Thursday, August 31, 2023

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.31.23

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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 


-- DCNR Celebrates Mount Jewett To Kinzua Bridge Trail As Pennsylvania’s 2023 Trail Of The Year  [PaEN]


-- Between The Lines Podcast: Pediatrician Dr. Ned Ketyer Explains The Results Of New Studies Of The Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Development On Children And Adults  [PaEN]


-- UPDATED: DEP Responds To Emergency Notification Of Uncontrolled Venting Of Natural Gas For Over 10.5 Hours From A Repsol Oil Shale Gas Well; Temporary Evacuation Order Issued In Bradford County  [PaEN]


-- The Derrick: 6 Weeks After Water Supply Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater, Emergency Water Supply Distributions Continue In Village Of Reno, Venango County  [PDF of article]


-- TribLive: 5th Shale Gas Well Pad Planned In Frazer Twp., Allegheny County; Cecil, West Deer Townships Considering More Well Pad Proposals 


-- Warren Times: Sen. Casey Visits Warren County To Talk About Federal Funding To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Including 5,000 To 7,000 In Allegheny National Forest


-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Needs More Pipelines, LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities - By T.J. Rooney, Industry Lobbyist  [Here’s the other side]


-- Inquirer: Trail Of Spilled Oil Runs Through Multiple Delaware County Towns As Authorities Look For Culprit


-- PUC’s Stephen M. DeFrank Thanks Gov. Shapiro For Appointment As New Chairman  [PaEN] 


-- Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Offers Thoughts On Her PUC Tenure; Thanks Commission Staff, Colleagues For Their Dedication And Commitment As She Departs State Service  [PaEN]


-- PUC Welcomes New Commissioner Kim Barrow, Thanks Senate For Confirmation Votes, Governor For Nomination  [PaEN]


-- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. 6 Webinar On New Model Ordinance To Mitigate The Environmental Impacts Of Warehouse Facilities  [PaEN]


-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Centre City Tower To Get $5 Million In C-PACE Funding To Help Save Energy


-- TribLive Guest Essay: Climate Action Has Brought Major Investment, Jobs To PA; Lawmakers Should Strive For More - By Bruce Cooper & Mark Reynolds Slippery Rock Chapter Citizens’ Climate Lobby


-- PennLive Guest Essay: Will PA Courts Follow Montana In Protecting Children From Impacts Of Climate Change? - By Bruce Ledewitz, Duquesne School Of Law


-- AP: Municipalities Say An Adverse Ruling On A Case Now Before PA Supreme Court On Stormwater Fees Could Drain Them Financially


-- Reading Eagle: $260,000 In Grants Awarded To 4 Schuylkill River Watershed Improvement Projects In Berks County


-- Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts Sept. 8 Bus Tour Of Stream Restoration Projects 


-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Hershey, EPA Hope New Pollution Control Partnership On Dairy Farms Will Be Sweet Success


-- Beaver County Times: Researchers Detect PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Beaver County Waterways


-- WHYY: More Than 70% Of PA’s Rivers, Streams Contain PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’


-- PA Solar Center To Honor 10 Organizations For Their Solar Energy Leadership In Chester County On Sept. 28  [PaEN]


-- Penn State Behrend Campus In Erie Earns Silver STARS Rating For Sustainability Achievements


-- AP: State Attorneys General Back Compensation For Those Sickened By US Nuclear Weapons Testing [Including PA’s AG]


-- DEP Took Action On 810 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,395 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies In Week Ending Aug. 27


-- ABC27 New: Dover Twp., York County Receives $5.8 Million Federal Grant For Floodplain Restoration Project


-- City Of Pittsburgh, PA Resources Council Recycled Over 189,000 Pounds Of Electronics Waste Since 2022  [PaEN]


-- Independence Conservancy Hosts Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver, Washington Counties  [PaEN]


-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Farm Family Look To Preserve All Their Land


-- TribLive: Community Invited To ‘Worship By The Water’ At Allegheny River Trail Park, Allegheny County


-- Beaver County Times: North Country Trail Volunteers In Beaver County Plan Maintenance Day


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: Shell Quietly Shelves Radical Plan To Shrink Its Carbon Footprint


-- Bloomberg: Startup Pushing Green Natural Gas Label Shakes Up Strategy Amid Questions About The Role Of ‘Responsibly Sourced Gas’


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Senate Returns To Session 1 Day For A Budget Stalemate

-- Spotlight PA: State Budget Inches Forward, But Lawmakers Still Split On Stalled Education Funding

-- PennLive: PA Senate Moves 2 Fiscal Bills, But Core Budget Disagreements Remain

-- PA Senate Republicans: Senate Approves Critical Budget Implementation Bills, Sends To House

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Create State Board On Prescription Drug Pricing

-- PennLive - John Baer: PA Voters Should Take A Close Look At Former Republican Governor Of South Carolina

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny County Business Operators Get Prison For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- Observer-Reporter: Former Washington County Couple Sentenced For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Federal Court Orders White Supremacist Hardy Lloyd Ordered Be Detained In Pittsburgh

-- WITF: Telford Woman Threatened With Arrest After Criticizing Local Conservative Political Group Moms For Liberty Members

-- AP: Wabtec Locomotive Manufacturer In Erie, Union Reach Tentative Deal To End 2-Month Strike

-- Erie Times: How PA Paychecks Compare To Other States

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[Posted: August 31, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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