Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.13.23

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Senate next voting day October 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13

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House next voting day October 16, 17, 18, 30, 31, Nov. 1, 13, 14, 15

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Still Fighting To Make Road Dumping Its Wastewater Legal; DEP Introduces Concepts Of A ‘Life Insurance Policy’ For Plugging Wells; Certified 3rd Party Inspectors  [PaEN]

-- DEP Extends Public Comment Period On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy To Nov. 30; Will Schedule Additional Hearings  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: ZIP Code Discrimination, Pollution Top Concerns At First DEP Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy

-- EPA Awards Penn State Hershey Medical Center $1.19 Million Community Pollution Prevention Grant To Advance Environmental Justice In PA, NY  [PaEN] 

-- Lehigh Valley News: PennEnvironment: PA Ranks 50th In US For Renewable Energy Growth

-- Post-Gazette: Advocacy Group Warns PA Isn’t Keeping Pace In Race To Transition Away From Fossil Fuels

-- PA Capital-Star: Report Shows PA Needs To Boost Renewable Energy Production, Lawmakers, Advocates Say

-- Penn State Hosts SPARK 2050 Energy Summit To Ignite Energy Transformation

-- AP: Biden Is Talking Green Energy, Jobs In PA Again, Will His Message Break Through?

-- Post-Gazette: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Gets Green Light, And Up To $925 Million From Feds

-- Bloomberg: Amazon, Exxon, Air Products Hydrogen Hubs To Get Slice Of $7 Billion

-- AP: White House Picks West Virginia, Philadelphia Region For Hydrogen Hubs, Source Tells AP

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Once A Player, Shell Confirms It’s Not Part Of Any Regional Hydrogen Hub

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Withdrew From Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hub Proposal Over The Summer

-- The Center Square: Public Electric Vehicle Charging May Get Private Boost Thru C-PACE

-- DEP Accepting Applications For $16 Million In PA Grid Resilience Funding; Nov. 1 Deadline  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Commissioner Zerfuss Named Co-Vice Chair Of NARUC’s New Natural Gas Resource Planning Task Force

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Oct. 18 Webinar On Democracy, Voting & Climate Solutions  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro, Let’s Hold The Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable Via RGGI - By Rev. Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz Visits Brownfields Job Training Site In Pittsburgh, Highlights Conservation Work  [PaEN]

-- EPA Region 3 Celebrates Historic Brownfields Investments With Greater Pittsburgh Area Grantees

-- Post-Gazette: EPA Awards $1 Million Grant To Remediate Future Day Care Center, Preserve Local Historic Structures

-- DEP Hosts Oct. 25 Hearing On Proposed Core5 Warehouse Project In Lehigh County

-- DEP Hosts Oct. 25 Hearing On Proposed Betz Court Warehouse Project In Lehigh County

-- DEP Took Action On 970 Permits, 92% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,247 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency For Week Ending Oct. 8 

-- October 14 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- PennDOT Accepting Unsolicited Public-Private Partnership Transportation Project Proposals Until Nov. 10

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Free Cleanup Supplies Available For Registered Pick Up PA, International Coastal Cleanups Thru Nov. 30  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Riverside Students Explore Trail, Collect Litter For Art Project

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $3.5 Million To Preserve 18 Farms, 1,336 Acres In 13 Counties  [PaEN]

-- Governor's Invasive Species Council Shares Updates On State-Level Invasive Species Initiatives In Latest Newsletter  [PaEN]

-- ABC27: Working To Bring Back The American Chestnut

-- Penn State Extension: Green Industry Current Issues For October: European Hornet; Spicebush; Field Observations For NW PA

-- DCNR: 3rd Fall Foliage Report Shows ‘Best Color’ Appearing In Northern Half Of Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro, First Lady Visit Kinzua Bridge State Park, Re-Announce DCNR Local Recreation, Conservation Grants

-- WeConservePA: North American Land Trust Opens 2 New Trails At Brinton Run Preserve In Chadds Ford, Delaware County

Train Derailments

-- The Allegheny Front: Health Experts To Hold Online Workshops Looking Into Impacts Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment In Ohio

-- AP: NTSB Chair Says New Locomotive Camera Rule Is Flawed Because It Excludes Freight Railroads

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: Fear Grips Europe’s Natural Gas Market Facing Winter Supply Threats [War, Strikes, Infrastructure Sabotage, Leaks]

Other States/National/International

-- Inside Climate News: A Reality Check About Solar Panel Waste And Effects On Human Health [Amount Is Tiny; Most Health Concerns Are Unfounded]  

-- Utility Dive: Uneven Implementation Of FERC Order On Connecting Distributed Energy Resources To Wholesale Market

-- UK Government: Mine Water Heat - A Proven Success

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: PA Counties Tell Governor, Lawmakers It’s Too Late To Move 2024 Primary Election Date 

-- PennLive: PA Senate Republican Leader Gives Ultimatum To House Over Changing Primary Date, Agree With Senate Or Matter Is Closed

-- Post-Gazette: Rendell, Others Warn A Third Party Vote In 2024 Is A Vote For Ex-President

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Member Of Congress Summer Lee Urges Congressional House Republicans Not To Nominate ‘White Supremacist Antisemite’ Scalise As Speaker  

-- TribLive: Late School Teacher With Affinity For Washington & Jefferson College Gives Record $50 Million Gift

-- The Center Square: Report On Racial Bias In Private Charter School Authorization Released

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Suburban Republican Leaders Blast Philadelphia DA For Crime Wave

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[Posted: October 13, 2023]  PA Environment Digest