PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

“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]

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 10:00: DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to register to join the meeting online. Read more here on the agenda. (formal notice)

TODAY 9:30: 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.

-- Gas Industry, Sen. Bartolotta Seek Legislation To Eliminate Environmental Hearing Board Appeals Of DEP Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Indiana Twp. Rezoning Would Accommodate Fracking Off Route 910 In Westmoreland County

-- WHYY: Could PA’s Oil & Gas Wastewater Hold The Key To The Country’s Energy Transition?

-- Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Industry Waste And Radioactive Drinking Water In Pennsylvania - By Justin Nobel, Author of Petroleum-238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It [PaEN]

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

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: New EPA Rules Could Force Emission Limits, Monitoring At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works

-- YahooFinance: CEO Of Pittsburgh-Based EQT Natural Gas Warned Federal Regulations On Carbon Capture Could ‘Sabotage’ US Ability To Meet Power Needs

-- TribLive: EPA Earmarks $2 Million To Convert Pittsburgh Slag Heap To Solar Energy Facility

-- Erie Times: Redevelopment Authority Lands EPA Brownfields Grant To Clean Up Old Factories

-- EPA Announces Availability Of $14 Million In Brownfields Job Training Grants Under Investing in America Agenda [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Shenandoah To Clean Up Littered Area, Set Up Trail Cameras To Deter Illegal Dumping

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Will The Schuylkill River Ever Be Clean Enough To Swim In? A City Group Hopes So