Sunday, March 24, 2024

Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.24.24

“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.


-- 93 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]


-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN]


-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]


-- Republican Herald Editorial: Cost Of Trails Yields Many Benefits


-- AP: Fill Up Your Gas Tank And Prepare To Wait; Some Tips To Prepare For April’s Total Solar Eclipse


Other States/National/International


-- Financial Times Guest Essay: Wall Street Is Letting Orwellian Doublethink Kill Climate Action


-- Financial Times: Oil Executives Talk Down Rapid Shift To Green Energy As Profits Boom


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Pennsylvania’s Presidential Vote Won’t Be Decided In Philadelphia Or Pittsburgh

-- PennLive: Federal Judge Slaps Down Shorter Jail Sentence Request By Dauphin County Woman Convicted Of Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- AP: Drag Story Hour At Lancaster Library Canceled After Suspicious Package And Threats, Authorities Say

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[Posted: March 24, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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