Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.16.24

“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 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 

TODAY 9:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Bob Haines, robhaines@pa.gov or 717-787-7565.  Read More Here.

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.

May 21-- House Housing And Community Development Committee meets to consider House Bill 1179 (Borowski-D-Delaware) prohibiting bans of outdoor clotheslines and drying racks. Room 523. 10:00 a.m.   Click Here to watch online.

-- DEP: $5 Million In Grants Recommended To Support Mitigation Projects In Beaver County Related To Shell Petrochemical Plant Environmental Violations + Shell Paid Total Penalties Of $7,606,027.75  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Environmental Mitigation Fund, Set Up Thru Shell Petrochemical Plant Air Penalties Ready To Dole Out Money 

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: Water Quality Advocates Concerned About Increased Pollution, Strong Odors From Outfalls From Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County 

-- Warren Times: Oil & Gas Wastewater Spreading Battle Back On In General Assembly

-- Master Watershed Steward Volunteer Carol Armstrong Makes Waves In Chester, Delaware Counties  [PaEN] 

-- WITF The Spark: Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Provides Update On Meeting Chesapeake Bay Milestones  [Audio] 

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Farmers Eligible For Free Organic Transition Program

-- Reading Eagle: Rodale Institute To Begin Unique Organic Agriculture Training Program In Berks

-- Penn State Extension Ag Conservation Currents: Still Time To Register For June Conservation Con; Education Opportunities; Streambank Stabilization; Much More 

-- Post-Gazette: Updated Neville Island Facility Gives Behind-The-Scenes Look At Recycling

-- Erie Times: Solar Panels Installed In Presque Isle’s Beach Parking Lot 

-- Solar United Neighbors To Host Centre County Solar Tour May 18  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Wave Energy Converter To Be Tested On Lake Erie This Summer 

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Could Three Mile Island Unit 1 Nuclear Plant Be Restarted?  The Owner Didn’t Say No

-- Better Path PA Hosts May 23 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing On Geologic Carbon Sequestration & Risks Of Failure. Noon

-- PennFuture: Cement Plant Agrees To $165,000 Settlement Payment To Philadelphia-Area Community Environmental Projects 

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Weigh In On How US Steel Air Quality Settlement Money Should Be Spent - Here’s How, And Why 

-- TribLive: Canadian Wildfires Pose Threat Of Smoke To Western PA Once Again

-- PennLive: Meteorologist: Parts Of PA Could Get Canadian Wildfire Smoke If Conditions Are Right

-- Inside Climate News: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Triggering Outdoor Air Quality Alert Across Midwest; It Could Pollute The Indoors Too

-- Observer-Reporter: Canonsburg Seeks Funding To Address Flooding Issue

-- Observer-Reporter: Charleroi To Host Cleanup Friday In Washington County

-- Courier Times: What A Ban On Plastic Bags Could Mean For Doylestown Township In Bucks County

-- Observer-Reporter: Pesticide Education Program Returns To Washington County Classrooms 

-- Observer-Reporter: Local Beekeepers Prepared To Remove Swarming Bees

-- WHYY: Croydon Woods Has Earned Awards For Environmental Stewardship In Bucks County; It’s A Toxic Superfund Site 

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Names Erin Mooney Executive Director  [PaEN] 

-- UPDATED:  USDA: Kittatinny Ridge Among 5 Sentinel Landscapes Selected To Address Climate Change Impacts And Strengthen Military Readiness  [PaEN] 

-- Shapiro Administration Secures Sentinel Landscape Designation For Kittatinny Ridge To Further Conservation Efforts And Military Readiness

-- DCNR Celebrates 35-Year Lease Agreement With Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve In Bucks County

-- DCNR Blog: Working To Connect Pennsylvanians To Michaux State Forest’s Deep, Important Conservation History 

-- DCNR Grants News: Partners Close Trail Gap; Do Something Wild! PA Recreation Survey Open; New Recreation Equity Specialist Named

-- Williamsport Sun: Rider Park To See More Than $500,000 In Improvements This Summer

--The American Chestnut Foundation PA/NJ Chapter: Volunteer Opportunities; Outreach Events; PA Pollination Workshop June 14; Much More! 

-- The Allegheny Front: New Film Takes On Aquatic Invasives In Pennsylvania’s Natural Areas

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary Gardening For Clean Water For Habitat Owners, Caretakers 

-- WITF/WPSU: Penn State Researchers Help Shine Light On Firefly Populations In The Eastern US 

-- Inquirer: Seems Like Canada Geese Are Everywhere, But Their Population Is Declining

Gas Explosions

-- Republican Herald: Natural Gas Pipeline Break Had Route 61 Closed 33 Hours In Schuylkill County

Train Derailments

-- Altoona Mirror: Norfolk Southern Brings Hazmat Training To Altoona

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

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

-- Bloomberg: Oil-Sands Capital Of Canada Now Grappling With Second Wildfire

-- Reuters: China LNG Gas Imports Could Hit Record Levels In 2024, PetroChina Official Says

Other States/National/International

-- Utility Dive: AEP Ohio Proposes Data Center, Cryptocurrency Electricity Tariff Amid 30 GW In Service Inquiries

-- S&P Global: US Lawmaker Probes Oil, Gas Sector On Alleged Regulatory Rollback Deal With Ex-President

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Education Funding Boost, Tax Cuts On Table As PA Budget Talks Begin

-- PennLive - John Baer: Don’t Let All The Political Madness Turn You From Democracy

-- Post-Gazette: Republican US Senate Candidate Proposes Moving US Dept. Of Energy To Pittsburgh

-- Inquirer: What The Latest Poll Says About Fetterman

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Republican PA Treasurer’s Communications Director Also A Paid Reporter

-- WITF/WHYY: PA Teacher Shortage Acute In Special Education, Math And In Underserved Communities

-- TribLive Editorial: Does Quadriplegic Inmate Deserve Compassionate Release After 49 Years?

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[Posted: May 16, 2024]  PA Environment Digest