Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.19.24

“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 19, 20, April 8, 9, 10, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

House next voting day March 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, April 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Todd M. Wallace, at twallace@pa.gov  or (717) 783-6395.  Read more here on agenda.


TODAY 9:00: House Game & Fisheries Committee informational meeting on Fish & Boat Commission’s 2023 Annual Report.  Room 523, Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.


TODAY 9:30: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 254 (Merski-D-Erie) leasing certain areas of Lake Erie for wind energy development (sponsor summary); House Bill 597 (Kim-D-Dauphin) authorizing a county recycling and waste management fee (sponsor summary); House Bill 1166 (Steele-D-Allegheny) prohibit use of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in asphalt pavement sealers (sponsor summary). Room 205 Ryan Building.  9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.


TODAY 10:00: House Consumer, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 1842 (Schweyer-D-Lehigh) authorize a community solar energy facility program [Read more here]. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.  


March 20--  Senate Game and Fisheries Committee meets to consider House Bill 1409 (Kulik-D -Allegheny) renew the authority of Fish and Boat Commission to set its own fees for 10 years (House Fiscal Note & Summary). Room 8E-A East Wing. 9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.


March 20-- House Game & Fisheries Committee informational meeting on Game Commission’s 2023 Annual Report.  Room 523, Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.


-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets March 27 To Hear Update On Grant Programs, State Budget   [PaEN] 


-- Spring Road Dumping Season Underway As Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Get Rid Of Their Wastewater   [PaEN] 


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 8 Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals, Adopts New General Permit For Cooperative Fish Nurseries  [PaEN] 


-- Insurance Dept.: Stay Protected With Flood Insurance During Flood Awareness Week  [PaEN] 


-- WESA: Pittsburgh’s Climate Emissions Aren’t Falling Fast Enough To Meet 2030 Climate Goals


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Federal Solar Subsidies Race Is On In Pennsylvania


-- The Energy Age: Development Of Range Resources-Appalachia Augustine George Shale Gas Well Pad - Act 14 Notice To Municipalities


-- Public Utility Commission Highlights 2024 ‘Fix A Water Leak Week’


-- Food & Water Watch: Groups, Residents Call On PUC To Put An End To Predatory Water System Pricing In Pennsylvania


-- Utility Dive: Up To 58 GW Of Power Generation In PJM Faces Retirement By 2030 Without Replacement Capacity In Sight, Market Monitor 


-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Angler Researches Lowering Lakes From The Bottom To Cool Waters And Help Trout Survive


-- Northern Appalachian Folk Festival Indiana, PA: April 27:  Michael Klimkos - The Fires Of Penn’s Woods 


-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Allegheny National Forest Outlines Scope Of 18,000 Acre Hemlock Run Forest Management Project


-- US Forest Service: Weathering The Warmth - Early Spring's Impact On Trees - By Joseph M. Phillips, US Forest Service Northern Research Station  [PAEN] 


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: The Do’s And Don’ts Of Invasive Species Management, Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay


-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Tiny, Invasive Mud Snails Can Cause Huge Impacts On Aquatic Ecosystems


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - The Wind Is A Very Important Aspect Of Our Lives


-- Erie Times: Indicted In Undercover Sting, McKean County Ginseng Dealer Gets Fined In Erie Federal Court


-- Inquirer: Take An Illustrated Tour Around the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, The First Urban Wildlife Refuge In The US 


-- Lancaster Farming: Wasting Disease Frustrates PA Game Commission


-- TribLive: South Park Game Preserve Welcomes 2 Baby Bison In Allegheny County


Other States/National/International


-- TribLive/AP: EPA Bans Asbestos, A Deadly Carcinogen Still In Use


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

--CNHI News: PA Lawmakers Pledge Bipartisan Approach To Election Cybersecurity

-- AP: PA House Speaker Pushes For Same-Day Voter Registration, Widely Available Early Voting

-- TribLive: Settlement Reached In Dispute Over Allegheny County Ballot Drop Boxes

-- TribLive: Shapiro Urges NFL To Bring Draft To Pittsburgh

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[Posted: March 19, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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