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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.25.23

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Senate next voting day August 30; 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 


-- Lawsuit Filed Against General Assembly, Governor Challenges Constitutionality Of Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Harm Caused By Abandoning Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN] 


-- Equitrans Determined Leak Of Over 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas From Cambria County Storage Facility Was Caused By Corrosion In Conventional Gas Well Casing  [PaEN] 


-- WJAC: Cause Of 2022 Natural Gas Leak At Equitrans Gas Storage Facility In Cambria County Determined


-- Reuters: Equitrans Midstream Says November Natural Gas Leak Caused By Failure Due To Corrosion At PA Gas Storage Area


-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Does Anyone Care About The Study Linking PA Natural Gas Development To Cancer In Kids? 


-- PUC Approves 2 Penalty Settlements With Columbia Gas Totaling $1.525 Million For A House Explosion In Washington County, 2 Natural Gas Pipeline Over-Pressurization Incidents In Franklin, Clarion Counties  [PaEN] 


-- US DOT Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Announces Proposed Rules To Reduce Risk Of Natural Gas Pipeline Over-Pressurization Incidents, Explosions  [PaEN]


-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Pipelines To Get New Rules To Reduce Risk From Over-Pressurization Incidents, Explosions


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Analyst: Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Won’t Lead To Increases In Gas Drilling In Short Term


-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Pennsylvania Needs To Act Now To Build Our Future Clean Energy Economy


-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Provides $100,000 Grant To Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. To Treat Mine Drainage In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]


-- DEP Accepting Applications For Small Business Advantage Grants For Energy Efficiency, Pollution Prevention, Natural Resource Conservation Projects


-- DEP PA Clean Water Academy: Releases Training On Guiding Principles Of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration


-- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. Hosts Woodland Stream Protection Program Saturday, Aug. 26


-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: County Action Plan Updates; Training; Grants; Accomplishments; More


-- DEP Invites Comments On Supplement To Manure Management Manual For Animal Manures And Agricultural Process Wastewater


-- DEP Begins Accepting Applications For Coastal Zone Management Grants Aug. 28


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In 76% Of 161 PA Streams Sampled In USGS Study


-- DEP: Drought Watch Remains For 20 Counties, Lifted For 47 Counties  [PaEN]


-- PennLive: Duncannon Boro, Perry County Declares Another Water Emergency Due To Leaks In System


-- KDKA: DEP Responds To Oil Sheen On River Near Point State Park, Pittsburgh


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 25 RiverWatch Video Report


-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Why The Sharp Rise In Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions Exceedences In Mon Valley In Spite Of Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Deal?


-- 15 Western PA Environmental Organizations Call On Gov. Shapiro To Implement RGGI  [PaEN]


-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Battle Over Climate-Warming Cryptocurrency Mines Intensifies


-- PA Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates Program Now Accepting Applications


-- BCTV.org: Funding Available In Met-Ed, Penelec Service Territories For Sustainable Energy Projects


-- DEP Accepting Applications For PA State Clean Diesel Grant Program


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change?  Part 3: Dig In The Dirt


-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Bellefonte, Centre County Votes To Shelve Its Climate Action Plan


-- PennLive Guest Essay: Polluters Should Pay To Protect Communities From Climate Crisis They Created - By Clean Air Council


-- PUC To Invite Public Comment On Proposed Policy Statement On Use Of Electric Storage To Enhance Grid Reliability And Resilience  [PaEN]


-- PJM Interconnection: Hot Weather Alert Issued For Aug. 25 For Western, Southern Regions Of PJM, Hot Weather Alert In Western Region For Aug. 24 


-- PUC Appoints Jennifer Berrier As Executive Director


-- Post-Gazette: Kyle Winkler Is The Zero Waste Wrangler, Gathering Compostable Trash For AgRecycle In Washington County


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Make Pittsburgh Recycling Better By Making Recycling Jobs Better


-- August 26 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- Dept. Of Agriculture Highlights State Budget Investments In PA’s Hardwoods Industry


--  DCNR Wild Resource Conservation Program Hearing On Grant Applications Oct. 11


-- WeConservePA: In Their Own Words, 15 Essays By Individuals Who Made The Choice To Permanently Conserve Their Land  [PaEN]


-- Three New Conservation Easement Guides From WeConservePA Address Carbon Issues  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Rafting Fatality Inquest Jurors Recommend Drastic Changes At Ohiopyle 


-- Centre Daily Times: This PA Hike Offers A Railroad Tunnel, Views Of Penn’s Creek


Train Derailments


-- AP: Railroads Resist Joining Safety Hotline Program To Protect Whistleblowers Because They Want To Be Able To Discipline Workers


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

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


-- WTAJ: Sheetz Cuts Unleaded 88 Gasoline Price To $2.99 For Rest Of August


Other States/National/International


-- AP: Study Reveals How Much Carbon Damage Would Cost Corporations If They Paid For Their Emissions


-- International Monetary Fund: Government Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged To Record $7 trillion In 2022


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: PA Democrats Want To Keep PA Supreme Court Majority, They’re Talking Up Abortion Rights

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Voters In Special House Election Will Determine Innamorato’s Successor And Which Party Controls The House

-- PennLive: How Does $174,000/Year Sound?  These State Jobs Are Hiring And Paying Well

-- Spotlight PA: Penn State Football’s Academics Rank At Bottom Of Big Ten After Worst Score In A Decade

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[Posted: August 25, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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