Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.8.23

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House next voting session day July 11

-- Committee Schedule

Senate adjourned until September 18, 19, 20, Oct. 2, 3, 4

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 1 to 7; New Brownfield Cleanups; Shale Gas Well Plugging Picks Up; New Conventional Well Abandonments  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 8; New Brownfield Cleanups Increase  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Shale Gas Well Emergency Response, Pollution Prevention Contingency Plan Guidance  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Aug. 23 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit Revisions For Artemas Natural Gas Compressor Station In Bedford County  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Olympus Energy Drops Appeal Of Shale Gas Well Pad Denial In West Deer; Residents Plan To Fight Recently Approved Well Pad

-- Observer-Reporter: Tractor-Trailer Carrying Fracking Sand Overturns In East Finley

-- DEP: Drought Task Force Maintains Drought Watch Status For All Of Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- MCall: PA Remains Under Drought Watch Despite Recent Rainfall, Have Conditions Improved For Lehigh Valley?

-- TribLive: Pennsylvania Remains Under Statewide Drought Watch

-- AccuWeather/Yahoo!Life: Large Dust Clouds From Africa’s Sahara Desert To Affect Southeastern US This Weekend

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Region Among Hotspots For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Tap Water, Study Finds

-- DEP Posted 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 8 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- Delaware Currents: Old-Growth Forest In The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Gains National Recognition

-- North Branch Land Trust Hosts July 14 Botanical Drawing Basics Workshop At The Dallas Twp. Municipal Building, Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Building The Outdoor Recreation Economy One Bike At A Time - By Hanna Ryon, DCNR Intern to the Director of Outdoor Recreation  [PaEN]

-- July 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Explore Ferguson Township’s Largest Park With Guided Outings, Gardening Activities

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- AP: Rail Union Says A Virginia Derailment Thursday Renews Questions About Norfolk Southern’s Safety Practices

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 Average Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania - $3.63; National - $3.53

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same As Last Week - 23

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Up 3% To 9-Week High On Supply Concerns

-- Bloomberg: Petroleos Mexicanos Natural Gas Platform Explodes In Gulf Of Mexico, 2 Dead, Workers Missing; Company Faced Scrutiny Over Safety, Environmental Record

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Bad Blood, Technicalities, Complicate Code Bills Keep The PA State Budget In Limbo

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Budget’s State Of Play: Stuck In Overtime With No Immediate End In Sight

-- Inquirer: Winners And Losers In Gov. Shapiro’s First Budget Battle So Far

-- PA Capital-Star Editorial Cartoon: For Gov. Shapiro, A Slightly More Difficult Bridge Repair

-- The Center Square: A Case For Primary Election Runoffs In Pennsylvania

-- PA Capital-Star: Vulnerable Republican Members Of Congress Target Over Opposition To Student Debt Relief [PA’s Cong. Scott Perry]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Another Pennsylvania Try For Bipartisan Marijuana Legalization

-- PennLive: Is PA Primed To Legalize Weed?  2 Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Allow Recreational Use

-- AP: Private Cyber Charter Schools In PA Face Rule Changes Under A Democrat-Backed House Bill

-- Post-Gazette: Rep. Mihalek, A University Of Pittsburgh Board Member, Voted Against Funding For University

-- Attorney General Henry Charges 5 Jehovah’s Witness Members With Abuse Of Children Across PA

-- The Atlantic: The Woman Who Bought A Mountain In Pennsylvania For God

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[Posted: July 8, 2023]  PA Environment Digest