Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.3.24

“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 7:30:  Virtual. Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community - Eyes On Shell Webinar. 7:30 p.m.  Click Here to register.

-- In Memoriam: Jim Brett - Conservation Educator, Naturalist, Recognized For His Local And Global Leadership  [PaEN]

-- PA Lung Association: High Levels Of Cancer-Causing Radon Gas Detected In 40% of PA Homes; Test Kits Available At No Charge In Priority ZIP Codes  [PaEN]

-- DEP Highlights National Radon Action Month, Provides Free Radon Test Kits

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Fracked Up Greene County Water - Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro Has Done An About-Face On Fracking By Aligning Himself With CNX After Charging Them With Environmental Crimes - By Karen Elias, Climate Reality Project, Better Path Coalition

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Diversified Energy Sells Unknown Number Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In PA, WV, OH

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Peoples Natural Gas Asks Regulators For Rate Increases For All Customers 

-- PJM Urges United Action To Sustain Grid Reliability Through The Energy Transition, Avoid Unreliability Issues Of Natural Gas, Other Generators  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Public Electric Vehicle Charging Is On The Way, But PA Is ‘Playing Catch-Up’

-- Erie Times: Majority Of PA Counties Projected To Lose Population By 2050; Rural Areas Bear The Brunt  [Current Policies Fail To Sustain Communities]

-- WITF/AP: States, Congress Wrestle With Cybersecurity After Iran Attacks Small Town Water Utilities In PA, Other States

-- PA Resources Council: Resolve To Waste Less In 2024, PRC Has Lots Of Tools To Help  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Plastic Bag Bans Coming To Philly Suburbs, What You Need To Know 

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Funding Opportunities, Projects Supported; County Clean Water Updates; Much More!   [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals: Registration Now Open For Level I Training, Certification; PA DCNR Offering Scholarships  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Jan. 12 In-Person Workshop On Climate Art And Networking For Watershed Leaders & Stewards  [PaEN]

-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show: Jan. 5 - Progress On Cleaning Up Our Energy; The Role Of the Arts In Addressing The Climate Crisis - 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

-- Outdoor News: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Game Commission Conserve 649 Acres Of Private Land In The Heart Of PA’s Elk Range 

Gas Explosions

-- TribLive: Senior Citizen Apartments Evacuated In Allegheny County After Natural Gas Leak Reported, No Injuries

Other States/National/International

-- WPost: What Climate Scientists Are Predicting For The Globe In 2024

-- Financial Times: Saffron (Crocus) Supplies Dry Up As Climate Change Shrivels Iran’s ‘Desert Gold’

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive/PennLive: Senate Republican Leader Hopes 2024 Brings Change To PA Education System, Minimum Wage Hike

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Commission Planning Revamp Of PA Education Funding Nears Finish Line

-- Spotlight PA: State Funding For Penn State, Pitt, Temple Hasn’t Kept Pace With Inflation, Data Show

-- Sen. Art Haywood (D) To File Ethics Complaint Against Sen. Doug Mastriano (R) For Interference In 2020 Election

-- WITF: Republican Sen. Doug Mastriano Faces Ethics Complaint Over Support Of 2020 Election-Fraud Lie

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Sen. Haywood Calls For Probe Of Sen. Mastriano’s Efforts To Overturn 2020 Election Results

-- WHYY/AP: Lawsuit Aims To Keep Republican Con. Scott Perry Off Ballot With Constitution’s Insurrection Clause

-- TribLive/Inquirer: Lawsuit Seeks To Remove Republican Con. Scott Perry From Ballot For Insurrection

-- PA Capital-Star: Activist Sues To Keep Republican Con. Scott Perry Off Primary Ballot for Insurrection

-- The Center Square: Republican Con. Scott Perry Subject Of Insurrection Lawsuit To Keep Him Off Ballot

-- PennLive: Lawsuit Seeks To Remove Republican Con. Scott Perry Due To His Involvement In The Jan. 6 Insurrection And Overturning The 2020 Election

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Sen. Regan Will Not Seek Relection

-- PennLive: Will-Known Harrisburg Community Leader Alvin Taylor Running For Senate Seat Being Vacated By Republican John DiSanto

-- Politics PA: Think PA’s Automatic Voter Registration Favors Dems?  Think Again

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Artificial Intelligence Got A Lot Of Attention In 2023, But Not So Much In The PA Legislature

-- Erie Times: Majority Of PA Counties Projected To Lose Population By 2050; Rural Areas Bear The Brunt  [Current Policies Fail To Sustain Communities]

-- TribLive Editorial: Keep Track Of Your Gun Or Face The Consequences

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[Posted: January 3, 2024]  PA Environment Digest