Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.5.23

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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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-- Click Here for Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY-THURSDAY:  In-Person, Virtual. Westminster College/Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Student Symposium On The Environment.  Lawrence County.

TODAY 10:00:  Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Visit the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-6395 or twallace@pa.gov.   Read more here.

TODAY 1:00: Virtual.  Environmental Quality Board Hearing On Proposed Site-Specific Mercury Standard Related To York County Landfill.  1:00 p.m.

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Trigger Shutdown Of 4 Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals In Bradford, Tioga County  [PaEN] 

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 3rd Quarter Natural Gas Production Down 0.5% Over 3rd Quarter 2022, But Increased Over Last 12 Months  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick Editorial: Reliable Power Means Shoring Up Natural Gas Infrastructure

-- Utility Dive: Federal Appeals Court Upholds FERC Action On PJM Capacity Market Rule, Sets precedent When FERC Is Deadlocked

-- EQT Joins The Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter To Reduce Methane Emissions

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Concerns Grow Over Perceived Viability Of Hydrogen Hubs

-- PA Capital-Star: Hydrogen Hubs Face Scrutiny At PA Senate Dems Hearing

-- Reminder: DEP Holds Dec. 18 Hearing On Panther Creek Power Application To Burn Waste Tires In Carbon County

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Low-Income Energy Reduction Program Regulations

-- DEP Hosts Dec. 7 Outreach Session In Luzerne County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives

-- DEP Hosts Dec. 12 Outreach Session In Bradford County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP Looking For Local, State Input On Climate Change Action

-- PennFuture Blog: Mapping Climate Change By Viewing USDA's New Plant Hardiness Zones Map - By Brigitte Meyer, Staff Attorney  [PaEN] 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: 4 Ways Pennsylvania Can Prepare For Climate Change

-- Erie Times: Venango Township Tables Vote On Proposed Solar Energy Facility Until January

-- Penn State To Launch Climate Consortium To Identify, Create, Implement Solutions To Climate Change

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: What The Climate Talks In Dubai Mean For The Philadelphia Region

-- Delaware Currents: Sewage Is Overflowing Into Philly’s Rivers, Is The City’s $2 Billion+ Fix Working?

-- Bay Journal: After 40 Years, Chesapeake Bay Program Yields Mixed Results

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Update: Funding Opportunities; County Implementation Accomplishments 

-- York Dispatch: Proposal For $2.1 Billion Pump-Hydroelectric Dam Along Susquehanna River Resurfaces After Being Rejected

-- York Daily Record: Damaged Dam On Codorus Creek In York City To Be Demolished, For Greenway

-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Assistance Training Names Jennifer Fetter Director

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Releases New Study Of Groundwater Recharge Potential In Critical Aquifer Areas  [PaEN] 

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Releases 10-Year Evaluation Showing Water Losses In Public Water Supply Systems Have Remained Constant  [PaEN]

-- New Legislation Creates Task Force To Address Rising Flood Insurance Premiums  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: PA Creates Flood Mitigation Task Force, What It Will Do And What It Means For Homeowners

-- WESA/WPSU: New PA Task Force To Increase Accessibility To Flood Insurance

-- WNEP: Flood Sensors Installed In Williamsport’s Grafius Run

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Winter Fun At Jennings Environmental Ed Center, Annual Student Symposium On The Environment

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfill Responds To DEP Suspension Letter Over Odor Complaints

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Dec. 7 Screening Of ‘A Plastic Wave’ - How To Reduce Your Plastic Waste, 7:00 p.m.

-- Warren Times: North Country Trail Group Highlights 2023 Work, Looks Ahead To 2024

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Parks Tax Spending Draws Little Fire In Council Session

-- Observer-Reporter: Marie Exotics Reptile Rescue Protects Scaly Friends From Abandonment

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Rabbits Are In A Low Cycle Within PA

-- PA Firefly Festival Update: Applications For 2024 Firefly Festival Ticket Lottery Available Jan. 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]

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Winter Natural Gas Price Slump Shifts Focus To Summer Storage

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: New PA House Rules Sought To Strengthen Bipartisanship, Insiders Say It Didn’t Work

-- WTAJ: Bedford County Man Accused Of Making Threats Against PA Governor

-- PennLive: Long Time Republican Cumberland County Commissioner Breaks With County Republicans; Changes Registration To ‘Other’

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[Posted: December 5, 2023]  PA Environment Digest