Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.6.24

“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]

Governor’s Budget Address:  February 6

House next voting day February 6, March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

Senate next voting day February 5, 6, 7, March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP Announces Over $12 Million In Watershed Restoration, Stormwater Infrastructure Grants Funded In-Part By Mariner East Pipeline Penalties, Federal American Rescue Plan Funding  [PaEN]

-- WFMZ: Sen. Boscola Announces $475,000 In Lehigh Valley Stormwater Management Grants

-- Sen. Tartaglione Announces $350,000 In Growing Greener Grants For Philadelphia Water Department

-- Rep. Freeman Announces $175,000 In Growing Greener Grants In Northampton County

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District, Sportsmen’s Clubs Accepting Applications For College Scholarships 

-- DEP Disapproves Land Recycling Risk Assessment For Dozens Of Chemicals At American Refining Group Refinery In Bradford, McKean County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Reviewing Act 2 Cleanup Reports For Trainer Refinery, Delaware County; Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 6  [PaEN]

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: US Steel Fined $2.2 Million By Allegheny County For Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedances At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works From March to November

-- KDKA: US Steel Fined $2.2 Million By Allegheny County For Air Emission Violations

-- Beaver County Times: Submissions Open For $5 Million Beaver County Environmental Mitigation Fund Supported By Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalties

-- WPXI: $5 Million In Environmental Project Funding Up For Grabs In Beaver County From Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalties

-- TribLive: 4 Mile Long Diesel Fuel Spill Shuts Down Route 66 From Apollo To Vandergrift In Westmoreland County

-- New Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force Seeks Public Input On Flood Insurance Access, Affordability In Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

-- WESA: PA Task Force Seeks Public Comment On Flood Insurance

-- PUC Offers Safety Tips On Power Outages, Natural Gas Appliances To Prepare For Winter Storms 

-- DEP Posted 49 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 6 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Electronics Waste Collection Event Jan. 20

-- Republican Herald: Solar-Powered Compacting Trash Receptacles Debut In Pottsville

-- Jan. 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Announces Matthew Pecora As New Manager For Worlds End State Park In Sullivan County

-- Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Visitor Center Reopens Jan. 16; 2024 List Of Events Available  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times - Audubon Nature Center: Audubon To Host Sunday Story Time

-- Warren Times - Audubon Nature Center: Adrift On The River Of Life, Connecting People And Nature

-- Help Wanted: Keystone Trails Assn. - Manager Of Events/Programs; Regional Trail Care Coordinator  [PaEN]

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.37  National- $3.08  Ohio- $2.68

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same As Last Week- 19

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Settle Higher On Middle East Tensions

-- WSJ: Southwestern Energy, Chesapeake Energy Natural Gas Producers Near $17 Billion Merger

-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Producers Seek To Balance Production Cuts, Demand Rebound

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: Invasive Plants, Birds, Feral Pigs Cost US Millions [Includes PA]

-- Reuters: US DOE Approves $189 Million Loan For Real-time Methane Oil And Gas Facility Monitoring Network In Permian Basin

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Signed Nearly 3 Dozen New Laws You May Have Missed

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Control Of PA House Up For Grabs As Both Parties Prepare For Slugfest

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Democrats Attack Republican State Treasurer For Questioning 2020 Election Integrity

-- LancasterOnline: Republican Con. Smucker Endorses Ex-President For President, Criticizes States Barring Him From Ballots

-- PennLive: Fetterman Says Efforts To Keep Ex-President Off State Ballots Are ‘Incredibly Unhelpful’

-- Post-Gazette: Republican US Senate Candidate Calls Ware Against Hamas ‘Battle Between Good and Evil’

-- Politics PA: Who’s Running For Congress In PA?

-- Post-Gazette: What Happened To Western PA Residents Arrested For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol?

-- TribLive: ‘Skill’ Gambling Games Become Popular, ubiquitous But May Not Stay Legal

-- WITF: Staffing Shortages In PA Jails, Prisons Continue But Are Improving

-- WITF: PA Capitol Police Discuss Bomb Threat Procedures Amid Slew Of Threats To Statehouses

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[Posted: January 6, 2024]  PA Environment Digest