-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
Governor’s Budget Address: February 6
Senate next voting day February 6, 7, March 18, 19, 20
-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.
House next voting day February 6, March 18, 19, 20
-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY: Governor’s Budget Address. 11:45 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
THURSDAY 9:00: Senate Game & Fisheries Committee hearing on Annual Reports from Fish & Boat and Game Commissions. Room 8E-A East Wing. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Presents Mira Lloyd Dock Diversity Awards To Marlisa Yoder-Bontrager Of Lancaster, And Twin Sisters Keisha & Tarsha Scovens Off Lancaster & Philadelphia; Forestry Assn. Honors Nancy Baker [PaEN]
-- DEP Begins Emergency Project To Plug Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Scott Twp., Allegheny County; DEP Tried To Get Well Operators To Stop The Leaks For Nearly 9 Years [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Leaking Conventional Gas Wells Lead To Emergency Cleanup In Scott Township
-- Sen. Yaw: Senate Appropriations Committee Move SB 832 Establishing An Independent Energy Office To Full Senate For Action
-- The Center Square: RGGI ‘Carbon Tax’ Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Repeal Effort Reignited With Sen. Yaw Bill
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State, Federal Energy Policies Exacerbating Reliability, Blackout Concerns
-- The Energy Age Blog: Natural Gas Drilling Rights Pooling In West Virginia
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: New Chesapeake Bay Program Director Takes Over At Critical Time
-- Times Leader: Reimagine Appalachia Encourages Local Communities To Apply For Federal Grants
-- York Dispatch: Proposed $2.3 Billion Hydroelectric Dam Project Along Susquehanna Clears Regulatory Hurdle On Its Way To Impact Studies
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Announces Process For Flood Victims To Pursue Property Tax Relief
-- PA Resources Council Announces 40th Anniversary Of Lens On Litter Photo Contest; Pick-Up PA Resources Available For Litter Clean-Ups [PaEN]
-- PUC Public Comment Period Opens On Proposed Settlement With PPL Over Billing Issues
-- MCall: PUC Wants PPL To Pay $17 Million For Billing Errors, Here’s How You Can Weigh In
-- Interns Wanted: PA Sea Grant - Outreach, Education, Economics
-- Interns Wanted: Public Utility Commission Public Policy Research Interns
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 1,203 Housing Units Proposed For One Of Montgomery County’s Last Big Open Spaces, Riling Residents
-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Maple Producers To Hold Tree-Tapping Ceremony Feb. 24
-- PA Wilds Center, Keystone Trails Assn. Seek Public Input On Memorable Trails In PA Wilds For Hiking Guide Book Project [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Experience Physical And Mental Benefits Of A Trail Run
-- York Daily Record: Hike Through Iron Mining History At Raab County Park
-- Williamsport Sun: Top Of The World - PA Woman Reaches All Seven Summits
-- Williamsport Sun: Building Nature Forts With Kids - By Bethany Marcello, Certified Nature Teacher At Fern Hill School In Milton
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: People Encouraged To Use Their Talents And Passions To Give A ‘Voice To The Vulnerable’ Across Watershed - By John Zaktansky
-- Western PA Conservancy Staff - Our Favorite Moments Of 2023
-- TribLive: North Strabane Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Bald Eagle, Half Of ‘Magical’ Pair
-- KDKA: Pittsburgh Hays Bald Eagle Camera Live
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Game Commission Game Land Purchases Benefit Everyone
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: A Closer Look At The Weasel And Its Traits
Train Derailments
-- NPR - Scott Detrow, et al: How The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Split A Village In Two: ‘People Do Avoid Me’
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: US Lawmakers Tuesday Hold First Of 2 Hearings On Biden’s Pause On New LNG Natural Gas Permits
-- Reuters: US Says Allies ‘Reassured’ New LNG Natural Gas Facility Permit Pause Does Not Affect Current Exports
-- Bloomberg: Exxon, Chevron, Shell Deliver Cash Gusher For Investors
Other States/National/International
-- Triblive: With Climate Change, Is It Time To Consider A Category 6 Hurricane?
-- The Guardian: Ex-President’s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint: ‘In A Word, Horrific’
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: Gov. Shapiro’s Proposed Budget Could See Significant Payments To Schools, Economic Development
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Gov. Shapiro To Deliver Budget Address In Historic Fashion
-- AP: Cyberattack On Pennsylvania Courts Didn’t Appear To Compromise Data, Officials Say
-- TribLive Editorial: Cyberattack On PA Court System Frustrating And Familiar
-- AP: Democrats Defending Their Majority In The PA House For 4th Time In A Year In Bucks Special Election
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: No One Seems To Know Why 268 Lancaster County Mail-In Ballots Were Delayed
-- LancasterOnline: Fmr Gov. Corbett, Experts Host Feb. 8 Election Integrity Forum In Lancaster
-- LancasterOnline: Con. Smucker Republican Primary Challenger Back In Prison For Violating Parole
-- AP: PA Capitol Protest Against State Investing In Israel Bonds Ends With Arrests
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Police Make 126 Arrests In PA Capitol As Protesters Decry State Investments In Israel
-- Post-Gazette: US Steel Loses $80 Million And Acknowledges Risk Of Nippon Merger Failing
-- PennLive: Legislation Would Require Gun Owners To Get $300,000 Of Liability Insurance
-- The Center Square: Federal, State Prosecutors Settle Mortgage Redlining Discrimination Case With Pittsburgh-Based Bank
-- WITF: Nonproft Brings Loan Program To Pennsylvania For Immigrants Who Can’t Afford Legal Assistance
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[Posted: February 6, 2024] PA Environment Digest
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