Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.18.23

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

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board special meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here for options to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams and by telephone.  Contact: Bob Haines  robhaines@pa.gov  or by telephone at 717-787-7565. [Menu includes Chapter 105 alternative analysis, PAG 12 General Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.]  (formal notice)

-- DEP Declares Code ORANGE Air Quality Day For TUESDAY, July 18 In Two-Thirds Of PA Due To Fine Particulate From Wildfires 

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets July 26 On State Forest Strategic Plan; Update From Fish & Boat Commission; Seeking New Council Members  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! PA Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 24-26 In Altoona  [PaEN] 

-- Schuylkill Action Network Abandoned Mine Drainage Workgroup Meeting July 25, In-Person, Zoom 

-- Crop Exhibits, Solar Energy, Hay Contest Featured At Penn State Ag Progress Days Aug. 8-10  [PaEN]

-- Gardening Expertise Blooms At Penn State Ag Progress Days Yard & Garden Area Aug. 8-10

-- WHYY: Bucks County Flood Victims Identified, Search For Missing South Carolina Family’s Children Expands

-- AP: Search Continues For South Carolina Family’s Kids Swept Away In Bucks County Flood

-- Inquirer: Bucks County Tragedy Occurred In A FEMA Hazardous Flood Zone

-- WESA: After Fatal Flash Floods, PA Officials Urge Residents To Stay Aware And Avoid Flooded Roads

-- MCall: What Caused The Flash Flooding In Northampton County This Weekend? Can We Expect More?

-- WHYY: Climate Scientists Say Extreme Rain Behind Deadly Bucks County Flood Is Becoming More Frequent

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Bucks County Flooding Showed The Violent Forces Of Nature

-- Schuylkill Action Network July 27 Stormwater Workgroup Meeting, Tour 

-- WHYY: 2 Years Later ‘Sky-High’ Water Bills Are Still Leaving Philly Customers In Shock

-- WHYY: PennDOT Assessing ‘Pavement Failure’ On Route 202 Following Sinkhole Repair

-- The Intercept: Energy Company Plotted LNG Natural Gas Plant In Chester, Delaware County

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA House Resolution Brings Natural Gas Severance Tax Idea Back Around, Raising An Old Debate

-- Williamsport Sun: Leaking Heating Oil Tank Forces Family From Home

-- Keep PA BeautifuL July Newsletter: Seeking High School Young Ambassadors; Land & Water Stewards; Community Pride Award Winner; Healing The Planet Grant Awards; More!

-- Reminder! Entries For PA Resources Council Lens On Litter Photo Contest Due Oct. 31  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR: PA First Lady Lori Shapiro Joins DCNR Secretary For PA Outdoor Corps Visit At French Creek State Park [Berks, Chester Counties]

-- NextPittsburgh: Ohiopyle Offers Every Level Of Laurel Highlands Adventure 

-- Observer-Reporter: Beaver County Boy Scouts Make 100-Mile Trek To Fayette County Camp 

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Two Susquehanna River Islands Preserved Off Harrisburg Shoreline 

-- Winners Named In Susquehanna Greenway Partnership 12th Annual Photo Contest; Vote For People's Choice  [PaEN] 

-- NextPittsburgh: What’s In The Basement At Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater?

-- Penguin Court Preserve, Brandywine Conservancy, Westmoreland Pollinator Partners Host PA Pollinator Photo Challenge  [PaEN] 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Connects Lovers Of Outdoors, Fine Art - Bullets, Bait, Brush, Ballet 

-- Warren Times: USGS Fisheries Survey Underway In Lake Erie Using Autonomous Vehicles

Train Derailment

-- City & State PA: PA Lawmakers Renew Calls For Rail Safety Reforms After State’s Latest Train Derailment

-- Inquirer: Montgomery County Train Derailment Spilled Plastic Pellets, But No Toxic Chemicals

-- WHYY: Sinkhole May Be To Blame For Montgomery County Train Derailment

-- Inquirer: It’s Imperative Officials Look At The Bigger Picture Of Train Derailments, Says Drexel Environmental Expert

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 Natural Gas Market Still Prone To Price Volatility Risks This Winter, IEA Warns 

-- Bloomberg: US, European Commission, Japan, South Korea, Australia Collaborate On LNG Natural Gas Supply Chain Methane Emission Reductions 

Other States/National/International

-- AP: Congressional Republicans Proposed Planting A Trillion Trees As Climate Measure To Avoid Restrictions On Burning Natural Gas, Coal, Oil

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive Editorial: Are Legacy Admissions The Real Problem For Colleges?

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[Posted: July 18, 2023]  PA Environment Digest