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Senate next voting day August 30; September 18, 19, 20; Oct. 2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled]
House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled]
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 12:30: Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee to consider nomination of Kimberly Barrow to Public Utility Commission. Room 8E-B East Wing. 12:30 p.m. Click Here to watch live.
-- DEP Expands Environmental Justice Protections With Updated Policy, Improved Mapping Tool; Enhanced Permit Reviews Start Sept. 16 [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]
-- Marcellus Shale Gas Industry Coalition: University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health’s Studies Of Natural Gas Development’s Impact On Public Health Has Methodological Flaws
-- Observer-Reporter: Flaws In University Of Pittsburgh’s School Of Public Health’s Studies Of Natural Gas Development’s Impact On Public Health - By David Callahan, President & Lobbyist For Marcellus Shale Gas Industry
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Marcellus Shale Industry Group Reveals Serious Flaws In University Of Pittsburgh’s School Of Public Health’s So-Called Fracking/Cancer Studies
-- PA Business Report: PA Manufacturers’ Assn. Touts Regional Potential Economic Gains From LNG Natural Gas Plant In Chester, Delaware County
-- PUC Safety Division Continues Investigation Into Deadly House Explosion In Plum Borough, Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Allegheny County To Draft Climate Action Plan
-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Council Approves July 2024 Deadline For Climate Action Plan
-- WESA: Allegheny County To Create Climate Action Plan
-- Master Watershed Steward Don Horn Promotes Sustainability And Clean Water - By Alexandra McLaughlin, Penn State News [PaEN]
-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Talking Dirt And Downpours In Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In 76% Of PA Streams Sampled, Including One Near You
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Say Proposed U.S. House Cuts To EPA Would Hurt PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Control Efforts
-- Public Health Watch: Black Water - How Industry Fights Controls On Manganese, A Little-Known Drinking Water Contaminant - By Natasha Gilbert [Highlights Problems In Beaver County Water Supply] [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council: Permanent Glass Recycling Station Soon Available In Township Of Pine, Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- DCNR Awards $1.3 Million To Support 10 ATV, Snowmobile Trail And Facility Projects; New Applications Due Sept. 29 [PaEN]
-- Armstrong Conservation District Hosts Sept. 24 Armstrong River Run & Watershed Walk To Benefit Local Watershed Groups [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Trees Can Give Downtown Commercial Areas A Competitive Advantage Over Big Box Stores - By Vincent Cotrone, Urban Forestry Educator [PaEN]
-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy: Bushkill Creek Restoration; First Graders Wild About Learning; Be Part Of The Stream Team!; Much More
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Purple Martins In PA Are About To Migrate, Where To See Them Gather Before They Head South
-- Nature At Risk: North American Least Shrews In Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]
Train Derailments
-- AP: Norfolk Southern Suffers Hardware-Related Technology Outage That Shut Down Its System Monday
Other States/National/International
-- AP: After US Supreme Court Decision, Biden Administration Weakens Waters Of The US Rule
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Senate Republican Leader Hopes 1-Day August Voting Day [Today] Will Wrap Up State Budget
-- PennLive: 12 Unresolved State Budget Issues
-- Courier Times: How November Election Will Shape PA’s Highest Courts
-- AP: 122-Year-Old, Pittsburgh-Based US Steel Is Reviewing ‘Numerous’ Buyout Offers
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Area Jobless Rate Hits Record Low, But Workforce Levels Remain Down
-- TribLive Editorial: Is House Arrest For Tax Fraud Fair If The House Was Built With Fraudulent Funds?
-- Reading Eagle/MCall: Berks County Man Arrested, Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol
-- TribLive: Apollo-Ridge School Officials Condemn Racist Social Media Posts Ahead Of Football Game [Armstrong County]
-- Inquirer: Republican Florida Governor To Hold 3 Fundraisers In PA Next Week
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[Posted: August 30, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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