Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.15.22

Senate returns to session October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, November 15 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- Caren Glotfelty Recognized As A 2022 Distinguished Daughter Of Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- CBF Blog: Franklin Kury: Two Jars Of Water, And A Lasting Environmental Legacy For Pennsylvania - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA  [PaEN]

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Host Oct. 22 Susquehanna Summit - A Day Of Creation Care Collaboration In Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wilkes-Barre ‘Worker Bees’ To Plant Trees

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Nov. 3 Hearing On Water Withdraws, Including 3 Natural Gas Development Proposals  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Shell Pipeline, Contractor Fined $670,000 For Repeated Pipeline Chemical Releases

-- DEP Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]  

-- Environmental Health Project Blog: 7 Questions You Should Ask Every Candidate About Shale Gas Development And Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Oct. 25 Webinar: Creating A Healthy Home And Community With Shale Gas Development In Your Neighborhood  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Stop Playing Chicken With Oil & Gas Facility Air Pollution, Federal Highway Funding

-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio Groups Petition EPA To Revoke State’s Regulation Of Oil & Gas Waste Disposal Wells [Lots Of PA Drilling Waste Goes There]

-- WHYY: PA Moves To Limit PFOA/PFOS In Drinking Water

-- DEP, Local Officials Kick Off 2022-23 Local Climate Action Program, 62 Municipalities Participating [PaEN]

-- ABC6: How Waste From Old Coal Mine Is Powering A Bitcoin Mine In A PA Town

-- Post-Gazette: High Levels Of Hydrogen Sulfide [Rotten Egg Smell] In Mon Valley Spark Advocates' Frustration

-- PennLive: DEP Tracks Down Mysterious Maple Syrup/Popcorn Smell In Bethlehem, Hits Company With Violations

-- Pittsburgh Works: PA Missing Out On Electric Vehicle Supply Chain, One Picture Tells The Story

-- DEP Posted 46 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 15 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show Oct. 21: Election And The Environment 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

-- Wilkes-Barre: Travel Delays Expected During Wilkes-Barre’s E-Recycling Drop Off Events Oct. 17, 20

-- WESA: Pittsburgh ReuseFest Aims To End ‘Throw-Away Culture’ By Collecting Used Goods For Local Partners Oct. 15

-- Williamsport Sun: 13 Fire Companies Called To White Pines Landfill Fire In Columbia County

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Buying Local Foods Strengthens The Regional Economy, And Environment

-- Republican Herald: Fall Foliage At Locust Lake Seen As ‘God’s Painting’

-- Registration Open For PA Forestry Assn. Annual Symposium Nov. 5 - Penn's Forest Carbon - Growing Green  [PaEN]

-- Fritchey Family Partners With Manada Conservancy To Preserve Woodland Habitat Along Kittatinny Ridge In Dauphin County  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA 2023 Regional Trail Workshop Grants Due Oct. 21 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Starting Jan. 11  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Community Trees & Forests Newsletter: Urban Tree Pests, Meadows In Community Parks; Woods In Your Backyards Series 

-- Oct. 14 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Why FDR Park Plan Is A Chance For Philly Parks & Rec To Do Right For The Environment And Community

-- TribLive Editorial: Bigfoot Fake Flyers In State Parks Point To Real Problems - We Have To Issue Statements About Fakery

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

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

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count Now At 24 - It Was 23 For 8 Out Of Last 10 Weeks

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices In Longest Losing Streak In 21 Years [Is Your Heating Bill Going Down?]

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?

Other States/National/International

-- WSJ: Solar Power Stayed On As Hurricane Ian Knocked Lights Out Across Florida 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WHYY: Why PA Election Officials Still Can’t Start Processing Mail Ballots Before Election Day

-- Spotlight PA: Wolf Administration Insists Undated Mail-In Ballots Will Be Valid This November, As Counties Proceed With Caution

-- Scranton Times: Republican PA Cong. Mueser Regrets Vote Against Certifying 2020 Election Outcome, Doesn’t Know If He’ll Support Ex-President 

-- AP: 2 Decade-Old Campaign Spending Record Smashed In PA Governor’s Race

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: New Dr. Oz Interview Gets Beyond Talking Points On Crime, Guns, Abortion And Fetterman

-- City & State PA: New Poll Shows Democrats Still Leading In PA Races For Governor (9 Points), U.S. Senate (Slim 2.4 Points)

-- TribLive: Green Party Candidate Could Win House Seat Of Late Rep. DeLuca

-- MCall: PA COVID Update: 13,256 Cases Up Slightly As Most Active Flu Season In 5 Years Begins

-- Centre Daily Times: New PA COVID Cases Flat In PA, 3 Counties Have High Community Spread - Bradford, Crawford, Lackawanna

-- MCall: As Lehigh Valley Navigates Shortage Of Foster Homes, This Foster Care Community Expands

-- PennLive: Student Accused Of Threatening To ‘Shoot Up’ Bucks County High School, Police

-- Inquirer: State Law Allowed Philly H.S. Shooter To Buy Ammo Despite His Felony Record

-- AP: Biden Nominates 7 For U.S. Attorney, Judge, Marshal Slots [PA U.S. Marshall]

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