Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.19.24

“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 29, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21, 22, June 3, 4, 5

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day April 29, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8, June 3, 4, 5

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

April 25--  Agenda Posted. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Penn State Technology Center Room 243 200 Innovation Blvd, State College.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here for options to attend remotely.  Contact: Adam Walters adwalters@pa.gov  or 717-214-6548.  Read more here on the agenda.

-- April 25 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Advisory Council Meeting Features Discussion Of Dumping Wastewater On Public Roads; Well Plugging Grant Programs; Regs. Limiting Methane Pollution From Wells  [PaEN] 

-- PA Capital-Star: Democratic State Senators Want To End Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater

-- Environmental Health Project: Gov. Shapiro’s Record On Shale Gas And Health - A Look At The Grand Jury Recommendations One Year In 

-- PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Doubles-Down On Support For Exporting PA Natural Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor  [PaEN] 

-- Guest Essay: Claims That Only Thermal Energy Resources Can Ensure Electric Grid Reliability Don’t Pass The Laugh Test - By John Quigley, Kleinman Center For Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

-- PPL Utilities: 2023 Sustainability Report Highlights PPL’s Utility Of The Future Strategy

 

-- City & State PA: ‘We Can Move The Needle’: Leaders Converge In Harrisburg For PA Energy Summit 

-- Encina Announces Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant Will Not Be Built In Northumberland County  [PaEN]  

-- WNEP: Plans For Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant In Northumberland Put Off

-- PennLive: Company Scraps Plans For $1.1 Billion Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant

 

-- ​​PA Resources Council Launches 2024 Household Chemical Collections May 4 At Allegheny County Event; First Of 8 In Western PA  [PaEN] 

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Millvale Pickoff Saturday Marks Start Of 4th Litter League Competition 

-- DCNR Highlights Conservation Job Opportunities In PA Outdoor Corps As 2024 Season Begins  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Acts On 879 Permits, 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,779 Inspections; Responds To 10 Environmental Emergencies During Week Ending April 14 

-- DEP Publishes Formal Notice It Will Accept Growing Greener Plus Grant Applications Starting April 22

-- DEP To Begin Accepting EPA Section 319 Watershed Restoration Grants April 22

-- Original Student 'Hellbender Defenders' Celebrate 5-Year Anniversary Of PA's Official State Amphibian And Clean Water Ambassador  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium, May 23 In Harrisburg  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Can You Tell If A Stream Is Healthy? Meet The Stream Doctors With Science U  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper April 19 RiverWatch Report

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Investigates Water Surfacing Above Abandoned Mine Subsidence In Luzerne County 

-- PaHomePage.com: Rust-Colored Water Flowing Into Creek In Edwardsville, Luzerne County Downstream From Mine Subsidence

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Regulations Are Welcome, But Still More To Do

-- PennLive: Opponents Of Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Project Flood Oversight Commission With Comments

-- WTAE: Beaver County Homeowners Facing Landslide In Their Backyard

-- WTAE: Once Again, Pitcairn Emergency Crews, DEP Respond To Pungent Smell In Allegheny County 

-- April 20 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- DCNR State Parks April Environmental Education Newsletter Celebrates Earth Month  [PaEN] 

-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center Takes On Greater Erie City Nature Challenge April 26-29; Six Other PA Areas Participating  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Recognizes National Utility Line Worker Appreciation Day

-- New Craft Beer In Williamsport Celebrates National I Love My State Parks Week By Supporting State Parks  [PaEN] 

-- Audubon Society Of Western Pennsylvania & Bird Town PA Partner To Create Sustainable Environment for Birds, Wildlife, People  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: North Park Expansion: Hampton Poised To Help Allegheny Land Trust With Acquisitions 

-- WeConservePA: NRCS Hosts April 25 Webinar On Funding Opportunities For Conservation Easements

-- Penn State Extension What’s The Buzz?  Outstanding Pollinator Habitats; Protecting Pollinators; Update From Center For Pollinator Research

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs, Activities

-- Northcentral PA: Study Suggests Hunters May Have Contracted Fatal Brain Disease From Regularly Consuming Venison With Chronic Wasting Disease 

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

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

-- KDKA: PA Gasoline Prices On The Rise As Stations Switch To Summer Fuel Blend

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Demand For LNG Gas Set To Peak In 2024 As Crisis Fades

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Leak Exposes Carbon Capture Safety Gaps In Louisiana April 3

-- AP: Biden Administration Moves To Make Conservation An Equal To Industry On Public Lands

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: PA House Democrats Propose New Expulsion Rules After Remote Voting By Lawmaker Facing An Arrest Warrant

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Political Drama Surround Rep. Kevin Boyle, Subject Of Arrest Warrant

-- Spotlight PA: Vast Majority Of PA Legislative Races Will Be Decided During The Primary

-- Spotlight PA: Missing Voting Machine Documents Raise Concern About Northampton County’s Testing Process

-- AP: Shapiro Says PA Will  Move All School Standardized Testing Online In 2026

-- Post-Gazette: PHEAA Extends PA Student Grant Submission Deadline Amid FAFSA Delays

-- AP: PA School District Cancels Actor’s Speech Over His Activism And ‘Lifestyle’

-- AP: Sheetz Convenience Store Chain Hit With Discrimination Lawsuit

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[Posted: April 19, 2024]  PA Environment Digest