Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.16.24

“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 16, 17, 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 

TODAY 10:00:  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-- Virtual. 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. 11:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.  Read 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.

-- Gov. Shapiro Honors 22 Projects With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence; Awards Dinner April 30  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Dept. Withdraws Request To EPA To Be Considered In Compliance With Federal Air Quality Standards 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Work Continues On Luzerne Abandoned Mine Subsidence; Second Hole Opens In Swoyersville

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Second Hole Opens From Abandoned Mine Subsidence In Swoyersville

-- WNEP: Crews Repair Abandoned Mine Subsidences In Luzerne County, But It Wasn’t Only Subsidence

-- Citizens Voice: Water Flow Restored To Toby Creek In Luzerne After Abandoned Mine Subsidence

-- WITF/WPSU: Penn State Extension Leaving 20% Of Positions Unfilled As Part Of Efforts To Balance Budget [Extension Is A Critical Environmental, Energy Education Resource For Citizens]

-- Little Juniata River Assn.: More Than 100 Volunteers Clean Up 30 Miles Of River Banks In Huntingdon, Blair Counties  [PaEN] 

-- PA Resources Council Offers Free Statewide Recycling Webinar On Earth Day, April 22  [PaEN]

-- PAEE/NAAEE: Relaunch Of 'Outside For 5' Campaign Urges Educators To Embrace Outdoor Learning  [PaEN]

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Habichats Wetland Walk; Upcoming Events; Know Your Flowers 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Power, Pipeline Corridors Becoming Wildlife Habitat 

-- G.E.T. Solar Informational Webinar April 25 For Businesses, Schools, Municipalities & Nonprofits  [PaEN] 

-- PA Solar Center Hosts April 25 Webinar On Solar Workforce & Apprenticeship Opportunities  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square: Carbon Capture And Storage Framework Moves Forward

-- Clean Air Task Force Research Group: New Look At Carbon Capture & Storage Opportunities In Pennsylvania

-- Utility Dive: Constellation, Generator Trade Groups Back PJM Plan To Revert To Original Electricity Capacity Auction Results 

-- AP: Ohio River Near Pittsburgh Closed As Crews Search For Missing Barge, 1 Of 26 That Broke Loose

-- TribLive: Volunteers From West Penn Power Green Team Handing Out Free Dogwood Saplings In Jeannette April 19

-- DCNR Accepting Permit Applications For Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Riding; Season Dates Set

-- Keystone Trails Assn. Welcomes 3 New Staff Members To Expand Presence In Bedford, Clinton & Lancaster Counties  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Despite Support, State Game Commission Puts Hold On Marten Reintroduction Plan

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Special Young Eagle Soars High Again After 9 Months Of Medical Care In Northwest PA

-- Williamsport Sun: Beloved Butterfly Expert Rick Mikula Steps Away From Conservation 

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Birds, Animals Have Ability To Sense Storms

Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette: Attorneys Answer Residents’ Questions About $600 Million Norfolk Southern Settlement

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

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

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equinor Sheds Last Operated Gas Assets In US; EQT Picks them Up Along With $500 Million

-- Reuters: EQT To Sell 40% Interest In ‘Non-Operated’ Natural Gas Assets In Northeast PA To Equinor USA 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WITF: PA’s Top Election Official Holds Daily Briefings Ahead Of April 23 Primary

-- Observer-Reporter: Greene, Fayette Counties Allowing Voters To Fix Mail-In Ballots [Washington County Isn’t]

-- WITF/NPR: PA’s Erie County Picks Presidents, Here’s What It Can Tell Us About 2024

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Amends Campaign Finance Bills To Cover All Nonprofits, Require More Detailed Reports

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Have Slot Machines Finally Won $1 Billion In Tax Relief For Pennsylvanians?

-- TribLive: Pharmacists Open Up To State Senate Committee About Financial Struggles At Hearing

-- Inquirer: Antisemitic Incidents In PA Rose Sharply In 2023 Amid Israel-Hamas War, New ADL Report Says

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[Posted: April 16, 2024]  PA Environment Digest