Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.10.23

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania!

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

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 1:00:  Agenda Posted.  DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 1:00 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin at iirvin@pa.gov.(formal notice)    Read more here.


-- Agenda For Oct. 12 DCED Conventional Oil & Gas Advisory Council Packed: Well Plugging Insurance; Methane Emissions Regs; Mineral Extraction From Brine; EJ Policy; Much More  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over  911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017  [PaEN]


-- Sierra Club's Delaware County Team Hosts Oct. 16 Webinar On Lawsuit Challenging Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN]


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Peace & Justice Center, King’s College Hosts ‘Gasland’ Film Director Josh Fox Oct. 11


-- Warren Times: Land-For-Shale Gas Deal Between Game Commission, PA General Energy Will Result In New State Game Land In Warren County


-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Isn’t Sold On RGGI Climate Program, His Working Group Isn’t Either - What’s Next?


-- The Center Square: Electric Vehicles All Queued Up With Nowhere To Go


-- PA Capital-Star: Lack Of Oversight On Transmission Spending Leads To Higher Electric Bills, Consumer Advocate Says [FERC, PJM]


-- Tribune-Democrat: OSM Funding Awarded For West Carroll Twp., Cambria County Mine Drainage Treatment Project


-- Penn State Extension Oct. 28: Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For Water Ways On Wheels Bike Tour  [PaEN]


-- PA GreenGov Council Launches PA Climate Change Mitigation & Resilience Network  [PaEN] 


-- Out For Your Fall Hike And Find An Illegal Dump Site Or Graffiti Defacing The Environment?  Don’t Ignore It, Report It!  [PaEN]


-- Patch: Flooding Assessment Underway In Lower Makefield Twp., Bucks County


-- Environmental Educators: Multipart Universal Design For Learning In Environmental Education Course Oct. 30 to Dec. 22  [PaEN]


-- Natural Lands Accepting Applications For 2023 PECO Green Region Grants  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Fall Festival Planned Oct. 20 In Allegheny River Trail Park In Aspinwall


-- PA Chapter - Wild Turkey Federation Pledges $325,580 For Conservation, Hunting Heritage Projects  [PaEN]


-- Williamsport Sun: Spotted Lanternflies ‘Still A Problem:’ Invasive Insect Brings Risks For Agriculture


-- Williamsport Sun: Ticks And Tick-Borne Illnesses On The Rise This Year - By  John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflection In Nature: Once You’re A Game Warden, Then You’re Always A Game Warden


Train Derailments


-- WTAE: ‘Unity Council’ Advocacy Group Expresses Continuing Health Concerns At Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Site


Other States/National/International


-- The American Prospect: America’s Pipelines Are A Disaster Waiting To Happen; Underfunded Federal Agency Overseeing Pipelines Has Not Had An Official Leader For Years


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: First Year Enrollment Up Again At PA State-Owned Universities, As PennWest Struggles

-- TribLive Editorial: Indiana County Shooting Shows Gun Violence Isn’t Just In Cities

-- Politics PA: Biden-Ex-President Would Be ‘Lesser Of Two Evils’ According To PA Focus Group

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[Posted: October 10, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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