Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.20.24

“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 

-- PA Environment Digest Will Be CLOSED Tuesday, April 23 Election Day

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.

-- Attorney General Henry Files Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline For Failure To Report Drilling Issues That Caused Industrial Waste, Potential for Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Attorney General Files Criminal Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline On Whistleblower Reports Over Pipeline Spills

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds May 2 Hearing On Water Use Requests, Including 7 Shale Gas Drilling Uses In Lycoming, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties  [PaEN] 

-- Commonwealth Court Affirms EHB Ruling Sen. Muth Lacks Standing To Appeal A DEP Permit For Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility Permit  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 20 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 74 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 20 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- MyChesterCounty.com: PA Senators Call For Ban On Spraying Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater On Roads

-- Protect PT Hosting April 30 Webinar On How Your Municipality Can Protect Itself From The Dangers Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Chief Touts Virtues Of Natural Gas Production In Area 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Plans For Largest Plastics Plant In US Dropped In Northumberland County

-- Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Next Round Of Growing Greener Plus Grants Will Open April 22  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Latest Podcast Features A Conversation With EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Stream Evaluation Reports In Chester, Fulton, Greene, Lancaster, Lycoming, Sullivan Counties; Including Loyalsock Creek  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Hearing May 8, Business Meeting June 5  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: PennVEST Head Explains Tweaks In Affordability For Water Infrastructure Funding

-- PHL 17: ‘Wandering: Observations Of Our Watershed” Is A New Art Exhibition From Fairmount Water Works

-- DEP Invites Comments At June 10 Hearing On RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Pixelle Specialty Solutions Paper Making Plant In York County  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star - Ian Karbal: Mine Safety Advocates Agree New Silica Dust Rule Is Progress, But Some Worry It’s Not Enough

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Push Bills To Bring Labor, Environmental Groups Together

-- York Dispatch: One Solar Energy Facility In Dover Canceled; Another Still In Process

-- Inquirer: An Energy Salesperson Came To My Door; Will They Actually Save Me Money?

-- WHYY: Hundreds Help Clean And Green Neighborhoods In West Philly

-- The Allegheny Front: Teens Network And Strategize Around Climate Action At Pittsburgh Youth Climate Action Summit

-- Inquirer Letter: Celebrating Earth Day - By Richard Whiteford, Climate Reality Project, West Chester

-- WNEP: 2.4 Magnitude Earthquake Confirmed In Berks County

-- MCall: 2.4 Earthquake Reported In Berks County 

-- TribLive: With Sunken Barge’s Location Confirmed, Ohio, Monongahela River Traffic Resumes

-- WNEP: Students Connecting With The Environment In Carbon County

-- Citizens Voice: Earth Day At Nesbitt Park: Students Learn About Local Environment In Luzerne County

-- Allegheny Land Trust Announces Conservation Of 114 Acres Of Green Space In 2 Transactions In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- MCall Letter: Whitehall Residents In Lehigh Valley Should Vote Yes On Open Space Referendum

-- Erie Times: Kinzua Bridge State Park Skywalk Will Close For Rehabilitation Work

-- Lancaster Farming: Crop Damage, Sunday Hunting Bills Debated At PA House Hearing 

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- $3.81  National- $3.67  Ohio- $3.66

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count At 22, Same As Last Week

Other States/National/International

-- WHYY: EPA Designates 2 PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As Hazardous Substances, Eligible For Superfund Cleanup

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Inquirer: Republican Lawsuit In Chester County Could Block Mail-In Ballots Collected From Senior Citizens In Long-Term Care Facilities From Being Counted

-- PA Capital-Star: Young Voters Helped Decide The 2020 Election In PA, Will They Turn Out For The Rematch?

-- TribLive Editorial: Mental Health Is More Important Than Political Power [Rep. Boyle]

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Republican Lawmakers Shake Heads At Shapiro Proposal To Change Pitt Funding Approval System

-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reported PA March Unemployment 3.4%; Same For 6 Consecutive Months

-- The Center Square: ‘Pharmacy Deserts’ Spreading Across Pennsylvania

-- MCall: 4th Latino Health Summit Highlights Health Policies, Health Issues Critical To Latino Population

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[Posted: April 20, 2024]  PA Environment Digest