Thursday, March 28, 2024

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.28.24

“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 April 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- 89% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Don’t Comply With Well Integrity Reporting For 34,455 Wells; No Other Industry Disregards The Law More Than Conventional Well Owners  [PaEN] 


-- Save Carbon County Files Lawsuit In Philadelphia Court Against Stronghold Digital, DEP, Governor, PUC Over Cryptocurrency Operations At Panther Creek Power Plant  [PaEN]


-- Environmental Health News: Shell Must Seek New Air Pollution Permit For Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Sees 45% Increase In Electric Vehicles


-- Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen  [PaEN]


-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: 45 Years After Infamous Accident, Why Are They Still Cleaning Up Three Mile Island?


-- TribLive: PA Solar Center Finds Greensburg, Jeannette Areas Could Save $19 Million Over 25 Years By Switching To Solar Energy 


-- National Review: PA Governor Flirts With Reckless ‘Green’ Energy/Climate Initiatives


-- Warren Times Editorial: Don’t Bank Too Heavily On Renewables


-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Awards $35 Million In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Grants; Benefits From $4,765,700  [PaEN]


-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 13 Backyard Stream Repair Series Field Day In McKean County  [PaEN] 


-- PEMA: Deadline Extended For SBA Low-Interest Flood Recovery Loans In Northeast PA


-- WHYY - Plan Philly: Environmental Justice Activists Push For Home Repair And Renewable Energy Money In Philly Budget


-- LancasterOnline: Sierra Club Working To Better Monitor Lancaster County Air Pollution


-- PennLive: AccuWeather Forecasts ‘Explosive’ Hurricane Season With Near-Record Number Of Storm


-- MCall: Large Sinkhole Closes Lanes On Road In Northampton County


-- PUC Sets Mid-April Hearings For Proposed PECO Energy Default Service Plan


-- Energy Assn. Of PA Announces Retirement Of CEO Terry Fitzpatrick


-- DCNR: Big Elk Creek Master Planning Task Force Holds First Meeting March 28


-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Hires New Trail Director; Boat Rental Deal Approved For Somerset Lake


-- Erie Times: Spring Beach Walk Reveals Conditions At Presque Isle, Helps Plans For Sand Replenishment


-- LancasterOnline: 70,000 Snow Geese Visit Middle Creek Wildlife Area This Season


-- NextPittsburgh: Audubon Society Expands Backyard Habitat Program To Pittsburgh’s Urban Neighborhoods 


-- TribLive: Break Out The Cigars - Punxsutawney Phil Is A Dad 


Train Derailments


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment ‘Ohio’s Chernobyl’ Still Wreaking Havoc In Pennsylvania 


-- Post-Gazette: Residents Near Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Express Frustration At Promises Of Aid


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: How US Oil Production Hit A Record Under Biden Despite Climate Policies


Other States/National/International


-- Reuters: Hydrogen Industry Pleads For Easier Path To US Tax Credits


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: PA’s Voter Registration, Election Management System Ready For 2024 State’s Top Election Official Says

-- Politics PA: Republicans Gaining Voter Registrations In Bucks, Montgomery Counties

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: ‘Dark Money’ Groups Would Be Forced To Disclose How They Spend On PA’s Elections Under Advancing Bill

-- WITF/NPR: Federal Appeals Court Says ‘Undated’ PA Ballots Don’t Count

-- PennLive - John Baer: Here’s A Political Version Of April Fools’ Day In PA

-- Post-Gazette: New Third Party Kicks Off Statewide Campaign

-- AP: PA House Passes Measure To Prohibit ‘Ghost Guns’ 104 - 97

-- WESA: Bipartisan Group Of PA Lawmakers Urge Votes On Juvenile Justice Reform

-- WITF/Spotlight PA: Penn Highlands Elk Maternal Care Cust Highlights PA’s widening Rural Health Services Gap

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Governor Wrong To Rule Out PA National Guard Deployment To Texas

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[Posted: March 28, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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