Thursday, December 19, 2024

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.19.24

“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.


Dec. 19, 1907: Darr Coal Mine Explosion Kills 239 Miners In Jacobs Creek, Westmoreland County - A Day Of ‘Heart-Piercing Shrieks Of Grief’


DEP Advisory: DEP’s New Website Went Online


DCNR Advisory: DCNR’s New Website Went Online 


-- River Reporter: Barbara Yeaman, Founder Of Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Turns 100 


-- PennLive: Capital Area Greenbelt In Harrisburg Born More Than A Century Ago


-- DCNR Encourages Pennsylvanians To Trek Into 2025 During New Year's Day First Day Hikes Across The Commonwealth  [PaEN] 


-- Scranton Times: Nearly $7 Million In Federal Funds Awarded To Reclaim Mine Land In Dickson City, Blakely 


-- WNEP: DEP Crews Working To Fill Mine Subsidence Sinkhole In Schuylkill County That Swallowed Swimming Pool 


-- Republican Herald: Sinkhole In Mahanoy Twp., Schuylkill County Linked To Abandoned Mines


-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: Realizing Technology’s Full Potential To Improve Energy And Environmental Policymaking - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center 


-- Inquirer: How Bad Is Air Quality In Underground SEPTA Transit Stations?


-- WHYY - Zoe Read: 50 Years Of Federal Safe Drinking Water Act - From Reducing Waterborne Diseases to Battlling Toxic PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’  [40 Years Of PA Safe Drinking Water Act - PA Used To Lead The Nation In Waterborne Disease Outbreaks]


-- PA Resources Council Announces Winners Of 2024 Gene Capaldi Lens On Litter Photo Contest  [PaEN] 


-- WPXI: PA Turnpike Says New Program Successfully Reduced Cigarette Litter At Service Plazas


-- Mentors Wanted: Wildlife Leadership Academy Seeks Adult Mentors For Summer Field Schools  [PaEN] 


-- North Branch Land Trust: Jan. 18 Tree ID Hike In Forest Echo Bird Sanctuary, Luzerne County


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: This Dog Will Hunt For Rare Flowers In Bay Watershed 


-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Seeks Volunteers For New Park Ambassadors Program 

-- Larkspur Design To Offer Yearlong Permaculture Design Certification Course In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]


-- Tribune-Democrat: Mountain Laurel Chapter Of Trout Unlimited Hosts Free Fly-Tying Classes


The Feds - New Administration



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

Gas Explosions


-- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers Talk Of Requiring Natural Gas Detectors In Buildings After Explosion That Killed 7 In Reading 


-- TribLive: Residents Of Mt. Peasant Personal Care Homes Start Returning Hours After Natural Gas Leak In Westmoreland 

  

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart


-- Reuters: AI’s Energy Hunger Fuels Geothermal Startups But Natural Gas Rivalry Clouds Future


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

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


-- Utility Dive: NERC - ‘Explosive’ Demand Growth Puts More Than Half Of North America At Risk Of Blackouts


-- Utility Dive: US LNG Gas Exports Raise Electricity Bills, Gas Prices And Emissions, DOE Report Concludes 


-- S&P Global: Major New US Industry At A Crossroads - A US LNG Impact Study - Phase I 


Other States/National/International


-- Utility Dive: FERC: American Efficient Faces $722 Million Penalty For Providing Capacity From Energy Efficiency Resources That Did Not Reduce Energy Use In PJM, Midcontinent Electric Grids 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive - John Bear: ‘Tis The Legislature’s Season To Pretend It Likes Reforms

-- Politics PA: Bob Casey’s Farewell Remarks To The US Senate

-- PennLive: Some Think Fetterman Is Selling Out To Republicans; Not So Fast PA Democrats Say

-- Erie Times: How Erie County, PA Flipped Back To Republicans

-- WESA/AP: Federal Appeals Court Says PA Lawmakers Can Siphon Cash From State-Chartered Medical Malpractice Insurer 

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[Posted: December 19, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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