Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.14.24

“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 Thru August 15-- Penn State Ag Progress Days To Feature 400+ Commercial & Educational Exhibits; Field Demos; Forest Management; Stream Buffers Tour In Centre County 

TODAY 10:00: House/Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee informational meeting on Partnerships in Agriculture - A Sweet Investment In On-Farm Conservation.  Ag Progress Days - Red Barn Annex, Pennsylvania Furnace, Centre County..  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.

August 15-- Agenda Available.  DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.   Read more here on the agenda.

-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Celebrate Howard Zahniser And The 60th Anniversary Of The Federal Wilderness Act  [PaEN] 

-- Butler Eagle: The Rescue Of The Quecreek 9

-- Environmental Hearing Board Assesses $65,766.68 Penalty Against Venango County Man For Willfully Failing To Comply With DEP Order For Violations Of The Dam Safety & Encroachments Act  [PaEN] 

-- Reminder: DEP To Hold Aug. 29 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For Proposed Warehouse In Kidder Twp., Carbon County

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Consumers Like Clean Energy Tax Incentives, Survey Shows  

-- PennLive Guest Essay: As A Mom, Solar For Schools Brings Me Peace Of Mind - By Carolyn Heckman, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shell Must Level With Petrochemical Plant’s Neighbors - It’s Too Often Bright, Loud And Stinking 

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Shell Flushes $1 Million Down Penn State Toilet On Energy Transition, DEI; Is It Buying Off Penn State?  [PDF of article]

-- Bloomberg: Kamala Harris Once Trashed Fracking, And Pennsylvania Hasn’t Forgotten

-- TribLive Letter: PA Must Make A Stronger Plan For Reducing Methane From Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Green Building Alliance: Erie 2030 District Holds Aug. 20 Progress Report Reception To Celebrate Progress Toward Carbon, Energy Reduction Goals 

-- WHYY: Climate Change Takes Center Stage At Philadelphia Gas Commission Meeting

-- Warren Times Editorial: Renewables Can Come Quick [Local Wind Energy Ordinances]

-- Lancaster Farming: New Penn State Ag Dean Articulates Vision For Agriculture’s Future

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Awarded TD Bank Tree Days Grant To Enhance Jeffersonville's Tree Canopy In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Riverzilla Riverfront Cleanup And Festival Returns Saturday, Aug. 17

-- Only A Few Seats Left: Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals Level 1 Training  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Hosts Sept. 5 The Taste - Celebrate The Chesapeake At The Railroad House Inn, Lancaster County  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette: First Human Case Of Rare Tick-Borne Powassan Virus Detected In Allegheny County 

-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Control In 3 Municipalities In Delaware County

-- Reading Eagle: Mosquito Spraying Set For 2 Areas In Berks County

-- The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Award 32 Community Grants For Native Tree Planting  [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $9.9 Million To Protect 2,654 Acres On 30 Farms In 14 Counties  [PaEN] 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Names Kathryn Giblin First Volunteer Coordinator  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Rep. Borowicz Proposes End To Registration Fees For Kayaks, Boats Without Motors

-- Inquirer: This Bike Riding Group For Black Women Goes At Its Own Pace

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest To Offer Orienteering Program At Hearts Content Saturday, Aug. 17

-- Scranton Times: Teens Who Got Trapped In Debris Rescued From Lackawanna River

-- PennLive: Search Continues For Missing 10-Year-Old Kayaker In Yellow Breeches Creek In Cumberland County

Gas Explosions

-- TribLive: Investigation Into Plum Boro Home Natural Gas Explosion Could Take Years, Officials Say 

Other States/National/International

-- The Grist: States Want To Clean Up Leaky Oil, Gas Wells, Well-Intentioned Laws Are Getting In The Way  [Not PA]

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Struggle For Control Of PA House Underway With Door-To-Door Campaigns, Speculation On Effects Of Ex-President, Harris

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Give Voters Chance To Correct Their Mail-In Ballot Mistakes

-- The Center Square: $576 Million Price Tag For Gun Violence In Pennsylvania

-- PA Capital-Star: Reading Could Become 3rd PA City To Ban Ghost Guns After Court Ruling

-- Spotlight PA: These 50 PA School Districts Are Getting Extra Money Because Of Their High Tax Burdens

-- TribLive Editorial: Education Is A Responsibility, Not A Political Game

-- Tribune-Democrat: Amid Flood Of AI Open Records Requests, Somerset County Among Governments Adjusting Policies 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Pennsylvania #14 In Regulatory Burden Nationwide [Based On Just Counting The Number Of Regulations]

-- Bloomberg: Kamala Harris Once Trashed Fracking, And Pennsylvania Hasn’t Forgotten

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[Posted: August 14, 2024]  PA Environment Digest