Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.12.23

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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 10:00:  Agenda Posted. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center Room 243.  10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Click Here for options for joining the meeting remotely.   Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548, adwalters@pa.gov.   Read more here

TODAY 9:15: Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:15 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: RA-EPAQTAC@pa.gov.

TODAY 6:00:  In-Person. DEP Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy. Brady Fire Company (Banquet Hall), 700 Maple Street, Ranshaw, Northumberland County.  6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Persons wishing to reserve time to present testimony at a meeting must contact Jennifer McLuckie at (717) 772-5633 or RA-EPOEJ@pa.gov at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing.   Read more here.

-- Vice Chair Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council Asks DEP To Report On University Of Pittsburgh Study That Found At Least 800,000 Tons Of Oil & Gas Production Waste Sent To Landfills Was Unaccounted For In One Year  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Plum Boro, Allegheny County, Environmental Group Go To Commonwealth Court Trying To Stop New Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well

-- Inside Climate News: Plum Boro, Allegheny County, Environmental Group Go To Commonwealth Court Trying To Stop New Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: DEP Seeks Input On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy Protecting Communities With High Pollution Burdens  [Virtual 1st Hearing Lasted 32 Minutes, 3 Witnesses] 

-- EEN Action - Evangelical Environmental Network Will Deliver Over 51,000 Signatures To Gov. Shapiro In Support Of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative  [PaEN] 

-- Re-Imagining A Christian Response To Changing Climate - Comments By Dr. Julia O’Brien, Lancaster Theological Seminary  [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Religion & Environment Webinar Series: Nov. 1 - A Jewish Approach To Activism & Accompaniment Thru The Climate Crisis  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Hydrogen Hubs In Pennsylvania Among Winners Of $7 Billion In Grants

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips, Reid Frazier: Biden To Announce Funding For Regional PA-NJ-Del Hydrogen Hub

-- WESA - Susan Phillips, Reid Frazier: Biden To Announce Funding For Hydrogen Hub In Western PA

-- Waste Today: Chester Authority’s Lanchester Landfill To Install Landfill Gas Energy System

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $14.5 Million In Grants To Pittsburgh, Towanda Groups To Grow Green Manufacturing  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick: $30 Million, 20 MW Solar Energy Facility To Break Ground In Clarion County Next Spring

-- The Daily Item Letter: Fossil Fuels Have A History Of Being Unreliable

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PennDOT Releases Draft Map Of Priority Locations For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- PennLive: Sheetz Receives PennDOT Grants To Expand Access To Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- PA Solar Center: Oct. 20 Webinar On Solar Guidebook For PA Landowners - Leasing Property For Large-Scale Solar Development  [PaEN]

-- Oct. 24 Webinar: Reforesting Mine Lands - How The Forestry Reclamation Approach Works For Coal Communities  [PaEN]

-- DCNR PA Outdoor Corps Seeks Public Land Partner Projects In 2024  [PaEN]

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Now Accepting Grant Applications From Businesses, Groups, Municipalities Looking To Earn Sustainability Certification In 7 Western PA Counties  [PaEN]

-- Vista Chester County News: How PA American Water Promotes Sustainability Practices In Schools Near You

-- NRCS-PA Hosts State Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Oct. 26, 1:00 p.m.

-- AP: 3,000+ Illegally Dumped Tires Found In Dredging Schuylkill River

-- TribLive: Attorney: Charges Withdrawn Against Springdale Woman For Not Cutting Grass For Fear Of Exposing Arsenic, Other Toxins From July Implosion Of Cheswick Power Plant Smokestacks 

-- TribLive: 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Meeting Set At Shanksville VFD Nov. 8

-- Educators In Greene & Washington Counties Forming Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition; Oct. 16 Kickoff Webinar  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Forests Help With Climate Change

-- DCNR Blog: Using Fossils To Determine The Age Of Rocks

-- Penn State Extension: Oct. 25 Webinar - Biochar Impact On Soil Infiltration Rates, Noon 

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County Host Nov. 18 Wildlife Tree Ornaments Workshop For Youth  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Opens Survey For Public Input On Plans For New Susquehanna Riverlands State Park In York County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Working To Improve Sprawling Hays Woods Park

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: What’s Joining, What’s Leaving PA’s Endangered And Threatened Species List?

-- Scranton Times: Nature, Butterflies Focus Of South Abington Twp. Little Free Library

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: M&T Charitable Foundation Continues To Sponsor Raptors Up  Close

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Evans Network Of Companies Sponsors Sanctuary

Train Derailments

-- TribLive: Allegheny, Westmoreland Emergency Units Practice Hazard Response With Norfolk Southern’s ‘Safety Train’

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: US Home Heating Bills Seen Flat To Lower This Winter Over Last, Natural Gas Maybe Lower EIA Says

Other States/National/International

-- DOE Announces $38 Million In Hydro Power Funding; Hydropower Vision Roadmap [One PA Project]

-- Post-Gazette/Bloomberg: Coal’s Coming Decline Has Miners Facing 400,000 Layoffs By 2035

-- The Economist: The Global Backlash Against Climate Policies Has Begin

-- Inside Climate News: Scientists Disagree About Drivers Of September’s Global Temperature Spike, But It Has Most Of Them Worried

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: New Interactive Tool Illustrates Why Judges Matter, How They Shape Policy

-- PA Capital-Star: Judges Running For PA Supreme Court Race Talk About Judicial Philosophies

-- TribLive: Voting Begins Ahead Of November Election

-- PennLive - John Baer: Shapiro Probably Wants To Take Back These 3 Words- ‘Consider The Source’

-- PA Capital-Star: Fetterman Makes Appearance On The Late Show

-- York Dispatch: PA Lawmakers Clash Over School Censorship During Banned Books Week

-- Inquirer Editorial: Voters Can Ensure Central Bucks School Board Focuses On Education, Not Culture Wars

-- AG Henry Announces $1 Million Settlement With Rutter’s After Data Breach

-- TribLive: PA Court Weighs Constitutionality Of Pittsburgh Tax On Pro Athletes, Entertainers

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[Posted: October 12, 2023]  PA Environment Digest