Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.1.24

“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 1, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21, 22, June 3, 4, 5

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day May 1, 6, 7, 8, June 3, 4, 5

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- 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.

-- Hatch: The Life Of Conservationist Bill Kodrich - Environmental Stewardship And A Good Piece Of Pie [Iron Furnace TU Chapter In Clarion]

-- DCNR Launches 'Remake Learning Days' At State Parks To Support Global Learning Festival  [PaEN]

-- Lock Haven Express: Centre County Celebrates Envirothon Winners, Conservation District Week

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Students Participate In Annual Warren Conservation District Envirothon Competition  

-- May 10-12 Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Celebrates 90 Years; Global Raptor Conservation  Symposium May 11  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Starting Today, PA Schools Can Apply For Up To $10 Million For Environmental Repairs

-- EDF: US House Passes Bill To Locate Abandoned/Orphaned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Well Plugging Technology [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Bill To Improve Plugging Abandoned Gas Wells Passes US House

-- Center For Coalfield Justice, Partners Host May 4 Book Signing In Washington County With Justin Nobel, Author of Petroleum 238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret  [PaEN] 

-- Better Path Coalition: On Demand: Brown Bag Briefing By Justi Nobel On His New Book Petroleum 238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret And the Grassroots Fight To Stop It

-- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Cryptocurrency Miner Mawson To Expand In Beaver County

-- PJM Interconnection, Penn State ISO-NE Awarded $815,959 US DOE Grant To Improve Wholesale Electricity Market Design

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philadelphia Begins Powering City Hall, Airport With Solar Energy Facility 100 Miles Away

-- WHYY: Adams Solar Energy Facility Powers A Quarter Of Philly’s City Buildings

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Earth Day Spotlight On Green Redevelopment In Pittsburgh

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Permitting System Is Broken And Gov. Shapiro Needs To Fix It - By Conservative Commonwealth Foundation

-- Post-Gazette: PA Cong. Thompson Proposes Bill To Fund Farm Conservation, Nutrition Programs 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Applauds House Passage Of Bill To Prohibit Sale, Use Of Toxic Pavement Sealants

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Trucking Company Says EPA Moving Too Fast With New Trucks Emissions Rule

-- WHYY: Tyson Foods Chicken Plant In Lancaster County Pollutes Waterways With Nitrogen, Phosphorus

-- WNEP: Bucknell University’s Small Business Development Center Receives National Honor

-- Keep PA Beautiful 2024 Summit For Community Stewardship In Scranton Oct. 16-17  [PaEN]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Reports Nearly 48,000 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste Collected  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pick Of The Litter In The Suburbs 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Pennsylvania Wants To Lead A National Rural Revival

-- Citizens Voice: PennDOT Awards $1 Million To Connect, Extend Trails In Luzerne County

-- WNEP: Spongy Moths Are Everywhere In Central Pennsylvania

-- Warren Times: US Forest Service Reminds Gardeners To Think Native Plants

-- Game Commission Executive Director Bryan Burhans Resigns; Stephen Smith Named As Replacement

-- Pocono Record - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission Executive Director Resigns Abruptly, Here’s Why

-- Republican Herald: Mentors Instruct First-Time Hunters Who Learn To ‘Shoot Like A Girl’ 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: 6 Anglers Lose Fishing Rights In PA For 5 Years; Unusual Species Of Fish Being Stocked

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

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

-- National Fuel Gas Decreases Price Of Gas In Quarterly Adjustment, For Those Who Don’t Shop

-- PPL To Decrease Price Of Electricity In Quarterly Adjustment, For Those Who Don’t Shop

Other States/National/International

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline Hopes For May 31 Commissioning As Costs Rise

-- EPA Highlights New National Security Memorandum On Critical Water Infrastructure

-- AP: 5 Takeaways From Global Negotiations On A Treaty To End Plastic Pollution

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA House Advances Measure To Give Counties More Time To Prep Mail Ballots Before Elections

-- PA Capital-Star: Federal Court Rejects Request To Reargue Undated PA Mail-In Ballots Case

-- PennLive: New Swing State Polling Has Ex-President With Small Lead Over Biden In PA, RFK Jr. Hurting Biden

-- Inquirer: Janelle Stelson Thinks She Can Get Support From Republicans To Beat PA Republican Con. Scott Perry, She Used To Be One Herself

-- Inquirer: Republican Ad Attacks Casey Over Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests By Linking Them To Student Debt Relief

-- Erie Times: Cameras Banned From PA Courtrooms, Lawmaker Trying To Change That

-- WITF: Gun Rights Advocates Meet On PA Capitol Steps For Lawmakers’ Annual Second Amendment Rally

-- The Center Square: Remote Stalking Ban Clears Legislative Hurdle

-- WITF: Activist Group Rallies Business Owners To Demand Apology From Republican Lancaster County Commissions Over Threats Made Against A Drag Queen Story Hour Event

-- PennLive: Shapiro Pushes Aside Politics To Help Martin’s Potato Rolls Bring More ‘Darn Good Rolls’ To PA And Beyond

Click Here for latest PA Environmental News

Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook

Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter  

Read Weekly PA Environment Digest

[Posted: May 1, 2024]  PA Environment Digest