Friday, December 20, 2024

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.20.24

“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 Voting Schedule

January 7, 27, 28, 29

February 3, 4, 5

March 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

April 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 24

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

January 7, 27, 28, 29

Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6

February 3, 4, 5

March 24, 25, 26, 31

April 1, 2

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


January 4-11-- Pennsylvania Farm Show. Harrisburg.


DEP Advisory: DEP’s New Website Went Online


DCNR Advisory: DCNR’s New Website Went Online 


-- PUBLIC NOTICE: Proposed Oil & Gas Well Plugging Settlement With Diversified Energy, EQT May Affect Pennsylvania Surface Landowner Rights; Apply To Have A Well Plugged  [PaEN] 


-- TribLive: Additional Hearing Required For Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Borough, Allegheny County That Doesn’t Meet Setbacks


-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: How To Move Forward - Western PA Through The Lens Of Sustainable Development - By Rowan Curry, Dickson College Student  [PDF of Article]


-- DEP Publishes Advisory Committee, Board Meeting Schedules For 2025  [PaEN]


-- PA State Conservation Commission Wins Natural Resource Education Champion Award  [PaEN] 


-- Ag Conservation Professionals! Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan. 4  [PaEN] 


-- Conservation Pros: Join In Ag Literacy Week By Volunteering To Read ‘The Soil In Jackie’s Garden’ March 17-21  [PaEN]


-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update Highlights Funding Opportunities, County Water Restoration Projects  [PaEN]


-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Newsletter: Looking Back On 2024 And Looking Forward 


-- Presentation Proposals Invited: 2025 Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Summit For Water Educators  [PaEN] 


-- Choose Clean Coalition Now Accepting Presentation Proposals For 2025 Conference On Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Issues, May 19-21 In Virginia  [PaEN] 


-- Penn State Extension Conservation Cornerstone: Jan. 28 Webinar On Climate-Smart Ag Project (CARAT)   [PaEN]  


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Martha Shimkin Stepping Down As EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Director 


-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Jan. 16 Webinar On Winter Salting and Local Waterway Impacts: Opportunities To Work For Change  [PaEN] 


-- WHYY- Sophia Schmidt: PECO Moves Transformer Flooded During Hurricane Ida To Prepare For More Extreme Weather


-- WITF/StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Schools Can Apply For State Grants To Install Solar Energy, Save Money


-- Tribune-Democrat: Upper Yoder Twp. Finalizes Solar Energy Facility Ordinance, Cambria County


-- Penn State Extension Jan. 16 Webinar On Forest Carbon Markets And Payment Programs Expert Panel  [PaEN]


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Endangered Species Status Proposed For Eastern Hellbenders


-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show Dec. 20: Using Land From Cities To Farms To Increase Sustainability, 4:00 p.m.


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 20 RiverWatch Video Report


-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Moves Harrisburg Office To Wildwood Park Benjamin Olewine III Nature Center  


-- Public News Service: Clean Trucks Campaign Touts Benefits Of Electric Vehicles For Pennsylvania


-- December 21 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- PUC Celebrates Record-Breaking Year Of Service And Accomplishments In 2024


-- PUC Announces PA OneCall Damage Prevention Committee Appointment, Reappointments


-- PUC Appoints Kelly Monaghan Deputy Executive Director


-- Marcellus Drilling News: Energy & Business Groups Respond To US DOE LNG Gas Export Study  [PDF of Article]


-- Forbes Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Struggle To Strike Balance On Fracking Regulations - By Daniel Markind, Attorney


-- Jan. 22 Webinar: How Invasive Plants Drive An Insect Invasion, Penn State Extension  [PaEN] 


-- PA Natural Heritage Program Newsletter Highlights Monitoring The Upper Middle Allegheny River; Weasel Survey; Monitoring Vernal Pools; Invasive Jumping Worms; Mussel Restoration  [PaEN]


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PA Wildlife Management Committee Recommends Changes To Deer, Elk Hunting


The Feds - New Administration


-- The Daily Item Guest Essay: Potential Cuts To Federal Funding For Abandoned Mine Cleanup - By Sophia Evans, Dickinson College Student  [PaEN] 


-- Bloomberg: Republican Administration Threatens Tariffs If EU Doesn’t Buy More US Oil, Natural Gas 


-- Bloomberg: Oil/Gas Sector Lobbies Republican Administration To Spare It From Tariffs, Regulation


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: Natural Gas Markets Brace For ‘Volatility’ With Expiration Of Gas Transit Deal Between Russia And Ukraine Jan. 1 


-- Reuters: Demand For US LNG Gas Exports Head For First Decline In 8 Years; Europe Bracing For New Price Shock As Weather Depletes Storage 


-- Bloomberg: Republican Administration Threatens Tariffs If EU Doesn’t Buy More US Oil, Natural Gas 


-- Bloomberg: Oil/Gas Sector Lobbies Republican Administration To Spare It From Tariffs, Regulation 


-- Reuters: US Presses EU To Align Methane Regulations For LNG Gas Exports 


Other States/National/International


-- Reuters: California Sets Clear Path To Potentially Closing Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Facility To Improve Energy Reliability, Affordability [Site Of Massive Gas Leak In 2015]


-- AP: Harmful Natural Gas Billowing From Texas, New Mexico Comes Mostly From Smaller Leaks, Researchers Say


-- NPR: Scientists Know Our Bodies Are Full Of Microplastics; What Are They Doing To Us?


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Democratic Rep. Joshua Siegel Announces Campaign For Lehigh County Executive [Another Risk To Democratic House Majority]

-- Gov. Shapiro Appoints Attorney General Michelle Henry To Be PA State Inspector General

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Dave McCormick Should Honor Bob Casey’s Legacy

-- Spotlight PA: Are Lobbyist Emails To Lawmakers Public Records? A PA Court Will Decide

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Must Pay Guard $1.5 Million Over Boss’s Racist Comments

-- Post-Gazette: What’s At Stake For PA In Federal Govt. Shutdown

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[Posted: December 20, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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