Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.6.24

“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

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY Noon: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee informational meeting on electric vehicle infrastructure.  Room G-50 Irvis Building. Noon.  Click Here to watch online.

-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 19 On Drinking Water Supply Impacts From Drilling; New Financial Assurance Strategies To Prevent Abandonment; Draft Spill Policy; Injection Well Primacy; Much More  [PaEN]  

-- US Senators Introduce Bill To Ban US LNG Gas Sales To Any Entity Under The Control Of Communist China To Protect US Jobs; Americans From Price Spikes; EQT Says We Have A ‘Duty’ To Provide LNG Gas To China; Where Do AMERICAN Interests Lie?  [PaEN] 

-- Inquirer: PECO May Be Forced To Pick Between Fossil Fuels Or Renewable Energy Before Its Latest Plan Expires In 2025

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Hearing Begin On Proposed Peoples Natural Gas Rate Increase Of Up To 21.4%

-- Beaver County Times: Elevated Lead Levels Detected In Aliquippa Drinking Water Samples [Sampled Last Year]

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh’s Saw Mill Run Corridor Floods A Lot; Planners Aim To Dry It Out

-- Help Wanted: Pittsburgh-Based Landforce Director Of Wood Reuse  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Recognizes Frick Park, Synagogue As Historic

-- TribLive: Woman Injured In Bear Attack In Butler County Neighborhood

-- KDKA: US Steel Bald Eagles Welcome Second Egg Of The Year

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: What You Need To Know To Fish For Trout This Spring In PA

-- Altoona Mirror: Damaging Deer: Destruction Of Crops Costing Farmers Thousands Annually

Other States/National/International

-- AP: SEC Takes Up Rule That Would Require Companies To Disclose Emissions, Climate Risks

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Election Threats Task Force, Redesigned Mail-In Ballots Among Changes For PA In 2024

-- MCall: What Northampton County Is Doing To Make Sure Election Problems Don’t Reoccur

-- Erie Times: PA Statewide Row Offices Stepping Stones To Other Positions

-- Inquirer: Tens Of Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Don’t Realize They’re Eligible To Vote

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Shapiro’s Education Proposals Stir More Praise, Frustration In Harrisburg

-- Tribune-Democrat: School Funding Gets Long Look In House As Budget Talks Continue

-- Spotlight PA: Oversight Board Will Secretly Review How PA Counties Spent Millions Of Dollars To Fight Opioid Crisis

-- Scranton Times: ‘Skill’ Gambling Games Company Sues To Overturn Old Forge Ban On The Machines

-- PennLive: Dept. Of Human Services ‘Extremely Worried’ About Cyberattack That Locked Up National Medical Billing System

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: New Lawsuit Points To Obvious Truth- Solitary Confinement Is Cruel And Must End

-- WITF: Dauphin County Woman Convicted Of Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol Wants Shorter Prison Sentence

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[Posted: March 6, 2024]  PA Environment Digest