Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.14.23

“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]

Senate next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

FRIDAY Noon: Virtual.  PA Utility Law Project Webinar On Impacts Of LNG Gas Exports On Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Families.  Noon to 1:00 p.m.   Background

March 18-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on solar energy and economic development.  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.

-- Gov. Shapiro Unveils Cap-And-Invest PA Climate Emissions Reduction Initiative To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants; Update Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Diversify Electric Generation, Improve Reliability  [PaEN] 

-- Senate Republicans Reject Gov. Shapiro’s Offer To Work On Legislation To Make The Electric Grid More Reliable, Diversify Our Energy Sources, Lower Energy Costs For Ratepayers, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Gov. Shapiro Calls For PA Carbon Cap-And-Trade Market, Plus Higher Clean Energy Requirements

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Gov. Shapiro Proposes State Climate Program To Replace RGGI, Asks For New Renewable Energy Goals

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: PA Governor Wants To Cut Power Plant Emissions With His Own Cap-And-Invest Program

-- AP: PA Gov. Shapiro Backs New Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gases 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Shapiro Tees Up Independent Carbon Tax Plan For Pennsylvania

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Unveils Alternative To RGGI That Would Keep Proceeds And Cap In State

-- PennLive: Shapiro Pitches Sweeping Two-Piece Energy, Climate Change Plan

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Pitches Carbon Cap-And-Invest Plant To Capitalize On PA’s Energy Exports

-- Pennsylvania’s Electric Grid Is Dependent On One Fuel To Generate 59% Of Our Electricity; Market Moving To Renewables + Storage  [PaEN] 

-- US EIA Report Shows How Winter Storms Have Reduced US Natural Gas Production, But Disruptions Can Happen Any Time Of The Year  [PaEN] 

-- Utility Dive: US Electricity Prices Outpace Inflation; Consumers Not Seeing Rate Decreases Due To Gas Price Drops; Increased LNG Gas Exports Could Send Prices Higher Again  

-- DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Withdrawing Over 1.8 Million Gallons Of Water For Fracking For 22 Days Without Permission [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Friends, Neighbors Remember Victims Of Crescent Twp. House Explosion In Allegheny County 

-- WPXI: DEP Acknowledges Presence Of Unregistered Conventional Gas Wells Near Site Of Tuesday Explosion

-- KDKA: Fmr DEP Officials Says It’s ‘Nearly Impossible’ To Identify All Unregistered Conventional Gas Wells

-- WTAE: Crescent Twp. Police Thank Columbia Gas Worker Who Rushed To Shut Off Gas On Scene Of Home Explosion

-- WVIA: Frustrated With Water Polluted By Shale Gas Drilling, Dimock, Susquehanna County Residents Confront Governor At Clean Energy Announcement In Scranton 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission’s Windfall From Natural Gas, Oil Leases Brief; How Will Money Be Used? 

 

-- Public News Service: PA Advocates Push For Swift Update Of Federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Rules  

-- The Allegheny Front: Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline Nears Completion, Some Residents Say Their Concerns Are Being Ignored

-- Altoona Mirror: Rep. Fiedler Promotes Solar Energy Projects At Schools During Visit

-- Penn State Earth Talks: March 18 In-Person/Webinar On City Heat Adaptation Tool For Cities To Improve Public Health, 4:00 p.m.

-- The Energy Age Blog: The Latest On Wind Power  

-- Erie News Now: Erie Port Authority Votes To Condemn Former Erie Coke [Coal] Property For Redevelopment

-- Inquirer: Pollen Season Is Ramping Up In Philly, Along With The May-Like Temperatures

-- Volunteers Needed For 24-Hour Tree Planting Relay April 5-6 Organized By The Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay [PaEN] 

-- Chestnut Hill Local: Friends Of Wissahickon Receive $356,000 State Grant For Restoration

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: 24-Hour Tree Planting Relay; Vernal Pools Video; What’s Poppin; Events Around The Watershed

-- Shenandoah Sentinel: Petition Calls On DEP, State, Feds To Investigation Coal Dirt Messes On Highways In Schuylkill County

-- Scranton Times: Archivists From Bethlehem Take Custody Of Glen Alden, Blue Coal Companies’ Records

-- PA Business Report: State Launches STEM Fellowship Program

-- Clean Air Council Names Alex Bomstein, Esq. New Executive Director  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: 5 Things To Know Before You Head To Tohickon Whitewater Release In Bucks County 

-- WTAE: North Hills Deer Freed From Plastic Jug On Its Head 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Lawmakers Want To Ban Public Agencies From Hiring Lobbyists [Triggered By Game Commission Hiring Fmr Republican Senator]

Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette: New Push For Stalled Rail Safety Bill In Congress Comes After Norfolk Southern Derailment Anniversary; Republicans Object To Regulations To Improve Safety 

Other States/National/International

-- AP: US Energy Industry Gas Leaks Are Triple The Official Figures, Study Finds

-- Reuters: Shell Scales Back 2030 Carbon Emissions Target

-- NYT: New Surge In Power Use Is Threatening US Climate Goals

-- Financial Times: World In ‘Unknown Territory’ After Heat Records, Says Head Of UN’s Climate Body

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA Is Flush With Surplus Cash, But Still Faces Looming Budget Problem

-- Beaver County Times: Main Street, Not Mafia: How Gambling In PA Entered A New Era, And What’s Next

-- PennLive - John Baer: What We Worry About Depends Largely On Whether We’re Republican Or Democrat

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Lawmakers Want To Ban Public Agencies From Hiring Lobbyists [Triggered By Game Commission Hiring Fmr Republican Senator]

-- TribLive Editorial: Is Westmoreland County A Sanctuary For Undocumented Immigrants Or Not?

-- PennLive: Organizers Of Lancaster Drag Queen Story Hour Stand Firm As Republican Opposition Grows

-- AP: Biden Is Coming Out In Opposition To Plans To Sell US Steel To Japanese Company 

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[Posted: March 14, 2024]  PA Environment Digest