Thursday, September 14, 2023

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.14.23

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania!

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 


TODAY 10:00:  Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Daniel Snowden dsnowden@pa.gov or call or 717-783-8846.  (formal notice)


TODAY 1:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 1:00 p.m.  Visit the Board webpage to see options for joining remotely. Contact: ​​Daniel E. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846.  (formal notice)


SATURDAY: Foundation For Sustainable Forests Loving The Land Through Working Forests Conference. Meadville, Crawford County


SATURDAY: Watershed Alliance Of York: 21st Annual Watershed Week. York County.


-- Oil & Gas Industry Spills, Releases Created Over 575 New Brownfield Sites So Far In Pennsylvania, With More Every Week  [PaEN]


-- Environmental Health Project Finds Results ‘Very Concerning’ From University Of Pittsburgh Studies Showing Links Between Natural Gas Development And Lymphoma Cancer, Worsening Asthma Conditions, Lower Birth Weights  [PaEN]


-- Inside Climate News: Ohio Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well Suspended Over ‘Imminent Danger’ To Drinking Water   [PA gas drillers use Ohio sites for disposal] 


--  Inquirer Guest Essay: Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells In PA Must Be Plugged - By Well Done Foundation  [In The Business Of Plugging Wells]


-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can Help Our Country Meet The Growing Demand For Rare-Earth Minerals - By Rep. Mike Armanini (R-Clearfield)  [Already Started With Federal Grants]


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA State Geologists Are Building Digital Map Of Deep Layers For Carbon Dioxide Storage


-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Mystery Plumes From US Steel’s Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Prompts GASP To Demand Answers, Accountability


-- Scranton Times: PEMA Opens Web Link For Residents, Businesses To Report Storm Damage In NE PA


-- Scranton Times: Scranton Eyes Request For Federal Flood Victim Buyout As Recover Continues


-- Citizens Voice: Flood Clean Up Continues In Luzerne County


-- WESA: Timberwolf Orchard In Mercer County: Where Regenerative Farming, Soil Health Practices Are Taking Root


-- PA Capital-Star: PA Misses 7th RGGI Auction As Litigation Keeps Involvement In Limbo


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Officials Laud Glass Recycling Success And Look To Spread Environmental Benefit Further


-- NextPittsburgh: Where Can You Recycle?  New Interactive Site Shows Allegheny County Drop-Off Locations


-- PennLive: Inventor Of Heinz Plastic Ketchup Bottle Is Now Waging War on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’


-- Gettysburg College Awarded NOAA Grant To Improve Watershed Education, Training In Pennsylvania 


-- DCNR Blog: Safely Navigating Pennsylvania’s Trails - How To Read Trail Blazes


-- Spotlight PA: PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry Now Has A Direct Line To State Government


-- Game Commission Makes Changes To Chronic Wasting Disease Management Areas


-- KDKA: Birds Migrating South For Winter Light Up Pittsburgh Radar


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

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


-- Wall Street Journal: Oil Production Cuts By OPEC, Allies Means Fuel Prices Are Soaring


-- Reuters: US Crude Oil Output To Rise To Record 12.76 Million BPD In 2023, EIA


-- AP: High Gasoline Prices Push Up Inflation, but Prices Overall Moving In Right Direction


-- Reuters: Freeport LNG Natural Gas Feed Intake Cut For 5th Day Suggesting Plant Outage; Company Refused To Comment


-- NYT: Meet The Oil Man In Charge Of Leading The World Away From Oil, Natural Gas


Other States/National/International


-- Bloomberg: US Electric Vehicle Sales Reach Breakthrough Pace


-- AP: Earth Is Outside Its ‘Safe Operating Space For Humanity’ On Most Key Measurements, Study Says


-- The Guardian: Earth ‘Well Outside Safe Operating Space For Humanity,’ Scientists Find


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA’s Education Funding Dilemma Has State Lawmakers Talking About Tax Increases Or Tapping The Rainy Day Fund

-- PennLive - John Baer: State Budget Battles Hide The Good, Prevent The Possible

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Both Parties Take Credit For PA’s Improved Financial Outlook

-- WHYY: PA Supreme Court To Hear Arguments Over Whether Philly Can Enact Its Own, Stricter Gun Laws

-- PennLive: COVID Booster Shots Recommended For All; How Bad Is The Threat?

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: ‘A Positive Force:’ Grandmas For Love In Lancaster County Form As Counter To Moms For Liberty Values, Ideals

-- WHYY: PA To Get $148 Million Next Year In Payouts From 2nd Wave Of National Opioid Settlements

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[Posted: September 14, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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