Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.3.23

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House holds Regular Session 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 

-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc.  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3   [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment 

-- Attorney General Henry Files Civil Complaint Against DuPont And Affiliates For Manufacture Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Seeks Payment For Cleanup Costs  [PaEN]

-- NYT: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Makers Chemours, DuPont, Corteva Settle Public Water Lawsuits In $1.19 Billion Agreement

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP

-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- TribLive: Plea In Catalytic Converter Thefts Spotlights Larger Problem

-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers

-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban

-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video  [Sponsor Summary]

-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy 

-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10 

-- Pocono Record: Solar Energy Project Proceeding With Protections For Swiftwater Creek

-- PA Resources Council Announces Schedule Of Summer Public Events Committed To Zero Waste In Western Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Distribute Last Batch Of Blue Recycling Bins To Residents

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs

-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 3 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds

-- Fort Indiantown Gap Offers Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In Lebanon County  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Ricketts Glen Waterfall Featured On New Postal Service Stamp

-- Warren Times: PA Route 6 Alliance - First Bike-Friendly Business Designated In Warren County

-- Lancaster Farming: Proposed French Creek National Wildlife Refuge Draws Farm Opposition

-- June 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission Provides Update On Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance

-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment 

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

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

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Same As Last Week - 24

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- City & State PA: 7 Things To Watch For Leading Up To The PA General Election

-- The Center Square: New Budget Plan Saves ‘For A Rainy Day’ In Pennsylvania

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Open Opioid Meetings, Reveal Gov. Shapiro’s Calendar

-- Observer-Reporter: Former Washington County Couple Plead Guilty To Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol 

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[Posted:  June 3, 2023]  PA Environment Digest