Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.7.23

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Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8

     -- Committee Schedule

-- March 7-- Governor’s Budget Address

House returns to voting session Feb. 27

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- Senate Environmental, Consumer Protection Committees To Hold Feb. 27 Hearing On Grid Reliability And Winter Storm Elliot  [PaEN]


-- PA Physicians For Social Responsibility Host Feb. 22 Webinar On Radioactive Contaminants From PA Oil And Gas Operations  [PaEN]


-- Better Path Coalition To Host Feb. 22 Webinar On How Green Is Blue Hydrogen? Made From Natural Gas  [PaEN]


-- Acting AG Henry, Other State AGs Urge EPA To Close Reporting Loopholes For PFAS Chemicals  [PaEN]


-- TribLive/AP: Crews Release Toxic Chemicals From Derailed Train Tank Cars Close To Ohio/PA Border


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak, Others: Beaver County Watches Column Of Black Smoke As Crews Release Chemicals From Ohio Train Derailment Site 


-- Post-Gazette: 2 Beaver County School Districts Dismiss Early Over Concerns At Possible Explosion At Trail Derailment Site


-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Air Quality Not Impacted By Ohio Train Derailment, Fire, Officials Say [The Derailment Occurred Closest To Beaver County, Not Allegheny County]


-- WESA: Pittsburgh Advocates Say A Train Derailment Like The One In Ohio Could Be Catastrophic In City


-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Call For Tighter Regulations After Ohio/PA Train Explosion


-- Scranton Times Editorial: Train Wreck Highlights Regulatory Derailment


-- Erie Times: EPA Lawsuit Over Ethylene Oxide Could Force Changes At Erie Sterilizing Plant


-- The Center Square: First U.S. Nuclear-Powered Data Center, Bitcoin Mining Operation Coming To PA Next To Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne County


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Natural Gas/Coal Advocates Say Reliability Of Supply Will Help Price  [Rep. Kail (R)  State Govt. Needs To ‘Stay Out Of The Way,’ Natural Gas Drillers Don’t Use 40% Of Permits They Are Issued]


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennan: ‘Red Tape’ Skyrockets Energy Costs In PA Say Natural Gas Advocates [Natural Gas Drillers Don’t Use 40% Of Permits They Are Issued]


-- Keep PA Beautiful Hosts March 1 Community Cleanup Training Webinar [PaEN]


-- Evangelical Environmental Network Hosts 2 Roundtables On Federal Farm Bill - Faith, Farming And Stewardship Of The Land Feb. 13 In Cambria, Centre Counties  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times: State Agricultural Conservation Assistance Programs Offers Farmers Environmental Benefits


-- DCNR Blog: Birthday Of The Trees - Tu Bishvat Jewish Holiday


-- Penn State Extension Offers Numerous Options For Pesticide Applicator Recertification 


-- Penn State Extension March 2 Webinar: Beekeeping Around the World. Noon to 1:00 p.m.


-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Woman’s Goal: Hike A State Park Every Week In 2023


-- Williamsport Sun: Great Backyard Bird Count Starts Feb. 17


-- Warren Times: Eagle Watch Event Set For Feb. 11 At Kinzua Dam


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Goldenrod Grubs Are A Favorite Bait By Anglers


-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Trout Unlimited Presents Program On Good Places To Trout Fish


6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- TribLive: Drop In Oil Prices Brings First Weekly Decline In Gasoline Prices This Year  [PA Average $3.76 - In Dayton, Ohio $2.91 Monday]


-- WSJ: BP Slows Transition To Renewable Energy As Oil Bonanza Continues


-- Reuters: BP Makes Record Profit In 2022, Boosts Oil Spending


-- The Economist: Where On Earth Is Big Oil Spending Its $200 Billion Profit Bonanza?


Other States/National/International


-- Bloomberg: Solar Panels Are Midwest’s New Cash Crop As Green Energy Booms


-- Financial Times: U.S. States Offer Their Own Green Subsidies In Bid To Learn Investment [Not PA]


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Preview Of House Special Elections Today In Allegheny County

-- WITF: House Speaker Pledges To Ready House Rules By Month’s End

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[Posted: February 7, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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