Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.4.23

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House next voting session day July 5

-- Committee Schedule

Senate adjourned until September 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

THURSDAY 10:00:  Agenda Posted. DEP PA Energy Development Authority meeting. Delaware Room, 16th Floor Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Alayna Schmeider at aschmeider@pa.gov or 717-783-0908.  (formal notice)  Note: There will be an executive session from 10:00 to about 10:45 and the public meeting will follow.  Click Here to join remotely via Microsoft Teams [Meeting ID: 247 360 255 215 Passcode: a4sqDq] or by telephone: +1 267-332-8737 ID: 255 797 200#.  

This July 4th  Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania!

-- Community Demands Accountability From EQT Natural Gas On 1-Year Anniversary Of Greene County Frack-Out Incident; Families Still Without Clean Water; No DEP Investigation Results  [PaEN] 

-- KDKA Investigates: Washington County Family Says Energy Transfer/MarkWest Natural Gas Processing Plants Turned Peaceful Farm Into Nightmare  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Electrical Grid Footprint for July 5   [PaEN]

-- UtilityDive: Most Of US Faces Elevated Risk Of Blackouts In Extreme Heat This Summer, North American Electric Reliability Corp Warns 

-- PA-based Evangelical Environmental Network Blog: Caring For Our ‘Garden Of Ed’ - Solar Energy Benefits For Pennsylvania - By Julian Burnett, PosiGen Solar & Energy Efficiency  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: POWER’s People’s Renewable Energy Plan For PECO Rally Drew A Small But Committed Crowd

-- PA-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 46,979 Pro-Life Evangelicals Support EPA’s Cleaner Vehicles Rule

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Starts Accepting Resource Enhancement Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Aug. 7  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces July Schedule Of Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Locations In Allegheny, Lawrence, Mercer Counties  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Springdale Borough Considers Zoning Change To Encourage Mixed Use Of Former Power Plant Site

-- WESA: Wildfire Smoke Hasn’t Been Problem For Garden Plants, But Climate Change Is

-- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Aphids; Downy Mildew; Watering To Beat The Summer Heat; Japanese Beetles; Master Gardener Workshops Near You

-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly: Checklist For Travelers; Participate In Lanternfly Distribution Survey; 50% Off Extension Courses

-- WHYY: Part 1 Of Push To Save Historic Crebilly Farm In Chester County Is Complete

-- Penn State: A Seed Survival Story: How Trees Keep ‘Friends’ Close And ‘Enemies’ Guessing

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive/PennLive: Any Progress Made Toward Settling PA’s State Budget Dispute? It’s Hard To Tell

-- Inquirer: PA House Republican Freedom Caucus Compares Themselves And School Choice Movement To… Nazis?

-- Dept. of Revenue Reports State Tax Collects for FY 2022-23 Were $1.3 Billion (3.1%) Above Its Estimates

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports June State Revenues $285.3 Million (8.4%) Above Its Estimates, $2.73 Billion Above Estimates For Fy 2022-23 Fiscal Year

-- Post-Gazette: PA Voters Will Soon Pick People Who Will Run 2024 Election, A National Group Is Fighting Election Denial

-- WITF: In Central PA, Most Black And Brown People Struggle To Make Ends Meet

-- Spotlight PA: Six Years After PA Legalized Fireworks, They’re Probably Here To Stay

-- AP: Drag Queens Are Out, Proud And Loud In A String Of PA Coal Towns, From A Bingo Hall To Blue-Collar Bars

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[Posted: July 4, 2023]  PA Environment Digest