Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.22.24

“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]

House next voting day March 25, 26, 27, April 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day April 8, 9, 10, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

March 25-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging, Abandonment.  Room G-50 Irvis Office.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online

NEW.  March 26-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1732 (Webster-D-Montgomery) requiring testing of landfill leachate for hazardous waste and radioactivity (sponsor memo);  House Bill 1943 (McNeill-D-Lehigh) require disclosure of all chemicals used in fracking oil and gas wells (sponsor memo); House Bill 919 (Rabb-D-Philadelphia) establishing natural organic reduction as an option for human interment (sponsor memo).  Room 60 East Wing.  9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch online

March 27-- Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee hearing on Norfolk Southern train derailment one year later.   Darlington Township Volunteer Fire Company, 3590 Darlington Road, Darlington, PA Beaver County. 10:30 a.m.  Click Here to check availability of live stream.

-- US DOE Awards Mineral Basin Solar Project In Clearfield County $90 Million For 402 MW Facility On Abandoned Mine Lands; Filling Gap Left By Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Feds Send $90 Million For Largest PA Solar Energy Project Yet

-- Electrek: Pennsylvania’s Largest Solar Energy Facility Will Replace Its Largest Coal-fired Power Plant  [Mineral Basin Solar Project, Clearfield County] 

-- Patch.com: New Era Of Sustainable Energy Proposed By Sen. Santarsiero 

-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro’s Energy/Climate Plan Comes With One Major Catch: It Needs Republican Support

-- PA Utility Law Project: On-Demand Webinar: Exploring The Impact Of LNG Gas Exports On Pennsylvania Families

-- DEP Notified Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County It Can No Longer Operate Under An Air Quality Construction Permit And Has 120 Days To Submit A Full Title V Air Quality Permit Application  [PaEN]

-- DeSmog: Activists Launch Their Own Investigation Of Mud Spill Near Sunoco Mariner East Pipeline In Chester County

-- TribLive: Protect PT To Scrutinize Beaver Run Reservoir Fracking Water Usage In Wake Of Drought

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: EPA Seeks Court Order To Enter Jackson Ceramix Superfund Site In Clearfield County Contaminated With Lead, Arsenic, Other Pollutants

-- Reading Eagle: Contaminated Land Around Former Exide Plant Superfund Site To Undergo New Cleanup Effort

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Groups Urge Biden To Consider Environmental Cost In US Steel Sale

-- Master Watershed Stewards In York County Recognize Betsy Leppo, Western PA Conservancy, Gifford Pinchot State Park Staff As 2023 Outstanding Partners For Work On Vernal Pools  [PaEN]

-- Master Watershed Steward Robert Pace Partners To Protect Watersheds In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Learn How Your Property Could Be Certified Watershed-Friendly By Penn State Extension At April 25 Workshop In Cumberland County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: April 9 Webinars: Introduction To Working Riparian Buffers You Can Eat; Other Buffer Resources  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension, Partners Host Volunteer Tree Plantings/Workshops April 13 - Lebanon County, April 16 & 20, May 11 - Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- Call For Artists: Street 2 Creek Storm Drain Street Art Contest In City Of York  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 25 Webinar On PA Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Public Engagement Strategies  [PaEN]

-- April 23 Webinar: Importance Of Tree Equity Amidst Changing Community Climates Hosted By Penn State Extension, Partners  [PaEN]

-- Bucks County Herald: Audubon Society Tracks Honey Hollow Watershed’s Evolution

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Strategy For Prioritizing Development Of Total Maximum Daily Load Watershed Plans From 2024-2032  [PaEN]

-- March 23 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Assesses $357,525 In Penalties For Violation Of Underground Utility Notification Law

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: ‘Our Future Lies In The Lake [Erie]’ - By Dr. Sherri Mason Backs Gannon University Blasco Lease

-- Environmental Law Institute: Wildfire Smoke - State Policies For Reducing Indoor Exposure

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Commissioners Seek DCNR Grant Toward Extending Susquehanna RiverWalk

-- Wildlands Conservancy: Register Now For 28th Lehigh River Sojourn, June 8-11 

-- MCall: Raccoon Tests Positive For Rabies After Biting Hiker At Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area

-- Scranton Times Blog: A Shout-Out For The Brook Trout

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Inquirer: Billionaire-Backed Conservative Latino Outreach Push Comes To PA Days After Democrats Launched Their Own

-- PennLive: York County Man Found Guilty Of Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

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[Posted: March 22, 2024]  PA Environment Digest