Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.25.23

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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 


TODAY 5:30: In-Person. DEP To Hold Hearing On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Potter CountyF.W. Gunzburger County Office Building auditorium, located at 1 North Main Street, Coudersport, PA starting at 5:30 p.m.  Read more here.


WEDNESDAY 10:00: DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Rachel Carson State Office Building, Room 105, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg.  10:00 a.m.  Join the meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams by clicking here to register(formal notice)  Read more here.


-- Luzerne County Native Dr. Kate Moran Honored For Ocean Science And Planet Sustainability Leadership By Canada  [PaEN]


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Luzerne County Native Kate Moran Honored For Ocean Science And Planet Sustainability Leadership By Canada


-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 15 to 22;  8 More New Conventional Well Abandonments  [PaEN]


-- DCED Gives UGI Utilities A $501,136 Grant For A New Natural Gas Pipeline To Serve Little Leaf Greenhouse In Carbon County  [PaEN]


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Allegheny County Health Dept.  Begins Appeal Hearing On Invenergy Natural Gas Power Plant Proposed In Elizabeth Twp.


-- TribLive: Explosion, Large Fire At Pittsburgh’s Brunot Island Electrical Station 


-- WTAE: Fire Raging At Brunot Island Electrical Station In Pittsburgh After Part Of Station ‘Catastrophically Failed’


-- KDKA: Crews Respond To Large Fire At Brunot Island Electrical Station In Pittsburgh After Part Of Station ‘Catastrophically Failed’


-- NRDC: PJM Electric Grid Operator Report Confirms Blackout Danger From Poor Maintenance At Natural Gas Power Plants


-- LancasterOnline: Study Finds Radioactive Materials In PA Waterways Near Treatment Plants Linked With Oil & Gas Industry Waste


-- Post-Gazette: Western PA Members Of Congress Team Up With Biden, Sen. Manchin In Court Fight For Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline In WV/Virginia


-- Williamsport Sun: PA Republican Cong. Meuser Files Brief In Support Of Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline In WV/Virginia


-- Spotlight PA: PA Is Competing For Billions To Build Hydrogen Hubs, Will They Really Be Green?


-- AP: After Decades Of Delays And Broken Promises, Coal Miners Hail Rule To Slow Rise Of Black Lung Disease


-- Williamsport Sun: East Lycoming School District Solar Energy Facility Could See Grazing Sheep


-- Warren Times Editorial: Federal Permit Process A Drag On Progress [Braddock Hydro Plant]


-- WTAE: GASP: Allegheny County, State Regulators Allow Air Quality Permits To Lapse For Years


-- Gov. Shapiro: Darlington Twp, Beaver County, Lawrence County Receive $1 Million In Community Relief From Norfolk Southern For Impacts Related To Train Derailment


-- Penn State Philadelphia Soil Testing Project Signals Largely Positive Findings For Urban Growers


-- Reading Eagle: Berks Flood Victims Getting Some Helping Hands In Cleanup Efforts


-- PA American Water Signs Agreement To Purchase Dunkard Water Authority In Greene County


-- PennLive: Small Hospital Could Be Built At Former PA Superfund Site In Northampton County


-- PA Business Report: Lancaster-based Armstrong World Industries Reports On Sustainability Progress


-- Pilot Partnerships For Regional Invasive Species Management Program Initiated In Northwest PA  [PaEN] 


-- WeConservePA: The Nature Conservancy PA Permanently Protects 240 Acres In Luzerne County, Transfers To Game Commission  [PaEN]


-- Keystone Trails Assn. Hosts Sept. 9 Trail Challenge 25K Run/Hike In The Susquehanna Riverlands Conservation Landscape  [PaEN]


-- Keystone Trails Assn. Introduces New Trail Academy Series Of Education & Training Events  [PaEN]


-- Tribune-Democrat: ‘A Unique Experience’: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Offers 70 Miles Of Outdoor Adventures


-- Williamsport Sun: Lock Haven Native Steve Yale Congratulates Those Who Complete Appalachian Trail Hike Like He Did


-- Centre Daily Times: Cool Off With A Dip In One Of These Central PA Lakes


-- Williamsport Sun - Bills Bower: Reflections In Nature - How Do Mountains Get Named?


-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Study Dishes Up Surprises About Deer Behavior, Forest Impacts In PA 


-- The Allegheny Front: Scientists Discover First Proof Of Swainson’s Warbler Breeding In PA


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

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


-- TribLive: Jump In Oil Prices Driving Gasoline Price Hike In Pittsburgh Area


-- Bloomberg: LNG Natural Gas Stored In Ships At Sea Sign Of Weak Demand In Europe


Other States/National/International


-- EPA, US DOE Announce $1.55 Billion In Funding For Efforts To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Sector


-- Utility Dive: Federal Officials Encourage Applications For $7 Billion In Solar Grants To Benefit Low-Income Communities


-- Utility Dive: US DOE Offers $32 Million In Funding For Production Of Rare Earth, Critical Minerals From Coal-based Sources


-- Bloomberg: Hot Oceans Are Fueling Weather Disasters Around The World


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Republicans - Stop Sulking And Move The Budget Forward

-- AP: PA Schools Say Victory In Court Is Final With Decision By Republicans Not To Appeal, And Legislature Needs To Increase Funding

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Declining To Appeal Public School Funding Ruling Isn’t Compliance

-- Post-Gazette: New Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Plan To Impact 30,000 In PA

-- City & State PA: Ever-Growing Number Of Pennsylvanians Charged, Convicted Of Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol

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[Posted: July 25, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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