Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.7.23

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

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

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- August 7 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Investigates Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Leak As Possible Source Of Village Of Reno Water Supply Contamination In Venango County; Customers Under Do Not Consume Advisory For 2 Weeks+  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 29 to August 4; More Abandoned, Leaking Wells, Reno Water Supply Contamination; Rager Mtn. Natural Gas Storage Area Spills  [PaEN]

-- New Penn State Study: Brine Water Pumped From Played-Out Conventional Oil & Gas Wells And Used As Dust Suppressants, Winter Road Treatments Exceed Environmental, Health Standards, Just Like Conventional Oil & Gas Brine Water  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Take A Deep Breath! Now Think What You Just Inhaled. If You Live Along A Dirt Road You Could Be Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater - By Siri Lawson, Warren County   [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Residents In This Fayette County Town Are Going To Battle With EPA Over An Oil & Gas Wastewater Disposal Well Permit 

-- MCall Guest Essay: Saucon Creek Shows Some Surprisingly Good Pollution News For The Lehigh River - By Toby Broun, Allentown Central Catholic High School

-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Township Drafts Solar Array Ordinance

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: By Stalling On RGGI, Here’s What Pennsylvania Residents Are Missing - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

-- TribLive: 1 Year After Devastating Flood, Life In Unity Village Of Dorothy In Westmoreland County Is Quiet, Still Undone

-- TribLive: Remember When: Circa 1900 Dams On Allegheny River Eased Some Problems, Caused Others

-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Public Libraries, Berks Nature Reveal Bilingual StoryWalk 

-- Post-Gazette: Estimated 28,000 People Flock To Weekend Regatta At Moraine State Park

-- Republican Herald: Dragonflies, Damselflies Highlighted In Program At Swatara State Park In Pine Grove Twp.

-- Look For Events/Activities In State Parks Near You: DCNR Events Calendar, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Calendar

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wilkes-Barre Skate Park Opens After Decades Of Planning And False Starts

--  TribLive: Kayakers Catch Alligator In Kiski River 

-- TribLive Editorial: Dumping Animals Dumps Responsibility On Others

Other States/National/International

-- AP: Vermont’s Flood-Wracked Capital City Ponders A Rebuild With One Eye On Climate Change

-- NYT: Is Social Justice For The Birds?  Audubon Attempts An Answer

-- WPost: Despite Reforms, Mining For Electric Vehicle Metals In Congo Exacts Steep Cost On Workers

-- Bloomberg: Texas Electric Grid Holds Up - Hottest Days Cannot Be Met By Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear Alone, Renewables Have Kept Comfortable Buffer In Place

-- The Guardian: US Utilities Oppose Biden Efforts To Make Natural Gas Power Plants Cleaner

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Anthony Williams Wants To End Legacy Admissions At PA Universities After Affirmative Action Ruling

-- WPost Column: PA’s Josh Shapiro Is Showing How To Break The Politics Of Resentment

-- AP: Conservative Groups Sue To Block Biden Plan Canceling $39 Billion In Student Loans

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[Posted: August 7, 2023]  PA Environment Digest