Saturday, April 13, 2024

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.13.24

“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 15, 16, 17, 39, 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 16-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 1615 (O’Mara-D-Delaware) setting energy efficiency standards for certain commercial and residential appliances.  Room G-50 Irvis Building.  10:00 a.m.   Click Here to watch online.


April 17-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on the environmental and public health impacts associated with the practice of spreading oil and gas drilling waste, known as brine, on Pennsylvania's roads for dust control and ice management.  Valley Township Building, 1145 W. Lincoln Highway, Coatesville, Chester County.  11:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch onlineRead more here about the issue.


April 25-- 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.


-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed CNX Midstream Double 24-Inch, 14 Mile Long Gas Pipelines In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]


-- Act 14: Little Known State Law Gives Municipalities, Counties First Chance To Comment On DEP Permits Before Applications Are Submitted; Critical First Step In Public Involvement  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 13 [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 13 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Sets May 29 Hearing On Wheelabrator Municipal Waste Combustion Facility Air Quality Permit In Bucks County  [PaEN]


-- DEP Bans Sale Of Eyoyo Electronics Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken  [PaEN]


-- PA Resources Council: Registration Open For Weekday Electronics Waste Collections In Allegheny County  [PaEN] 


-- Erie Times: Volunteers Needed For Annual Presque Isle State Park Cleanup April 27


-- TribLive: New Round Of Flooding Hits Western PA; State Road Closings, Reopenings Updated


-- Post-Gazette: Record Rainfall Leads To Major Flooding As Allegheny County Communities Start Cleaning Up


-- Observer-Reporter: Canton Twp. Businesses, Residents Lament Repeated Flooding Along Chartiers Creek, Washington County


-- AP: Flash Flooding Sweeps Into Pittsburgh Area Spurring Numerous Water Rescues


-- WESA: Pittsburgh Off To Wettest April Ever, On Pace For Wettest Year In History 


-- WESA: Pittsburgh Teen Sumitt Aims To Build Community Around Collective Action On Climate Change 


-- LancasterOnline: April 26-27 Climate Summit To Close Out Earth Day Celebrations In Lancaster County


-- Tribune-Democrat: Mineral Point-Area Waste Coal Pile To Be Removed In Cambria County


-- The Allegheny Front: Why Conservationists Are Pushing To Get The New Federal Farm Bill Reauthorized


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Study: Mixed Record On Permitting Reform Offers Some Hope [DEP]


-- TribLive: Penn Twp. Commissioners Consider Updating Solar Regulations In Westmoreland


-- TribLive Editorial: Smart, Timely Action Needed On Electric Vehicle Fees


-- Republican Herald: DCNR Issues Warning For Spring Wildfire Season


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: The Battle Against Spotted Lanternflies Begins Now


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- $3.70   National- $3.63   Ohio- $3.44


-- Baker Hughes: PA Gas Drilling Rigs No Change From Last Week- 22


Other States/National/International


-- Utility Dive: Electric Grid Interconnection Queues Jumped 27% To 2.6 TW In 2023; Led By Solar, Storage - DOE Lab


-- Dept. Of Interior Finalizes Action To Ensure Fair Return To Taxpayers For Public Land Oil & Gas Drilling


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Gov. Shapiro Joins Workers In Butler County Following Successful Effort To Save 1,300 Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works Jobs

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Study: Mixed Record On Permitting Reform Offers Some Hope [DEP]

-- WITF: Big Hike In Minimum Wage Sought By PA Democrats

-- Post-Gazette: Democratic Committee Seeks To Win Control Of PA Legislature For Redistricting In 2032

-- AP: Biden Heads To Scranton To Talk About Taxes

-- Post-Gazette: Biden To Return To Pittsburgh As Part Of 3-Day Swing Through PA

-- AP: Ex-President To Host Rally On Biden’s Home Turf In NE PA, Before His Trial Begins

-- AP: US Steel Shareholders Approve Takeover By Japan’s Nippon Steel

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[Posted: April 13, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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