Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.9.23

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- TribLive: MAX Environmental Yukon Hazardous Waste Landfill Could Pay $275,000 To Settle Pollution Claims In Class Action Lawsuit By Residents  [75% Of Waste Comes From Shale Gas Industry]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - December 9  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Jan. 23 Hearing On Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Frazer Compressor Station In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Updated With Agenda: House Environmental Committee To Hold Dec. 11 Hearing On Bill To Expand Renewable Energy Mandates In Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: What’s The Current State of Clean Energy Transition?

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: Refund Should Be Due For University Of Pittsburgh’s Shale Gas Health Impact Studies - By Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Majority Chair Senate Environmental Committee  [Here’s the truth: https://tinyurl.com/2p85pxxz   https://tinyurl.com/3y22fvj3 ]

-- Politics PA: Democratic Sen. Comitta Announces Reelection Run [Democratic Chair of Senate Environmental Committee]

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: Hydrogen Hubs Won’t Create Jobs - By Commonwealth Foundation

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP Shares Details About Funding To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions At Outreach Session

-- Republican Herald: DEP Investigating Accident At Gilberton Coal Mine, Schuylkill County

-- DEP Invites Comments At Jan. 9 Hearing On Jessop Steel, LLC Air Quality Permit In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Hearing Set For Jan. 23 On DEP Air Quality Permit For The Cleveland Cliffs Plate Facility In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 68 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 9 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- Solar Power World: New 46 MW Solar Energy Facility In Beaver County To Generate Funds To Support Local Nonprofit Organizations

-- EPA Announces $1 Million In Grants For Brownfield Job Training In Pittsburgh, Cumberland County [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front: PA Senate Bill And Federal Rule Could Protect Kids From Lead In Water At School

-- Gettysburg Times: Watershed Alliance of Adams County Reports 2023 Accomplishments

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Fake Beaver Dams May Be Next Big Restoration Tool For Watersheds, Susquehanna University Freshwater Research Institute

-- Susquehanna University: Dam Good Engineering! Beaver Dams The Blueprint For Conservation - Freshwater Research Institute

-- PA Capital-Star: Millions In Federal Farm Conservation Funds In Jeopardy For PA Farmers If Programs Eliminated By Congress

-- Penn State Extension Host Jan. 8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Legislators - Time To Flood PUC Over PA American Water Rate Hike Request

-- DCNR State Parks Winter/Holiday Environmental Education Activities, Teaching Ideas!  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: The Failure Of Youth Hostels In 2 State Parks In Bucks County

-- DCNR Names Ronald Gilliland Assistant Manager For Delaware Canal State Park Complex In Bucks, Northampton Counties

-- TribLive: Go Laurel Highlands Recognizes 9 Photo Contest Winners

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center - Wildlife Ripples In The Water

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 Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.51; National- $3.16;  Ohio- $2.84

-- Baker Hughes: Natural Gas Drill Rigs In PA Drop By 1 to 20 Over Last Week

Other States/National/International

-- Columbia University: ‘A Miracle Will Occur’ Is Not Sensible Climate Policy - By James Hansen, Pushker Kharecha and Makiko Sato

-- 9News: Abandoned Oil Well Plug Fails In Weld County, Colorado Causing A Geyser Of Yellow Fluid  [Video] 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: A Leaky Roof Is About To Close The PA House Chamber For Months, Can The Legislature Finish A Budget First?

-- Inquirer: Some PA Senators Won’t Approve State Funding For Penn Veterinary School Until Penn President Resigns

-- PennLive: Republican Sen. DiSanto Not Running For Reelection 

-- Patch: Democratic Sen. Comitta Announces She Will Run For Reelection

-- Politics PA: Democratic Sen. Comitta Announces Reelection Run

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Republican US Senate Candidate McCormick Called PA’s ‘China Hawk’

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Con. Scott Perry On Prosecution Witness List In Georgia Election Interference Case

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: The Other Education Programs Funded By Taxpayer School Tax Credits

-- Courier Times: Student Loan Forgiveness Letters Arrive In PA, What It Means And How To Check Your Status

-- The Center Square: PA Considers Student Loan Interest Tax Deduction

-- Courier Times: New Central Bucks School Board President Sworn In On Stack Of Books Banned By Previous Board Members 

-- York Dispatch: Man With Machete At Utz Plant Subdued By Employees, Police

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[Posted: December 9, 2023]  PA Environment Digest