Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.29.23

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]

House next voting day January 2, February 6

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

Senate next voting day January 2, [16, 17 canceled]

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- The Daily Item: Steve Motyka, Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance, Working To Restore Shamokin Creek  [PaEN]

-- Anthracite Mining Heritage Month Activities During January In Northeast PA  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Request For Information To Help Develop Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Grant Program For Industrial Sector  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Seeking Applicants To Provide Air Quality Small Business Technical Assistance 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Pennsylvania Energy Policy 

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The World Will Not Stop Burning Coal And Using Oil - By Fmr PA Con. Don Ritter

-- December 30 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- PUC Issues Management Audit For PA American Water Company With 31 Recommendations

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Twp.’s Single-Use Plastic Bags Starts Soon

-- Observer-Reporter: Construction Of Fish Reefs Completed In Monongahela River 

Train Derailments

-- WTAE: East Palestine Residents Continue To Cope With Struggles After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: The 21 US Species Declared Extinct This Year

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Gov. Shapiro Returns $2,400 Electric Dog Door Bought For Governor’s Residence

-- PA Capital-Star: Top 5 Stores From Gov. Shapiro’s First Year In Office

-- AP: As Pandemic Unfolded, Deaths Of Older Adults In PA Rose Steeply In Abuse Or Neglect Cases

-- NewsWeek: 35,589 Democrats Flipped To Republican In Pennsylvania Swing State

-- AP: PA Man Sentenced In Secret For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol Provided Information To Authorities, Court Papers Say 

-- Post-Gazette: Liz Cheney Blasts PA Republican Con. Kelly For Critiquing Her ‘Attitude’ Over Ex-President In Her New Book

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[Posted: December 29, 2023]  PA Environment Digest