Friday, January 13, 2023

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.13.23

Are You Telling Your Story?

Senate returns to voting session January 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to voting session ??????

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

 

DEP Advisory: DEP’s Cambria District Office still closed due to waterline break.

 

TODAY 9:30: Philadelphia Liquified Natural Gas Export Task Force meeting.  Room 523 Irvis Building.  9:30 a.m. No options posted to join the meeting remotely.

 

TUESDAY Noon: Inauguration Of Gov.-elect Shapiro, Lt. Gov.-elect Davis

 

-- DEP Announces Award Of More Than $19 Million In Growing Greener Plus Grants To Support 82 Local Watershed Restoration Projects  [PaEN]


-- Reading Eagle: 2 Berks Projects Awarded Environmental Grants


-- DEP Releases 2 More Bid Solicitations To Plug 38 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Venango County At Taxpayer Expense; Average Cost To Plug $95,000  [PaEN]

 

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Report Shows Diversified Energy, Owner Of Over 22,500 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In PA, May Be Financially Insolvent  [PaEN]

 

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Energy Transfer Natural Gas Plant Explosion Under Investigation In Washington County

 

-- Fish & Boat Commission Investigation Of Pollution From PA General Energy Natural Gas Development Construction Site On Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek Results In Settlement Agreement  [PaEN]

 

-- UnionProgress.com - Laura Legere: ‘Unacceptable’ Power Plant Failures During Christmas Storm Could Lead To $2 Billion In Penalties

 

-- Utility Dive: PJM Generators Face Up To $2 Billion In Penalties For Failing To Provide Power During Christmas Winter Storm Elliot [Poor Performance By Gas-Fired Generators Could Lead To Political Fallout] 


-- PJM Interconnection: PJM Operated Reliably Throughout Winter Storm Challenges, But ‘Generator Forced Outages Were Unacceptable’

 

-- FracTracker Alliance Hosts Jan. 17 Webinar On Exploring Oil & Gas Industrialization Impacts On Watersheds  [PaEN]

 

-- Bay To Bay News Guest Essay: New Rules Regulating High-Volume Fracturing Wastewater In Shared Delaware River Waters - Steve Tambini, Delaware River Basin Commission

 

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: Has Anything Changed? - Shalefield Stories, Revisiting Our Fracking Past 


-- DEP: 47 Coal Mine Reclamation Projects Covering 977 Acres And Costing $123 Million Now In Active Construction  [PaEN]

 

-- PennVEST Announces Investment Of $236 Million In 25 Water Infrastructure Projects In 17 Counties  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR Announces $11.8 Million Investment To Plant Trees, Buffers, Meadows To Improve Water Quality, Climate Resiliency; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. 17  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR Announces $19.4 Million In Grants To Underserved/Distressed Communities, Partnerships To Improve Recreation, Community Revitalization Efforts Across PA; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. 17   [PaEN]

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Fmr DEP Secretary McDonnell Said DEP’s Underfunding Will Test Its New Leader

 

-- Slippery Rock University Engineering Alumnus Has Successful Start To Her Career In Natural Gas Industry 

 

-- Environmental Quality Board Publishes Final Regulation Setting PFOA/PFOS Maximum Contaminant Level For Drinking Water

 

-- Chesapeake Stormwater Network Accepting Nominations For Best Urban BMP In The Chesapeake Bay Award  [PaEN]

 

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 13 RiverWatch Video Report

 

-- January 14 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

 

-- PA Audubon Council Releases Guidelines For Municipalities On Bird-Friendly, Environmentally Responsible Utility Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

 

-- PUC Approves Settlement With National Gas & Electric LLC Over Marketing Practices

 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: By Failing On Climate Change, We Are Failing Our Children - By Clean Air Council

 

-- Keep PA Beautiful Announces Recipients Of 2022 Volunteer & Community Partner Awards  [PaEN]

 

-- York Dispatch: DCNR Honors Citizen Who Saved Man From Drowning At Codorus State Park

 

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Study: Controlled Burns Reduce Ticks, Lyme Disease

 

-- Tube City Almanac: Westmoreland Trail Eyes Mon Valley Connection

 

-- Scranton Times: A Winter Hike In Bear Creek Preserve Satisfies All The Senses

 

-- Game Commission Now Accepting Orders From Landowners For Tree & Shrub Seedlings To Improve Habitat  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive: Growths On Deer Spotted In Westmoreland County Are Likely Papillomavirus, Game Commission Says

 

-- Harrisburg University Professor Discovers Turtle Species ‘Entirely New To Science’

 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Upcoming Events In January, Migration Season Wrap Up; Animal Adaptations; Yoga On The Mountain; More!

 

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

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


-- UnionProgress.com - Laura Legere: ‘Unacceptable’ Power Plant Failures During Christmas Storm Could Lead To $2 Billion In Penalties

 

-- Utility Dive: PJM Generators Face Up To $2 Billion In Penalties For Failing To Provide Power During Christmas Winter Storm Elliot [Poor Performance By Gas-Fired Generators Could Lead To Political Fallout] 


-- PJM Interconnection: PJM Operated Reliably Throughout Winter Storm Challenges, But ‘Generator Forced Outages Were Unacceptable’

 

Other States/National/International


-- EPA Releases Updated Guidance On Identifying, Addressing Cumulative Impacts To Advance Environmental Justice, Equity


-- WESA/NPR: Federal Climate Forecasts Could Help Prepare For Extreme Rain, But It’s Years Away


-- AP: 2022 Was 5th Or 6th Warmest On Record As Earth Heats Up


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Gov.-Elect Josh Shapiro Talks About His, And His Family’s Next Chapter

-- Spotlight PA: Tom Wolf’s Time As Governor Is Almost Over, Here’s What He’ll Be Remembered For

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House Speaker Appoints Lawmakers Tasked With Breaking Chamber’s Partisan Gridlock

-- PA Capital-Star: After A Shot Of Normal, It’s Back To Chaos As Usual In PA House

-- AP: Shapiro Taps Ex-Lawmakers, University Officials For Positions At Revenue, PennDOT, DCED, Banking & Securities

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Taps Pat Browne For Revenue Secretary Among 4 More Cabinet Nominees

-- AP: Commonwealth Court Splits On Legality Of Move To Impeach Philadelphia DA

-- PennLive: Lycoming County Recount Of 2020 Election Results Shows Difference Of 26 Votes Out Of 59,000 Votes Cast

-- AP: Gov. Wolf Tops State Record Of Pardons Granted

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[Posted: January 13, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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