Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.22.23

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House holds Special Session Voting Days Feb. 22 (NV), 23, 24 [Child Sexual Abuse Issue]

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- Feb. 21: Gov. Shapiro Visits Ohio/EPA Train Derailment Site; Beaver County To Give Update Hear More From Residents; Case Referred To AG For Criminal Investigation  [PaEN - 2.21.23]

-- NBC News: Gov. Shapiro Said Tuesday DEP Referred The Ohio/PA Train Derailment To The PA Office Of Attorney General For Criminal Investigation 

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Blasts Norfolk Southern For ‘Arrogance And Incompetence’ In Ohio/Train Derailment

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Gov. Shapiro Vows To Hold Norfolk Southern Accountability For Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- AP: EPA Takes Charge Of Cleanup In Toxic Ohio/PA Train Derailment 

-- Carnegie Science Center Webinar Feb. 23: Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Submit Your Questions  [PaEN] 

-- UnionProgress.com: Carnegie Science Center Invites Questions About Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Clean Air Council Welcomes Supplies For Residents

-- Insider: Sen. Mastriano Told Supporters He Didn’t Take Money From Norfolk Southern, Records Show He Took $1,000

-- Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference At Lehigh University On March 14  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Sees $8 - $10 Million In Expenses In 2023 Related To Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Facility Leak

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Insists It Sees Path To Completing Long-Delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline

-- Warren Times: Feud Between Grant Twp., PA General Energy Over Indiana County Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Before State Supreme Court 

-- Environmental Health Project Featured Research: Historic Redlining And The Siting Of Oil And Gas Wells In The United States 

-- National Bureau Of Economic Research Working Paper: Negotiations Of Oil & Gas Auxiliary Lease Clauses - Evidence From Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale 

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Rep. Struzzi Plans To Introduce Bill To ‘Eliminate’ RGGI Regulation To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: A Better Way - Common-Sense Energy Policy Bridges Political Divides - By Eugene DePasquale & Kate Harper, EnergyFuturePA.org 

-- DEP Took Action On 683 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,340 Inspections; Responded To 7 Environmental Emergencies Last Week 

-- Republican Herald: Shenandoah To Restart Recycling Program

-- NRCS Announces New Partnership Project To Improve Habitat Across Allegheny Plateau In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Gets $1 Million To Restore Bird Habitats

-- Lehigh Valley Live: Lawmaker Wants Study Of Conservation Corridors To Protect Wildlife

-- Inquirer: How A Philly Wildlife Photographer Captures The Perfect Shot

-- TribLive: Section Of Great Allegheny Passage Trail To Be Closed Between Ohiopyle And Confluence For 2 Months

Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Feb. 21: Gov. Shapiro Visits Ohio/EPA Train Derailment Site; Beaver County To Give Update Hear More From Residents; Case Referred To AG For Criminal Investigation  [PaEN - 2.21.23]

-- NBC News: Gov. Shapiro Said Tuesday DEP Referred The Ohio/PA Train Derailment To The PA Office Of Attorney General For Criminal Investigation 

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Blasts Norfolk Southern For ‘Arrogance And Incompetence’ In Ohio/Train Derailment

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Gov. Shapiro Vows To Hold Norfolk Southern Accountability For Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Carnegie Science Center Webinar Feb. 23: Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Submit Your Questions  [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: Carnegie Science Center Invites Questions About Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Clean Air Council Welcomes Supplies For Residents

-- EPA: Orders Norfolk Southern To Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated With Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- AP: EPA Takes Charge Of Cleanup In Toxic Ohio/PA Train Derailment 

-- Insider: Sen. Mastriano Told Supporters He Didn’t Take Money From Norfolk Southern, Records Show He Took $1,000

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 Guardian: U.S. Energy Firms Use Ukraine War To Lock In Long-Term Natural Gas Contracts

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA House Returned To Work Fought Over Rules Moved Constitutional Amendment On Child Sexual Abuse Victims Forward

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA House Focuses On Legal Relief For Child Sexual Abuse Survivors

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[Posted: February 22, 2023]  PA Environment Digest