Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.29.24

“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 April 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 39, 30

-- Committee Schedule

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

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP: 86% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Did Not Comply With Waste Disposal, Production Reporting For 33,505 Wells In 2023  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: 89% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Did Not Comply With Well Integrity Reporting For 34,455 Wells In 2023  [PaEN]

-- Republican Rep. Causer Blames DEP Database For Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Abandoning, Not Plugging Their Wells; Industry Wants To Redefine Well Owner Responsibility For Abandoned Wells  [PaEN] 

-- PA House Republicans Announce Energy Package, Including An Energy Advocate Within DEP To Veto Any Action That Would Impact PA’s Energy Portfolio And An Independent Energy Office With The Same Power  [PaEN] 

-- PA Business Report: PA House Republican Bill Package  Focuses On Energy Savings For PA Consumers

-- TribLive: Murrysville Abandoned Conventional Gas Well To Be Plugged; State Officials Assessing 10s Of Thousands More

-- PA Capital-Star: Cong. Lee Highlights PA’s Abandoned, Unplugged Conventional Oil & Gas Well Problem

-- PA Business Report: Energy Groups Opposed Methane Fee Rule Required By Federal Law

-- Utility Dive: Efficiency, Clean Energy Are Options For Meeting Electricity Demand Growth Before Gas Generation

-- Residents Express Concerns At US DOE's Listening Session On ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Proposal In PA, WV, OH  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh Companies Want A Place For Coal Gas And State’s Other Resources In Hydrogen Incentives 

-- The Allegheny Front: Largest Solar Energy Facility In PA To Be Built On Former Coal Mine With $90 Million Federal Grant

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Distributed Energy Rulemaking

-- DEP, PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Encourage Everyone ‘Pick Up Pennsylvania’ During Spring Litter Cleanup  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: PennVEST Accepting Chesapeake Bay Watershed Clean Water Procurement Program Proposals Until April 17  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Conowingo Plan Reports Progress, Grant Opportunities, Updates From Counties, More!

-- Agriculture Secretary Highlights New Consumer Labeling Requirements Of Fertilizer Law To Save Money, Protect Environment  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive: Keeping Your Lawn Cleaner, Greener; New Law Limits Fertilizer Use

-- StateCollege.com: EPA Official Tours Center County Watershed Restoration Sites

-- Penn State Extension Hosting Series Of 6 Workshops On Watershed Teaching Tools For Educators Starting April 23  [PaEN] 

-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay: Got Clean Water?  Partners Receive $1 Million NFWF Grant For Water Quality, Climate Change Benefits Dairy Farms In PA, MD, VA

-- Delaware County Hosts 3rd Annual Sustainability Conference May 30 At Widener University  [PaEN] 

--  Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Governor Proposes Alternative Plan For Reducing Carbon Emissions From Power Plants

-- Williamsport Sun: From Brownfield To Ballfield: Project Will Convert Former Manufacturing Land Into Baseball Complex In Williamsport

-- York Dispatch: Landfill In York County Must Reveal Where It Disposes Its Wastewater: Federal Judge

-- March 30 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- April 30 Webinar: Invasive Catfish and PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' - Forever Problems?   [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Celebrates Plans For 53 New Miles Of Trails In Rothrock State Forest In Centre County 

-- Centre Daily Times: Construction To Start Soon On 53 Miles Of New Trails In Rothrock State Forest

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Landscape Mini Grants  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Spotted Lanternflies To Emerge With Spring 

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Adds Greene County To Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Area

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Activities, Programs 

-- Game Commission: Hunters Harvested An Estimated 430.010 Deer During 2023-24 Deer Season

-- Outdoor News: Technology Makes PA’s Elk Visitor Center Education Available For A Wide Audience

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Should Game Commission Be Renamed The Wildlife Commission?  A Conservationist Believes So

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

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

-- Bloomberg: Chesapeake Energy Stockpiling New Gas Wells To Await Higher Prices

Other States/National/International

-- The Allegheny Front: Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Fined $34,000 For 29 Environmental Violations

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WHYY/Spotlight PA: Recount Petitions Could Impede PA’s Efforts To Certify 2024 Election By New Federal Deadline

-- TribLive/Spotlight PA: What To Know About Poll Watchers, What They Can And Can’t Do In PA

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Group Backs ‘Uncommitted’ Write-In Campaign Against Biden Over War In Gaza

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Wait Times For Unemployment Claims Down 60%

-- PennLive: Pricey Billboard Campaign Promoting PA Office Of Inspector General

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[Posted: March 29, 2024]  PA Environment Digest