Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.3.24

“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 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 39, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day April 8, 9, 10, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 10:00:  House Republican Policy Committee hearing on Balancing Your Budget & Thermostat- Consumer- Focused Energy Policy. Butler County Community College - Ford City Campus, Armstrong County  10:00 a.m.   Read more here on Republican Energy Package.

April 4-- Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15 a.m.  Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Joseph Martini martjos@pa.gov or 717-772-5619.

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets April 9 On ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Proposal; DEP Guidance On Building Pipelines  [PaEN] 

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Lower Industrial Pollution, Increased Jobs Possible With RISE PA, Leaders From DEP, Community, Climate Groups, Union Agree 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: My Commonsense Plan For A New Era Of Energy Leadership In PA - By Gov. Shapiro 

-- EPA Region 3 Administrator Adam Ortiz Visits University Of Pittsburgh To Discuss Research, Collaboration; Kicked Off Earth Month At Pittsburgh Charter School  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: Is Now The Time For Solar Energy In Western PA?  

-- TribLive: Widespread Flooding Causing Issues In Southwest PA Counties

-- CleanWater Conservancy: Volunteers Needed For 28th Annual Watershed Cleanup Day April 20 In Centre County  [PaEN] 

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening  [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Says City Of Lancaster Trying To Pass The Buck In Stormwater Lawsuit

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Adcrable, Jeremy Cox: As Rain Fell, Sewage Systems Across The Bay Region Buckled

-- Green Minds Wanted! Call for Abstracts, PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. 11-13 In State College  [PaEN] 

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Reveals Roadmap To Grow $17 Billion Outdoor Economy

-- Western PA Conservancy: April 25 Webinar - Seven Simple Ways To Help Our Birds, Noon

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: PA Deer Harvest Was Slightly Higher In 2023-24

-- Reading Eagle: Bat Rescue Center In Berks Expanding To Meet Its Growing Demand

Train Derailments

-- TribLive Editorial: Federal Railway Safety Act Shouldn’t Be Derailed

-- AP: EPA Did Not Declare A Public Health Emergency After Fiery Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- AP: Freight Railroads Must Keep 2-Person Crews, According To New Federal Rule

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Can Democrats Flip The PA Senate For A ‘Trifecta’?

-- WHYY: Compensation For Victims Of Voter Intimidation Pushed By PA Legislator

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Why PA’s Efforts To Regulate Social Media Companies Have Failed So Far

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[Posted: April 3, 2024]  PA Environment Digest