Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.12.24

“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]

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 

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely.   Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277.  Read more here on agenda.

TODAY 12:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov.  Read more here on agenda.

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

-- In Memoriam: Joanne Denworth, Environmental Leader And Attorney  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Violation To Blackhill Energy, LLC Shale Gas Driller For Contaminating Groundwater, 3 Water Supplies With Methane In Springfield Twp., Bradford County  [PaEN] 

-- The Derrick: Public Utility Commission Starts Investigation Into Possible Order For Another Utility To Permanently Acquire Venango Water Company Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Spill [PaEN] 

-- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 45 States, MSAs To Submit Priority Climate Action Plans As Part Of $5 Billion Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program  [PaEN] 

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Seeks Bids For More Electric Vehicle Chargers At Linden Garage

-- Republican Herald: Butler Twp. Residents Voice Opposition To Proposed Solar Energy Facility On Former Ashland Metals Site, Schuylkill County

-- WPXI: Peoples Natural Gas Pipeline Has Been Leaking Gas Since October In Verona, Allegheny County 

-- Scranton Times: Gas Leak Evacuates Downtown Olyphant For 2 Hours In Lackawanna County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why EQT Gas Is Acquiring Equitrans Midstream Corp

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline Could Be Sold After Equitrans Acquisition

-- The Energy Age Blog: The Latest On Heat Pumps

-- Federal Office Of Mine Reclamation Opens New Round Of Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program Grants  [PaEN] 

-- March 20 Penn State Extension Webinar On Defining Nature's Worth From A Health And Economic Perspective  [PaEN]

-- Huntingdon Daily News: Coalition To Save Old Crow Wetlands Appeals DEP Permit For New Rutters Store In Smithfield Twp. [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension: April 8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education And Water Testing 

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast Examines PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contamination, Evaluation Of Existing Tech

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Waste Authority Takes First Steps To Expand Creswell Landfill In Manor Township

-- Penn State: Inaugural PA Partners For Climate Smart Ag Commodities Summit Held In State College [PaEN] 

-- Biorenewables Symposium To Be Held April 18-19 In State College On Biobased, Energy, Products, Materials  [PaEN]

-- Delaware County Green Team Meets Online March 18: Community Solar May Come Alive In PA!  7:30 p.m.

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Planning Commission Opposes Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Project

-- Patch.com: Aquetong Watershed Assn. April 20 Litter Cleanup In Bucks County

-- Brandywine Conservancy Seeks Renewal Of Accreditation Thru National Land Trust Commission

-- KDKA: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Opening For The Spring Season This Weekend

-- Fish & Boat Commission Announces First Round Of Boating Facility Grants  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Encounter With Louisiana Waterthrush In Sproul State Forest; How Citizen Science Can Help Crucial Species

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bowers: Reflections In Nature - It’s That Time Of Year For Songbirds

-- Penn State Hidden Gems: Frost Entomological Museum 

Train Derailments

-- Beaver County Times: Federal Aid To Connect Darlington Twp. To Beaver Falls Water Supply

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: Chinese Company Wants Say In Louisiana LNG Gas Export Facility Permit Extension

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Complete Guide To Primary Candidates For Auditor General

-- York Daily Record: New Fulton County Commissioners Still Chase Ex-President’s 2020 Election Grievances 

-- Spotlight PA: Secrecy Still Pervades PA State Government

-- TribLive Editorial: Who Do We Thank For Freedom Of Information?

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Secrecy Still Pervades PA State Government

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA House Lawmaker Unopposed After Ballot Challenges And Party Pressure Not To Run

-- WNEP: Kids For Cash: The New Crisis: ‘We’re On The Verge Of Catastrophe’ - Luzerne County Facing Another Crisis Within Its Juvenile Justice System

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Man Charged With Manufacturing ‘Ghost Guns’

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Prisons Must Make Special Provisions For Mental Illness

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Rep. Cabell’s Bill Would Impose Fee On Money Transfers Of Illegal Immigrants

-- Post-Gazette: New Collaboration Between Penn State Branch Campuses, Community Colleges Aims To Bolster Educational Opportunities

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[Posted: March 12, 2024]  PA Environment Digest