Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.6.23

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Senate next voting day October 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13

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House next voting day October 16, 17, 18, 30, 31, Nov. 1, 13, 14, 15

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY Noon: Virtual. Lancaster Theological Seminary: Re-Imagining A Christian Response To A Changing Climate.  Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Unauthorized Water Withdrawals For 17 Days From Beaver Run Reservoir In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Study: Westmoreland County Will Lead Population Decline In Western PA, While Others Will Boom

-- Petro Erie Inc. Again Claims It Lacks The Financial Ability To Comply With DEP’s 2nd Order To Cleanup Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County  [PaEN]

-- Dickinson College Environmental & Indigenous Rights Honoree Tara Houska: Don’t Disconnect Yourself From The Reality Of Nature; Endless Expansion Of Pipelines Have No Place In Reality; Find Powerful Moments Of Joy  [PaEN]

-- House Unanimously Passes Bill Against Lawsuits Aimed At Silencing Citizen Critics And Dampening Public Participation  [PaEN]

-- DEP Notice Of Change In Location For Oct. 16 Scranton Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy

-- Gov. Shapiro, DCNR Announce Investment Of $52.5 Million In Local Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Across PA; Next Grant Round Opens Jan. 16  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Gov. Shapiro Announces $500,000 To Fill Big Gap In Lehigh Valley Trail Network

-- Joseph Minott, Long-Time Executive Director Of Clean Air Council, To Retire At End Of 2023  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: EPA Rejects Part Of Allegheny County Air Quality Permit For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works

-- Post-Gazette: EPA Objects To Allegheny County Air Quality Permit Issued To Clairton Coke [Coal] Works

-- PennFuture: Environmental Groups Win EPA’s Objection To Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Allegheny  County Air Permit

-- Erie Times: Two Erie Authorities Hope To Acquire Former Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site And Begin Cleanup 

-- Reading Eagle: Contaminated Land Around Former Berks County Battery Plant Considered For New Cleanup Effort

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Governor’s Work Group Report Brings No Consensus On RGGI, But Supporters And Opponents Both Take Validation

-- Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Chapter 93 Water Quality Standards Triennial Review [Cadmium, Carbaryl, Tributyltin, Acetone, Barium, Boron, Chloroform, Other Chemicals; Hearing Nov. 14

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Water Toxics Management Strategy State Of Policy Related To Analytical Methods For Cyanide; Hearing Nov. 14

-- Schuylkill Action Network Holds 20th SANniversary Celebration Nov. 2 At Elmwood Park Zoo, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- PA Clean Water Academy Releases 2 New Courses On Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, 2024 Integrated Water Quality Report Viewer  [PaEN]

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Coalition To Host Webinars On Spread Of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Oct. 17 And Aquatic Invasive Species Nov. 14  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna State Park Teaches Watershed Environmental Connections

-- York Dispatch: York-Area Businesses Do Their Part To Conserve Water During Drought Warning

-- York Dispatch: Rain Could Be On Its Way To Drought-Parched York County

-- Erie Times: Plug Your Nose: Another Lake Erie ‘Burp’ Could Happen This Weekend, DEP Says 

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Oct. 24 Webinar - Science Meets Community Engagement: The Delaware River Watershed Initiative  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 6 RiverWatch Video Report

-- AP: PA Chocolate Factory Fined For Failing To Evacuate Before Fatal Natural Gas Explosion

-- TribLive: Columbia Gas Tests Hydrogen Blends In Natural Gas Appliances

-- JD Supra: Repurposing Oil & Gas Wells For Ground-Sourced Heat Energy In PA Raises Multiple Legal Issues

-- PennLive: Application To Build Hydroelectric Dam On Lower Susquehanna River Rejected By Feds

-- PennDOT Announces Draft Priority Areas For Funding Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities  [PaEN]

-- October 7 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Spotted Lanternflies Help Make Smoky Honey That Could Be Good For You

-- DCNR: 2nd Fall Foliage Report Shows ‘Best Color’ Appearing In 6 Northern Tier Counties  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Announces Oct. 18 Public Meeting On Golf Course Lease In Michaux State Forest, Franklin County

-- North Branch Land Trust Receives Grant From PPL Foundation To Survey Rare Plants In Butler Preserve, Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Kiski Twp., Armstrong County Man Shocked To Find Wayward Alligator On His Porch, 9 Taken From Neighbor’s Property 

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

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

-- Reuters: Higher Stocks To Pressure US Natural Gas Prices [Downward] With Sufficient Storage, Slightly Higher Production [Natural Gas Supply Assn.]

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WITF: PA House, In Contentious Session, Moves State Budget Forward

-- AP: House Passes Legislation To Complete Overdue Budget, Decisions Now Lie With Senate

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican Resistance Or Democrat Gamesmanship?  House Leaders Weigh In On Week’s Work

-- Spotlight PA: What This Year’s Budget Means For PA’s Shrinking Rural Communities

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso, Carter Walker: House OKs Bill To Move Primary, But Rejects Voter ID Expansion, Other Election Reforms

-- AP: PA House Passes Bill To Move Up Presidential Primary, But It Conflicts With Senate

-- AP: Voter Rolls Becoming New Battleground Over Secure Elections As Amateur Sleuths Hunt Fraud

-- Politics PA: Shapiro Defends Response To Legislative Secretary’s Sexual Harassment Allegations 

-- AP: PA’s Democratic Governor, A Rising Political Star, Crosses Partisan Private School Choice Divide

-- City & State PA: Working Families Party Endorses Democrat McCaffery In PA Supreme Court Race

-- Inquirer: PA Republicans Have An Early, Nasty Fight In 2024 Primary For State Attorney General

-- TribLive/PennLive: Sen. Casey’s Campaign Touts Strong Start To 2024 Fundraising

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Mercer County Man Gets 2 Years In Federal Prison For Threatening To Murder FBI Agents Over Search Of Ex-President’s Home

-- PennLive: 18 People From Central PA Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol: Why They Are, Where Their Cases Stand

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Keeping Youth Safe From (And In) The Juvenile Justice System - By Senators Bartolotta, Williams, Reps. Mihalek, Shusterman

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Solitary Confinement Has No Place In PA Prisons, Or Anywhere

-- Play PA: PA Video Gaming Terminals Request Expansion During PA Senate Hearing

-- Inquirer: Meet The 10 Pennsylvanians Who Made Forbes’ List Of 400 Richest Americans

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[Posted: October 6, 2023]  PA Environment Digest