Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.29.23

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House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

-- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - March 29, 30, April 11, 12, 13, 14

Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

-- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - March 29, 30, April 11, 12, 13

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- Trail Mix Blog: Rachel Carson, A Pennsylvanian Sparked An Awakening - By Kent Jackson  [PaEN] 

-- Inquirer: Philly Mayor: Water Safe To Drink After Bucks County Chemical Spill: ‘Threat Has Passed’

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Officials Take Heat For Communications Over Water Contamination

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Philadelphia’s Water Contamination Was A Test Of City’s Response To A Crisis, It Failed

-- Courier Times: As Toxic Bucks County Spill Cleanup Continues, Tap Water Safe To Drink

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: As Shell Shuts Down New Beaver County Petrochemical Plant For Repairs, And Burns Off Natural Gas In Flares, Company Says It Hasn’t Exceeded Air Emission Limits 

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Wants Norfolks Southern To Reimburse Farmers Who Lost Meat Sales After Train Derailment 

-- Post-Gazette-Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: PA Budget Hearing On Health Dept. Covers Train Derailment, Post-COVID Landscape

-- AP: Probe Of Reading Chocolate Factory Explosion Centers On Natural Gas Pipeline 

-- PUC Concludes 2022 Pottstown Explosion Investigation Finding No Evidence Natural Gas Service Contributed To Deadly Event

-- WHYY: PUC: PECO Natural Gas Pipelines Did Not Cause Pottstown Home Explosion, Cause Remains Unknown  

-- PUC Urges Consumers To Contact Utilities About Payment Of Past-Due Or High Bills As Winter Moratorium Ends March 31 

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution Hosts April 19 Workshop On Local Air Quality Issues  [PaEN] 

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts April 5 Webinar On Justice40 - Bringing Energy Transition Benefits To Disadvantaged Communities  [PaEN] 

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Acting DEP Secretary Disappoints By Spouting Enviro Justice Nonsense

-- Utility Dive: PJM Plans Capacity Auction Delays As It Develops Market Reforms To Bolster Resource Adequacy

-- Marcellus Drilling News: DEP Acting Secretary Negrin’s Flawed View Of ‘Climate Change’

-- WHYY: New PA Program Will Send Millions To Philly Area For Home Repairs And Weatherization

-- DEP Took Action On 746 Permits, 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,596 Inspections; Responded To 9 Environmental Emergencies Last Week 

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PennFuture VP Ezra Thrush Joining DEP As Head Of Policy

-- Ohio River Basin Alliance, ORSANCO Host Congressional Day On The Hill June 13 To Educate Members Of Congress On Needs Of Ohio River Basin   [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: State Appeals Court Overturns Damages Won By Homeowners In Lawsuit Against City Over Stormwater Flooding

-- LebTown: Lebanon County Conservation District Seeks Volunteers To Help Plant 800+ Trees In Millcreek Twp. April 11-13

-- TribLive: Tree Planting Planned In Leetsdale, Allegheny County April 29, Volunteers Needed

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Penn State Expanding Weather Network, Offering Data That Could Help Areas Prepare For Floods

-- MyChesCo.com: Join 39th Darby Creek Watershed Cleanup April 15

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Lenape Challenge April 29, Premier Adventure Race Experience  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive: Time To Prepare For Spotted Lanternfly Season, What To Buy, How To Make Traps

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: $6 Million Game Commission/Ducks Unlimited Project Will Revive 1,600 Acres Of PA Wetlands 

-- Game Commission Delivers Annual Report To Legislature  

-- Fish & Boat Commission Presents Annual Report To Legislature 

-- Bradford Era:  Reminder: Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For Sinnemahoning Creek Watershed Restoration Thru April 28 

-- TribLive: 2nd Bald Eagle Egg Hatches In Pittsburgh Nest, Watch Online

-- Help Wanted: Berks Nature Land Stewardship Specialist; Watershed Education Fellowship  [PaEN] 

Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Wants Norfolks Southern To Reimburse Farmers Who Lost Meat Sales After Train Derailment 

-- Post-Gazette-Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: PA Budget Hearing On Health Dept. Covers Train Derailment, Post-COVID Landscape

-- Courier Times: As Toxic Bucks County Spill Cleanup Continues, Tap Water Safe To Drink

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: EPA Office Of Inspector General To Investigate Agency’s Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Election Day Ballot Problems In Luzerne County Examined By Congressional Committee

-- SpotlightPA: Court Decision Does Little To Clear Up Confusion On Curing Mail-In Ballots

-- PennLive: Dept. Of Labor & Industry Expects To Clean Unemployment Backlog By End Of Summer

-- Post-Gazette-Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: PA Budget Hearing On Health Dept. Covers Train Derailment, Post-COVID Landscape

-- The Center Square: Film/TV Production Credits More Often Sold Than Used In PA

-- Politics PA: National Speakers Highlight PA Conservative Leadership Conference

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[Posted: March 29, 2023]  PA Environment Digest