Friday, May 24, 2024

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.24.24

“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 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 


TODAY 10:00: Game Commission, DEP Host Live Peregrine Falcon Online Banding Event At Rachel Carson Building


-- Gettysburg Times: Adams County Trout Unlimited Honored With Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award 


-- DelcoToday.com: West Chester University’s GNA Forest Fest Wins 2024 Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence 


-- Game Commission, DEP Host May 24 Live Peregrine Falcon Online Banding Event At Rachel Carson Building  [PaEN]


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Local PA Environmental Education Programs Receive $980,256 In Grants From DEP Paid For By Environmental Penalties


-- SpotlightPA: Communities Fear Health, Environmental Harms As They Await More Info On Hydrogen Hub Projects 


-- We’re Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History


-- MCall Guest Essay: Now We’re Cooking With Gas And Deadly Pollutants - By Bruce Wilson, Green Builder


-- Appalachian Voices Blog: New EPA Limits On Power Plant Pollution Aim To Protect Communities And The Climate 


-- MCall: About 17,000 Were Without Power In Lehigh Valley After Storm Downs Trees, Power Lines, Wind Gusts Up To 60 MPH  [3,043 Out Statewide Now]


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Collects 2,000 Tons Of Downed Trees A Year, Now It’s Selling Them As Lumber


-- Reuters: US Forecasters See Large Number Of Major Hurricanes In 2024


-- PUC Sets June, July Hearings On Proposed $503 Million FirstEnergy Companies Electric Rate Increases


-- PUC: Essential Electric Tips For Pennsylvania’s Warmer Months - Power Up Your Safety 


-- Williamsport Sun: Republican US Senate Candidate Says US Needs Energy Independence [Why Do PA Gas Drillers Want To Ship Gas To China?]


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Acquisition Of Equitrans Gas Pipeline Company Clears Antitrust Hurdle


-- LancasterOnline: Tour Of Swarr Run To Showcase Stream Restoration Techniques


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Network May 24 RiverWatch Video Report


-- PA Resources Council Offering Free Learn About Composting Online Workshop May 29  [PaEN]


-- WHYY: Doylestown Twp. Passes Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban


-- May 25 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- ClearWater Conservancy Kicks Off 8th Season Of Centre Outdoors Offering Free Guided Group Outings Starting June 2 Thru October In Centre County  [PaEN] 


-- Friends Of Wissahickon: Construction Begins On Valley Green Run Restoration And Pedestrian Bridge Project In Philadelphia 


-- TribLive: Advocates Laud ‘Long Overdue’ Effort To Boost Frick Park Access For Disabled People


-- TribLive: Riding The Great Allegheny Passage Trail, Gov. Shapiro Talks Nippon Steel, Steelers, Tourism And Biden


-- York Dispatch: Lake Williams Reopening For Recreation As Dam Project Nears Completion


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Land In And Around Two PA Military Installations Protected As Sentinel Landscapes 


-- Chester County Awards French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust $623,765 To Preserve 4 Environmentally Sensitive Properties Totaling 228 Acres  [PaEN] 


-- Berks Nature, Partners Protect 131 Acres In Schuylkill County And Kittatinny Ridge  [PaEN]


-- Susquehanna National Heritage Area, Conservation Fund Partner To Preserve Historic 87 Acre Farmstead In York County  [PaEN] 


-- Heritage Conservancy Completes Conservation Easement Preserving 29.3 Acres In Northampton County  [PaEN]


-- Natural Lands Preserves Additional 22 Acres In Stone Hill Greenway, Montgomery County  [PaEN] 


-- Allegheny Land Trust Permanently Protects Former Hospital Site In Allegheny County  [PaEN]


-- Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Activities, Events In Lehigh Valley 


-- Help Wanted: USDA Farm Service Agency - County Program Technician, Luzerne County 


-- Lancaster Farming: Farmers Weigh In As House Committee Advances Sunday Hunting Bill


Train Derailments


-- US Senator Casey Statement On Norfolk Southern/EPA Settlement: ‘We Must Do More To Ensure Pennsylvanians Are Never Forced To Go Through This Hell Again’


-- TribLive/AP: Norfolk Southern, EPA Reach Settlement Over Ohio Train Derailment: $15 Million Fine, $300 Million Cleanup 


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

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


-- Reuters: Solar Hits Above Its Weight In Powering US Energy Transition


-- Bloomberg: Texas Power Prices Singal Grid Stress In Another Long, Hot Summer; Prices In Dallas Hit 82% Premium


Other States/National/International


-- Reuters: Promising Pipelines, Fracking, Ex-President Rakes In Millions At Texas Fundraisers


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Riding The Great Allegheny Passage Trail, Gov. Shapiro Talks Nippon Steel, Steelers, Tourism And Biden

-- Erie Times: Dems Think These PA House Seats Are Up For Grabs In November

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA House Republican Say It’s Time To Restrict Remote Voting Rule Adopted During COVID

-- AP: PA Cong. Dwight Evans Says He’s Recovering From A Minor Stroke

-- Tribune-Democrat: Liquor Tax Would Aid PA Towns With Glut Of Tax-Exempt Properties Under House Bill

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Is Leading In All The Wrong Categories-- It’s Shrinking, Getting Older, Getting Poor - By Rep. Joe D’Orsie (R-York), Rep. Mike Jones (R-York)

-- AP: PA Lawmakers Question Secrecy Around How Abuse Or Neglect Of Older Adults Is Investigated

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[Posted: May 24, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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