Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.12.24

"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 September 23

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP Advisory: OnBase Database Will Be Unavailable July 27 From 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.

-- Final State Budget Includes $50 Million For Clean Streams Fund; New SPEED Permit Review Program; Support For DEP Oil & Gas Program  [PaEN] 

-- PA Lawmakers, Groups Celebrate Passage Of Solar For Schools Bipartisan Solar Energy Initiative  [PaEN]

-- House, Senate Send Bill Authorizing Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide To The Governor  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Rothman: Legislation Setting Electric Vehicle Fee Set To Become Law

-- PennLive: PA’s Electric Vehicle Owners Soon Will Have To Pay Fees Of $200+ Per Year

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Signs 2024-25 Budget, Calls It A ‘Major Victory’

-- AP: PA Lawmakers Pass Nearly $48 Billion State Budget, Almost 2 Weeks Late

-- Spotlight PA: Compromises On Education Spending, Tax Cuts, Transit Headline PA’s $47.6 Billion Budget

-- Spotlight PA: State Budget Deal Would Send $500 Million More To PA’s Poorest Schools, Falling Short Of What Some Say Is Needed

-- PennLive: PA’s New Budget Includes Major Boosts For Schools, Economic Development

-- PUC's Pipeline Safety Program Recognized For Exemplary Standards & Impact On Residents, Businesses; State Agencies Lack Authority To Act On Pipeline Issues [PaEN]

-- The Derrick: PUC To Hold Second Hearing July 15 On Venango Water Company [Impacts Continue From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Contamination Of Water Supply]   [PaEN]

-- Now On Demand: PublicSource.org - Learn The Story Behind The Story - EQT's Gas Play In Pennsylvania, West Virginia  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: US Supreme Court Should Protect PA Oil & Gas Industry From Dog-And-Pony Show - By David N. Taylor, PA Manufacturers’ Association

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Reopening Chatter Keeps Getting More Serious

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Consider Restart As PA Look To New Tech To Meet Demand

-- WHYY: How To Prepare For Power Outages If Your Health Depends On Home Medical Devices

-- Sen. Culver: US EPA Installs Air Quality Monitors Around Wilburton Coal Bank Fire In Columbia County  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: How The US Supreme Court’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Ruling Could Impact Air Quality In Pennsylvania

-- Stroud Water Research Center To Honor Award-Winning Author, Fisherman Paul Greenberg With Award For Freshwater Excellence At Sept. 19 Gala  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Report Card Gives Chesapeake Bay A C+, Its Best Grade In 21 Years; Bay’s Health Received The Same Score In 2002 

-- EPA Invests $20 Million In Water Workforce Training, Career Development; Including $4.9 Million Grant To The Energy Innovation Center Institute In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- WITF/AP: Demand For Rare Earth Elements Used In Clean Energy Could Help Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines In Appalachia 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Woodland Stewardship Webinar Series - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept. 25  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Dry Conditions Are Likely As ‘Relentless’ Heat Continues; Are We Headed For A Drought?

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Temperature In Streams Can Be A Pollutant

-- Altoona Mirror: Warming Waters: Park Managers Ensure Lakes, Streams Safe For Humans, Wildlife 

-- Darby Creek Valley Assn. Webinar Features Master Watershed Steward Dr. Carol Armstrong On Microplastics In Riverine Systems  [Video] 

-- Empowering People: Trash Monitoring Along The Schuylkill River 

-- Stroud Water Research Center Latest Upstream Newsletter: Heat Waves In The Water; Unseen Intruders; Trash Monitoring; Plastic Free July; Celebrating 75 Years Of Ruth Patrick’s Legacy  

-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 12 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Courier Times: Bucks County Fatal Flash Flood: Sudden Loss Of Parents Still Raw For Son A Year Later

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Issues Quarantine Order, Regulation Of Nursery Stock Related To Invasive Box Tree Moth  [Penn State Extension: Box Tree Moth]

-- Dept. of Agriculture Will Accept Applications For Urban Agricultural Infrastructure Grants, Starting July 22 

-- Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Proposed Land Recycling Program Changes To 80 Soil, Water Cleanup Standards, In-Person Hearings Aug. 19 & 27, Virtual Hearing Sept. 4

-- July 13 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- PUC Dramatically Cuts Proposed PA American Water Rate Increase; Launches Investigation Into Service Quality Issues

-- Scranton Times: PUC Slashes $100 Million From PA American Water Rate Hike Request

-- WNEP: PUC Cuts PA American Water Rate Hike In Half

-- TribLive: Delmont Awards $1.23 Million For Project To Address Sewage Overflows, Next Step In State Consent Order

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Sustainable Community Development Network Hosts Aug. 6 Climate Action Planning - Resources And Funding Opportunities Webinar; Guide To Tools & Funding  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: UK-based Octopus Energy Acquires Pitt-Developed Gaucho Solar From Vesper Energy

-- Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor To FERC: Reject Talen’s Amazon Data Center Service Agreement Or Hold A Hearing Process

-- Sen. Casey Secures $208 Million For Mack Trucks In Lehigh Valley To Manufacturer Zero Emissions Vehicles, Create 295 New Union Jobs

-- Utility Dive: US EIA Prepares For 2nd Attempt To Survey Cryptocurrency Electricity Use; Could Account For 0.6% To 2.3% Of Electricity Consumption

-- Penn State: Making Rechargeable Batteries More Sustainable With Fully Recyclable Components

-- Celebrate The Bloom! July 27 In Butler County, PA’s Only Prairie With Native Blazing Star, 224 Other Species  [PaEN]

-- WITF/WPSU: At PA Firefly Festival In Forest County, Visitors And Researchers Experience Synchronous Fireflies

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

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

-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Prices Fall 3% Due To Storage, Rising Output Less Gas Flowing To LNG Export Facilities

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Poised For Biggest Decline Since April

-- Investopedia.com: Will Low Gasoline Prices Continue To Drive An Inflation Slowdown?  [Spoiler - Oil Prices Rising]

-- Yahoo! Finance: Rising Prices For Natural Gas May Mean Coal Will Replace Natural Gas In European Power Mix This Winter

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Signs 2024-25 Budget, Calls It A ‘Major Victory’

-- AP: PA Lawmakers Pass Nearly $48 Billion State Budget, Almost 2 Weeks Late

-- Spotlight PA: Compromises On Education Spending, Tax Cuts, Transit Headline PA’s $47.6 Billion Budget

-- Spotlight PA: State Budget Deal Would Send $500 Million More To PA’s Poorest Schools, Falling Short Of What Some Say Is Needed

-- PennLive: PA’s New Budget Includes Major Boosts For Schools, Economic Development

-- Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro Signs $47.6 Billion Budget With Big Boost In Education Spending

-- TribLive: State-Owned Universities Hope To Keep Instate Tuition Freeze

-- TribLive: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Bill Headed To Governor’s Desk

-- PennLive - John Baer: Don’t Let All The Political Madness Turn You Away From Democracy

-- PennLive: Centre County Man Found Guilty Of Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- TribLive: Bill Guarding Pittsburghers From Big Property Tax Hikes Heads To Shapiro

-- AP: Sale Of US Steel Kicks Up Political Storm, But Pittsburgh Isn’t Steeltown USA Anymore

-- TribLive: Chatham University Students Fear Closure Of Eden Hall Campus Dorm Could Affect Access To Classes This Fall

-- Post-Gazette: Biden Campaign Says The ‘Clearest Pathway’ To Winning The Election Goes Through PA

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[Posted: July 12, 2024]  PA Environment Digest