Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.12.22

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 

TODAY 9:00:  Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Laura Griffin laurgriffi@pa.gov or 717-772-3277. [Note: Conventional Oil & Gas Methane, PFOS MCL Regulations.]  Read more on the agenda.

-- Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Elects EPA Administrator As Chair, Starts Discussion On Steps Needed For States To Get Closer To Meeting 2025 Pollution Reduction Milestones  [PaEN]

-- IRRC Sends Order Laying Out Formal Reasons For Disapproving The Final EQB Manganese Reg; EQB/DEP Now Have 40 Days To Decide How To Proceed  [PaEN]

-- PUC: Severe Weather Drove Record High Number Of Power Outage Events In 2021 [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Severe Weather Drives Record Number Of Power Outages In PA

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Cong. Cartwright Introduces Bill To Improve Readiness For Extreme Weather

-- PennDOT, DEP, PPL, Partners Hosting 8 In-Person Stakeholder Sessions On State Plan For National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Starting Oct. 13  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: 3 Big Hydropower Projects In Pittsburgh Region Take Step Forward

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Helps Lead Group To Increase Natural Gas Production, LNG Shipments To Cut Down Coal Use

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Investigation Says EPA Should Scrutinize Deadly Chemical Hydrofluoric Acid

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: How Shell’s New Ethane Cracker In Beaver County Will Impact Air Quality, Jobs, Property Values [And The State Budget]

-- DCED Highlights PA’s Hydrogen Manufacturing Ambitions At PDC Machines Tour 

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Real ‘Existential Threat’: Government Promoting Green Energy While Suppressing Fossil Fuels - Fmr Republican Rep. Don Ritter

-- Post-Gazette: Canadian Nuclear Fuel Firm Buying Into Westinghouse Electric Co. [Nuclear Power]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Group To Sell Georgia Bitcoin Mining Facility And Focus On Beaver County Bitcoin Facility

-- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Allowance Auction On Dec. 7

-- Inquirer: Why Penn State Climate Scientist Michael Mann Chose Penn As His New Base For The War Against Climate Change

-- Republican Herald: DEP: Burning Discarded Explosive Boxes Caused Blast At Schuylkill County Quarry

-- DEP Took Action On 689 Permits, 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,302 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- York Dispatch: A Year After The Fire, Horn Farm Education Center Continues To Rebuild

-- Republican Herald: Number Of Positive West Nile Virus Samples Declined In Schuylkill County

-- TribLive: Plum High Schools Buys Bikes For Physical Education Classes, Cycling Club

-- TribLive: Short Hikes Offer The Best Views In Peak Western PA Fall Foliage Season

-- Daily Item: Lewisburg Bull Run Greenway Project Wins Great Public Spaces Recognition From PA Chapter American Planning Assn

-- Natural Lands Adds 158 Acres To PA State Game Lands In Lebanon, Lancaster Counties  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Region Loses Ground In Effort To Increase Tree Canopy

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Michaux State Forest Camp With Wide-Ranging History Getting Ecological Makeover

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Zoo, PPG Aquarium’s International Conservation Center Earns New Certification

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Bigfoot Warnings In State Parks Are A Hoax: DCNR

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Peak Time Of Year For Drivers To Hit Deer; PA Ranks #1

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Waggoner’s Gap Hawk Watch In Cumberland County Donated To Game Commission

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Can The American Marten Make A Comeback In Pennsylvania?

-- Post-Gazette/Spotlight PA: Civil War Gold: How A Psychic Started PA’s Strangest Treasure Hunt On State Forest Land

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

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

-- Reuters: Polish Pipeline Carrying Russian Oil To Europe Hit By Leak As EU Ministers Tackle Energy Crisis

-- AP: Leak Detected In Pipeline That Brings Russian Oil To Germany

-- Financial Times: Special Report - Energy Transition

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?

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Dept. Of State Anticipates ‘Several Days’ Worth Of Work’ To Tally Election Results 

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Wolf Administration Says Results Won’t Be Available On Election Nights, Blames Lawmakers; Republicans Blame Wolf

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Reverses PA Mail-In Voting Law Decision

-- MCall: U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Republicans, Overturns Case Allowing PA Undated Mail-In Ballots To Be Counted

-- City & State PA: Dept. Of State: Future Undated PA Mail-In Ballots Should Still Be Counted Following U.S. Supreme Court Ruling

-- Dept. Of State Issues Statement On U.S. Supreme Court Ruling On Undated Mail-In Ballots

-- WITF: Latest PA Voter Registration Numbers Show No Clear Advantage Of Either Major Party

-- WHYY: Some Who Spent Time In Prison In PA Are Eligible To Vote, This Group Is Spreading The Word

-- Erie Times: PA Republican Candidates Mum On Whether They’ll Accept 2022 Election Results: ‘Uncharted Territory’

-- Erie Times: Alt-Right Activist, Who Spread ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy, To Headline Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Rally In Erie 

-- TribLive: Penn State Officials Criticize Student Group’s Event Featuring ‘Proud Boys’ Founder

-- Inquirer Editorial: A Liberty Medal For Zelensky, And A Reminder Of Threats To Democracy Here At Home

-- Spotlight PA: 4 Maps Show Where PA Candidates For Governor Are Getting Campaign Cash

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Is Restricting Media At His Campaign Rallies, So We Should Stop Covering Them

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Lori Shapiro: A Behind-The-Scenes Motivator In Husband’s Gubernatorial Campaign

-- PA Capital-Star: Dog Whistles, Scare Tactics And What PA’s U.S. Senate Candidates Aren’t Saying About Crime

-- PennLive: Biden To Hold Fundraiser For Fetterman In PA

-- Politics PA: PA Senate Preview - Southeast

-- TribLive: Fmr Rep. Rick Cessar, Longtime House Member From Etna, Dies

-- TribLive Editorial: Rep. DeLuca’s Public Service Set Example For Others To Follow

-- TribLive: Legislation Proposed To Regulate Book Bans In PA School Districts

-- WHYY: PA Prisoners Giving Their Own Money To Families Impacted By Gun Violence

-- Post-Gazette: Experts Illuminate Sex Trafficking Risks In Pittsburgh Region

-- Spotlight PA: York County Agrees To Improve Public Access to Criminal Court Records In Response To Lawsuit By Spotlight PA, Others

-- WITF: Mental Illness In PA County Jails Routinely Met With Pepper Spray And Stun Guns

-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Cities, Boroughs, Townships Say They Need Revenue Generating Options

-- Post-Gazette: Mars Area School District Investigates Network Data Breach

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