Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.18.24

“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 

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.   Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbyron@pa.gov. 

TODAY 7:00:  NEW. Virtual. Protect PT Hosts 4 Workshops On How To Protect Yourself If You Live Near Shale Gas Facilities. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- DCNR, Local Groups Celebrate The Allegheny River As The 2024 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- PUC To Hold July 15 Prehearing Conference On Future Of Venango Water Company, Related Companies As Follow-Up To Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County  [PaEN]

-- BeaverCountian.com: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Sirens Caused Alarm In Beaver County; Company Took Nearly A Month To Address Middle-of-the-Night Alarms 

-- WHYY: 30+ PA Schools Detected High Levels Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Their Drinking Water 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Will Consider Benefits Vs. Higher Costs In Private Ownership Of Water Utilities

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Volunteers Distributed Over 16,000 Trees In Pennsylvania; Fall Tree Planting Program Being Planned  [PaEN] 

-- The Water Center At University Of Pennsylvania Accepting Applications For Regional Network Collaborative For Water Leadership In Greater Philadelphia Region  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Joins Nonpartisan Energy Future PA Coalition  [PaEN]

-- PUC Offers Smart Tips To Stay Cool, Save Energy And Lower Your Energy Bills  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Heat Wave Expected For PA - Here’s What To Do

-- TribLive: Storms Knock Out Power To Thousands Amid Heat Wave

-- WTAE: Severe Storms Initially Knock Out Power For 100,000 In Pittsburgh Area As Heat Wave Threatens To Return

-- WHYY: Philly Home Repair Program Seen As Climate Resilience Tool Gets Its First City Funding

-- POWERengineering: PJM Is Dispatching Coal-Fired Power Less Frequently

-- WNEP: Dozens Brought To Safety After Lackawanna Mine Tour Car Loses Power Underground

-- Post-Gazette: Stargazing - A Unique Moon Looms For The Summer Solstice - By Carnegie Science Center 

-- Republican Herald Blog: Did You Know PA State Parks Are Nationally-Renowned?

-- Reading Eagle: Surprises Await Schuylkill River Sojourners Around Every Bend

-- WNEP: Little Mexico Trailhead Opens In Monroe County

-- Republican Herald: Day Campers At Frog Hollow Nature Area Learn In Nature’s Classroom 

-- Penn State: PA Private Forest Landowners Value Fire As Tool To Manage Woodlands 

-- Western PA Conservancy, Fallingwater Webinar Aug. 15 - Between The City And Forest, Creating Safer Habitats For Birds  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Determining The Sex Of A Bird Isn’t As Difficult As You May Think

-- Help Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Vice President, Land Conservation 

-- Penn State Extension Is Celebrating Pollinator Week June 17-21! [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Adult Mentors Needed! Wildlife Leadership Academy Summer Student Field Programs 

 

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

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

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Podcast: How Potential For Global LNG Gas Oversupply Could Affect The Competitiveness Of The US Industry

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Debate Over Private School Vouchers In PA Is Back; Here’s Where The Controversial Program Stands

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania’s Education Reform Recap

-- Inquirer: Controversial Montgomery County Couple Wants To ‘Repopulate’ The Earth, And Get Elected To The PA House

-- TribLive: Proposed IUP Medical School Gets $20 Million Pledge From Foundation, Support From PA Legislators

-- PennLive: Nurse Staffing In Crisis In PA Hospitals

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Says It Is Making Progress On $180 Million In Uncollected Tolls

-- Spotlight PA: Adults With Intellectual Disabilities May Wait Years For Services, Shapiro’s Budget Would Help

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[Posted: June 18, 2024]  PA Environment Digest