Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.28.23

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House next voting day Dec. 11, 12, 13

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Senate next voting day Dec. 11, 12, 13

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 6:00: DEP Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy. Howard J. Burnett Center, Washington & Jefferson College, 292 East Wheeling St., Washington, Washington 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.

THURSDAY 6:00: DEP Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy. La Toxica Event Space, 1447 Lehigh St., Allentown.  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.

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 18 to 24 - 5 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; 2nd Spill At Same Shale Gas Pad This Month; Village Of Reno Wastewater Cleanup Slow Going  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - November 25  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Tour Of PA Natural Gas Fracking Sites Connects Activists From Appalachia And The Gulf Coast 

 

-- PA Manufacturers Assn. Opposes Bill To Reduce Natural Gas Infrastructure Threats To Public Health, Safety; Praises Sen. Yaw’s Position [Who Called The Bill ‘Stupid’]

-- Environmental Health News: Gov. Shapiro Directs Agencies To Draft New Regulations Improving Disclosure Of Fracking Chemicals

-- PennLive Guest Essay: EPA Must Balance Protection Of The Environment To Avoid Damage To Economy On Harmful Chemicals - By Matt Krupp, Republican Prothonotary For Dauphin County

-- The Center Square: PA Lays Out Rules For Electric Vehicle Charging Station Funding

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Scientists Urge Pittsburgh-Base Alcoa To Stop Mining Bauxite In Australian Forest

-- Warren, Erie, Crawford Counties Master Watershed Stewards Offering Info Sessions On Becoming Master Stewards; Spring Training Begins In March  [PaEN] 

-- New Report Shows Positive Impact Of Soil Health Management Systems In Delaware River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Cleanup Continues Without Answers For Families Displaced By Lackawanna County Water Main Break

-- PA Resources Council Announces Winners Of 2023 Gene Capaldi Lens On Litter Photo Contest  [PaEN] 

-- WESA: PennDOT Urges Pennsylvanians To Prepare For Travel In Winter Weather

-- LancasterOnline: Nature Preserve, Environmental Center Form Lancaster City’s Vision For Sunnyside Peninsula  

-- WHYY: Arborists Encourage Homeowners To Prepare Their Trees For Winter

-- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Master Gardener Manual; Books For Young Gardeners; Winterizing Your Garden; Tree Tender Training; More!

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Grapes Were One Of Earliest Plants Cultivated By Humans

-- PennLive: Invasive Ticks Fatally Swarm Livestock In Ohio Also Present In PA

-- WHYY: Schuylkill River Trail Partners Closer To Goal Of Creating Continuous Trail From Philadelphia To Schuylkill County

-- Williamsport Sun - Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: A Look At Indigenous Names Along The Susquehanna Greenway

-- WHYY: Construction Begins On I-95 Cap Park Project Beings In Philadelphia

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Struggling River Towns Will Have To Merge, Here’s How It Will Happen

-- WGAL: 76-Year-Old Hunter Killed Perched In Tree Stand Engulfed In Flames In Fulton County

-- WITF/WVIA: Deer Hunters share A Feast Through Statewide Nonprofit

-- TribLive: Roadkill Deer Collection Not A Job For The Faint Of Heart Or Stomach 

-- TribLive Editorial: Lawmakers Should Pull Trigger On Hunting Bills

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center First Friday Program Features Ralph B. Simpson, Birdwatcher, Collector On Dec. 1

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

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

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Drop For 10th Week, But Could Rise If OPEC Cuts Oil Production, Analyst Says

-- Bloomberg: Just One Stranded Natural Gas LNG Tanker In Australia Could Cause Rise In Global LNG Prices

-- Post-Gazette/Bloomberg: How Shell, Chevron Are Delaying US Efforts To Refill Its Emergency Oil Reserve

Other States/National/International

-- Utility Dive: California City Lays Groundwork For Natural Gas System Decommissioning As Decarbonization Tool

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive Editorial: Mail-In Ballot Dating Issue Rises From The Dead

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Ongoing PA Budget Impasse Hurting Community Colleges, Libraries

-- TribLive: PA Community Colleges Still Waiting For State Funding Using Loans, Reserves To Get By

-- PennLive: Many Who Injured 14 During 2001 Machete Attack At York County Elementary School Dies In Prison

-- MCall Guest Essay: Efforts To Help Historically Disadvantaged Communities Actually Hurt Minority Students - By Jocelynn Cordes, conservative author, essayist

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Considers Divesting Public Funds From China

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: How Spotlight PA’s Nonpartisan Journalism Cuts The Noise And Gets Results - By Spotlight PA

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[Posted: November 28, 2023]  PA Environment Digest