Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.1.23

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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 

WEDNESDAY 7:30: Virtual. Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community - Eyes On Shell  monthly meeting.  7:30 p.m.

-- Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Places 2nd In International NCF- Envirothon Competition!  [PaEN] 

-- Northeast PA Environmental Partners Announce 2023 Environmental Partnership, Shelburne And Emerging Leaders Award Recipients  [PaEN]

-- Richard Negrin Sworn In As DEP Secretary By Gov. Shapiro With Former Sen. Kury, Author Of State Environmental Rights Amendment, Looking On

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Here’s What Gov. Shapiro Says About Permitting Reform In PA 

-- Eureka Resources Extracted 97% Pure Lithium Carbonate Used In Making Lithium-ion Batteries From Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN] 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PGT Trucking Welcomes First Battery-Electric Truck Into Its Pittsburgh Fleet 

-- Pitt Water Collaboratory, Women For A Healthy Environment Report On Allegheny County Drinking Water Systems Found Need For Improvement In One Or More Metrics; Aug. 2 Webinar  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Highlights Moraine State Park Regatta, Operation Scarlift Video  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: PA Farmers Dig Into Soil And Its Ability To Trap Carbon As One Solution To Climate Change

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: Reminder To Apply For $13 Million In First-Come, First-Serve Farm Conservation Tax Credits 

-- Farm Bill, Agricultural Policy Focus Of Penn State Ag Progress Days Events Aug. 8-10 

-- Ag Progress Days Highlights Biodiversity, Climate-Smart Ag, Spotted Lanternfly Aug. 8-10

-- Guest Essay: 2023 Federal Farm Bill Unique Opportunity To Direct Vital Federal Resources To PA Farms - By Kristen Heberling Hoke, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: In Maryland, McIlwain Takes Reins Of Hobbled State Environmental Agency

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Hosts The PA Taste Of The Chesapeake Bay Celebration Aug. 31 In York County  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Stormwater Management Discussion Necessary In Blair County

-- StateImpactPA: PASA Sustainable Agriculture Pitches Farms On Solar Energy Facility Model That Keeps Farmland Usable, Takes Up Less Space

-- The Center Square: Senate Bill Argues Brownfields Are Better For Solar Energy Facilities Than Farmland

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Selected As One Of 20 Regional Green Jobs Centers To Train Individuals For Climate-Resilient Jobs  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Investing In Clean Energy Will Benefit PA Communities, Create Jobs, Generate Tax Revenue And Significantly Reduce Climate Changing Emissions - By Lori Brennan, The Nature Conservancy-PA  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Westinghouse’s First US AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Reaches Commercial Production In Georgia

-- Warren Times: 15th Allegheny River Cleanup To Be Held Sept. 14-16

-- Warren Times: Household Hazardous & Electronic Waste Collection Event To Be Held In Youngsville Aug. 9

-- Erie Times: ‘A Catastrophe Has Befallen Us:’ The Mill Creek Flood Of 1915

-- DCNR Blog: 275 State Park & Forest Rangers Help Keep Visitors Safe

-- Walk In Penn's Woods Day Oct. 1, Plan And Register Your Event Now!  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: FDR Park’s Popular Boating And Fishing Programs In Philly Are At Risk Thanks To Repeated Vandalism

-- PA Capital-Star: PA’s Little Brown Bat, Decimated By A Pathogen, Is Now Endangered

-- TribLive: Kayakers Report Alligator In Kiski River Near Salina Bridge

-- Beaver County Times: Sahli Nature Park To Host Monarch Butterfly Celebration Aug. 5

-- Penn State: 2nd Species Of Ramp, Or Wild Leek, Documented In Pennsylvania

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: PA Has 25 Species Of Goldenrod

-- Beaver County Times: North Country Trail And Beaver Falls Groups Team Up To Get Kids Hiking

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon Society: A Salute To The Hummingbird: An Intriguing Bird

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

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

-- WFMJ: National Fuel Gas To Reduce Natural Gas Supply Charges 58% Due To Lower International Prices For Natural Gas

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Soar Amid Heat-Related Refinery Outages, Analyst Says

-- Reuters: US Oil Supplied Rises In May To Highest Since August 2019 - EIA

-- Bloomberg: Hydrogen Too Expensive For European Companies That Want To Use It

Other States/National/International

-- White House: Biden Administration Proposes Reforms To Modernize Environmental Reviews, Accelerate Clean Energy Future, Strengthen Public Input

-- Utility Dive: Biden Administration Proposes Environmental Review Reforms For Energy Project Permits

-- Reuters: Top US Electric Utility Group Opposes EPA Emissions Plan For Existing Natural Gas Power Plants - Source

-- AP: Here’s How Hot And Extreme The Summer Has Been, And It’s Only Halfway Over

-- WPost: It’s Not Just Hot, Climate Anomalies Are Emerging Around The Globe

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: PA Schools Face Spending Down Reserves Or Taking Out Loans As State Lawmakers Fail To Act

-- Inquirer: PA House Democrats Rally In Philly Against Private School Vouchers: ‘What Are They Going To Do For The 99% Left Behind’?

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State A Partner, Not Just an ‘ATM’ For Higher Education Republican Lawmaker Says

-- Post-Gazette: Republicans Pick Shaler Realtor For Special House Election

-- Inquirer: Republicans Are All In On McCormick For US Senate Race, So Where Is He?

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA House Members May Soon Post Expenses Online

-- AP: Gov. Shapiro Says Millions Will Go To Help Train Workers For Infrastructure Projects

-- Spotlight PA: PA Homeowners Desperate As Mortgage Aid Struggles Drag On: ‘It Shouldn’t Be This Difficult’

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Are Leaving, But Shapiro, Lawmakers Can Inspire Them To Stay - Commonwealth Foundation

-- TribLive Editorial: Liquor Control Board Racket Must End

-- Spotlight PA: Why ‘Fake Electors’ From Nov. 2020 Election In Pennsylvania Are Likely To Avoid Prosecution

-- Inquirer Column: Florida Republican Gov. DeSantis Is Wrong - Slavery Did Not Benefit Black People - By Jenice Armstrong

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[Posted: August 1, 2023]  PA Environment Digest