Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.4.24

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

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day May 6, 7, 8, June 3, 4, 5

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

May 6-- NEW. House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee meets to consider House Bill 1571 (Scott-D-Montgomery) require a warning label for firefighting equipment containing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals (sponsor summary); Senate Bill 144 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) require warning labels on firefighting foams that contain PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ but not restricting their sale.  Room 515 Irvis Building.  10:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.

May 21-- NEW. House Tourism, Economic And Recreational Development Committee holds an informational meeting to introduce Nathan Reigner, Director Of The Office Of Outdoor Recreation updating the Committee on the work done over the last year.  Room 140.  10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

-- DEP Advisory: DEP’s OnBase Database Manager Will Not Be Available On Wednesday, May 8 From 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 4 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posts New Permit Modernization Webpage To Track Progress In ‘Getting Stuff Done’ Without Sacrificing Environmental, Public Health Protection 

-- Bill Reported Out Of Senate Committee Would Allow Pipelines Like Mariner East To Apply For Waivers Of Any PUC Regulation, Law Or Policy  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Ohio AG Wants PA’s Austin Master Services CEO Jailed For Failing To Cleanup Oil & Gas Waste Plant In Martins Ferry 

-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio AG Wants PA Company Held In Contempt For Failing To Cleanup Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste 

-- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry

-- A Portion Of Clear Creek Forest McKeever Tract In Mercer County With 150 Year Old Trees Added To  Old-Growth Forest Network [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline: Elizabethtown H.S. Envirothon Team Get Hands-On Science Lessons In Canoes

-- Chesapeake Bay Model Estimates Decline In Nutrient, Sediment Pollution; PA, 4 Other Jurisdictions Did Not Meet Reduction 2023 Targets For Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sediment  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Environmental Groups Send EPA Notice Of Potential Lawsuit On Wastewater Plant Discharge Violations, Including In Bay Watershed

-- PA Solar Center Honors 5 Western PA Organizations Who Have Gone Solar  [PaEN]

-- Clean Energy Funding Guide Now Available For Renters, Homeowners, Landlords, Nonprofits, Local Governments, Workforce Development  [PaEN]

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Convened Revitalized Sustainability Practitioners Network

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: ‘Bathtub’ Funding Will Make Pittsburgh Safer, More Climate Resilient

-- EarthJustice: Federal Appeals Court Upholds EPA’s Plan For Cleaner Air In PA, Denying A Challenge From Keystone And Conemaugh Coal-Fired Power Plants

-- TribLive Guest Essay: New EPA Protections Will Save Lives, Slash Climate Pollution From Coal-Fired Power Plants - By Moms Air Force 

-- The Daily Item Letter: EPA’s New Power Plant Rules Provide Critical Pollution Reduction - By Ben Hoskins  [Responds To Republicans Sen. Yaw, Con. Meuser]

-- DEP: New Location For May 21 Meeting/Hearing On The Renewal Of The Air Quality Permit For Covanta Municipal Waste Combustion Units In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments At May 29 Hearing On Blythe Recycling and Demolition Landfill Permit Renewal In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Do The Owners Of The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Have Enough Money To Decommission The Facility? - By Council To Modernize Governance 

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $226,963 In Penalties For Violations

-- Altoona Mirror: Local Agencies Ramp Up Security After State, National Cyberattacks On Water Supplies

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In April Now Available [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: TODAY: City Of Erie Residents Can Dispose Of Tires, Electronics During Recycling Event Saturday

--  TribLive: Natural Burials Offer A Time-Tested Alternative To The Modern Funeral

-- Erie Times: New Piers, Extra Slips Part Of Marina Project At Presque Isle, When Will It Be Finished?

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: City Of Pittsburgh Is Squandering Federal Funding And Not Fixing Recreation Centers

-- Allegheny County Conservation District: 5th Generation Morning Glory Farm Gets Permanent Agricultural Land Protection  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Names Ian Brown New Assistant Manager For Laurel Hill State Park Complex In Southwest PA

-- WNEP: Kindness Tree Dedicated At Marywood University

-- DEP Begins 2024 Black Fly Suppression Program On 48 Rivers & Streams;  Submit Black Fly Complaints Online

-- WNEP: Some People Have Allergic Reactions To Spongy Moths; Here’s What You Need To Know

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Commissioners, Health Experts Warn Public About Spongy Moths; Some People Experience Allergic Reactions

-- Penn State Extension, PA Sea Grant Host June 7 Webinar On Aquatic Invasive Species  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: Invasive Callery Pear Trees Can No Longer Be Planted In PA

-- The Allegheny Front/WVIA: Trip To The Fish Hatchery That Helps Boost PA’s Walleye Population 

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Donors Choose Name For US Steel Irvin Works Eaglet

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- $3.66   Ohio- $3.40

-- DEP’s Latest Oil & Gas Workload Report (April 26) Shows ZERO Shale Gas Wells Drilled In That Week  [Will Have An Impact On Act 13 Fee Revenue]

-- Baker Hughes: Number Of PA Natural Gas Rigs Same As Last Week - 21

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: FERC, NERC Review Of Winter Storm Gas Infrastructure Failures Lacks Transparency, Provided Insufficient Scrutiny On Impacts - By Union Of Concerned

Other States/National/International

-- Scientific American: Gas Stove Pollution Lingers In Homes For Hours Even Outside The Kitchen

-- The Guardian: Gas Stoves Increase Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure Above Health Standards Disproportionately Affecting People Of Color and Low-Income People

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- York Dispatch: Far-Right PAC Met Secretly With School Board Members From Across Your County, Documents Show 

-- Tribune-Democrat: As ‘Skill’ Gambling Games Spread Across PA, Officials Rush To Catch Up

-- Tribune-Democrat: ‘It’s The Wild West’: State Trying To Figure Out How To Tax, Regulate ‘Skill Gambling Games

-- Tribune-Democrat: Municipalities Can Levy Fees On ‘Skill’ Gambling Games, But Face Complications Keeping Track

-- The Hill: Biden’s Pause On New LNG Gas Export Facility Permits Could Complicate Pennsylvania Strategy  [LNG Export Capacity Will Double During Pause; PA Shale Gas Coalition Wants To Export PA Gas To China, Our Competitor]

-- The Center Square: Restorative Justice Advocates Ask For State-Level Reform

-- PennLive: Students Protest At Central Dauphin Over Lack Of Action Against ‘Cycle Of Racism’

-- City & State PA: Monitoring The Fallout From PA Campus Protests

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Protests Of Israel-Hamas War Reach New Level On Local College Campuses

-- PennLive: Legendary PA Native American Athlete Jim Thorpe Receives Medal Of Freedom

-- TribLive/AP: Nippon Steel Delays Closing Of Acquisition Of US Steel Until After US DOJ Request

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