Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.21.24

“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 

-- PA Environment Digest Will Be CLOSED Tuesday, April 23 Election Day

April 25--  Agenda Posted. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Penn State Technology Center Room 243 200 Innovation Blvd, State College.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here for options to attend remotely.  Contact: Adam Walters adwalters@pa.gov  or 717-214-6548.  Read more here on the agenda.

-- 117 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 13 to 19 - Oil & Gas Well Owners Actively, Repeatedly Ignoring DEP Notices Of Violation; 12 Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA House Measure Aims To Protect Vulnerable Communities From Heavy Pollution Burden  [Environmental Justice]

-- Financial Times: Biden’s Energy Policies Are Fueling Ex-President’s Campaign In Pennsylvania 

-- KDKA: Eastern Hellbender’s Absence From PA Waterways Warning Sign Of Bigger Problems 

-- WNEP: Work Continues To Repair Abandoned Mine Subsidence In Luzerne County 

-- Scranton Times: Environmental Hearing Board To Hear Keystone Landfill Expansion Appeal Monday

-- Scranton Times: Organizations Team Up To Clean Up Sherwood Park In Dunmore

-- Citizens Voice: Nacero Texas Natural Gas To Fuel Plant Faces 6 to 10 Year Delay; Similar Plant Proposed For Luzerne County

-- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Energy Plan Not What Pennsylvania Needs - By Sierra Club

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Roundtable - NE PA’s Gas, Electric Utilities Focus On Reliability

-- WHYY: Philly Water Bills Will Rise In September, But More People Are Getting Automatically Enrolled In A Discount Program

-- Inquirer: These Hiking Trails Could Soon Be Underwater Thanks To Proposed Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Dam In York County

-- Republican Herald: Frog Hollow Nature Area Dedicated As 2nd Schuylkill County Park

-- LancasterOnline: Warm Winter May Mean More Ticks This Year; Here’s How To Stay Safe

-- TribLive: Guaranteed Doe Licenses In Most Hunting Areas Expected To Thwart Repeat Of 2023 System Shutdown 

-- LancasterOnline: Learn More About Bird-Safe Window Glass As Bird Club Pushes Lancaster For Ordinance 

Other States/National/International

-- Financial Times: The Rare Earths Mine Becoming A Bellwether For US Minerals Policy 

-- AP: Next UN Climate Talks Critical To Plot Aid For Poorer Nations, Says Incoming President

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Washington County Sees Fight Over Fixing Mail-In Ballots

-- AP: Republicans’ Defense Of House Congressional Seats Starts With PA Primary Election

-- PennLive: Republican Con. Scott Perry Only PA Congressional Member To Vote Against Aid For Both Israel, Ukraine 

-- Post-Gazette: PA’s Primary Could Foreshadow Who Wins The Nation’s Biggest Battleground In November

-- Financial Times: Biden’s Energy Policies Are Fueling Ex-President’s Campaign In Pennsylvania 

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: ‘Shrinkflation’ Means Something Different In The Snack Capital [Hanover, York County]

-- WHYY: Health Officials Warn Of Rise In ‘Highly Contagious’ Whooping Cough In Philadelphia Region

-- LancasterOnline: Roads, Parks, Nonprofits: How Lancaster County Municipalities Have Earmarked $50 Million In Federal ARPA [COVID] Funding So Far

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[Posted: April 21, 2024]  PA Environment Digest