Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.23.24

"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 

-- PA Wilds Center Announces 2024 PA Wilds Champion Award Winners; Recognition Dinner July 25  [PaEN] 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2024 Award Recipients  [PaEN]

-- EPA Invites Comments On Draft Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit Renewal For Seneca Resources Company, LLC In Elk County  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Natural Gas Well Fracking Plans On Hold In Indiana Twp. As Planning Commission Seeks Info; Residents Pack Meeting In Westmoreland 

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

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: PA Democrats Must Prioritize The Environment In Budget Negotiations - By Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair House Environmental Committee

-- UPDATED With Reaction: Pennsylvanians Realized $500+ Billion In Public Health Benefits By Eliminating Coal-Fired Power Plants, Switching To Natural Gas  [PaEN]

-- Meadville Tribune Guest Essay: Abandoned Conventional Well Plugging Grant Program Is Opportunity To Work Collaboratively With Oil & Gas Industry To Benefit The Environment - By Rep. Mandy Steele (D-Allegheny)  [Conventional Well Industry Paid $4,400 Into Well Plugging Fund So Far In 2024]

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Natural Gas Fuels Pennsylvania’s Economy, And Our Climate Progress - By PA Chamber Of Business & Industry 

-- WBOY: 3 West Virginia Families Say They Abandoned Their Homes After Experiencing Medical Issues From EQT Fracking Contamination 

-- Environmental Health News: Environmental Justice Advocates Find Hope, Healing And Community In Pittsburgh 

-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Reports Gains Toward Energy, Carbon Emissions Reduction Goals  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh 2030 District Reduced Emissions By 48% In 2023, Saving $75 Million

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Pittsburgh 2030 District Report Charts Both Carbon, Money Saved By Built Environment

-- Philadelphia On EPA's Top Cities For ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings List For 2023  [PaEN]

-- Reps Powell, Pisciottano Introduce HB 2315 Establishing Tax Credit To Encourage Sustainable Energy Jobs

-- Duquesne Light Releases 2023 ESG Report - Playing A Central Role In SW PA Clean Energy Transition  [PaEN] 

-- PUC To Hold June 5-6 Hearings On Duquesne Light’s Proposed 15.9%  Rate Increase

-- PUC Holds June 6 & 10 Hearings On PECO’s Proposed $510 Million Electric, Gas Rate Increases

-- Inquirer: Wildfire Smoke Is Brewing In Canada, Some May Make A Return Visit To Philly This Summer

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: RGGI Officially Removed From Virginia State Budget

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh Public Schools Eliminated Lead In Drinking Water, Every School Must Follow Suit

-- Call For Presentation Proposals: PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 22-24 In State College  [PaEN] 

-- PA Capital-Star: Mine Safety Advocates Urge US Senate Committee To Do More To Help Coal Miners With Black Lung Disease

 

-- Spotlight PA: PA State Government Refuses To Pay Local Stormwater Fees, Bill Would Force It To 

-- Altoona Mirror Letter: Rutters Needs To Be Environment Friendly; Protect Old Crow Wetlands Area In Huntingdon County 

-- WHYY BillyPenn Inside The Century-Long Effort To Protect The Wissahickon In Philadelphia

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Lacawac Sanctuary Receives Grant For Environmental Stewardship Institute

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds PA Cong. Thompson For Proposed Federal Farm Bill Investment In Conservation, Encouraging Dedicated Support For Climate-Focused Practices 

-- USDA NRCS Celebrate American Wetlands Month - Nature’s Conservation Superheros

-- DEP Announces Award Of $980,256 To Support 56 Local Environmental Education Projects; New Grant Round Opens In August  [PaEN]

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: 125 PA Trout Streams Deserve A Conservation Status 

-- WNEP: A Spin On D&H Rail Trail In Susquehanna County

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Committee Sets Sights On Game Commission Transparency And Ethics Issues; Overshadows Vote To End Sunday Hunting Restrictions

-- LancasterOnline: Donated Bird-Safe Glass Will Soon Grace 3 Lancaster County Sites

Gas Explosions

-- MCall: Gas Leak Prompts Evacuation At Lehigh County Senior Care Facility

Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette: After Court Approves Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Settlement, Residents Face Tough Choices

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

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

-- Bloomberg: Even In Saudi Arabia, Renewable Power Is Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Election Directors Like New Mail-In Ballot Materials, Evan As Some Voters Filled Them Out Improperly

-- WITF: Centre County Primary Election Certification Delay Holds Lesson For November

-- PennLive - John Baer: High Courts Should Be Exceptions To Political Woes, Not Part Of Them

-- PennLive/AP: Conservative Moms For Liberty To Spend Over $3 Million Targeting Swing State Voters

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[Posted: May 23, 2024]  PA Environment Digest