Saturday, January 4, 2025

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.4.25

NOTICE:
Due To A Significant Family Health Issue, The Schedule For Publishing The PA Environment Digest Will Be Uncertain Thru At Least January 6.

“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.


January 14-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov  or (717) 772-3277.


January 14--  DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  12:30 p.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171


January 14-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  14th Floor Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Check the Board webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Daniel E. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846. (formal notice)


February 26-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Department of Agriculture.  House Floor.


February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  House Floor.


March 3-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Public Utility Commission.  House Floor.


-- PUC Urges Pennsylvanians To Prepare Now For Winter Storms  [PaEN] 


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 4 [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 103 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio Investigating Shale Gas Well Pad Fire That Led To Evacuation Of Residents  


-- DEP To Hold Jan. 30 Hearing [Not Jan. 28] On Title V RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Monroe Energy LLC Trainer Refinery In Delaware County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Sets Feb. 11 Hearing On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For Energy Transfer Marketing’s Marcus Hook Terminal, Delaware County  [PaEN] 


-- ​​Stroud Water Research Center ‘Cut The Salt’ Citizen Science Project Invites You To Test Your Nearby Stream For Salt  [PaEN]


-- Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Bay State Lawmakers Tackle Wide Range Of Green Bills


-- Post-Gazette: 2024 Was Pittsburgh’s Warmest Year On Record, Continuing Trend Of Unprecedented Weather


-- Jan. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN] 


-- Centre Daily Times: Mifflin County Bike Shop Expanding To State College


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

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


-- Reuters: US Winter Storms Could Cause Power Outages, Cut Natural Gas Supplies 


-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.06   Ohio- $3.15    PA- $3.26


-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same As Last Week - 15; Aug. 23 Was 21


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Residents Played Large Role In Assault On US Capitol

-- WESA: Democratic Rep. Gergely Hospitalized Before Return Of Closely Divided House Adding Uncertainty

-- TribLive: Devastation, Relief Among Emotions In US Steel Sale After Biden’s Block

-- Post-Gazette: Biden’s Rejection Of US Steel’s Sale To Nippon Sends Shockwaves Through Pittsburgh And Beyond

-- Post-Gazette: How Politicians From Western PA And Beyond Reacted To Blocking Sale Of US Steel

-- TribLive: US Steel, Nippon Say Biden’s Decision To Block Sale Was ‘Political’

-- Post-Gazette Brandon McGinley: Blocking Nippon And The False Promise Of Post-Industrial Pittsburgh

-- TribLive Editorial: What Does Biden’s Block Mean For US Steel?

-- PA Capital-Star: Ex-State Trooper Charged With Taking Kickbacks In His Role With PA Skill Gambling Games Company

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: What The State’s Independent Colleges And Universities Bring - By Assn. Of Independent Colleges And Universities of PA

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