Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.9.24

“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]

Governor’s Budget Address:  February 6

House next voting day February 6, March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

Senate next voting day February 5, 6, 7, March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 12:30: Agenda Posted - Updated. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. The Updated Agenda has for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov.  Read more here.

TODAY 3:30: Virtual/In-Person: Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences Town Hall Discussion On State Of Pennsylvania Agriculture. PA Farm Show Building, Susquehanna Room, 2300 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg.  3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 9:00: House - Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committees joint informational meeting on 5 years of PA Farm Bill.  PA Farm Show Building, Monongahela Room, 2300 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.  Read more here.

THURSDAY 9:15: Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:15 a.m. visit the Committee webpage for options on joining remotely.  Contact: Joseph Martini, martjos@pa.gov  or (717) 772-5619.

-- DEP Advisory: DEP is experiencing problems with its website, including being erroneously being prompted to login and problems with distributing press releases.. "Our website host has been made aware of these issues and is working to resolve them." Click Here for updates.

Flood/Wind Advisories

-- WNEP: Flood Watches, Wind Advisories In Effect In NE PA

-- PennLive: City Of Harrisburg Officials Brief Public About Flooding Risk Ahead Of Tuesday’s Rain, Wind

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Flood Threat Could Last Several Days, Winds Likely To Take Down Trees

-- WESA: Heavy Rain, Damaging Winds Forecast For Much Of Western PA

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Luzerne County EMA Warns Of Potential Creek Flooding, High Winds

-- WNEP: Schuylkill County Prepares For Potential Flooding Ahead Of Storm

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Region To See Heavy Rain, Wind, Possible Flooding

-- PUC Offers Safety Tips On Power Outages, Natural Gas Appliances To Prepare For Winter Storms 

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-- DCNR Begins Accepting Community Conservation Partnership Grant Applications Jan. 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb. 1  [PaEN]

-- CFA Begins Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants Feb. 1  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Trout Unlimited Priority Waters Program, Abandoned Mine Reclamation To Be Featured At Jan. 10 Meeting

-- PUC Calls On PA Congressional Delegation To Support Permanent Program To Provide Financial Assistance For Water, Wastewater Services To Low-Income Households [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Partisan Split On Energy, Environment Makes Compromise Unlikely 

-- WESA - Jon Hurdle, Inside Climate News: Once Known For Its Pollution, Pittsburgh Becomes Poster Child For Climate Consciousness

-- No False Solutions PA Coalition Issues Position Statement On Hydrogen, Carbon Capture & Storage, Chemical Recycling Of Plastics, Other Climate 'Solutions'  [PaEN]

-- ReImagine Appalachia Blog: Good-Paying Jobs For Appalachians: The American Climate Corps Initiative - Attend An Upcoming Listening Session

-- Erie Times: Venango Twp. Supervisors Give Thumbs Down To Proposed Solar Energy Facility, Developer Can Appeal

-- PA Capital-Star: PA To Receive $47.3 Million For Federal Clean School Bus Program

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Electric Vehicle Tax In PA Would Punish Drivers For Being Responsible - By Energy Innovation: Policy & Technology

-- Jewish Earth Alliance, Beth Am Israel Hosting Jan. 23 Online Program Rethinking Our Connection To Fossil Fuels - A Discussion  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Notice Of Violation To Keystone Landfill For Malodor In Lackawanna County

-- Scranton Times: DEP Again Cites Keystone Landfill For Odor Violations In Lackawanna County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Issues Notice Of Violation To Keystone Landfill For Malodor

-- Citizens Voice: Residents Grill Wyoming Boro Officials For Eliminating Recycling Program In Luzerne County

-- WHYY/Plan Philly: After Mayor’s Pocket Veto, Future Of Single-Use Bag Fee In Philly Uncertain

-- Erie Times: Solar Eclipse Crosses Erie In April, Here’s What To Know

-- Eckley Miners’ Village Awarded Willary Foundation Grant To Design, Research Lodging Facilities  [PaEN]

-- AP: National Park Service Retracts Decision To Take Down William Penn Statue At Philadelphia Historical Site

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Awards Mini-Grants; New Grant Round Now Open  [PaEN] 

-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Mini-Grants Awarded, 2nd Application Round Announced

-- Game Commission: Howard Nursery Seedling Sale Accepting Orders; Seedlings For Schools Program Ordering Begins Feb. 5  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Annual Game Commission Seedlings Sale Officially Underway

-- Interns Wanted: Department Of Environmental Protection,  Conservation & Natural Resources, Agriculture - Deadline Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- Intern Wanted: Penn State/The American Chestnut Foundation  [PaEN] 

-- Northcentral PA Conservancy Partners With Landowner To Preserve 64 Acres In Columbia County   [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Look At The Alarms Given By Animals In Nature

-- Public News Service: Actions Urged To Reduce, Prevent Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions In PA

Gas Explosions

-- WTAE: Rustic Ridge Neighbor Honored For Heroic Acts After Natural Gas Explosion In Plum Boro, Allegheny County

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

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

-- TribLive: National Gasoline Price Falls To Near $3, A Few Pittsburgh-area Stations Are Already There  [AAA PA Average Gasoline Price- $3.36]

Other States/National/International

-- Bloomberg: Natural Disasters Led To $250 Billion In Global Losses Last Year, Just $95 Billion Insured

-- Financial Times: Climate Records Tumble ‘Like Dominoes’ During World’s Hottest Year

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Some PA Lawmakers Didn’t Take Pay During Budget Impasse, Bill Would Force All To Forgo Their Pay During Future Impasses

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Exodus Of Population From Progressive States An Opportunity For Pennsylvania

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican US Senate Candidate Raises $6.4 Million In Q4, Including $1 Million Of His Own Money

-- Politics PA, Broad+Liberty Announce New Strategic Partnership For 2024

-- PA Dept. of Insurance To Announce Extension Of Pennie Health Insurance Enrollment To Jan. 19

-- PennLive: Face Mask Mandates Expand In PA, Elsewhere Amid Surge In Flu, COVID Cases

-- Post-Gazette: Report Finds Western PA Has Too Many Hospital Beds

-- Inquirer Editorial: Philadelphia’s Measles Outbreak Reminder Of The Importance Of Vaccines

-- PA Capital-Star: IRS Seizes $400,000 From Fmr PA ‘Skill’ Gambling Game Executive’s Cash, Accounts As Part Of Tax Investigation

-- Inquirer: Beverage Sales Went Down In Cities That Enacted Soda Taxes, Philly Saw Biggest Change

-- AP: Moon Landing Attempt By Pittsburgh-Based Astrobotic Technology Appears Doomed After Critical Fuel Leak

-- TribLive: Failing To Reach The Moon Isn’t A Total Failure For Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic

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[Posted: January 9, 2024]  PA Environment Digest