Monday, August 21, 2023

Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.21.23

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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 


TUESDAY 9:00:  Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. 16ht Floor Delaware Room, Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Lindsay Byron  lbyron@pa.gov.   (formal notice)


TUESDAY 10:00: House Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force hearing on economic impact and other consideration for a potential LNG export terminal in or around the Port of Philadelphia.  Widener University, University Center, Webb Room, One University Place, Chester, Delaware County.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online [If Available]


TUESDAY 10:00: House Republican Policy Committee hearing on PA Rare Earth Minerals.  River’s Landing & Event Center, 139 W. Market St., Clearfield.  10:00 a.m.


-- August 21 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]


-- DEP Declared Code ORANGE  Air Quality Action Day Monday, Aug. 21 For Pittsburgh Region 


-- TribLive: Environmental Advocates Weight In On State Dept. Of Health, Pitt Study Of Natural Gas Development Health Impacts


-- The Derrick - Letter To Editor: Disappointed In Lack Of Involvement In Sen. Hutchinson, Rep. James To Resolve Village Of Reno Water Contamination Issue In Venango County [Polluted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill]   [PDF of Article


Harm Documented By Oil & Gas Development In PA Last Week =====


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Who Pays For Natural Gas Development’s Harm?  Pennsylvania Should Acknowledge The Clear Fact That Fracking Has Hurt People, Specifically Children  [PaEN]


-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Studies Find Shale Gas Wells Can Make Asthma Worse; Children Have An Increased Chance Of Developing Lymphoma Cancer; Slightly Lower Birth Weights  [PaEN]

-- State Dept. Of Health Apologizes For Not Listening To Communities Suffering Health Impacts From Shale Gas Development; New Health Study Results ‘Just The Tip Of The Iceberg’  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Environmental Advocates Weight In On State Dept. Of Health, Pitt Study Of Natural Gas Development Health Impacts

-- The Derrick: DEP Issues Order To Petro Erie, Inc. To Restore Village Of Reno Water System, Cleanup Contamination Caused By Its Conventional Well Wastewater Release; 1 Month Without Clean Water  [PaEN]

-- WTAE: To The Frustration Of The Village Of Reno Residents, ‘Do Not Consume’ Water Advisory Approaches One Month Mark In Venango County, After Contamination By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill   

-- The Derrick - Letter To Editor: Disappointed In Lack Of Involvement In Sen. Hutchinson, Rep. James To Resolve Village Of Reno Water Contamination Issue In Venango County [Polluted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill]   [PDF of Article

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 12 to 18; DEP Orders Restoration Of Water Supply; Conventional Wells Abandoned; Leaking Methane, Fluids  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Investigating Other Possible Sources Of Methane As Part Of Response To Plum Borough Home Explosion, Including Nearby Conventional, Shale Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- DEP, SRBC Invite Comments On New Permits For PA General Energy Shawnee Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal On The Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County After Failure To Comply With Its First Permit  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: Fayette County Commissioners Take Step To Prevent Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Wells 

-- NBC News: Millions In US Live Near Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Linked To Explosions And Toxins [Pennsylvania Profiled]

-- NBCNews: EQT Natural Gas, Abandoned Well Frack-Out In New Freedom, Greene County Stirs Suspicion And A Year Of Frustration In Tiny PA Town 

-- The Allegheny Front: New Investigation Shows State Regulators Have Struggled To Keep Up With Pollution Events At Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County 


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-- Bipartisan Group Of PA Members Of Congress Urge President To Declare Federal Disaster After Severe Flooding, Storms Caused 7 Deaths, Property Damage In Berks, Bucks, Northampton Counties  [PaEN]


-- PennLive: Heavy Rains Have Eased Drought Across PA, But Not Everyone Has Caught Up


-- Inquirer: Electric Vehicle Drivers Can Soon Get A Shorti And A Charge-Up At Some Wawas


-- Inquirer: Rebirth Of A Long-Shuttered 120-Year-Old Scranton Coal Mine As An Educational Coal Mine

 

-- TribLive: 4th Generation Keeps Family Business Running At Pitt Penn Recycling In Allegheny County 


-- Warren Times: Tom Clark Making The World Better Place One Piece Of Garbage At A Time


-- TribLive: 75th Anniversary Of Construction Of Youghiogheny River Dam 


-- NextPittsburgh: Retired Rail Line To Become Pittsburgh’s Newest Trail To Aspinwall


-- WESA: Dispute Continues Over Graffiti Near Pittsburgh’s Color Park


Plum Boro Home Explosion


-- TribLive Editorial: People Of Plum Deserve Honesty, Transparency In Explosion Investigation


-- TribLive: Plum Boro Community Seeks Will To Push Forward, A Week After Fatal House Explosion


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

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


-- Wall Street Journal: Europe’s Natural Gas-Guzzling Days Are Fading, Homes, Factories Go Green Faster Than Expected 


-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Soar On Australia LNG Workers’ Strike Ultimatum


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- York Daily Record: How PA Can Prevent Election Disaster Ahead Of Crucial 2024 Races

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Fear Mongers Spreading Misinformation About [Gambling] Skill Games In PA - By Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming)

-- Pittsburgh Union Progress: PA Lawmakers Hope To Regulate Artificial Intelligence

-- WESA: Allegheny County Health Dept. Reports No Increase In COVID Illness, That Could Change

-- Post-Gazette: Dr. Oz Lent His Unsuccessful PA US Senate Campaign $27 Million, Now He’s Raising Money To Pay Himself Back

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[Posted: August 21, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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