Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.10.23

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House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

     -- Committee Schedule

     -- House Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22

Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

     -- Committee Schedule

     -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP Receives $29.35 Million In Federal Funding To Support Abandoned Mine Land Economy Revitalization  [PaEN]

-- CFA Now Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants  [PaEN]

-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 13 To Hear Updates On Regulation Of Natural Gas Storage Areas, Chapter 78 Regs; Federal Well Plugging Program, Carbon Capture, Hydrogen Development  [PaEN]

-- DEP Methane Overflight Research Study Resulted In Voluntary Reductions In Oil & Gas, Landfill Facilities; Coal Industry Uncooperative [PaEN] 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Lower Boom On Natural Gas Leaks, Audit Abandoned Gas Well Capping  [PaEN]

-- PA-based Evangelical Environmental Network: Opposes Congressional Republican Attempts To Repeal Federal Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reduction Program

-- Sen. Bob Casey Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee On Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site Under Investigation By OSHA After workers Report Health Problems 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets March 16 On 6 Natural Gas Drilling Water Uses; 4.5 MGD Out-Of-Basin Transfer  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Annual Natural Gas Production Falls For First Time In 10 Years

-- WHYY: Don’t Let Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Charge Customers For Warmer Winters, Residents Tell PUC

-- PA Solar Center Hosts March 17 Webinar On Opportunities For PA In Solar Supply Chain, Solar Recycling And Reuse [PaEN]

-- Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Hosts March 23 TEC Talk On Trends On Industry Decarbonization At Hazleton Campus  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Poised To Become Hub For Energy Storage, Battery Production 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Hydrogen Advocates Say Permitting Reform Needed Before Hub Becomes Reality

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Seward Coal-Fired Generating Station In Westmoreland County To Get New Operator

-- DEP Hosting 6 Regional Engagement Sessions On Climate Action For Environmental Justice Communities Starting April 5  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts Updated List Of Technical Guidance In Development To Promote Public Involvement  [PaEN]

-- March 11 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- Scranton Times: Electric Vehicle Education Evolving In NE PA

-- Scranton Times: The Electric City Gets First Electric Vehicle Fleet

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Proposed Electric Vehicle Fees Fall Short Of Solving State’s Highway/Bridge Infrastructure Woes

-- NextPittsburgh: Communitopia’s Raina Rippel Believes Pittsburgh Students Can Be Environmental Action Leaders 

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Is Among Worst Places For Lead Poisoning, Here’s Why

-- Daily Item: Point Twp. Denied Zoning Approval For Encina Plastics Recycling Facility In Northumberland County

-- WKOK: Encina Plastics Recycling Point Township Plant Radio Discussion

-- NextPittsburgh: Where You Can Recycle Glass In Allegheny County Parks

-- MCall: Hearing Testimony: Projecting Emissions From Bethlehem Landfill Expansion Would Be Speculating Without Formal Plans

-- Interstate Chesapeake Bay Commission Issues 2022 Annual Report

-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 10 RiverWatch Video Report

-- PUC Sets March 21 Telephonic Hearing On Aqua PA’s Proposed Acquisition Of Shenandoah Water System In Schuylkill County 

-- Dept. Of Health Now Accepting Entries To How To Prevent A Tick Bite/Lyme Disease  Student Art Video, Poster Contest  

-- NextPittsburgh: Want To Learn Whitewater Kayaking? Start In The Swimming Pool

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In February Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing And Conservation Meets March 13

-- Mountain Watershed Assn. Preserves 186 Acres Along One Of The Few Class A Wild Trout Streams In PA  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission Hosts 10 Regional Public Information Sessions On Reintroduction Of The American Marten 

Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Sen. Bob Casey Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee On Ohio/PA Train Derailment [PaEN]

-- Politics PA: Sen. Casey, Testifies At U.S. Senate Norfolk Southern Hearing

-- TribLive/AP: Norfolk Southern CEO ‘Sorry,’ Brings Aid, But Avoids Specifics At U.S. Senate Hearing

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site Under Investigation By OSHA After workers Report Health Problems

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

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

-- Reuters: Europe Should Stop Relying On Luck For Energy Security And Build LNG Natural Gas Import Facilities, Shell CEO

-- Reuters: EU Agrees To Push For Fossil Fuel Phase Out Ahead Of COP28

Federal FY 2024 Budget Proposal

-- EPA Statement On President’s Proposed FY 2024 Federal Budget

-- Appalachian Voices Urge Congress To Pass Proposed FY 2024 Investments In Appalachian Coalfields

-- Bay Journal Forum: Farms Need Federal Support Now, For Their Own Sake And For The Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Other States/National/International

-- Reuters: U.S. Officials Warn - Don’t Let China Control Clean Energy Supply Chain

-- DOE, EPA Partner On Increasing The Reliability Of The Nation’s Electrical Grid

-- Reuters: Keystone Pipeline Ordered To Cut Oil Pressure After Kansas Leak

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Rep. Kenyatta (D) Enters 2024 Race For PA Auditor General

-- PennLive: Chair Of Washington County Republicans Asks For Proof That Sen. Fetterman ‘Is Alive And Well’ 

-- WITF: Campaign Lawyer For Republican Sen. Mastriano, Ex-Presidents Admits Her Voter Fraud Claims Were False

-- WITF/Votebeat: PA Republican Senator’s Record On Election Policy Has Democrats, Voting Advocates Worried Passing Reform Will Be Difficult

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[Posted: March 10, 2023]  PA Environment Digest