Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.27.23

“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 January 2, February 6

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

Senate next voting day January 2, 16, 17

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- Bob Donnan Blog: The Story Behind The Yeager Shale Gas Well Pad & Water Impoundment Contamination In Washington County 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Can’t Let Pennsylvania Become The Next Petrochemical Cancer Alley - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Debate Proposal To Raise State’s Renewable Energy Goal 

-- Southwest PA Commission Hosts Jan. 8 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Workshop, In-Person & Virtual

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Top Stories Of 2023: RGGI Struck Down By Commonwealth Court, Appeal Pending

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Policy Statement On Electric Utility Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging In PA

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Electric Vehicles Are Coming To The Grid, It’s Time For A Plan, Regulators Nudge

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Turnpike Begins Testing Electric Vehicle Charging Pads

-- WITF/WVIA: Residents Fight Cryptocurrency Power Plant Proposing To Burn Tires In Carbon County

-- MCall: Man Damages Lehigh Valley Electric Substation In Botched Copper Theft Attempt

-- Broad+Liberty Guest Essay: Energy Competition Works And Should Be Expanded - By John Hanger, Former PA PUC Commissioner, DEP Secretary 

-- York Dispatch: Landfill Owner Wants To Stay In York County, But How?

-- York Dispatch: Take A Look Inside York County Landfill’s New Wastewater Treatment Plant

-- Reading Eagle: Devices With Lithium-Ion Batteries Require Proper Charging, Disposal

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Start 2024 With A First Day Hike In One Of PA’s State Parks

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Endangered Species Act At 50; How It Aided Eagles, Osprey, Falcons, People In PA 

-- LancasterOnline: Hanover Eagles Livestream Back Online After Crowdsourcing Rescue

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: European Natural Gas Prices Surge On Risk Of Widening War In Middle East

Other States/National/International

-- Forbes: Is US Shale Oil Too Big To Fail?

-- The Guardian: New Breed Of Climate Protesters Vow To Take Fight To US Politics

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA Lawmakers’ Base Salary Now Tops $106,000; What You Need To Know About Automatic Pay Raises

-- LancasterOnline: Shapiro Purchased Automatic Dog Door; Massage Sofa; Big-Screen TVs For Governor’s Residence

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[Posted: December 27, 2023]  PA Environment Digest