Thursday, April 20, 2023

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.20.23

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House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meets to consider Final Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil and Gas Operations.  14th Floor Conference Room, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.  Read more here.


TODAY 1:00: PA Council Of Professional Geologists Hosts Webinar Presentation By Manager Of PA State Seismic Network - Basement Structure Of Appalachian Basin In PA.  1:00 to 2:00 p.m.


FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Hosts Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report. Noon to 1:15 p.m. 


-- House Environmental Committee Meets April 25 On Bipartisan Bills To Provide School Solar Energy Grants, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations  [PaEN]


-- House Environmental Committee Sets April 24 Hearing On Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; New Bill Restores Authority To Increase Conventional Well Bonding  [PaEN]


-- PA Supreme Court Upholds DEP’s Authority To Protect Public Resources, Playgrounds From Adverse Impacts Of Shale Gas Well Operations; Do Not Mistake This Win For Adequate Protection  [PaEN]


-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County  [PaEN]


-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant  [PaEN]


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bitcoin Miner Mawson Infrastructure Concentrating Fully On Western PA Facility


-- Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Climate Resiliency Initiative To Help Local Municipalities, Landowners Address Climate Change  [PaEN] 


-- WHYY: Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard Investments Headquarters In Chester County


-- WITF: Feeling Overwhelmed By Dire Climate News? Gettysburg Interfaith Service Offers Hope Amid Despair


-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Shapiro Climate Change Panel’s Secrecy Arrogant And Unacceptable


-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Free Green Building & Design Summer Institute For High School Students June 12-23  [PaEN]


-- CNX, Sapphire Technologies Partner To Develop New System To Generate Electricity In Pipelines, Wells


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Air Quality Improves In New Report, But Takes Steps Back, Too


-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Has Some Of The Worst Air Quality In The Country


-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Air Quality Gets Mixed Grades


-- DEP Took Action On 764 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,401 Inspections; Responded To 10 Environmental Emergencies Last Week 


-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Allocates $1 Million Grant To Pay To Replace Lead Waterlines


-- Courier Times: What Do We Know About Water Pollution Risks Of Heavy Industries Operating Along The Delaware River?


-- DEP EE Newsletter: Winners Of 2022 PA Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Awards Announced; Other Environmental Ed News  [PaEN]


-- The Sentinel: Cumberland Valley Students Take Part In Conodoguinet Creek Bioblitz


-- Warren Times: Cornplanter Chapter Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Hosting Earth Day Event April 22


-- PA Master Naturalists Now Accepting Applications For Fall Volunteer Training  [PaEN]


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Celebrating A Passion For Conservation - North Branch Land Trust


-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Erie Must Seize Its Place In The Emerging Green Economy For Health, Equity And Prosperity - By Sister Pat Lupo and Jenny Tompkins


-- DCNR Blog: Bring Biodiversity Back To Your Lawn - Convert Your Lawn To A Habitat


-- Natural Lands Adds 373 Acres To Bear Creek Preserve In Luzerne County  [PaEN]


-- Scranton Times: Bear Creek Preserve In Luzerne County Grows By 373 Acres


-- TribLive: River Recreation Opportunities Expand Along The Kiski River In Leechburg 


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Erie Fisherman Honored For His Steelhead Fishing Stories Newsletter


-- Game Commission Announces Plans For Spraying 110,000 Acres Of State Game Lands For Spongy Moths (formerly Gypsy Moths)


-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Spring Migration Update - Running Behind 10-Year Average 


-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Annual Spring Native Plant Sale May 20-21


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

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


-- Financial Times: EU Natural Gas Usage Falls 18% After Price Shock Caused By Russian Supply Cuts 


Other States/National/International


-- EPA Releases Framework For Implementing Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investments


-- AP: U.S. Invests In Alternative Solar Tech, More Solar For Renters


-- AP: U.S. Plans New Forest Protections, Issues Old-Growth Inventory


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com-Robert Swift: House Panel Advances Single Constitutional Amendment Bills On Child Sexual Abuse

-- AP: PA Supreme Court: Fulton County Sanctioned Over Copying 2020 Voting Machine Data

-- PennLive - John Baer: Let’s Talk About PA’s Pricey Legislature Going Part-Time

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Gaming Revenue Surpasses $500 Million For First Time In Month Of March

-- AP: Bud Shuster, Fmr PA Congressman, Dies At 91

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[Posted: April 20, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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