Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.21.24

“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 

NEW.  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

-- DEP: Shale Gas Drilling Resulted In 54 Incidents Of New Wells Interfering With Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Water Wells Or Other Shale Gas Wells   [PaEN] 

-- The Energy Age Blog: Well Communication Events Over Past 8 Years 

-- Those Roads Are Just Wet!  Just One Side?  Straight Line Start & Stop Points?  Nope, The Spring Road Dumping Season Is Here As Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Get Rid Of Their Wastewater   [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: CNX Resources To Pay Nearly $13,000 For Each 1.5 Million Gallons Drawn From Beaver Run Reservoir, 3 Million Gallons A Day Limit, For Fracking In Westmoreland 

-- Sen. Comitta, Sen. Santarsiero, Rep. Otten, Rep. Abney To Introduce Gov. Shapiro’s Energy, Climate Initiatives  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Poll - Pennsylvanians Want Low Energy Prices Above All Else

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Methane Initiative Adds More Members Among Oil & Gas Producers

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Fighting Climate Change In The Electrical Grid

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Duquesne Light Seeks To Raise Distribution Rates By 6% Next Year

-- Quality Industrial Coatings Receives National Small Business Environmental Stewardship Award  [PaEN] 

-- PA Capital-Star: For Residents Of Clairton, Allegheny County, Progress On Air Quality Feels A Long Way Off [Clairton Coke [Coal] Works]  

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Releases New Tool To Help Communities Understand Local Impacts Of Extreme Precipitation Events  [PaEN]

-- NRCS To Help Property Owners In Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming Counties Damaged By Flooding  [PaEN] 

-- Scranton Times: FEMA Rejects State’s Appeal For Disaster Funds For Infrastructure Damage From Flooding

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Cartwright, PEMA Respond To FEMA Denial Of Flood Damage Aid

-- Penn State Extension Ag Conservation Currents: Funding for Sustainable Farming; Managing Pastured Lands; Soil Erosion Threat Increasing With Climate Change 

-- Shenandoah Sentinel: West Mahanoy Planners Give Reading Anthracite Solar Farm Conditional Green Light 

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Applications For Science Scholarships; Call For Conference Presentations  [PaEN] 

-- Gov. Shapiro Launches Outdoor Business Alliance To Support PA’s Outdoor Economy At Gilson Snow in Snyder County  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Launches Outdoor Business Alliance

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Last Minute Tips For Grant Applicants; Match-Free Tree Grants; Making Erie Safer For Migrating Birds 

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna Commissioners OK Contract For New Roaring Brook Trail System

-- Northcentral PA Conservancy Hosts April 21 A Night For Nature And Helles-bender Beer At Turkey Hill Brewing In Bloomsburg  [PaEN] 

-- Game Commission Delivers Annual Report To House Game & Fisheries Committee

-- Penn State Extension: April 17 Webinar On Managing Invasive Knotweeds, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. 

Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette: Pitt Receives $870,000 Grant To Study Aftereffects Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment 

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

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

-- Reuters: Lower LNG Gas Prices Trigger Surge Of Purchases By The World’s Top Buyer - China 

Other States/National/International

-- EPA Announces Availability Of $24 Million In Pollution Prevent Grants

-- Inside Climate News: Companies Poised To Inject Millions Of Tons Of Carbon Underground, Will It Stay Put?

-- EPA Celebrates 20 Years Of Methane Reduction Accomplishments At Global Methane Forum

-- EPA Finalizes Strongest-Ever Pollution Standards For Vehicles

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive - John Baer: Shapiro Sharpening His Approach To Partisan Budget Fights, More

-- AP: In PA’s US Senate Race, Casey Puts ‘Greedflation’ And Corporations On The Ballot

-- Politics PA: Shapiro Says No To PA National Guard Troops For Southern US Border

-- PA Capital-Star: Dept. Of State Announces Training Team For County Election Directors

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: 200+ PA State Workers Earned More Than Governor In 2023

-- WHYY/AP: Bill To Offset Student Debt Through Tax Credit Passes PA House

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Politicians Should Drop Opposition To Purchase Of US Steel

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[Posted: March 21, 2024]  PA Environment Digest