Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.26.23

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House holds Regular Session April 26, May 1, 2, 3, 22, 23, 24

-- Committee Schedule

Senate holds Regular Session April 26, May 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 9:00: Senate Game and Fisheries Committee holds a hearing on Game Commission and Fish & Boat Commission annual reports.  Hearing Room 1, North Office.  9:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad 

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bipartisan Bills On School Solar Energy Grants For Rereferral, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Replicate Steelton-Highspire Schools’ Solar Energy Facility Across PA

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: House Panel Passes Toxic Violations Notification Bill For Incidents Like Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- House Consumer Protection Committee Reports Out Solar Energy Decommissioning Bills For Rereferral To House Environmental Committee  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average:  https://bit.ly/41A5vJg ; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment:  https://bit.ly/3NaCsHN ]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Should Account For Natural Gas Fracking Waste 

-- WITF: Victims Of Berks County Chocolate Plant Natural Gas Explosion Seek Accountability

-- DelcoTimes.com: Chester Residents, Activists Again March On Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources CEOs: No Change In Strategy With New Leadership

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: California Shareholder Initiative On Climate Hotly Contested By CNX

-- ​​Reimagine Appalachia: New Report Outlines Job Impacts Of Green Locomotives From The Wabtec Manufacturing Facility In Erie  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Electric Shuttle Buses, EV Charging Infrastructure Bound For Pittsburgh Airport

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: As Lancaster Climate Summit Demonstrated, We Still Have Chance To Save Our Planet

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Gov. Shapiro’s Climate Panel Should Be Open

-- PennLive: 100+ People To Be Laid Off Due To Homer City Coal-fired Power Plant Closure

-- DEP To Hold May 17 Meeting/Hearing On Rausch Creek Mining Project In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: On 75th Anniversary Of Donora Smog Disaster, PA’s Air Quality Is Still Terrible 

-- Archinect News: PHMC Receives Grant To Start Process Of Renovating The Learning Center At The Eckley Miners’ Village Museum In Carbon County

-- PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Cambria County During May  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Bill Aims To Increase Penalties For Illegal Dumping In Philadelphia

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Can Do Better To Recycle More - Our Members Are Proving It - PA Chemical Industry Council

-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge

-- Penn State Extension Watersheds: How Land Use Impacts Groundwater  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Recreationalists Discovering Beauty On The Susquehanna And Along Its Banks

-- Warren Times: Time To Register For 65th Allegany Nature Pilgrimage June 2-4

-- Post-Gazette: Shaler Students ‘Love The Earth’ And Show It In A New Book

-- Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences: May 17 Webinar On The Latest Buzz On Beekeeping & Pollinators.  1:00 p.m.

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Native Plant Sale April 24 - May 5, Montgomery County

-- Warren Times: Hellbender Makes Appearance At Cornplanter Council Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Spring Conservation Show 

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board Awards Boating Facility, Erie Access Improvement Grants, Moves To Protect Wild Trout Populations

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- UnionProgress.com: Third Beaver County School District Sues Norfolk Southern Over Train Derailment

-- TribLive Editorial: DEP Must Remain Vigilant With Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Testing

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

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

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices On Rise In Lehigh Valley, What’s Next?

Other States/National/International

-- EPA Releases Report Showing Health Impacts Of Climate Change On Children In US

-- EPA Announces $400 Million Grant Program To Fund Clean School Buses

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Gov. Shapiro Gets A Thumbs-Up From Both Parties For His First 100 Days

-- PennLive: In Divided PA, School Boards Emerge As Political Battlegrounds

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Region Could Prove Pivotal In Biden Reelection Chances

-- PennLive: House Passes 4th Bill Opening Window For Lawsuits By Child Sexual Abuse Victims

-- Spotlight PA: PA Doesn’t Fund Public Legal Defense, Shapiro’s Budget Would Change That

-- Inquirer: Penn State Should Account For Land It Took From Indigenous People 160+ Years Ago, Faculty Report Says

-- Citizens Voice: Lackawanna County Man Faces More Serious Charges For Federal Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- WITF: Steinman Family Gives Lancaster News Operation To WITF, Setting Up New Era Of Coverage, Community Service In Central PA 

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[Posted: April 26, 2023]  PA Environment Digest