Thursday, May 30, 2024

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.30.24

“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 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 Noon: Penn State Extension Webinar On Landowner Role In Conventional Orphaned, Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells.  Noon to 1:00 p.m.


TODAY 2:00: ReImagine Appalachia Webinar: Grant Of The Month - USDA Rural Energy Assistance Program, 2:00 p.m.


DEP Advisory: DEP’s New Stanton District Office Is CLOSED Today May 30


June 3-- NEW. House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds a hearing on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ and Consumer Products and House Bill 2238 (Scott-D-Montgomery) prohibiting the use of PFAS chemicals in certain products (sponsor summary).  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.


June 3-- NEW. House Game & Fisheries Committee holds informational meeting on Game Commission 2019 Performance Audit and recommendations by State Auditor General.  Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.


June 4-- NEW. House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2241 (Siegel-D-Lehigh) providing for the recycling of lithium batteries (sponsor summary).  Room 205 Ryan Building.  9:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.


-- Week 10: Illegal Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues Unabated On Paved, Dirt Roads, Before It Rains, It Doesn’t Matter In Warren County  [PaEN]


-- The Derrick: PUC Judge Orders 7 Rhodes Estate Water Companies To Secure Counsel For Hearings On Their Future [More Fallout From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County]  [PaEN]


-- DEP Extends Temporary Air Quality Permits For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Shell Said It Will Submit Full Title V Air Permit Application By June 21 Deadline  [PaEN]


-- Group Against Smog & Pollution Report Finds Allegheny County Health Dept. Air Quality Permit Backlog Getting Worse; DEP Making Progress  [PaEN] 


-- Group Against Smog & Pollution Reports Allegheny County Issues Multiple Penalties For Air Quality Violations To US Steel, ALCONSAN, Synthomer & Others 


-- 60+ Organizations Call For PA Senate Passage Of Community Solar Legislation [PaEN] 


-- EPA Awards $55.7 Million In Rebates To 21 School Districts For Clean School Buses In Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 


-- Protect PT Hosts 4 Virtual Workshops On How To Protect Yourself If You Live Near Shale Gas Facilities Starting June 11 [PaEN] 


-- Evangelical Environmental Network, Partners Host June 5 Webinar On Pipeline Methane Leaks - Causes, Impacts, Solutions  [PaEN]


-- Bucks County Herald Guest Essay: PA Grange Head’s Opinion Left Out Important Facts About LNG Gas Export Facilities


-- Inside Climate News: PA’s Fracking Wastewater Contains A ‘Shocking’ Amount Of The Critical Clean Energy Mineral Lithium  


-- The Allegheny Front/WV Public Broadcasting: Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline Completion Delayed Again Due To Incomplete Pipeline Water Testing 


-- Project Breathe: Solarpunk Future 2024 June 29 In Pittsburgh, Part Art Show, Part Job Fair, Imagines A Community-led, Sustainable Future, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.


-- Citizens Voice: Salem Twp. Rezones 1,582 Acres For Multibillion Dollar Amazon Data Center Campus Near Power Plants In Luzerne County 


-- USDA: Application Period Now Open For Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program Funding  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Published An eNotice Saying The 2024 PA Integrated Water Quality Report Has Been Published As Final


-- WITF/WVIA: Hikers Celebrate PA native Species Day At Lackawanna State Park


-- Penn State Extension: Woods & Wildlife News & Notes: May Forest Snapshot; Service Forester Assistance For Forestland Owners; Forest Education For Teachers, Youth Leaders 


-- DCNR: Great American Getaway RV Tour Highlights Outdoor Adventures In State Parks, Forests As Millions Spend Memorial Day Weekend Outdoors 


-- KYW: Nearly $90 Million In Federal Funds Could Be Invested In Philly-Area Trail Corridors 


-- Tioga Publishing: DCNR Closes Swimming At Beltzville State Park, Carbon County, Pending Acceptable Test Results 


-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: PA Healthy Lands Week Accepting Signups; Kittatinny Ridge Sentinel Landscape Designation; PA Sojourn Grants Awarded; Much More!  


-- PA Recreation & Park Society Celebrates Park & Recreation Professionals Day July 19; Offers Other Professional Development Events  [PaEN]


-- PA Healthy Lands Week Now Accepting Event Sign-Ups - Sept. 28 to Oct. 6  [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]


-- Bloomberg: Traders Are Bracing For Record-Smashing Summer That Will Shake Commodities; Natural Gas Prices Could Jump 50% 


-- Financial Times: US Slows Plans To Retire Coal Plants As Power Demand From AI Surges


-- Reuters: White House To Support New Nuclear Power Plants In US


Other States/National/International


-- White House Takes Action To Expand Access To Capital For Small and Medium-Sized Climate Businesses


-- The Guardian: Increasing Use Of Renewable Energy In US Yields Billions In Benefits


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive - John Baer: It’s Not The Norm, But PA’s Top Politicians Are Having A Moment [Shapiro-Casey-Fetterman]

-- TribLive Editorial: Should PA Lawmakers Vote Remotely?

-- AP: ‘Are You With Me?’ Biden Launches Black Voter Outreach And Warn Of Second Term For Ex-President  [PA Included]

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[Posted: May 30, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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