Senate next voting day October 23, 24, 25, Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13
House next voting day October 30, 31, Nov. 1, 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Region Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Jay Braund jbraund@pa.gov.
TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Recycling Fund Advisory Committee & Solid Waste Advisory Committee joint meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Henry lahenry@pa.gov or 717-783-2388.
TODAY 6:00: DEP Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy. YMCA Camp Curtin, 2135 North Sixth Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Persons wishing to reserve time to present testimony at a meeting must contact Jennifer McLuckie at (717) 772-5633 or RA-EPOEJ@pa.gov at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Read more here.
TODAY 6:00: PennDOT Outreach Session On National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. Graystone Mansion/Harcum College Coatesville, 53 S. 1st Avenue, Coatesville. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Click Here to register and for more information.
FRIDAY 9:00: Federal Interagency Working Group On Coal & Power Plant Communities Holds Oct. 20 Program On Catalyzing Economic Development In PA's Energy Communities. Westmoreland County Community College. 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Webinar On Solar Guidebook For PA Landowners - Leasing Property For Large-Scale Solar Development. Noon to 1:15 p.m.
-- 9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’ [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Marks Plugging 100th Conventional Oil & Gas Well In 10 Months; New Initiative Allows Texting Abandoned Well Photos/Locations To Governor That Need Plugging [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Milestone Moment: Hillman State Park Site Of State’s 100th Conventional Abandoned Well Plugging
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: 100 Plugged And 300,000+ To Go: Abandoned Conventional Well Cleanup Effort Jumps With Federal Money
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Praise To Shapiro Administration For Plugging Old Conventional Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells
-- Spotlight PA: Potter County Township Wants To Make It Easier For Other Places In PA To Fight Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Wells
-- PUC Updates Investigation Into Dec. 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- WPXI: Mayor Of Economy Boro, Beaver County, Expresses Frustration At Ongoing Natural Gas Outage
-- US DOE Awards $3.5 Billion In Grants To Strengthen Power Grid Against Extreme Weather, To Deliver Cheaper, Cleaner, Reliable Energy, PA Included [PaEN]
-- PennLive Letter: EPA Power Plant Rule Is A Threat To Natural Gas Production That Will Impact PA’s Electric Power Grid - By American Petroleum Institute of PA
-- TribLive Editorial: Hydrogen Hubs Coming, And That’s A Positive, If That Energy Comes From Fossil Fuels, The Carbon Emissions Can Exceed The Pollution Created By Just Using Natural Gas
-- Erie Times: Environmental Group Backs Plans To Acquire, Remediate Erie Coke [Coal] Site
-- WITF: How Pennsylvania Churches Are Addressing Climate Change By Tapping The Power Of The Sun
-- Williamsport Sun: Township Zoning Officials Grill Solar Energy Company, Set Conditions For Special Exception Approval
-- NextPittsburgh: Solar-Powered Millvale Community Hub Breaks Ground… Kind Of
-- Environmental Health News: These New Changes Could Re-Shape Environmental Justice In Pennsylvania [Interview With DEP Secretary Negrin]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: DEP Secretary Provides Update On Permitting Reform; New Positions; New Computer System
-- Environmental Advocates To Spend More Than $250,000 In Support Of McCaffery In Critical PA Supreme Court Race To Protect Constitutional Right To Clean Air, Pure Water [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Ebensburg Gets Millions To Replace Old Water Pipes; Water, Sewer Projects Funded Across Area By PennVEST
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Rep. Pashinski Announces $19 Million In PennVEST Funding To Help Rehabilitate Wilkes-Barre Stormwater Infrastructure
-- Republican Herald: PennVEST Loan Improves Emergency Water Storage In Schuylkill County
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center ‘Investigators’ To Explore Water’s Journey
-- PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Name 33 Students As The 2023-24 Young Ambassadors Promoting A Clean And Beautiful Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- PEMA Now Accepting Letters Of Interest For FEMA Flood Mitigation & Building Resilient Infrastructure And Communities Grant Programs [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Charity Offers Aid To Flood Victims
-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Improve Watersheds In Lancaster, York Counties [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Giant Company Donates $50,000 For Playground Accessibility Project In Dauphin County
-- Natural Lands Adds 47 Acres To William Penn State Forest Zimmerman Natural Area In Berks County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Short Hikes Offer The Best Views In Peak Western PA Fall Foliage Season
-- Fish & Boat Commission Quarterly Board Meeting Oct. 23
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: Natural Gas Lobby Warns Of Global Price Shocks Without Investment In New Supply By Midcentury
-- Reuters: Oil Up 2% On Big US Crude Storage Draw, Middle East Tension
Other States/National/International
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline’s Costs Rise Again As Timeline Extends
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: PA Lawmakers Chip Away At Budget Stalemate, Pass Bill To Boost Hospital And Ambulance Subsidies
-- AP: PA House OKs Bill To Move 2024 Primary Election By 1 Week In Continuing Fight With Senate Over Date
-- Environmental Advocates To Spend More Than $250,000 In Support Of McCaffery In Critical PA Supreme Court Race To Protect Constitutional Right To Clean Air, Pure Water [PaEN]
-- PennLive - John Baer: Maybe We Should Auction Off PA Supreme Court Seats, Give Money To Schools
-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports September Gaming Revenue Increased 6.2% Over September Of 2022
-- The Center Square: Explicit Book Access In School Libraries Face A Reckoning In PA Senate
-- WESA: One Year After Walking Out, Workers At Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Remain On Strike
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Bill To Hike Dog License Fee Heads To Governor’s Desk [It Only Took 27 Years]
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[Posted: October 19, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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