Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.27.23

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Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. 2, 3, 4  [Unless Sooner Recalled]

-- Committee Schedule

House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled]

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP Signs $660,000 Penalty Agreement With Sunoco To Resolve More Violations During The Construction Of Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline In 9 Counties; Penalties Now Total Nearly $31 Million Just From DEP  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: New Sinkhole Opens Up Along Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline In Chester County

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Environmental Quality Board Dismisses Petition To Raise Well Plugging Bond Amounts For Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Now Accepting Nominations For Mira Lloyd Dock Partnership Diversity Award  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Central PA Farmers Targeted By PA For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup, How $14.3 Million In Grants Will Help

-- National Stream Restoration Conference Aug. 21-23 In Baltimore  [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Basin Alliance: Save The Date For Oct. 5-6 Ohio River Basin Summit [Yes, PA Is In Ohio River Basin]

-- AP: PA Attorney General, 21 Others Oppose 3M Settlement Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’In Drinking Water Systems

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak/Jonathan Salant: White House Pushing To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Wells; Methane Accounts For 12% Of All Greenhouse Gas Emissions In PA

-- TribLive: Olympus Energy Proposes Another Shale Gas Drilling Well Pad, Pipeline In West Deer Township, Allegheny County

-- Warren Times: Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Fayette County Riles Community

-- Williamsport Sun: Natural Gas Industry Praised, Defended At Marcellus Shale Coalition Energy Business Forum

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Claims World Record Drilling Length Of 18,200 Feet In 48 Hours In Greene County

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Report Urges Governments To ‘Go Electric’ With Vehicle Fleets; PA Needs A Jump Start

-- PA Capital-Star: Report Outlines Costs Of Climate Change On PA Communities, Taxpayers 

-- PJM Interconnection Issues System-Wide Hot Weather Alert For July 26-28  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Declares Heat Health Emergency For Thursday

-- Inquirer: See Heat Maps For Philadelphia Region Through The Weekend

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: We Are Not Exempt, Erie’s Smoky Summer Disrupts Hopes For Climate Change Refuge - By Times Opinion & Engagement Coordinator

-- Erie Times: Toxic Chemicals, Asbestos Abandoned At Erie’s Quin-T, EMI Sites

-- MCall: Search Ends For 9-Month-Old Swept Away In Bucks County Flash Flood: ‘We Have Exhausted All Means’

-- TribLive: Pine Township Partnering With PA Resources Council For Glass Recycling In Allegheny County

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PennDOT Eyes Reclaimed Asphalt As Multi-Million Dollar Cost Saver

-- WHYY: Massive Sinkhole Opens Up In West Philadelphia

-- Inquirer: Route 202 Near King Of Prussia Mall Reopens After Another Sinkhole Repair

-- Citizens Voice: Girls Have Fun With Science At Summer Camp At Wilkes University

-- Penn State Extension: 5-Part Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept. 20  [PaEN]

-- WPost: Why Famed Appalachian Trail Keeps Getting Longer And Harder

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Oct. 1 Taste Of The Harvest, Concert Fundraiser

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Actions Taken On Invasive Species, Fish Stocking, Boating Registration At July 24 Board Meeting

Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette/Religion News Service: East Palestine OH Church Hosts Chemical Exposure Study In Wake Of 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]

-- KDKA: Heat And Production Cuts Causing Rise In Gasoline Prices At The Pump

-- Wall Street Journal: Weaker Energy Prices Temper Shell’s Profit, But Not Cash Payouts For Investors

-- Bloomberg: Shell Pledges Extra Stock Buybacks, Hikes Dividend As Profit Drops

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Slump As Storage, Renewables Offset Risks 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Slip As Shell Sees Healthy Winter Stockpiles 

-- Reuters: Shell CEO Says Europe Heading Into Next Winter In ‘A Good Place’

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: ‘Project 2025’: Plan To Dismantle US Climate Policy For Next Republican President

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- City & State PA: What State Leaders Are Saying About The Ongoing Budget Impasse

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Lawmakers Need Training Camp [To Focus On Settling The State Budget]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: The Public Really Does Have A Right To Know How The House, Senate Spend Taxpayer Money

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Nonprofits, Still Reeling From Pandemic, Face Uncertainty As PA Budget Impasse Continues

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh To Raise In-State Tuition By 2% At Its Main Campus

-- Inquirer: Republican Lawmakers Want PA Supreme Court To Reconsider Case For Impeaching Philly DA

-- Inquirer: Advocates Say Latest Probation Reform Effort Does Not Go Far Enough To Stop Probation-To-Prison Pathway

-- Spotlight PA: Many PA State, School Retirees Say They Can’t Afford Inflation On Their Stagnant Pensions

-- MCall: Republican Rep. Mackenzie To Run Against Cong. Susan Wild In 2024

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Centre County Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

-- Financial Times: Rudy Giuliani Admits To Falsehoods In Georgia Election Fraud Claims

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[Posted: July 27, 2023]  PA Environment Digest