Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.13.24

“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

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

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

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

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP & DCNR Advisory: DEP and DCNR continue to experience problems with their websites and problems with distributing press releases.

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 13  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Reviewing Equitrans Act 2 Soil Cleanup Report On Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Conventional Well That Failed Venting 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For Equitrans Project To Replace Abandoned Natural Gas Storage Wells In Greene County Due To Coal Mining  [PaEN]

-- Wall Street Journal - Kris Maher: Democrat PA Gov. Shapiro, CNX Fracking Executive And The Deal They Struck, Can It Work? 

-- DEP Sets Feb. 27 Hearing On Helix Ironwood Gas-Fired Power Plant Air Quality Permit Renewal, Lebanon County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 13 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Natural Gas Company Reaches LNG Deal In Texas

-- EPA Awards $3 Million Grant To DEP To Support Development Of Climate Action Plan, Grant Program To Reduce Emissions In Heavy Industry; Public Input Needed By Jan. 22  [PaEN] 

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA Proposes Waste Charge On Methane Leaking From Large Oil & Gas Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Feb. 19 Webinar - Climate Change Projections For PA & Conservation Practices To Help Farmers Cope  [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline: Solar United Neighbors Uses Co-Op Model To Bring Solar Energy To Lancaster County

-- LancasterOnline: New Solar Energy Customers Face Unexpected Hurdles

-- Williamsport Sun: 2nd Solar Energy Facility Proposed For Muncy Area Draws Interest

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: Green Energy Agendas And Political Cliffs - By Commonwealth Foundation  [Gov. Shapiro]

-- Still Time To Register!  PA Recycling Markets Center’s PA ReMaDE Conference Jan. 18-19  [PaEN] 

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Offering Free Native Trees & Shrubs To Plant This Spring Anywhere In PA  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host Jan. 23 Meeting On National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Funding Opportunities, Farm & Home Center, Lancaster 

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Region Braces For 2nd Round Of Storms Bringing Rain, Flooding, Strong Winds

-- E&E News/EnergyWire: Floods, Winds, Blizzards Testing Northeast’s Natural Gas-Guzzling Electric Grid

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Guardian Newsletter Features Groundwater Recharge Study; Octoraro StoryMap; Stream Salinization Study; Tioga River Stewards Honored; More!  [PaEN]

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: Federal Funds Needed For Philly To Become Our Nation’s Biggest Green City - By Julie Slavet, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters of PA 

-- PA Dept. Of Agriculture Honors 300-Year-Old Chester County Farm

-- PUC Sets 6 Days Of Hearings With 2 Sessions Each Day On PA American Water Proposed Rate Increase Starting Jan. 29 

-- Appalachian Audubon Society Chapter Offering Scholarships To Hog Island Audubon Camp In Maine  [PaEN]

-- Jan. 12 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Names New Assistant Manager For Raccoon Creek State Park [May Not Load Due To Website Problems]

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- $3.33  National- $3.07  Ohio- $2.83

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

-- Bloomberg: Spot Natural Gas Prices Jump Over 400% Ahead Of Texas Cold Blast

-- Reuters: US Power, Natural Gas Prices Soar As Extreme Freeze Hits Natural Gas Supplies [Again]

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Rebound Amid Escalating Violence In Middle East

Other States/National/International

-- Inside Climate News: EPA Proposes More Stringent Pollution Restrictions On Trash Incineration, But Environmental Justice Concerns Remain

-- Inside Climate News: American Petroleum Institute Plans Election Year Blitz In Face of Climate Policy Pressure

-- ElecTrek.co: Tesla Megapack Battery Turns On To Replace Hawaii’s Last  Coal-Fired Power Plant 

-- Utility Dive: Solar Expected To Be Top Source Of New US Power Generation Thru 2025, Adding 79 GW: US EIA

-- Utility Dive: Renewables Growth Puts COP28 Climate Goals Within Reach, But Acceleration Is Needed: IEA

-- Utility Dive: US Gas-Fired Power Plant Capacity To Grow, Even Under 95% Carbon Reduction Scenario: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Will Be Flooded With Campaign Cash In 2024

-- Post-Gazette: Republican US Senate Candidate Won’t Endorse Republican For President, But Will Support Nominee

-- PennLive: Berks County Man Has No Regrets Participating In Assault On US Capitol: Federal Prosecutors

-- PA Capital-Star: Pittsburgh Tax On Visiting Pro Athletes Is Unconstitutional, Commonwealth Court Finds

-- Spotlight PA: New PA Law Aims To Make Guardianship A Last Resort In PA, But Some Experts Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Warren County DA Says Office Doesn’t ‘Pursue’ Marijuana Cases

-- AP: Biden Stops By Lehigh Valley Stores To Talk Up His Record On Small Business Creation

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[Posted: January 13, 2024]  PA Environment Digest