate Disinformation In The Media  [PaEN]

 

-- Citizens Voice: Earth Conservancy To Hold Open House On Newport Twp. Park Study In Luzerne County

 

-- Industrial Archives & Library In Bethlehem Seeking Volunteers To Work On Anthracite Mining Maps, Related Documents

 

-- Courier Times: Springfield Quarry Plan Still Unresolved As Resident Wait, Worry In Bucks County

 

-- PUC Launches Review Of Utility Cybersecurity Regulations, Seeks Comments On Potential Enhancements And Revisions  [PaEN]

 

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 11 RiverWatch Video Report

 

-- TribLive: Pine-Richland High Schoolers Selected For Statewide Young Ambassadors Litter Prevention Program

 

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Announces Winners Of Photo Contest 

 

-- Centre Daily Times: 800 Acre Sandy Ridge Wildfire In Centre County Started Out As A Prescribed Burn By Game Commission

 

-- TribLive: Portion Of Brookline Memorial Park May Be Converted Into Urban Farm

 

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Nov. 16 On Plan For Investing Federal American Rescue Plan Funding  [PaEN]

 

-- Outdoor Recreation Added Nearly $14 billion To PA’s Economy In 2021, Up 22% From 2020; Nov. 29 Webinar To Review The Results  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR Seeking Public Comment On Catawissa Recreation Area Master Plan In Schuylkill, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR Names Corie Eckman Park Manager For Colonel Denning State Park In Cumberland County

 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Invasive Mudsnails Found In 2 State Fish Hatcheries In Central PA, But Trout Stockings Continue

 

-- Bucks County Herald Guest Essay: Wildlife Corridors Would Help Prevent Vehicle Collisions

 

-- Agriculture Notice Of 5 Weeds Added To Controlled Plant And Noxious Weed List

 

-- Penn State: Higher Demand For Wild Leeks (Ramps) Has Foragers Overeager, Threatens Plant

 

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

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

 

-- The Economist: Can American Liquefied Natural Gas Rescue Europe?  Wall Street, Europe Standing In The Way

 

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


-- White House: Biden-Harris Administration Announce Roadmap For Nature-Based Solutions To Fight Climate Change, Strengthen Communities And Support Local Economies


-- France24.com: U.S. Blocks More Than 1,000 Shipments Of Solar Energy Equipment From China Over Slave Labor


-- The Economist: Economic Growth No Longer Requires Rising Greenhouse Gas Emissions


-- Financial Times: Global Carbon Emissions Hit Record Despite China Slowdown


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive/AP: Closes Races Put State House Majority Control In Limbo

-- Erie Times: PA Democrats On Verge Of Flipping The State House For First Time In A Decade

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Control Of State House Comes Down To 2 Excruciatingly Close Contests

-- Erie Times: ‘Campaign Malpractice’: How Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Flamed Out After An Initial Surge Fueled By Ex-President

-- Inquirer: Some PA Republicans Want To Push Ex-President Aside After Their Election Losses

-- Inquirer Editorial: Why Did Republicans Wipeout?  They Gave Voters An Easy Choice

-- TribLive: The Late Rep. DeLuca Was Reelected, What Happens Next? 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Keep Calm And Get To Bottom Of Luzerne County Paper Ballot Fiasco

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Elections Themselves Big Winner

-- Erie Times: 4 Years After Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre, Security Remains A Concern For Erie Houses Of Worship

-- Inquirer: 3 Former Sharon Hill Police Officers Plead Guilty In Fanta Bility’s Fatal Shooting In Delaware County

-- Inquirer: City Of Chester Files For Bankruptcy And Asked For Federal Mediation To Resolve Its Debts

-- Reading Eagle: Wilson School Board Member Under Fire For Racist Statements In Berks County [Video]

-- NPR: A Federal District Court Judge Blocks Biden Student Debt Relief Plan

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[Posted: November 11, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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