Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.5.23

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House holds Regular Session May 22, 23, 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22

-- Committee Schedule

Senate holds Regular Session May 8, 9, 10, June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- PA Environmental Council: Making This Place Better - Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 24 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainable Energy 

-- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program  [PaEN] 

-- AP: Audit Says Senate, House Expense Account Surplus Jumped To Record $261 Million In FY 2022 After Record Spending  [PaEN] 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023

-- DEP Set To Hold May 17 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Chester, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Breathing A Little Easier In York County [State Of The Air Report]

-- DEP To Host May 31 Public Meeting On Proposed Waste Transfer Station In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council, PA American Water Partner To Launch Watershed Education Initiative In Western PA  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Climate Change Could Impact The Philly Region’s Water Supply, New Storage Options May Help

-- Schuylkill Action Network Spring Connections Newsletter: Mine Drainage; Pathogens & Point Sources; Agriculture; Stormwater; Stewardship, More! 

-- Reading Eagle: Sewer System Sale Debates Continue Across Region Prompting May 16 Primary Ballot Question In Montgomery County Town

-- Winners Of PennDOT Innovations Student Challenge From Lenape Technical School Propose Eco-Stop Truck Parking Areas  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- PUC Sets Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Proposed 10% Rate Increase

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Shareholders Reject Climate Change Proposal That Drew Heated Debate

-- Post-Gazette: Mass.-Based Company To Build $760 Million Battery Plant On The Ashes Of Weirton Steel, Weirton, WV 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Westinghouse Sees A Bigger Market For Its Smaller Nuclear Reactor 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Electric School Bus Transition Fraught With Complications

-- May 6 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- The Center Square: Vineyard Owners Use Nature To Defeat Spotted Lanternflies

-- DCNR Highlights How Governor’s Budget Would Help With Infrastructure Needs At Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County

-- York Dispatch: New Trails Open At Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve

-- York Daily Record: Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve In Hellam Twp Opens To Public

-- Courier Times: See What’s New In Bucks County On Growing Circuit Trails Network

-- DCNR Snowmobile & ATV Advisory Committee Meets May 10

-- PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In April  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pine Community Park Master Plan Update Unveiled

-- ExploreClarion.com: Seneca Rocks Audubon Society To Host Free Nature Program May 10

-- Warren Times: Fish & Boat Commission Considering Dam, Spillway Repairs At Browns Lake In Warren County

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- WESA: 3 Months After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Deep Anxiety Lingers

-- WTAE: Norfolk Southern Environmental Consultant-- Center For Toxicology & Environmental Health--  Accused Of ‘Questionable Practices’

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

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

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Shale Drillers See Natural Gas Price Rebound In 2024 After Prices Tumbled More Than 50% This Year 

-- Reuters: APA Corp Pulls Back On U.S. Natural Gas Activity Amid Low Prices  

Other States/National/International

-- Bloomberg: Idle Oil Wells’ Next Act? Becoming Batteries For Renewable Energy

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Audit Says Senate, House Expense Account Surplus Jumped To Record $261 Million In FY 2022 After Record Spending  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Incorrect, Undated Mail-In Ballots Won’t Be Counted In Westmoreland County

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Open Up Primaries To give All Voters A Voice

-- TribLive: Bernie Sanders Endorses Sara Innamorato In Allegheny County Executive Race

-- PennLive: Swastikas Found Drawn In Susquehanna University Classroom Condemned By University President

-- Inquirer: Philly Proud Boys President Sedition Conviction For Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol Rests Largely On His Own Words

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[Posted: May 5, 2023]  PA Environment Digest