Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.27.24

“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 29, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21, 22, June 3, 4, 5

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day April 29, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8, June 3, 4, 5

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

April 30-- NEW. House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1803 (Pielli-D-Chester) management of responsible outdoor night lighting (sponsor summary).  Room 205 Ryan Building.  10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

April 30-- NEW. House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 1615 (O’Mara-D-Delaware) setting energy efficiency standards for appliances. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:45 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.

-- US Dept. Of Education Honors Green Ribbon Schools, Including PA Schools In Butler County, Reading, Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Rowan Elementary School Designated As Green Ribbon School

-- Educators Invited To April 30 Online Meeting Of Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Thousands Of American Climate Corps Jobs Are Now Open; What Will The New Program Look Like?

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 27 [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Posted 93 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 27 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On A Proposed Declaration Of An Exceptional Air Pollution Event Due To 2023 Wildfire Smoke Impacts  [PaEN] 

-- Beaver County Times: Canadian Wildfires Have Started, Will Smoke Descend On US Like Last Year? 

 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Waste Permit For Keystone Landfill In Lackawanna County  [PaEN]

-- Comments Invited By DEP On Stronghold Digital Mining Panther Creek Power Plant Title V Air Quality Permit Renewal   [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets May 16 Public Conference To Accept Comments On Rosebud Mining Permit For Cherry Tree Mine In Clearfield, Indiana Counties  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Ohio Court Orders PA’s Austin Master Services To Cleanup Martins Ferry Oil & Gas Wastewater Plant

-- Post-Gazette: JM Steel Doubles Steel Output For Solar Industry, With Plans For Continued Growth 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: JM Steel To Double Capacity And Solar Energy Work At Growing Steel lPlant In Leetsdale

-- The Allegheny Front: New EPA Rules Cut Carbon, Mercury, Other Pollution From Coal, New Gas-fired Power Plants

-- PA Senate Republican Statement On New 'Disastrous’ New EPA Power Plant Pollution Reduction Rules

-- Sen. Yaw: Statement On New EPA Power Plant Emission Reduction Rules

-- The Daily Item: Republicans Con. Meuser, Sen. Yaw Call New EPA Rule On Coal An Assault On American Energy

-- Utility Dive: FERC: Extreme Winter Weather Electric Grid Performance Improves; 5 Other Takeaways From FERC’s Meeting 

-- Appalachian Groups Send Letter To Congress Seeking Critical Investments In Appalachian Flood Resilience Programs And Workforce Development  [PaEN]

-- Agriculture Highlights Stroud Water Research Center Ag Conservation Research  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: State Invests $1.5 Million In Agriculture Conservation Research

-- DEP Releases Final Land Application Of Manure Supplement To Manure Management For Environmental Protection Manual  [PaEN] 

-- Audubon Society: Critical Funding And Advocacy For The Delaware River Watershed

-- US Geological Survey Hosts May 9 Webinar On New USGS Base Streamflow Forecasting Web Tool  [PaEN]

-- Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts April 29 Webinar On Challenges For Drinking Water Systems: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Lead Service Lines  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Centre County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Evacuated After Explosive Substance Found

-- Outdoor News - Ben Moyer: Outdoors Make Ohiopyle, PA Northeast’s Best Small Town

-- South Mountain Partnership Action Alert: Support Needed For New Michaux State Forest District Resource Center In Franklin County; Attend May 1 Commissioners Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Virginia Teens, Local Groups Volunteer To Plant Trees At Flight 93 Memorial

-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Tree City USA 36th Anniversary Observed In Greenwood Hill

-- Republican Herald: The Liveliness Of Trees Celebrated At Arbor Day Program In Charles Baber Cemetery

-- Altoona Mirror: Hollidaysburg Borough Celebrates Arbor Day

-- Williamsport Sun: 135-Year Old Brandon Park Is Sunny Backdrop For Williamsport’s Arbor Day Ceremony

-- New Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Podcast Features Pollinator Habitat Certification Program  [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Going Beyond Birders With Migratory Bird Day Activities May 11

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices:  PA- $3.81  National- $3.66   Ohio- $3.54

-- Baker Hughes: PA Gas Drilling Rigs Down 1 Over Last Week To 21

-- Reuters: Earnings For Big Oil Backpedal As Natural Gas Prices Tumble

-- Bloomberg: Texas Natural Gas Prices Plummet Into Negative Territory After Pipeline Fire Shuts Pipeline 

Other States/National/International

-- EPA Celebrates Earth Week And Agency Efforts To Prevent Plastic Pollution

-- The Economist: A Mosquito-Borne Disease Is Spreading As The Plant Warms - Dengue Fever

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: In Low-Turnout PA Primary, Location, Luck May Have Mattered More Than Policy

-- AP: Debates To Play A Major Role In PA’s 2024 US Senate Election

-- PennLive Editorial: Voter Apathy Is Turning American Democracy Into An Oligarchy Where Elites Rule

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Republicans Steadfast On Blocking Embattled Rep. Boyle’s Votes

-- TribLive: Federal Judge Keeps Washington County Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol Behind Bars Pending Trial

-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA’s Innovation Economy Remains Challenged

-- Scranton Times: Keystone College Pursuing Rescue Plan To Prevent Closure

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[Posted: April 27, 2024]  PA Environment Digest