Friday, April 7, 2023

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.7.23

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House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

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

Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

-- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- House Bill Would Expand Safety Zones Around Oil/Gas Wells, Infrastructure To Reduce Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts As Recommended By AG Shapiro’s Grand Jury Report  [PaEN]


-- Moms Clean Air Force: Strong Proposed EPA Petrochemical Plant Rules Are One Step Closer To Reality; Shell Petrochemical Plant Covered By Separate Proposed Rule  [PaEN]


-- EPA Proposes To Strengthen Standards For Chemical, Polymer Plants To Reduce Cancer Risks From Air Toxics


-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates Stronger Proposed EPA Mercury, Air Toxics Safeguards For Coal-Fired Power Plants  [PaEN]


-- NextPittsburgh: Environmental Advocates Ask EPA To Revoke U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Permit


-- DCNR Warns Of High Danger Of Woodland Wildfires As Seasonal Risk Increases; Aircraft/Drone Guidelines; Grants Available  [PaEN]


-- Pollinator Vehicle License Plate Now Available From PennDOT To Support Pollinator Habitat Fund  [PaEN]


-- Environmental Quality Board Meets April 11 To Consider Radiological Health Fee Increases, Final Stream Redesignations, Noncoal Mining Regs  [PaEN]


-- WHYY: Philly Water Dept. Confirms Water Continues To Test Clean After Bucks County Chemical Spill


-- WHYY: Chemical Spill Prompts Review Of How Climate Change Could Threaten Philly’s Drinking Water


-- DEP To Hold Hearings April 24 On Water Quality Permits For Two Warehouse Projects In Monroe County  [PaEN]


-- Stroud Water Research Center Hosts 4 Workshop Series On Becoming A PA Certified Meaningful Watershed Education Experience Ambassador Starting April 19  [PaEN]


-- Delaware RiverKeeper April 7 RiverWatch Video Report


-- Save The Dates: Lancaster Water Week June 2 to 10  [PaEN] 


-- Save The Date: May 6 Delaware River Festival In Philadelphia, Camden, Chester River Fest 


-- NextPittsburgh: Earth Day Events Happening All Month Long In Pittsburgh


-- Stroud Water Research Center April 13 Workshop: Got Dirt? How Healthy Soils Grow Better Veggies. Stroud Center 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.


-- WESA: Pittsburgh Garden Soil-Maker Wants Gardeners To Stop Using Peat, A Big Carbon Emitter


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Attorney General Files Criminal Charges Against Luzerne County Company For Dumping And Storing Hazardous Asbestos Materials


-- PA Capital-Star: DEP To Host Environmental Justice Town Halls On Combating Climate Change


-- PA Solar Center Hosts April 21 Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report  [PaEN]


-- Utility Dive: Acadia Report: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Speeds Declines In Power Plant Emissions, Spurs Economic Growth


-- Utility Dive: Solar Panels, Energy Storage Worth The Cost To Integrate Into U.S. Electric Grid, Executives Say


-- TribLive: Duquesne Light To Partner With Pittsburgh To Install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations


-- Scranton Times: Federal Green Transportation Investments Touted In NE PA


-- TribLive: Commonwealth Financing Authority Grants To Fox Chapel To Support Installation Of Energy-Saving Solar Panels, Improved Trails Among Projects


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: WV University Gets $8 Million To Extract Rare Earth Minerals From Coal Waste, Mine Drainage


-- April 8 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- Post-Gazette: For Pirates Players, Protection From The Sun A Key Part Of The Game Plan


-- MyChesCo.com: PA Environmental Council, Circuit Trails Coalition Invest $150,000 In Community-Led Programming Along Trails In Southeast PA


-- Erie Times: What A Spring Walk Revealed About Presque Isle State Park Beaches


-- New Report Calls On Congress To Modernize Laws And Increase Funding To Combat Aquatic Invasive Species  [PaEN]


-- Game Commission Board Of Commissioners To Meet April 14-15 In Harrisburg


-- Game Commission Names Deana Vance New Deputy Executive Director Of Administration 


-- TribLive: Eaglet Hatches From U.S. Steel’s Irvin Works Nest In Allegheny County, Watch Online


-- PennLive: Snakes Come Out As Temperatures Rise; PA Has 3 Venomous Species To Be Aware Of 


Other States/National/International


-- WHYY: Biden Vetoes Bill That Sought To Toss EPA Clean Water Protections


-- PA Capital-Star: Inside The Battle Over Who Gets To Build the Electric Grid Of The Future


-- AP: Methane Big Part Of ‘Alarming’ Rise In Planet-Warming Gases


-- The Guardian: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose At ‘Alarming’ Rate Last Year, U.S. Data Show


-- Bloomberg: EPA Set To Propose Toughest-Ever Rules On Car Pollution To Spur EVs


-- Bloomberg: One-Minute Battery Swaps Are Spurring EV Adoption In Asia


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Erie Times: New Poll: Who Are Most Popular/Unpopular State Officials In PA?

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: New Poll: Despite Economic Pessimism, Hope Abounds In PA

-- Courier Times: PA Lawmakers Join Conservative Effort To Amend The U.S. Constitution

-- Spotlight PA: Almost 40 Elementary Schools Closed In Northcentral PA In Past Decade, Here’s Why [Spoiler - Not Enough Students]

-- WITF: Berks County Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

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[Posted: April 7, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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