Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.4.23

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Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. 2, 3, 4  [Unless Sooner Recalled]

-- Committee Schedule

House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled]

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP Publishes Final Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Analysis Technical Guidance  [PaEN]

-- Loving The Land - Landowners Tell Their Stories About Sustainable Forestry:  David & Margaret Yasenchack, Crawford County - By Bennett Gould, David & Margaret Yasenchack, Foundation for Sustainable Forests   [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Kids In Lackawanna County Discovering The World Of Water

-- Aug. 16 Shaping The Pennsylvania Clean Energy & Efficiency Workforce Future Webinar  [PaEN]

-- US DOE Awards $100,000 To Help Beaver County Environmental Justice Communities Go Solar  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: ‘We’re Loading The Dice:’ Scientists Say Record Heat Is Due To Climate Change

-- The Allegheny Front: ER Visits Plummet After Shenango Coke [Coal] Works Closes In Pittsburgh

-- PUC: Columbia Gas To Pay $990,000 Penalty In Revised Settlement Involving Home Explosion In Washington County

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PUC Approves $990,000 Penalty Settlement With Columbia Gas Over 2019 House Explosion In Washington County 

-- TribLive: Olympus Energy Submits Application To DEP For 5th Shale Gas Well Pad In Upper Burrell Twp

-- The Appalachian Voice: Proposed Regional Hydrogen Energy Hubs Raise Concerns

-- The Center Square: 14 State Attorneys General [Including PA] Want Action On ‘Plastic Pollution Crisis’

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Spread Solar Power

-- Governor’s Office Publishes Catalog Of Nonregulatory [Guidance] Documents By Agency

-- August 5 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- University Of Pennsylvania: Balancing Work, Life And A Passion For The Environment - Reshmi Nair

-- The Allegheny Front: In The Last 3 Years Wildfires In Pennsylvania Have Nearly Doubled; Season Is Longer

-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Out Of Control:’ Deer Are Eating Up Corn Farmers’ Profits

-- TribLive: Helicopter Aids Hunt For Kiski River Alligator; More Sightings Reported

-- PennLive: Alligator Named ‘Fluffy’ Discovered In Antietam Creek, Berks County

-- The Allegheny Front: Warren County Photographer Wins In National Audubon Photo Contest

-- WBRE/WYOU: Two Local Botanists Have Once-In-A-Lifetime Find With Super Rare Orchid

Train Derailments

-- Gov. Shapiro: Darlington Twp., Beaver County To Receive $544,700 From Norfolk Southern To Pay For Road Repairs As A Result Of The Train Derailment

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Rattled Region 6 Months Ago, Fight For Accountability, Safer Rail Freight Continues - By Cong. Chris Deluzio

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

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

-- Buffalo News: Falling Natural Gas Prices Take A Toll On National Fuel Gas Profits

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania- $3.89; National- $3.83; Ohio- $3.45 

-- AP: Saudi Arabia Extends Cut Of Oil Production Thru September, Trying To Boost Prices  

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Gov. Shapiro Signs State Budget Bill, But Vetoes $100 Million For Private School Tuition Vouchers

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: What’s Delivered In PA’s New State Budget And What Needs More Work

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA Budget Impasse Nears End As Gov. Shapiro Signs Main Spending Bill

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Shapiro Signs Main Budget Bill, Moving Process Forward, Even As Challenges Remain

-- AP: Governor Signs PA’s Main Budget Leaving Work Ahead For Some Programs’ Funding

-- Gov. Shapiro Signs ‘Common Sense, Bipartisan’ State Budget Into Law

-- The Center Square: Property Tax, Rend Rebate Expansion Crosses Finish Line

-- Erie Times: Mail-In Ballots Can Be Requested By PA Voters

-- PennLive: Pittsburgh Republican State Sen. Devlin Robinson Apologizes For Calling Philly Firefighter A Vulgar Name

-- Post-Gazette: Cong. Deluzio Is Western PA’s Most Vulnerable Member Of Congress; It’s Not Denting His Progressive Streak

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Man Named In $10 Million Lawsuit Over 2020 Election Fraud Investigation [Involving Fulton County ‘Audit’]

-- WITF: Dickinson College Presidents Says Republicans Out Of Line For Assailing DOJ Over Indictment Of Ex-President

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[Posted: August 4, 2023]  PA Environment Digest