Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.2.24

“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]

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 

-- In Memoriam: Fmr State Sen. Noah Wenger, Longtime Lancaster County Farming, Chesapeake Bay Advocate Dies At 89

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 2 [PaEN]  https://tinyurl.com/3ej33z2u

-- DEP Posted 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 2 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- Guest Essay: The Conventional Oil And Gas Industry Isn't Taking Responsibility For Their Wells - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Majority Chair, House Environmental Committee  [PaEN]

-- Saint Vincent College Professor's Internship Program Aims To Help Continue Cleanup Of Local Mine Drainage, Waterways In Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets March 12 On Cryptocurrency, Electronic Waste Recycling, ARCH 2 Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN] 

-- Bloomberg: Gov. Shapiro Calls On Biden To Keep Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Export Facilities Short  [PaEN] 

-- Inside Climate News: A Company Planning A Drilling Spree In New York’s Southern Tier Goes Silent As Lawmakers Seek To Ban Use Of Carbon Dioxide To Produce Shale Gas

-- DEP Invites Comments On Consent Agreement Related To Purchasing A Portion Of Ridge Run PFAS Contamination Site In Bucks County  [PaEN]

-- Comments Invited On DEP Consent Agreements On Purchasing Parts Of The Topton Hazardous Site In Berks County  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Damage Prevention Committee Announces $192,925 In Penalties For Failure To Comply With PA One Call

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Chesapeake Energy, Southwestern Gas Company Merger May Face Review

-- WESA: Republican US Senate Candidate Says Less Red Tape, More Natural Gas Are Key To PA’s Economic Future

-- DEP Bans Sale Of MTM Trading LLC (Tagital) Electronic Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken  [PaEN]   

-- TribLive Editorial: Pittsburgh Plastic Bag Ban Has Good Intentions, Bad Rollout

-- Bradford Era: Bradford City Water Authority Having Vandalism Issues

-- Scranton Times: DEP Analyzing Roaring Brook, Lackawanna River Muddied By Water Company’s Reservoir Dam Project

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Hazard Mitigation Committee Hosts 4 Workshop Sessions On Community Hazards

-- DCNR Highlights Grants To Plant Trees In Overlooked, Underserved Committees As Part Of Community Conservation Partnership Grants  [PaEN]

-- Frick Environmental Center In Pittsburgh Hosts March 14 Symposium On What Does Ecologically Responsible Land Stewardship Look Like?  [PaEN] 

-- Warren Times: Warren County School District Opposes USDA Old-Growth Forest Proposal

-- Pike Conservation District March 21 Contractor’s Workshop, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

-- Pike Conservation District: Controlling Erosion & Sediment With Rock Construction Entrances 

-- Pike Conservation Podcasts: Hidden Geocache Treasurers In Pike County/

-- 2023 Annual Report From The Pike County Conservation District 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Lancaster’s North Museum Bird Collection Gathered Thanks To Generation Of Amateur Naturalists 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center: How Does A Moth View Time? 

-- Outdoor News - Tom Venesky: Wild Brown Trout No Reason To Scorn Stocked Trout In PA

-- Bradford Era: Natural Gas Revenues Top $1 Billion For Game Commission Since 2008

-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition: Natural Gas Revenues Top $1 Billion For Game Commission Since 2008

-- The Allegheny Front: New Book About Deer Invites Us To Take A Closer Look At Ourselves

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices:  PA- $3.51; National- $3.33;  Ohio- $3.15

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same At 24; Added 3 Rigs During February

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Western PA Elections Officials Say Higher Pay For Poll Workers Helped To Ease Staffing Crunch

-- WHYY: Ballot Order Is Critical For Candidates, In PA It’s Determined By Luck

-- WESA: Republican US Senate Candidate Says Less Red Tape, More Natural Gas Are Key To PA’s Economic Future

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: PA AFSCME Chapter Taken Over By National HQ For Unspecified But ‘Serious’ Financial Problems

-- The Center Square: PA Income Tax Plan Raising $2.6 Billion In Revenue Up For Discussion In House

-- The Center Square: Education Spending Trends Deliver Mixed Results In PA

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Lawmakers Consider How To Measure Success Of Taxpayer-Funded Universities

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports February Tax Collections 2.6% Higher Than Expected; Fiscal Year-To-Date Up 0.3% Over Estimates

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports February State Revenues 4.1% Above IFO Estimates; Fiscal Year-To-Date Revenue Down 0.1% Lower Than IFO Estimates

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[Posted: March 2, 2024]  PA Environment Digest