Friday, May 17, 2024

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.17.24

“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 May 20, 21, 22, June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


May 21-- House Tourism, Economic And Recreational Development Committee holds an informational meeting to introduce Nathan Reigner, Director Of The Office Of Outdoor Recreation updating the Committee on the work done over the last year.  Room 140.  10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.


May 21-- House Housing And Community Development Committee meets to consider House Bill 1179 (Borowski-D-Delaware) prohibiting bans of outdoor clotheslines and drying racks. Room 523. 10:00 a.m.   Click Here to watch online.


May 22-- House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 1442 (Borowski-D-Delaware) amending the Third Class City Water Services Act to require 75% of municipalities they service to approve the sale of their water, sewer or other authority. Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.


-- Beaver County Times: Projects Selected For Shell Petrochemical Plant Environmental Mitigation Funding


-- Marcellus Drilling News: Martins Ferry, WV Not Getting Answers On PA Company’s Abandoned Oil & Gas Wastewater Facility Cleanup From Ohio DNR 


-- PA Solar Center Issues RFP For Solar Energy At East Penn School District In Lehigh County  [PaEN] 


-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: Policymakers Can Bolster Support For Sustained Climate Action By Integrating National Security And Human Rights Into Energy Justice Frameworks - By Benjamin Schmitt 


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Federal Officials Vitro Architectural Glass Plant Near Carlisle To Tout Clean Manufacturing Standards 


-- Reminder: DEP To Host Meeting/Hearing May 21 On Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility Air Quality Permit In Montgomery County


-- $5.9 Million Available For Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Projects, Deadline To Apply Aug. 6  [PaEN]


-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Seeking Service Providers To Develop Farm Nutrient Plans In Halfmoon Creek, Pequea Creek Watersheds  [PaEN] 


-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: ‘We Are At Exciting Precipice Of Really Significant, Positive Change’ After Tioga River Gets $68 Million For Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment 


-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For County Act 167 Stormwater Management Plans, Deadline Aug. 30


-- PEMA Publishes Guidelines For Disaster Recovery Assistance Program


-- Coalition For Delaware River Watershed June 5 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice Day Of Learning In Hamilton Twp., NJ


-- Delaware RiverKeeper May 17 RiverWatch Video Report


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Heaviest PA Storms Drop 60% More Rain Than They Used To, Report Says 


-- WHYY: Philly Concrete Plant Polluted Without A Permit, Now It’s Paying To Help Stop Dumping


-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Carbon Capture And Storage Can Enhance Pennsylvania’s Proven Energy Resources [Natural Gas] - By Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-Washington) 


-- Environmental Hearing Board Publishes Final Regulations Changing Practice And Procedures


-- May 18 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- Penn State: Improved Wildfire Smoke Model Identifies Areas For Public Health Intervention 


-- Reading Eagle: Time Spent Outdoors Is Once Craving Well Worth The Indulgence


-- Scranton Times: Oakmont Park In Scranton Gets Big Improvements


-- Warren Times: Kayaker Rescued After Mishap On The Conewango


-- Shapiro Administration Announces Student Winners Of Lyme Disease Art Competition To Educate Public On Avoiding Tickborne Diseases  [PaEN]


-- Governor’s Invasive Species Council Celebrates 3rd Annual PA Native Species Day At Big Elk Creek State Park, Chester County  [PaEN]


-- LevittownNow.com: Falls Twp., Bucks County Wants To Be An Audubon Bird Town Community


-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County’s Planting Zones Changed Due To Climate Change; What Does It Mean For Your Garden 


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

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


-- WNEP: UGI Utilities Announces 4.5% Increase In Cost Of Gas Starting June 1, Another 7.3% Increase Projected For Dec. 1  


Other States/National/International


-- Utility Dive: NERC: 25 GW Of New Solar To Boost Summer Grid Reliability, But Extreme Heat Poses Widespread Risks 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: PA’s Judges Must Reveal The Perks They Accept, But The Public Won’t Find Those Disclosures Online

-- WITF/Votebeat: ACLU Signals Effort To Target Disparate County ‘Notice And Sure’ Policies For Flawed Mail-In Ballots

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Senate Session Recordings Not Available To Public

-- WITF/AP: National Political Themes Will Lead Off The Campaign For PA Attorney General

-- AP: Latinos Found Jobs And Cheap Housing In Hazleton, But Political Power Has Proven Elusive

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[Posted: May 17, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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