Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.21.24

“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 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 10:00: 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.


TODAY 10:00: 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.

May 22-- House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 1442 (Borowski-D-Delaware) amending the Third Class City Water Services Act to require 75% of municipalities they service to approve the sale of their water, sewer or other authority. Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.


-- Damascus Citizens: Do You Live In An Oil & Gas Wastewater Disposal Facility? Public Roads In 84 Municipalities In PA, One County In NY Are Being Used As Disposal Areas For Wastewater  [PaEN] 


-- TribLive: Many West Deer Residents Calling For More Stringent Regulations On Shale Gas Drilling In Allegheny County


-- The Energy Age Blog: Federal Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Exemption History


-- PennLive: 2 Men Charged With Stealing Drilling Rig From Union County Company Then Exporting It [Company Sells Water, Oil & Gas Rigs]


-- Observer-Reporter: Fire Destroys Coal Waste Processing Facility At Consol’s Bailey Mine Complex 


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: No Injuries Reported In Fire At Coal Waste Refinery


-- WPXI: Chemical Fire At Consol Energy Plant In Washington County Causes Roof To Cave In


-- Consol Energy Coal Shipments Resume From Baltimore Harbor


-- City & State PA Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Be Protected  From Underfunding, Understaffing - By Rep. Vitali, Majority Chair House Environmental Committee


-- PennLive: Wilsbach Distributors In Dauphin County Receives USDA Rural Energy For America Grant For Solar Energy Facility


-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants  [PaEN]


-- 10th Annual PA Renewables Summit Set For June 3-4 In Harrisburg  [PaEN]


-- PJM Interconnection Advances To Next Phase Of Evaluating New Energy Generation Projects


-- TribLive: Heat Forces 39 Pittsburgh Public Schools To Move To Remote Learning 


-- EPA Announces $16 Million In Brownfield Grants To Rehabilitate, Revitalize Communities In Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 


-- Tribune-Democrat: EPA Awards Cresson Twp. Funding For Former Cresson Ridge Industrial Site


-- WHYY: Cleanup Of Former Oil Terminal Near Bartram’s Garden Gets Boost With EPA Funds


-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Dead Fish, Spoiled Milk And Human Waste: Food-Waste Fertilizers Turn Up Noses


-- WESA: Allegheny County’s Clean Air Fund Could Do More To Fight Pollution, Controller Argues


-- Inside Climate News: How Midwest States Are Preparing For Smoke-Filled Summer From Canadian Wildfires 


-- WESA: Mount Washington Landslide Mitigation Begins As Climate Challenges Increase


-- The Patch: Lower Merion, Norberth Environmental Advisory Councils And Shade Tree Commissions Name Winners Of Go For Green Awards


-- PennLive: Federal Funding For Paxton Creek Redesign Will Help Replace Sewer Lines, Reduce Flooding In Dauphin County


-- Lancaster County Master Watershed Stewards Host June 27 Swarr Run Stream Restoration Workshop  [PaEN] 


-- Reading Eagle: Reading’s New Baer Park Rain Garden, Splash Pads Dedicated


-- WNEP: PA American Water Issues Warning On High Manganese Levels, Mixing Baby Formula In Monroe County


-- Republican Herald: Frackville Law Office Provides Legal Representation To Clients Exposed To Cancer-Causing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’


-- Penn State Extension Hosts June 19 Webinar On Testing Emerging Contaminant Mixtures In PA Private Wells  [PaEN]


-- North Branch Land Trust Awarded American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water And Environment Grant [PaEN]


-- Help Wanted: Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay - Executive Director  [PaEN]


-- Williamsport Sun: Michael Kinney, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper, Continues Paddling Along The West Branch


-- NextPittsburgh: Gateway Woods Project Creates 396-Acre Greenway In Monroeville, Allegheny County 


-- Post-Gazette: Fire Damages Abandoned Encampment Along Three Rivers Heritage Trail


-- WNEP: Pedestrian Bridge Will Soon Connect 2 Sections Of Frances Slocum State Park


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - A Closer Look At The Aspen Tree


-- Penn State Pollinator Experts Author New Book Exploring The Lives Of Bees 


-- Game Commission: Springtime Alert - Leave Young Wildlife Alone 


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

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


-- Reuters: Top US Gas Producer Chesapeake Energy Cuts Jobs


-- Bloomberg: Conflict-Fueled Energy Price Swings Aren’t Over, Woodside Energy CEO Says


-- Bloomberg: Asian LNG Gas Prices At Highest In 2024 On Resilient Summer Buying


Other States/National/International


-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio Approves 2 More Bids To Drill On State-Owned Lands, Advances 5 Other Proposals


-- The Guardian: Top Oil Firms’ Climate Pledges Failing On Almost Every Metric, Report Finds


-- AP: EPA Warns Of Increasing Cyberattacks On Water Systems, Urges Utilities To Take Immediate Action


-- EPA Outlines Enforcement Measures To Help Prevent Cybersecurity Attacks And Protect The Nation’s Drinking Water


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Inquirer: Nearly 16,000 Mail Ballots Rejected From Primary Election; That Could Be Larger Number In November

-- PennLive: New PA Tourism Slogan-- The Great American Getaway

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Shapiro Family Embarks On RV Trip For Tourism Campaign

-- TribLive Editorial: Fetterman Should Be Careful Throwing Political Stones

-- Spotlight PA: Race Data From Traffic Stops By State Police, Other Agencies Won’t Be Available Under PA’s Public Records Law

-- Creators.com - Salena Zito: Biden Lawsuit Against Sheetz Gasoline Will Enrage Pennsylvania Voters  [Job Discrimination]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Independent Fiscal Office Projects $700 Million Increase In State General Revenue In FY 2023-24

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[Posted: May 21, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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