Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.11.24

“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 20, 21, 22, June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

May 21-- 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.

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 11 [PaEN]  

-- DEP Posted 80 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 11 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- We’re Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Water Resources Committee To Review Proposed Spill Notification Regulation, Final Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards May 16  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments, Sets Hearings On Air Quality Permits For 3 Power Plants-- Clearfield County- Shawville; Montour County- Montour; Venango County- Scrubgrass  [PaEN]

-- EEN Action/Evangelical Environmental Network: Nearly 33,000 Christians Support Amending PA's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard To Promote Clean Energy, Improve Grid Reliability  [PaEN] 

-- Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Tell PA Lawmakers To Support Community Solar Legislation

-- Our Solar PA: Solar Energy Is Key To Unlocking Our Clean Energy Future

-- Reminder: DEP To Hold May 29 Hearing On Blythe Demolition Landfill Permit Renewal In Schuylkill County

-- Office Of Administration: PA’s Money-Back Guarantee System For Permitting, Licensing Recognized As ‘State IT Innovation Of The Year’

-- DEP Accepting Applications For 2023 Recycling Performance Grants Thru Dec. 31  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Getting Rid Of Old Computers, TVs, Electronics Just Got Way Easier [Goodwill Keystone Area]

-- Reading Eagle: EPA Moving Closer To Removing Hazardous Materials From Fire-Damaged  Reading Factory

-- Observer-Reporter: DEP Added As Defendant For Negligent Oversight In Residents’ Lawsuit Against East Dunkard Water Authority Over Problems With Contaminated Water 

-- WHYY: Chester Receiver Demands City Stormwater Authority’s Financial Records: Authority Borrowed From Executive Director, Church To Make Payroll

-- TribLive: Deer Lakes Students Could Be Budding ‘Rockhounds’

-- WHYY: Suburban Philadelphia Counties Join Forces To Purchase Renewable Energy 

-- PJM Interconnection, MISO To Study Electric Transmission Upgrades To Bolster Interregional Power Flows

-- Utility Dive: PJM, MISO To Study Transmission Upgrades To Bolster Interregional Power Flows

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Awards Pennsylvania Sojourn Grants; Schedule/Map Available  [PaEN] 

-- Republican Herald: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, World's First Refuge For Birds Of Prey, Turns 90 With International Activists

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Where Have All The Fireflies Gone In Lancaster County?

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: River Otter Returns To Ridley Creek In Delaware County After 100-Year Absence

-- LancasterOnline: Eagle Found In Lancaster County With Lead Poisoning Dies 

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Hosts June 4 Webinar On Cultivating Community Green Spaces - A Practical Approach For Municipalities  [PaEN]  

-- Erie Times: Planting A Wildflower Garden?  Try Using These Native Plants In Northwest PA

-- Help Wanted: PA Council Of Trout Unlimited - Coldwater Heritage Partnership Executive Director  [PaEN] 

-- Help Wanted: Mountain Watershed Association - Community Organizer  [PaEN]

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- $3.77  National- $3.62  Ohio- $3.53

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

Other States/National/International

-- Bloomberg: Carbon Dioxide Just Took An Ominous, Record-Breaking Jump

-- The Guardian: Ex-President Promised To Scrap Climate Laws If US Oil Bosses Donated $1 Billion, Report

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WITF: Counties Finish Second Audit Of Primary Election Results Before State Certification

-- AP: Federal Appeals Court Says PA Town’s Limits On Political Lawn Signs Are Unconstitutional

-- Office Of Administration: PA’s Money-Back Guarantee System For Permitting, Licensing Recognized As ‘State IT Innovation Of The Year’

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Surplus Should Help All Residents - By Better PA

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[Posted: May 11, 2024]  PA Environment Digest