PA Environment Digest Blog: Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

“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]

Senate next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

-- DEP Posted FY 2024-25 Budget Hearing Materials

-- DCNR FY 2024-25 State Budget Legislative Materials

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- DEP: Clay-Like Material Polluting Marsh Creek Is Not Bentonite From Mariner East Pipeline Construction, But Naturally Occuring; Sunoco Cleanup Operation Finished [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Permit Application For CNX Pipeline Project In Westmoreland County Withdrawn, Lacked Wildlife Permits

-- PA Utility Law Project March 15 Webinar On Impacts Of LNG Gas Exports On Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Families; LNG Export Capacity To Double, Even With Permit Pause [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: DEP Hiring Dozens Of Workers For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Industry Isn’t Taking Responsibility For Their Wells - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Majority Chair, House Environmental Committee

-- PA Business Report: Chemstream Announces Radical Transparency Fracking Chemical Compliance Initiative

-- MCall: Gas Leak Reported In Hellertown, Northampton County Prompting Evacuations

-- Utility Dive: 2024 PJM Outlook - Tough Choices Loom On Capacity Market, Plant Retirements, Transmission Planning [PJM To Process 230,000 MW Of New Generation Over 3 Years]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: It’s ‘Groundhog Day’ For DEP Permitting Reform In PA

-- PaHomePage: New Details On Underground Mine Fire In Columbia County

-- Inquirer: Federal Study Shows How Firefighter Gear Releases PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ On The Job

-- Tribune-Democrat: Trades Students Get Info On Weatherization Jobs At Somerset Career Expo

-- Reading Eagle: Kutztown University’s Organic Farming Program Gets $1.5 Million State Grant

-- Penn State March 22 Virtual Water Cooler Talk: Algae And Microplastics Stick Together [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: March 22 Webinar - Forest Management & Climate Change - A Women's Perspective [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 1 RiverWatch Video Report

-- March 2 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available