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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.20.24

“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 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day June 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- June 24-- NEW. House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 2277 (Otten-D-Chester) Governor’s PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard.  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch liveRead more about agenda here.


-- June 25-- NEW. House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 589 (Kinkead-D-Allegheny) establishing a state landslide insurance program;  House Bill 2393 (Friel-D-Chester) establishing a permit program for food waste disposal.  Room G-50 Irvis Building.  Call of the Chair.  Click Here to watch live.


-- EPA Air Now Forecasts Code Orange Air Quality Day In Pittsburgh Region, Indiana County 


-- Williamsport Sun: Mid State Trail Assn., Susquehanna Chapter Trout Unlimited Challenge PA General Energy Multiple Shale Gas Pipeline Plan In Northwestern Lycoming County 


-- CNHInews: Advocates Urge True Clean Energy Approach For Hydrogen, Others Pine For PA’s Natural Gas


-- Erie Times: EPA To Sample Soil Of Former Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Neighbors To Check For Toxic Pollutants


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees Bring In $180 Million For 2023 On Lower Gas Price, Less Drilling


-- TribLive: Natural Gas Well Impact Fee Allocations Drop; But ‘Every Little Bit Helps’


-- KDKA: Shell Petrochemical Plant Holding Emergency Drill TODAY In Beaver County


-- Inquirer: Summer Solstice 2024 - 10 Things To Know About The Longest Day Of  The Year


-- TribLive: Excessive Heat Warning Extended Thru Saturday


-- WHYY: Philly Declares First Heat Health Emergency Of The Year Amid Scorching Temps


-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Climate Change Is Making Heat Waves Like This Week’s More Common And Severe In PA


-- Scranton Times Editorial: Going All-In On Electric Vehicles Hurts, Just Ask Hertz


-- TribLive: Jeannette Flood Project Set To Begin After Years Of Delays 


-- Rodale Institute Annual Organic Field Day July 19 In Berks County


-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs Are Back, You Might Need A Shop Vac 


-- Beaver County Times: Corry Link In Erie To Pittsburgh Trail Is On Hold, Why Neighbors Don’t Want It


-- Manada Conservancy/Dauphin County: Ice Cream Social; Summer Native Plant Sale; Bird Blitz For Conservation; Climate Change & Penns Woods - What Does The Future Hold? 


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Push To Save Native Trout In PA Hampered By Stream Study Backlog 


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Out Birdwatching To Build Third Statewide Bird Atlas

 

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: Cracks Appearing In LNG Gas Demand By China As Gas Supply Via Pipelines Grows


Other States/National/International


-- Reuters: Oil Companies Flare More Natural Gas, Defying Effort To Eliminate Practice


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Republican Policy Committee Wrestles With Tax Burden And The Local/State Divide

-- Inquirer: Democrats Plan To Spend Big To Flip Con. Scott Perry’s Seat; Republicans Say They’re Wasting Their Money

-- AP:  Fight For Abortion Rights Gets An Unlikely Messenger In Swing State PA: Bob Casey

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Lackluster Accountability Continues To Mar PA’s Opioid Settlement Spending

-- Spotlight PA: Top Penn State Health Surgeon Warned Leaders About Transplant Problems Months Before Shutdown, Then He Was Let Go

-- Courier Times: What Does It Mean To Be Middle Class In PA?  Did You Make The Cut?

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[Posted: June 20, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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