Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.28.23

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Senate next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13

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House next voting day October 30, 31, Nov. 1, 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DCNR Good Natured Blog: Getting To Know Seth Cassell, The New State Forester  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: New Report Compiles Years Of Data About Health Risks Associated With Natural Gas Development, Infrastructure 

-- The Center Square: Growing Exodus From PA Means Higher Tax Burden For Those Who Remain

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 28  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Mandatory Water Conservation Order Lifted In Cumberland County Days After Heating Oil Spill Impacts The Conodoguinet Creek

-- KDKA: DEP Investigating Oil Slicks On Monongahela River Near McKeesport

-- WPXI: Abandoned Coal Mine Subsidence Damages VFW, Homes In Pittsburgh  [Mine Subsidence Insurance Available From DEP]

-- DEP To Hold Nov. 21  Informal Conference To Accept Comments On Revisions To Rosebud Mining Subsidence Control Plan For The Mine 78 In Cambria, Somerset Counties  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Today Is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

-- KYW: Montgomery County Looks To Protect, Families, Drinking Water During Drug Take Back Day [Today]

-- WHYY: DEP’s Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy Doesn’t Solve The Problem, Advocates Say

-- Deadline Change: DEP Accepting Applications For Next Round Of Local Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project Grants Until Nov. 8  [PaEN] 

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Holding Online Proposal Coaching Sessions For Prospective Delaware Watershed Grant Applicants  [PaEN]

-- PA Chapter Of American Fisheries Society Hosts Online Student Career/Jobs Program Nov. 9  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: As Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Increase, CBF Sees Opportunities And Momentum In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center, Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake, Other Partners Help Reduce Water Pollution In Lower Susquehanna Basin  [PaEN]

-- Lebanon County Conservation District Hosts Successful Swatara Creek Water Quality Field Day  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Challenges Of Tackling Water Pollution Hotspots In Lancaster County 

-- Lancaster Farming: Perdue Partners With Alliance For Chesapeake Bay On Conservation Grant

-- The Daily Review: Dairy Farm Checkoff Partners With Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, PA Dairy Farm

-- Delaware River Basin Commission To Hold Nov. 8 Hearing, Dec. 6 Business Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Nov. 13 Hearing On Proposed Changes To Delaware River Basin Commission Rules Of Practice And Procedure  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 27 RiverWatch Video Report

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Lawmakers Concerned About Foreign Ownership Of Agricultural Land

-- TribLive: Western PA Energy Consortium To Use Clean Energy From Ohio Wind Farm

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Buys Energy From Ohio Wind Farm

-- DEP Posted 68 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 28 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Film Screening Next In 75th Anniversary Of Deadly Donora Smog Disaster

-- DEP Invites Counties To Apply For Mosquitoborne Disease Control Grants  [PaEN]

-- FOX News: PA Lab Sees Uptick In Ticks As Warm Fall Weather Proves Prime For Parasites

-- DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission, Wayne County, Partners Celebrate Opening Of White Mills River Access Park Along Lackawaxen River Trail

-- Oct. 27 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

Train Derailments

-- Attorney General Henry Leads Coalition Urging Feds To Mandate Railroads Improve Communications With First Responders Over Hazardous Material Loads

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.70; National- $3.50; Ohio- $3.18

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Increase By One To 22

-- Reuters: Exxon Posts Sharply Lower $9.1 Billion Profit On Lower Oil, Natural Gas Prices

-- Reuters: Chevron’s 3rd Quarter Profit Slumps, Shares Fall

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Lawmakers Want Transparency In Deals To Settle Harassment Claims

-- The Center Square: Growing Exodus From PA Means Higher Tax Burden For Those Who Remain

-- LancasterOnline: State And Local Election Officials Disagree On How To Fix Ballot Errors Sent To Mail-In Voters

-- City & State PA: A Q/A With PA’s Chief Election Official

-- PennLive: Group Opposing Republican Cong. Scott Perry Says New Poll Shows He Is Vulnerable

-- WITF: Penn State Sounds The Alarm On State Funding

-- Post-Gazette: Penn State Suspends ‘Skulls’ Fraternity Over ‘Widespread’ Hazing Violations

-- The Center Square: Infrastructure Crisis Escalating In Public Schools

-- TribLive Editorial: Is A Coed Kiski School Really That Awful?

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[Posted: October 28, 2023]  PA Environment Digest