Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.26.24

“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]

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

House Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23, 24, 25, 30

-- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 12:15: Virtual.  State Museum Of PA Webinar: Pennsylvania Caves - Time Capsules Of The Past Featuring Rose-Anna Behr, PA Geological Survey.  12:15 p.m.

July 29-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds hearing on  House Bill 2277 (Otten-D-Chester), the PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS) is the Governor’s Energy Plan that would diversify energy generation, improve grid reliability, lower consumer costs by avoiding energy price spikes and create energy-related jobs.   Room G-50 of the Irvis Building.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live online.   Read more here.

August 15-- NEW.  DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m.  Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov. 

-- EPA Announces $13.9 Million In Environmental, Climate Justice Community Change Grants In PA  [PaEN] 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Schools Can Soon Apply For Grants To Offset Cost Of Solar Projects

-- Williamsport Sun: Wildfires In Canada Again Bring Smoke Into Northcentral PA

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Climate Action Is A Moral Imperative - By Rev. Erik Hoeke, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 

-- Fast Company: It’s Illegal For Oil & Gas Companies To Dump Wastewater On Pennsylvania Roads - They Do It Anyway

-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: New Report Reveals The Need For Protective Standards For All Gas Well-Related Gathering Pipelines

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Announces $142,250 In Penalties Related To Pipeline, Underground Utility Damage

-- WHYY: In Philly, Demand ‘Overwhelming’ For PA’s LIHEAP Air Conditioner Program

-- Scranton Times: Citizens Group Criticizes DEP Decision To Allow Alliance Landfill To Accept PCB Waste

-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Investigating Source Of Stench In Johnstown Region

-- Inside Climate News: Historic Investments, Accountability Push Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts In Right Direction Says EPA Region III Administrator Adam Ortiz 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: A Collaborative Triumph In The Conestoga Watershed - Hammertown Tributary

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Restoring Streams, Cultivating Partnerships - Gordonville Farm Riparian Buffer

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

-- Penn State Extension - Watershed Winds: Why Did My Streamside Tree Die?  Monitoring Soil Moisture; Pond & Lake Wildlife; Private Wells & Water Systems; Water-Related Education Programs

-- Penn State Extension Aug. 21 Webinar - Water Testing Through Penn State's Ag Analytical Lab  [PaEN] 

-- Learn How You Can Qualify For Free Well Water Testing During Aug. 22 Penn State Extension Webinar  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Aug. 7 Hearing; Sept. 5 Business Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! 2024 Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 26-27 In Bethlehem; Delaware Conservation Fund Symposium Sept. 25  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 26 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Highlights Chesapeake Bay Report Card; Tioga River Mine Drainage Treatment Project; eDNA; New Cooling Tower Tech  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension - Ag Conservation Currents: Ag Progress Days; Livestock Watering; Grass Riparian Buffers; REAP Application Period Opens; ABCs Of Agricultural Conservation

-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board Meeting On Aug. 13 Canceled; Next Scheduled Meeting Nov. 12

-- July 27 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- DCNR Starts Accepting Applications For ATV/Snowmobile Projects, Programs Aug. 1  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Good Natured Blog: I’m Having A Great Forestry Intern Experience!  -  By Connor Duncan, DCNR Forestry Intern   [PaEN]

-- DCNR Designates New Umbrella Magnolia Groves Wild Plant Sanctuary In York County  [PaEN] 

-- Natural Lands Partners With Landowner Michael Kaczenski To Protect 252 Acres Of Forest Land In Carbon County  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Berks Nature Partnered With Fleetwood Borough To Increase Protection For Local Drinking Water Under New Fleetwood Reservoir Woodland Conservation Easement Covering 190 Acres  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Berks Nature Partners With Landowner Kevin Stein To Protect 139+ Acres In The Kittatinny Ridge Landscape  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: ClearWater Conservancy Partners With Diane Albright To Protect 95-Acre Woodland As Part Of Beaver Branch Gorge Biological Diversity Area In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Protects 4.6 More Acres In West Vincent Twp., Chester County 

-- Penn State Extension - Woods & Wildlife News: Integrated Forest Management; Invasion Ecology; Preventing Feral Hog Invasions; Woodland Steward Series; Forest Farming - Ginseng

-- Inquirer: It’s Been 10 Years Since The Spotted Lanternfly Landed In PA, Is It As Bad As We Feared?

-- Inquirer: Spotting And Stopping The Spotted Lanternfly

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Seldom Seen Mushroom Found Near Kinzua Dam

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Active or Passive? Plans For Big Elk Creek State Park In Chester County Spark Controversy 

-- Western PA Conservancy Hosts July 31 School Grounds Greening - Helping Children Learn In And From Nature Webinar [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Historical Society Mines Derry Area’s Coal Mining Past For Living History Program In Westmoreland

-- Lehigh County-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs: Stream Restoration; Volunteer Opportunities; Wine & Dine Dinner; Student American Chestnut Project 

-- Erie Times: Cocaine Trade Threatens Winter Habitat Of PA’s Warblers, Orioles And More In Central America 

Train Derailments

-- York Dispatch: Train Cars Derail, Block Road In East Manchester Twp.

-- AP: Norfolk Southern Financial Results Complicated By Train Derailment Insurance Payments, Proxy Fight And Productivity

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

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

-- WESA: VP Harris Has Said She Wants To Ban Fracking, PA Republicans Are Ready To Attack

-- Reuters: US Wind Power Falls To 33-Month Low, Generators Burn More Gas

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Rises As Supply Risks Outweigh Disappointing Demand

-- S&P Global: Texas Freeport LNG Gas Export Terminal Not Set To Resume Full Operations Until Early August

-- Reuters: Canadian Energy Company Shuts-In Production Amid Low Natural Gas Prices

Other States/National/International

-- Center For Biological Diversity: EPA Releases New Strategy To Protect Endangered Plants, Animals From Insecticides

-- EPA Releases Draft Strategy To Better Protect Endangered Species From Insecticides

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: As Republicans We Say - Your Vote In Pennsylvania Is Safe - By Fmr Gov. Mark Schweiker and Fmr Cong. Lou Barletta

-- Inquirer: Republican Lawsuits To Force Biden’s Name Onto The Ballot Not Likely To Succeed In PA

--  WITF: Republican State Sen. Mastriano Target Of Threats, Part Of Trend In Violent Rhetoric Against Elected Officials

-- Post-Gazette/PennLive: PA Man Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Allegedly Threatening Republican State Senator Mastriano, Others 

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Inside Shapiro’s Support For Private School Vouchers

-- WESA: In Letter, Grassroots Education Groups Urge VP Harris Not To Pick Shapiro As Running Mate

-- WESA: VP Harris Has Said She Wants To Ban Fracking, PA Republicans Are Ready To Attack

-- The Center Square: Poll Has Ex-President Leading Harris 44% to 42% In Pennsylvania

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[Posted: July 26, 2024]  PA Environment Digest