Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.15.24

“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.

-- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecast Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Southeast PA For Monday, July 15 - Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery Philadelphia

July 15-- NEW. Virtual.  Public Utility Commission Telephonic Pre-Hearing On Future Of Venango Water Company [Impacts Continue From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Contamination of Water Supply].

-- July 15 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 6 to 12 - Double Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Failure; 19 + 12 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Draining Water Impoundment By Spraying  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 13 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 77 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 13 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- Public News Service: Martin’s Ferry, OH Residents Seeking Answers Over Lack Of Action On Cleaning Up PA Company’s Oil & Gas Waste Facility

-- The Daily Item Editorial: Progress Is Certainly Good, But Work Remains In Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Scranton Times Editorial: FEMA’s Looming Budget Deficit Calls For Resources, New Thinking

-- Centre Daily Times: Plans For 1,000 Acre Ampliform/Project14 Solar Energy Project On Abandoned Mine Lands In Rush Twp., Centre County Move Forward, Questions And Concerns Remain

-- Warren Times: Dozens of Volunteers Work To Restore Habitat In US Forest Service, DCNR, National Deer Assn. Project

-- Ellwood City Ledger - Brian Whipkey: PA Kayaker Collects 100 Tons Of Trash, Including Toilets, From Lakes And Reservoirs

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Duquesne Light Is Preparing For Clean Energy Future - By Duquesne Light

-- Scranton Times: DCNR Seeking Members For NextGen Council To Advise On Conservation, Recreation

-- Inquirer: Five Summer Family-Friendly Hikes Near Philadelphia

-- Warren Times Editorial: Be Wary Of Growing Government [Big Elk Creek State Park Development]

-- Erie Times: NOAA Seeks Advisory Council Members For Proposed Marine Sanctuary In PA Portion Of Lake Erie

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: China To Boost Funding To Reduce Emissions At Coal Plants Thru Biomass, Green Ammonia

-- Bloomberg: Shipping Companies Betting Billions On Tankers To Transport Green Ammonia To Decarbonize Industry

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Legal Marijuana, Big Tax Cuts, Minimum Wage Increase Budget Losers

-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Politicians Call For Toned-Down Political Rhetoric In Wake Of Attempted Assassination

-- TribLive: For Western PA Delegates, A Republican National Convention Unlike Any In Recent Memory

-- TribLive: FBI: Shooter Acted Alone, Motive Remains Unknown

-- TribLive Editorial: Democracy Must Stand Up To Violence

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Enough. Enough!

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Raises Net Operating Loss Caps, Relief Not Immediate

-- Tribune-Democrat: Head Of State-Owned Universities Commits To Tuition Freeze As System Set To Get $620 Million In New State Budget

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[Posted: July 15, 2024]  PA Environment Digest