Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.10.24

“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 10, 15, 16, 17, 39, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day April 10, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- DEP Issues $1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas From The Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area In Cambria County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Cambria County Gas Storage Well Blowout Brings $1.1 Million Penalty For Equitrans

-- WJAC: DEP Fines Equitrans Gas Company $1.1 Million For 2022 Cambria County Gas Storage Area Leak

-- 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]

-- Environmental Hearing Board Allows 2nd Appeal Of Tri-County Landfill Permit To Move Forward Over Threats Posed By Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste [PaEN]

-- Better Path Coalition Hosts April 19 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Justin Nobel On His New book About Radioactive Waste From The Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN] 

-- WITF: House Republican Lawmakers Rail Against Biden’s Pause On New LNG Gas Export Facilities [Export Facilities Will Double In Capacity During Pause and EQT Says We Have A ‘Duty’ To Send Gas To China ]

-- Bloomberg: PetroChina To Build Up Its LNG Gas Fleet, Expand Global Trade

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Coal Transition: Centralia, Washington State’s Coal Plant Has To Close Next Year, Can PA Communities Learn From Their Transition?  [Part 1of 4 - Centralia, Washington State]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Coal Transition: Betting On Hydrogen With An Energy Technology Grant  [Part 2 of 4 - Centralia, Washington State]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Coal Transition: How A Weatherization Grant Helped A Music Venue Build Community [Part 3 of 4 - Centralia, Washington State] 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Coal Transition: Raising Fish And A Workforce With An Economic Development Grant [Part 4 of 4 - Centralia, Washington State]

-- AP: PA Senate Approves Legislation To Attract, Approve Carbon Capture Wells

-- Sen. Yaw: Senate OKs Legislation Setting Legal Framework For Carbon Capture Sequestration

-- EPA Sets First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Drinking Water; PA State MCL Will Change  [PaEN]

-- City & State PA: Interview With Adam Ortiz, EPA Region III Administrator

-- Reminder: DEP Holds April 29 Hearing On Water Quality Permits For Arcadia Warehouse Project In Northampton County

-- DEP Takes Action On 742 Permits, 95% Within Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,501 Inspections, Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies In Week Ending April 7

-- House Committee Reports Out Rep. Matzie Bills To Add Safeguards, Protect Ratepayers In Municipal Water. Sewer System Sales

-- WTAE: PennDOT, Local Emergency Services Monitoring Landslides, Road Closures As They Brace For More Rain In Western PA

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Receives $3.5 Million Federal Grant For Levee Repairs

-- Moms Clean Air Force: New EPA Protections Will Curb Chemical Plant Pollution, Clean Up Air In Impacted Communities  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Anaerobic Digestion; Biochar In Forest Economy; Climate Solutions Symposium; How Transmission Lines Power Your Home; More!

-- PA Resources Council Launches 2024 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Campaign April 20 In Western PA [PaEN] 

-- Rep. Warren’s Bill To Help Reduce Single-Use Plastic Bottles Clears House Committee

-- York Daily Record: York Plastic Recycling Company Now Charging To Accept Residential Waste

-- PUC Reminds Consumers Of Mid-April Public Hearing On PECO Default Electric Service Plan

-- PUC Commissioner Kathryn L. Zerfuss To Moderate Careers In Energy Panel At Lehigh Unversity April 16

-- PA Assn. Environmental Educators: Fill Out The 2024 PA Statewide Environmental Education Survey Today  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Deadline For PA Wilds Center BIG IDEA Contest April 18 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Jeremy Cox: Climate Change Leaving Some Plants, Trees In The Dust

-- DCNR: Director Of Outdoor Recreation Joins Small Business Roundtable To Promote Partnerships To Build PA’s $17 Billion Outdoor Recreation Economy

-- DCNR To Hold Onsite Hiring Event April 11 At Penn Nursery-Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Center In Centre County

-- York Daily Record Column: Preserving York County As A Great Outdoor Playland

-- PA Capital-Star: Sunday Hunting Proposal Again Pits PA Hunters Against Hikers, Bikers, Hhorseback Riders

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey:  PA Tick Experts Explain Why Outdoors Enthusiasts Need To Plan Ahead To Prevent Tick Bites

-- Williamsport Sun: What To Do If You Didn’t Schedule Treatment To Fight Spongy [Gypsy] Moths This Year

Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette: Norfolk Southern’s $600 Million Payout In Train Derailment Leaves Many Uncertain, Unsatisfied

-- AP: Norfolk Southern Agrees To Pay $600 Million In Settlement Of Claims Within 20-Mile Radius Related To Ohio Train Derailment 

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

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

-- Warren Times: Regional Gasoline Prices Spikes 10 Cents

-- Reuters: US Power Use Forecast To Reach Record Highs In 2024, 2025

-- Reuters: US EIA Lowers Coal Exports Forecast For April, May Following Baltimore Bridge Collapse

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Rise Thru Next Year On Persistent War Risks

-- Bloomberg: PetroChina To Build Up Its LNG Gas Fleet, Expand Global Trade

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Courier Times: 1 In 10 PA Voters Choosing Mail-In Ballots For April Primary; Still Time To Apply

-- TribLive Editorial: Is Lee-Patel Congressional Race Bellwether For PA In Presidential Year?

-- TribLive: PA Supreme Court Hears Debate On Gun Industry Immunity In Lawsuit Over Mt. Pleasant Boy’s Death

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Bill Would Require Law Enforcement To Notify Federal Authorities Of Undocumented Immigrant Arrests

-- PA Capital-Star: Tougher Distracted Driving Law Passes PA House

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[Posted: April 10, 2024]  PA Environment Digest