Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.6.23

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House next voting session day July 6

-- Committee Schedule

Senate adjourned until September 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 10:00:  Agenda Posted. DEP PA Energy Development Authority meeting. Delaware Room, 16th Floor Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Alayna Schmeider at aschmeider@pa.gov or 717-783-0908.  (formal notice)  Note: There will be an executive session from 10:00 to about 10:45 and the public meeting will follow.  Click Here to join remotely via Microsoft Teams [Meeting ID: 247 360 255 215 Passcode: a4sqDq] or by telephone: +1 267-332-8737 ID: 255 797 200#.  

--  DEP Rejects MarkWest Act 2 Cleanup Notification For 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill At Compressor Station In Robinson Twp., Washington County; Notice Is Re-sent   [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA Can Curb Pollution, Protect Public Health By Reducing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Now - Alison L. Steele, Environmental Health Project

-- House Passes $45.5 Billion State Budget Including Funding For More Staff At DEP; Shapiro To Veto Voucher Funding Wanted By Republicans; Bill Must Still Be Signed In Senate To Be Presented To The Governor  [PaEN]

-- DEP Declares Code ORANGE Air Quality Day For THURSDAY, July 6 In Lehigh Valley, Susquehanna Valley

-- Inside Climate News: PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Must Process And Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, New Report Says

-- Broad+Liberty Guest Essay: Carbon Capture And Storage Is Beneficial To Pennsylvania’s Energy Field - By Former Rep. Becky Corbin (R-Chester)

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Fixing PA Water Systems Will Cost Billions, Let Local Governments Tap Private Capital - By Jim Seif, Former DEP Secretary, EPA Region 3 Administrator

-- The Guardian: ’Double Agents’: Fossil-Fuel Lobbyists Work For U.S. Groups Trying To Fight Climate Crisis  [22 PA Lobbyists Are ‘Double Agents’]

-- WESA: Woods Further Afield: Dispatches From PA’s Rothrock State Forest

-- PennLive: Rare Butterflies Bloom Amid The Booms At Ft. Indiantown Gap

-- NYT: Formal Landscaping With Native Plants?  Yes, It’s Possible [Natural Lands - Stoneleigh]

-- The Nature Conservancy - PA July News: Working With Fire; Fish Surveys In Lebanon County; Kinzua Dam ‘Pulse’ Water Release 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Anglers Don’t Need A Fishing Reel To Catch Nice Fish In PA, Here’s Why

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: European Union’s Natural Gas Buyer’s Club Fills Nearly 80% Of Storage Without Extreme Price Spikes

-- Reuters: Exxon Signals Sharp Profit Drop, Cites Low Natural Gas Prices, Refining Margins

Other States/National/International

-- Utility Dive: Equitrans Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Gets FERC Green Light To Finish Construction

-- E&E News: Is Biden Cracking Down On Pipeline Violators?

-- The Intelligencer: West Virginia Income, Natural Gas Severance Taxes Drive $1.8 Billion Surplus

-- WCHS: Kentucky’s 29 Coal-Producing Counties Getting $74 Million On State Coal Severance Tax Money  [Nope, Not In PA!]

-- Financial Times: US Utilities Defend Natural Gas-Burning Stoves To Head Off Electrification Threat

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: After Shapiro Reverses Position On Private School Vouchers, PA House Passes State Budget, Senate Republicans Cry Foul

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy/Charles Thompson: PA’s $45.5 Billion Budget Gets House OK, But Could Have Long Wait To Get To Governor

-- Inquirer: PA House OKs A $45.5 Billion State Budget, As Gov. Shapiro Plans To Veto His Own School Voucher Proposal

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Lawmakers, Advocates React To State Budget Passage

-- Gov. Shapiro: Budget To Move Forward With Line-Item Veto Of New $100 Million Private School Voucher Program Since Senate/House Have Not Reached Agreement; But He Supports It And House Promised To Work On It

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pennsylvania Makes Failure Budgetary Norm

-- PennLive - John Baer: Politics In PA And Nation Reflect New Poll Findings - We’re Still Deeply Divided

-- City & State PA: Q/A With Former Cong. Charlie Dent On State Of Republican Party, What Could Happen In 2024 

-- Post-Gazette: US Senator Bob Casey Is Breaking With Biden More Often As He Runs For Reelection

-- TribLive Editorial: Is Leaving PA The Way To Find Lower Taxes And Cost Of Living?

-- PennLive: With Lawsuit Dismissed, PA Republicans File Appeal With PA Supreme Court To Overturn Mail-In Voting Law

-- PennLive: Lycoming County Judge Rejects Request For Forensic Audit Of 2020 Election From Conservative Patriots Organization

-- WPXI: Republican Lawmakers Say They Couldn’t Walk In Washington County 4th Of July Parade, Organizers Said It Wasn’t A Political Event, It Was A Parade

-- AP: Ex-President Posted What He Said Was Obama’s Home Address, Prosecutors Say An Armed Man Was Soon Arrested There With 2 Firearms And Hundreds Of Rounds Of Ammunition

-- AP: A List Of Mass Killings In The United States Since January

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[Posted: July 6, 2023]  PA Environment Digest