Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.25.24

“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 

-- DEP: Saturday Code Orange Air Quality Action Day In Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester Counties 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 25 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 25 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Issues Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit To PA Well Development LLC In Young Twp., Jefferson County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Waste Transfer Permit For 5 Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells Owned By Bear Lake Properties In Warren County  [PaEN]  

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission June 13 Business Meeting To Consider Water Use Requests Including 7 Shale Gas Drilling Uses In Lycoming, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 100 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In First 4 Months Of 2024  [PaEN]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Is Hydrogen The Road To A Decarbonized Future Or Just Another Lifeline For Fossil Fuels

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Stronghold Digital Mining Direct Air Carbon Capture Project At Scrubgrass Plant Site In Venango County  [PaEN] 

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: We Need Long-Term Answers To Energy Needs; Pursuit Of More Renewable Energy Can Happen Currently With Production Of Oil & Gas

-- DEP Invites Comments On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Consent Order For Berkley Products Company Plant Site In Lancaster County  [PaEN] 

-- PennDOT Announces New Funding Opportunity To Repair Existing Electric Vehicle Chargers; June 11 Webinar  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette: Millions For Air Quality In Allegheny County Have Gone Unspent;  Audit Confirms What Advocates Thought For Years

-- The Allegheny Front: Air Pollution Decreased, But Sill Causes Hundreds Of Deaths A Year In Allegheny County

-- PUC Adds June 12, 13 Hearings On $510 Million Proposed PECO Electric, Gas Rate Increases

-- WHYY: Philly Residents Eligible To Receive $25 From Class-Action Settlement Over 2023 Delaware River Chemical Spill 

-- WHYY: NOAA: Prepare For An ‘Extraordinary’ Hurricane Season On The East Coast 

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Receives DEP Grant To Host Four BioBlitz Events For Students 

-- DCNR: Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Opens For 2024 Riding Season

-- DCNR Announces Expansion Of Program Supplying Free Sunscreen At State Parks

-- The Allegheny Front/WVIA: How The Tannersville Cranberry Bog Formed 13,000 Years Ago In Monroe County

-- Lancaster Farming: Meet The Man Scaling The Tallest Trees In Each Of PA’s 67 Counties 

Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette: PA Residents Hurt By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Would Get Tax Break Under US House-Passed Bill

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices:  PA- $3.77  National- $3.59   Ohio- $3.52

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs At 21, No Change From Last Week

-- Utility Dive: US Power Demand Expected To Jump 2.7% This Summer, Plus 5 Other Takeaways From FERC’s Open Meeting

Other States/National/International

-- PA Capital-Star: Federal Farm Bill Advances From US House Committee But Faces Tough Row To Hoe

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Democratic Campaign Committee Spotlights Candidates For PA General Assembly

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[Posted: May 25, 2024]  PA Environment Digest