Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.18.24

“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 25-- 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.

-- Senate Hearing: The Case For An Immediate, Total Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: Penn State Expert: ‘No More Research That Needs To Be Done’ To Justify A Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater  [PaEN] 

-- Senate Hearing: First-Hand Account Of Health, Environmental Impacts From Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater 24-Hours A Day’  [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: 3.5 Million Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On PA Public Roads Since DEP’s ‘Moratorium’ On Dumping Started 6 Years Ago  [PaEN] 

-- Senate Hearing: DEP Still Evaluating The Data On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Asks Public To Report Road Dumping  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square: Lake Erie Targeted For Wind, Solar Development

-- Rep. Fiedler: Labor, Environmental Leaders Join House Democrats To Announce Joint Blue-Green Legislative Agenda

-- York Daily Record: Plug Pulled On Dover Twp., Solar Energy Project

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shapiro Energy Plan Keeps PA Interests Front And Center

-- The Energy Age Blog: PA Oil & Gas Well Terminology From DEP

-- WNEP: Efforts To Fill Abandoned Mine Subsidence In Toby Creek Continue For 4th Day

-- Citizens Voice: DEP: Unclear If Toby Creek Mine Subsidence Caused Sinkhole, Residents Report Water Bubbling, Sulfur Smell

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conducts Water Tests After Mine Subsidence In Luzerne

-- TribLive Editorial: Coal Workers’ Respiratory Health Must Be Priority

-- WNEP: Putrid Smell Wafting Through Several Communities In Luzerne County

-- WTAE: Cleanup, Power Outages Continue After Strong Storms Wednesday In Western PA

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: For 100 Years, Friends Of The Wissahickon Has Been Protecting The Park From Everything From Cars To Climate Change 

-- NRCS-PA Conducting Rapid Survey Of Western PA Counties To Determine Impacts Of Flooding So Far In April  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension To Host Agricultural Conservation Conference June 4-6 In State College  [PaEN] 

-- NRCS-PA Is Now Accepting Applications For Regional Conservation Partnership Grants  [PaEN]

-- AP: Earth Day: How A US Senator’s Idea, And [PA’s] Rachel Carson Got People Fighting For Their Planet

-- MCall: Earth Day Guide To Events, Cleanups Around The Lehigh Valley

-- West Penn Power Green Team Joins Community Volunteers To Plant Native Trees, Shrubs In Washington County Park

-- PPL Electric Utilities Earn 2024 ENERGY STAR Partner Of The Year Sustained Excellence Award

-- Essential Utilities Launches 3rd Annual Earth Day Celebration Systems Wide

-- The Allegheny Front: Tiny Plastic Pieces Top The List Of Trash On Great Lakes Beaches 

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Commissioners Have Productive Meeting With DEP Over Compost Facility Odors

-- MCall: EPA Puts Limits On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water, But Lehigh Valley Officials Asking, Will They Work?

-- Penn State EarthTalks: April 22 Sustainable & Climate-Resilient Urban Solutions Online Program  [PaEN] 

-- Chester County Press: Kennett Twp. Renews Partnership With Watershed Restoration Group To Reduce Pollution In Brandywine-Christiana Watershed 

-- DCNR Highlights Opportunities In Conservation Jobs In PA Outdoor Corps As 2024 Season Begins 

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Featured Project: Preserving An Underground Railroad Site; Volunteers Make The Difference In Tree Planting 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring Migration Hawkwatch Begins  [PaEN]

Gas Explosion

-- AP: PUC Must Turn Over Inspection Records To NTSB Investigation Of Reading Chocolate Factory Gas Explosion

Other States/National/International

-- E&E News: EPA To Unleash $7 Billion For Low-Income Solar Energy Projects

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive: Effort Launched To Have Republican Lawmakers Say No To Money From PA’s Richest Man - Jeffrey Yass

-- PennLive - John Baer: Which PA Democrat Is Likely To Face Republican Con. Scott Perry, The TV Anchor Or Military Pilot?

-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports March Revenues At All-Time Monthly High, Up 7.64% Over Last Year

-- AP: Shapiro Aims To Eliminate Waiting List For Intellectually Disabled Adult Services

-- Triblive: Washington County Man Charged With Assaulting Police During Assault On US Capitol 

-- Triblive: Biden Tells Pittsburgh Steelworkers He Has Delivered For Them

-- Post-Gazette: Biden Pledges To Keep US Steel In American Hands In Pittsburgh Speech

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[Posted: April 18, 2024]  PA Environment Digest