Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.15.23

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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 June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

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-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Meet The Environmentalist Advocating For Clean Water From His Home - A Sailboat On The Delaware River

-- Erie Times: Trout In The Classroom Project Reels Kids In For STEM Learning In Erie Area Schools 

-- TribLive: PJM Interconnection Says Region’s Power Grid Should Be Fine For Summer Demand

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: How EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Rules Could Impact Pennsylvania

-- Scranton Times: Developer Appeals Rejection Of Solar Energy Facility In Taylor

-- Scranton Times: Outdoor Enthusiast Builds Cabin With Plans To Live ‘Off The Grid’ In Harmony Twp.

-- Northeastern Global News: What Amount Of Dangerous Chemicals Used In Fracking Go Unreported?  More Than Scientists Imagined

-- TribLive: We Must Be A Climate Leader - By Patricia Oliver, North Huntingdon

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch: Confronting The Reality Of Food Waste

-- Citizens Voice: Brush Fire In Larksville Shuts Down Roads, Draws Massive Response Sunday 

-- Republican Herald: Wildfire Ignites Woodlands Across West Mahanoy Twp. Near Frackville 

-- Warren Times: Woodmobile Drives Forestry Message To Warren County

-- TribLive: Flat Tire Bike Shop In Greensburg Forms Youth Mountain Bike Race Team

-- PennLive: Appalachian Trail Camp Areas Closed Along North Carolina/ Tennessee Border Due To Aggressive Bear Behavior

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Mother ‘Nurture’s’ Ways: Memories With Mom In The Great Outdoors Are Oh So Sweet 

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Millions Of Birds Will Fly Over Western PA The Next 2 Weeks 

-- TribLive: Game Commission Investigates Bald Eagle Death In Westmoreland County

-- Centre Daily Times: New Elk Research In PA Shows Lower Calf Survival Rate Than Previously Thought

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- PA Capital-Star: Fetterman: ‘Same S**t, Different Day,’ With Latest Norfolk Southern Train Derailment In Lawrence County

-- Yahoo! News: Norfolk Southern Train Got Alarm Before Train Derailment In New Castle, Lawrence County - NTSB

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

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

-- Warren Times Editorial: Frustrations In The Gas Industry As Production Slips [PA Industry Says Its Red Tape, Pipeline Constraints - Not Said The Real Reason Is Low Natural Gas Prices, According To Companies Themselves]

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Drilling Collapses In U.S. At Fastest Rate In 7 Years Amid Tumbling Prices

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Extends Price Decline Nears 22-Month Low As Demand Lags 

-- Bloomberg: Europe Risks LNG Natural Gas Import Terminal Glut As Renewable Energy Edges Out Gas 

Other States/National/International

-- Nebraska Examiner: Keystone Pipeline Owner Says Recovery Of Spilled Oil Into Kansas Creek Complete; Faulty Pipeline Weld Led To Record Spill

-- AP: Kerry Challenges Oil Industry To Prove Its Promised Tech Rescue For Climate-Wrecking Emissions

-- WSJ: $14 Billion Deal To Create Mega Oil/Natural Gas Pipeline Company

-- AP: Biden Proposal Would Let Conservationists Lease Public Land Much As Drillers, Ranchers Do

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA Primary Election: When To Expect Results, How Vote Counting Will Work, More

-- TribLive: School Board Races Serve As Culture War Battlegrounds

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Republicans’ Fresh Embrace Of Mail-In Voting Is Starting To Pay Off

-- AP: Clues About Voter Sentiment Could Emerge From Kentucky, Pennsylvania Primaries

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Inquirer Hit By Cyberattack Causing Newspaper’s Largest Disruption In Decades

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[Posted: May 15, 2023]  PA Environment Digest