Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.2.23

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP: Clinton & York Counties In Drought Warning, Westmoreland Added To Drought Watch, 13 Counties Remain In Drought Watch  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Drought Watch Declared In Westmoreland, Voluntary Water Conservation Continues

-- EPA Finalizes Rule To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Infrastructure; DEP’s  Oil & Gas Methane Regulations 1 Year Old  [PaEN] 

-- WESA/NPR: EPA Aims To Slash Oil & Gas Industry’s Climate-Warming Methane Pollution

-- The Guardian: US Outlines Measures To Cut Methane Emission From Oil & Gas Operations By 80% In Next 15 Years

-- DEP Hosts Dec. 4 Public Meeting On Priority Climate Action Steps In Clairton, Allegheny County

-- DEP Hosts Dec. 6 Public Meeting On Priority Climate Action Steps In Williamsport, Lycoming County

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - December 2  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed CNX Midstream Project To Expose Natural Gas, Water Pipelines To Prevent Longwall Mining Damage In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: Fracking Doesn’t Belong In Parks - By Jason Plank

-- KDKA: Magnitude 2.3 Earthquake Detected In Ohio

-- DEP Sets Jan. 16 Hearing On East Penn Manufacturing Plant Air Quality Permit In Berks County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 71 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 2 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards $19.3 Million In 2024 County Clean Water Action Plan Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grants  [PaEN]  

-- LebTown.com: Quittie Stream Restoration At 22nd Street Is Complete, But Won’t Look Ugly For Long 

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Water Authority ‘Confident’ It Will Meet Biden’s Goal Of Replacing Lead Water Pipes

-- TribLive: $350 Million To Cleanup Armstrong County Nuclear Waste Site Isn’t Enough, Feds Say

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Officials Work To Set Proper Funding Levels In Its Fight Against Landslides

-- Shapiro Administration Kicks Off Christmas Trees For Troops Weekend, Urges Pennsylvanians To Donate A Tree For Service Members

-- WNEP: Tree Farm In Carbon County Donates Hundreds Of Trees For Troops

-- EPA Region 3: 2024 Internship Opportunities

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Video Of 2024 Grant Workshop

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Adds 78 Acres To Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Dec. 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam

-- DCNR Names Karli Naugle District Forester In Buchanan State Forest In Franklin, Fulton, Bedford Counties

-- WITF/WPSU: Game Commission Announces New Rules On Chronic Wasting Disease

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Reproductive Anomaly Enables A Tick Species To Race Into Pennsylvania

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- $3.56  National- $3.24  Ohio- $2.90

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Up One From Last Week To 21

Other States/National/International

-- Bloomberg: Equitrans Considering Possible Sale, Owner Of Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline

-- AP: 5 Reasons Why COP28, The UN Climate Talks, Are Worth Your Attention

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania’s State Budget Business Unfinished

-- The Guardian: Exodus Of Election Officials In Luzerne County Rings Alarm For US Democracy

-- Inquirer: PA Republicans Considering Early Endorsement In Attorney General Race

-- PA Capital-Star: Lehigh County Controller Seeks Democratic Nod For PA Auditor General

-- WESA: How The Decline Of Unions Turned Western PA From A Democratic Standby To A Republican Stronghold

-- TribLive: PA Republican Con. Reschenthaler 1 Of 2 PA Lawmakers To Vote Against Santos Expulsion

-- York Daily Record: Republican Con. Scott Perry Votes Against Expelling George Santos

-- TribLive: PA Supreme Court Reverses Ruling On Objectors Paying Plum Borough Council Candidate’s Legal Fees Over Nominating Petitions

-- PA Dept. of Revenue Reports November State Revenues 1.5% ($46.4 Million) Above Their Estimates: Year-to-Date $1.1 Million Below Estimates

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports November State Revenues 2.6% ($78.9 Million) Above IFO Estimates; Up 0.6% ($97.5 Million) For Fiscal Year

-- The Center Square: PA Regulations Strangling Career Tech Schools; Adding To Staffing Woes In Many Industries

-- TribLive: Fmr Western PA Nursing Home Employee Testifies She Was Told To Falsify Records

-- WHYY: Wrongfully Convicted Philadelphia Man Released From Prison After 27 Years

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Police Arrest 2, Seize 4 Guns After Threat Against School

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[Posted: December 2, 2023]  PA Environment Digest