Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.1.24

“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 next voting day January 2, February 6

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

Senate next voting day January 2, [16, 17 canceled]

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- January 1 PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 23 to 29 - Abandoned Conventional Wells; Shale Gas Wastewater Releases;  Conventional Wells Venting Gas  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - December 30 [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On A Permit For A Portion Of The NFG Midstream Covington 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline In Tioga County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Reviewing Final Act 2 Land Recycling Cleanup Report For Dozens Of Chemicals At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Investigations Of Groundwater, Water Well Contamination And Seepage Near Shale Gas Wells In Pennsylvania And Wyoming 

-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Man Walks Entire Appalachian Trail 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Back Mountain Trail 5K Draws Huge Turnout

-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News: Highlights Of 2023 From Master Gardener Program 

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

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

-- WSJ: US Shale Drillers Keeping World Awash In Oil, Natural Gas As Conflicts Abound

Other States/National/International

-- AP: EPA OKs Louisiana Request To Regulate Carbon Capture Wells

-- WPost: 2023 Will Be Remembered As Year Climate Change Arrived

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Why The PA Legislature Is Off To A Slow Start In 2024

-- City & State PA: Our Picks For Stories Of The Year

--TribLive/AP: Fetterman Worried Hospitalization For Depression Would End Political Career

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Our Political Foundation Must Improve

-- AP: American Democracy Has Overcome Big Stress Tests Since 2020 Election, More Challenges Are Ahead

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[Posted: January 1, 2024]  PA Environment Digest