Friday, September 1, 2023

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.1.23

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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]

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 12 On Environmental Justice Policy; DEP Customer Service Initiatives; Risks With Carbon Capture, Sequestration  [PaEN]


-- EQT Shale Gas Wastewater Truck Rolls Over Spilling More Than 4,600 Gallons Of Wastewater In Lycoming County  [PaEN]


-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Awards $14.9 Million To Restore Delaware River Watershed, Including $7.3 million In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: $35 Million In Delaware River Watershed Conservation Projects Funded


-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: What’s Next For The Chesapeake Bay?  New Science Challenges Old Assumptions


-- Shapiro Administration Works With Communities To Secure $100 Million+ In Federal Funding To Prevent Future Flood Damage In Philadelphia, Allegheny, Bucks, Northampton, York Counties  [PaEN] 


-- DCED Awards Nearly $3.5 Million In Grants For Wastewater, Drinking Water Projects In Mifflin, Somerset, Sullivan Counties


-- Slippery Rock Watershed Passive Mine Drainage Treatment Systems Receive Rehab In Butler County  [PaEN] 


-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host In-Person Municipal Stormwater Forum Sept. 25, Clipper Magazine Stadium, Lancaster. 7:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.


-- Potter Leader: Upper Allegheny Watershed Assn. To Hold Calendar Photo Contest


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 1 RiverWatch Video Report


-- 2023 Celebrate The Bloom! At Jennings Environmental Education Center A Rainy Success In Butler County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Awards $2.9 Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 15 [PaEN]


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Utility-Scale Energy Storage Battery Maker Eos Launches Expansion With Promise For 1,000 Manufacturing Jobs In Pittsburgh


-- Report: Hundreds Of New Clean Energy Jobs, $103 Million Investment In PA’s Communities Of Color


-- City & State PA: With Billions In Federal Clean Energy Grants On The Way, States Get A Leg Up ON Applications


-- TribLive: PA Physicians For Social Responsibility Offers Gas Imaging Camera To Plum Boro Residents Affected By Home Explosion


-- AP: Federal Rule Allowing Rail Shipments Of LNG Natural Gas On Hold To Allow More Study Of Safety Concerns 


-- PA Manufacturers Assn: Anti-LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Groups Fail To Realize Local Benefits, Global Implications  [Here’s the other side]


-- PennLive Guest Essay: LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Key To Pennsylvania’s Energy Infrastructure - By Marcellus Shale Gas Industry & PA Building Trades Unions  [Here’s the other side]


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: As Renewables, Energy Storage Grows, Questions Remain For Utilities And Regulators On Electric Grid Reliability


-- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp. Testing Electric Vehicle For Municipal Use


-- MCall: Former Coal-Fired Portland Power Plant Moving Closer To Redevelopment In Lehigh Valley


-- PUC Elects Commissioner Kim Barrow As Vice Chair


-- PPL Corporation Names Christine M. Martin Interim President Of PPL Electric Utilities


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Concerns Swirl Over Benzene, Particulate Matter Emissions From Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant 


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Industry, Environmentalists Spar Over New EPA Rules Tightening Air Emission Standards On Clairton Coke [Coal] Works


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site Cleanup May Cost Taxpayers Millions 


-- DEP To Host Sept. 12 Public Meeting On Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan In Chester County  [PaEN] 


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can I Do About Climate Change? Part 4: Getting Around


-- DEP Provides Notice Of Food Recovery Infrastructure Grants Awarded Under Act 101


-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Hold Erie Reuse Fest September 23  [PaEN]


-- Williamsport Sun: PA Resources Council’s ‘Lens On Litter’ Photo Contest Puts Pollution In Spotlight


-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Officials Eye Coming Water Rate Hike: ‘Customers Are Feeling The Pinch’


-- TribLive: Penn Hills Residents Oppose Proposed Electronic Billboard In Churchill


-- Governor’s Executive Board Notice Of Reorganization Of The Department of Environmental Protection [Adding Center For Environmental Excellence]


-- September 2 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- TribLive: Gov. Shapiro Touts Connellsville, Fayette County As An Example Of Success Investing In Outdoor Recreation


-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Gov. Shapiro Visits Fayette County To Promote Spending On Parks And Outdoor Recreation


-- Observer-Reporter: Shapiro: Connellsville ‘A Great Example’ Of How Outdoor Recreation Leads To Revitalization


-- TribLive: Ride The Natural Water Slides At Ohiopyle State Park - Video


-- DCNR: New State Budget Makes Largest State Investment In State Parks & Forests In Decades; Highlights New Office Of Outdoor Recreation [Office Opened In January 2022]


-- PA Capital-Star: PA Launches Office Of Outdoor Recreation 


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: New PA Office Aims To Grow Outdoors Recreation Economy, Jobs 


-- Warren Times: DCNR Highlights Trail Of The Year In McKean County


-- DCNR, Trails Advisory Committee, WeConservePA, Partners Release 2022 Pennsylvania Trails Annual Report   [PaEN]


-- Brandywine Conservancy Now Accepting Brandywine Creek Greenway Mini Grant Applications  [PaEN] 


-- WeConservePA, Lancaster Conservancy, State Senators Host Site Visits In Hellam Hills York County


-- Guest Essay: Looking At New Options For Overcoming Obstacles To Fish Migration In Pennsylvania's Waterways -  By Stephen J. Wiedemer, Turtle Creek, Allegheny County  [PaEN]


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: Oil Demand In US Topped Pre-Pandemic Levels In May, June


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania’s State Budget Reaches Deja Vu

-- PA Capital-Star: Senate Republican Budget Bills Rekindle Fight Over Shapiro’s School Voucher Deal

-- Spotlight PA: Bill To Move PA’s Spring Primary Earlier Would Put Time Crunch On County Election Officials

-- Spotlight PA: Inside Spotlight PA’s Fight To Unseal Lobbyist Communications With Lawmakers

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Legislators Run Secrecy Machine

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Why I’m Running For PA Supreme Court - By Judge Carolyn Carluccio [Republican]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: 2020 Election Wasn’t Stolen, We All Must Fight Against The Big Lie - By Former Gov. Tom Corbett [Republican]

-- KDKA: PA Lawmaker Proposes Bill To Eliminate Mandatory Annual Vehicle Inspections

-- York Dispatch: Illinois First State To Ban Book Bans, Could PA Be Next?

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Senate Republican Call For 2-Year Tuition Freeze At State-Owned Universities Sets Off Alarm Bells

-- PennLive: Ransomware Attack On Chambersburg School District Closed Schools For 3 Days

-- AP: Philadelphia Proud Boy Leader Gets 15 Years In Prison For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- Politics PA: Lawsuit Seeking To Prevent Ex-President From Appearing On 2024 PA Ballot Filed In Commonwealth Court; Based On Insurrection Clause Of Constitution

-- AP: Liberal Groups Seek To Use Constitution’s Insurrection Clause To Block Ex-President From 2024 Ballots

-- AP: Scranton Times-Tribune, 3 Other PA Dailies Sell To MediaNews Group

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[Posted: September 1, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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