Saturday, March 23, 2024

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.23.24

“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 March 25, 26, 27, April 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day April 8, 9, 10, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


March 25-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging, Abandonment.  Room G-50 Irvis Office.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online


March 26-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1732 (Webster-D-Montgomery) requiring testing of landfill leachate for hazardous waste and radioactivity (sponsor memo);  House Bill 1943 (McNeill-D-Lehigh) require disclosure of all chemicals used in fracking oil and gas wells (sponsor memo); House Bill 919 (Rabb-D-Philadelphia) establishing natural organic reduction as an option for human interment (sponsor memo).  Room 60 East Wing.  9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch online


March 27-- Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee hearing on Norfolk Southern train derailment one year later.   Darlington Township Volunteer Fire Company, 3590 Darlington Road, Darlington, PA Beaver County. 10:30 a.m.  Click Here to check availability of live stream.


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 23  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 80 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 23 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- Fayette County Commissioners Unanimously Pass Ordinance Restricting Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells  [PaEN]


-- Ohio River Valley Institute: LNG Gas Exports Are A Rotten Deal For Appalachians


-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Moratorium On Exporting LNG Gas Hurts This State And Europe Too  [The Real Story: There Is No Moratorium On Exporting LNG, There’s A Pause On Permits For NEW Facilities, Export Capacity Will Double Under Biden Pause ]


-- Reading Eagle: West Reading Chocolate Factory Natural Gas Explosion A Year Later - A Tragic Day 


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Drill Shows How CONSOL Responds To Fire Emergency Inside Its Big Coal Mine 


-- The Allegheny Front/WVIA: Preserving PA’s Coal History To Look To The Future 


-- PennLive Guest Essay: Why Gov. Shapiro’s Energy Plan Puts PA On The Renewable Energy Map - By Mark Schneider, Cordia Energy


-- Allegheny National Forest Partnership Projects Improve Stream Health Using Federal Inflation Reduction Act Funds  [PaEN]


-- DEP Sets April 29 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For Arcadia Develop Corp. Industrial Project In Northampton County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Will Hold May 2 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For Maiden Creek Warehouse Project In Berks County  [PaEN] 


-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 22 RiverWatch Video Report


-- Scranton Times: Deadline Monday For Flood Victims To Apply For Low-Interest Loans In Lackawanna County


-- Groups Send Letter To Congress Seeking Critical Investments In Appalachian Flood Recovery And Resilience Program  [PaEN] 


-- Tribune-Democrat: Cambria Somerset Authority Repairs Leaks In Quemahoning Water Pipeline


-- DEP To Hold April 23 Hearing On Jessop Steel Air Quality Permit For Washington County Facility  [PaEN]


-- PUC To Host March 28 Meeting Of PA Sustainable Energy Board  [PaEN]


-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Sen. Mastriano Uses Environmental Rights Amendment To Address ‘Chemtrails’ Conspiracy Theory On Weather Modification 


--  TribLive/AP: National Guard Helicopters Help Battle West Virginia Wildfires In Steep Terrain


-- TribLive: Citizen Science Lab, Young Black Motivated Kings & Queens Partner On STEAM Education


-- Register Now For PA Master Naturalist Volunteer Training  [PaEN] 


-- Western PA Conservancy Accepting Applications For Canoe Access Grants In Western PA  [PaEN] 


-- DCNR Announces Restoration Work Underway At Delaware Canal State Park In Delaware County


-- Western PA Conservancy Seeking Volunteers For Upcoming Stewardship Work Days


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Mentored Youth Trout Day March 30; PA Trout Season Opens April 6


-- TribLive: National Aviary In Pittsburgh Welcomes New Eurasian Eagle-Owl Chick


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- $3.64  National- $3.53  Ohio- $3.42


-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Down 1 From Last Week to 21


-- Reuters: Ad Campaign Uses Humor To Urge Americans To Ditch Natural Gas - Hot & Toxic


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Polling Places Inside Synagogues Are Being Moved For PA’s April Primary During Passover

-- AP: Casey, McCormick To Appear Alone On PA US Senate Ballots After Courts Boot Off Challengers

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[Posted: March 23, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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