Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.15.23

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House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

     -- Committee Schedule

     -- Updated: 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 


TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. Susquehanna Room, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, Elmerton Ave.  9:00 a.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Jay Braund jbraund@pa.gov or (717) 772-5636.


TODAY 1:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. Visit the Board’s webpage for remote access options.  1:00 p.m.  Contact: Michael Maddigan at mmaddigan@pa.gov or 717-772-3609.  (formal notice)


-- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County  [PaEN]


-- Reuters: Wave Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Plants Threatens To Knock Down Prices 


-- U.S. DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA  [PaEN] 


-- Federal Court Rules Challenge To DEP Air Quality Permit For Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline  Quakertown Compressor Station May Go Forward  [PaEN]


-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: East Palestine Rail Disaster Could Happen Anywhere In PA - By Clean Air Council


-- York Dispatch: Water Use, Discharge Concerns Emerge As Part Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning 


-- Beaver County Times: Vistra Energy Deal ‘Positive News’ For Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant, Leaders Say


-- PA Capital-Star: PJM - Nation’s Biggest Electric Capacity Market-- Needs Fixing, Critics Say


-- Utility Dive: Confidential PJM Meetings Hinder State Energy Policy, Oversight: WV, MD Lawmakers Say


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania Jumps To Top 10 In Clean Energy Jobs


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Wants To Regulate Carbon Dioxide Storage Wells, State Plans To Tell Feds


-- TribLive: Residents Can Track Rotten Egg-- Hydrogen Sulfide-- Smell In Allegheny County 


-- Post-Gazette: New Allegheny County Dashboard Will Track Rotten Egg Odor In The Air


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel: Retirement Of 3 Batteries At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works On Schedule


-- ​​Better Path Coalition Webinar March 28 - Brown Bag Briefing On Carbon Dioxide Removal, Noon


-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: Shapiro Outlines Plan For PA’s Federal Infrastructure Aid Spending


-- DEP Took Action On 785 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,731 Inspections; Responded To 11 Environmental Emergencies Last Week


-- Audubon Society Of Western PA Hosts 3-Part Online Buffalo Creek Watershed Forested Land Workshops For Butler County  [PaEN] 


-- Republican Herald: Tamaqua Desilting Basin Dam On Little Schuylkill River To Fade Into History


-- Sustainable Community Network Of SW PA Webinar March 24 - Policy Connection - Environmental Justice. Noon 


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Turning Discarded Hamburgers, Chicken, Salad Into Tons Of Compost


-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers, Seeing Demand For Organic Produce, Week To Make PA Preferred Program Permanent


-- TribLive: Duquesne Light Donates $1 Million To Allegheny Commons Park Project 


-- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Dedicates Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary In Robeson Twp.


-- TribLive: Invasive Species Are A ‘Scourge’ In PA, Report Says  


-- WESA: Contest Asks PA Kids To Create Art About Tick Bite Prevention


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Mentor Youth Trout Day: A Unique Opportunity To Teach, Learn And Create Memories On The Water 


Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- The Center Square: Federal, State Agencies To Hold Open House On Train Derailment In Beaver County March 16 


-- WESA: Paradox Of East Palestine: Safe Test Results Come Back, While Residents Report Health Problems 


-- The Center Square: Local PA Farmers Spearhead Soil Testing After Train Derailment


-- WESA/Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: After Derailment, Many In East Palestine Live With Questions About Dioxins


-- UnionProgress.com: Clean Air Council Works To Provide Direct Relief To East Palestine, OH Residents


-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: East Palestine Rail Disaster Could Happen Anywhere In PA - By Clean Air Council


-- TribLive/AP: Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment


-- WESA: Environmental Groups Push EPA, Not Norfolk Southern, To Lead Testing For Dioxins


-- WESA/ProPublica: Norfolk Southern Contractor Testing Air In East Palestine Homes


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

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


-- Utility Dive: Lower Natural Gas Prices In 2023 Will Lead To ‘Plunge’ In Peak Electricity Prices In Most U.S. Markets. According To Moody’s Investors Services


-- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County  [PaEN]


-- U.S. DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA  [PaEN] 


-- Reuters: Wave Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Plants Threatens To Knock Down Prices


Other States/National/International


-- EPA Proposes First National PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Standard


-- AP: EPA To Limit Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water


-- AP: Kansas Lawmakers Fear More Spills From Keystone Oil Pipeline After Massive Spill


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: Shapiro Outlines Plan For PA’s Federal Infrastructure Aid Spending

--  Erie Times: Republican Sen. Mastriano Dropped Hints On His Political Future, Can He Really Win A Statewide Race?

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Among Top States For White Supremacist Propaganda In 2022

-- Politics PA: How Accurate Were Polls On 2022 PA Races?

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[Posted: March 15, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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