Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.28.24

“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 28, July 1

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day July 1,  September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- State Budget Guest Essay: PA's Budget Must Build On Clean Water Momentum With Greater Investments In The Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program - By Julia Krall, Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation in PA  [PaEN]

-- AP: Pennsylvania To Begin New Fiscal Year Without A Budget, As Shapiro, Lawmakers Express Optimism

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Begin Debate On New Renewable Energy Goals

-- DEP Reviewing Shell Petrochemical Plant Title V Air Quality Operating Permit Application For Administrative Completeness  [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts July 17 Meeting In Washington County On How To Protect Your Families' Health Living Near Shale Gas Facilities  [PaEN]

-- The Energy Age Blog: More Bad Acting By Sen. Bartolotta - Frac The Hell Out Of Pennsylvania!

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Senator Says ‘Get Government The Hell Out Of The Way’ re Natural Gas - Sen. Bartolotta Nailed It!

-- DEP Permitting Efficiency: Since Nov. 2023, DEP Received 16,070 Applications, Decided 12,294; Pending 3,776; Missed Review Deadlines PAyback Eligible - 13  [6.28.24]

-- Legislative Budget & Finance Committee Report Finds DEP Issued Shale Gas Well Drilling Permits In Less Than 40 Days Required By Law Over Last 5 Years; By 2022 It Was Down To 21 Days [Page 63]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Oil & Gas Erosion And Sediment Control General Permit (ESCGP-4): Document Here ; DEP Presentation On Changes

-- The Allegheny Front/WV Public Broadcasting: Report: Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Testing Released Water Again

-- Reps Nelson, Neilson Announce Plans To Introduce Bill To Provide Taxpayer Funding For A Test Carbon Sequestration Well

-- PennTAP Hosts July 18 Webinar On Funding And Incentives To Finance Energy Efficiency Improvements In Your Facility  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Unity Twp. Residents Speak Out Against Proposed Solar Energy Facility, Zoning Hearing To Continue In Westmoreland

-- June 29 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Residents Hear Details Of Meadow Brook Flood Protection Project

-- WPXI: 4 Confirmed Tornadoes Touched Down In Pittsburgh Region, NWS Says

-- WNEP: Shocked Neighbors Cleaning Up In Columbia County After Wednesday’s Severe Storms: ‘Like A Freight Train’

-- MCall: 17,000 Remain Without Power In Lehigh Valley A Day After Storm

-- Citizens Voice: PPL Electric Utilities Petitions PUC For Increase In Distribution Rate Charges

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: With Little Opposition, PA Senate Advances Bogen As Health Secretary

-- Inquirer: William Penn Foundation Is Changing What It Funds; Leadership Undergoing A Generational Shift

-- PA Sea Grant: 3 PA Educators To Participate In Shipboard Science Program On Lake Erie  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive: Free Guided Tours Of Rare Butterfly Habitat Still Available At Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County  [PaEN] 

-- Interactive Training To Help Identify And Report Aquatic Invasive Species Thru The PA AIS Field Guide App Now Available From PA Sea Grant  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette: Climate Change Has Given Local Gardeners More Choices In Shrubs And Other Winter-Hardy Plants

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Three Rivers Heritage Trail Report Puts Economic Impact At $26.5 Million 

-- York Daily Record: Paddling A 444-Mile Journey Inspires Susquehanna River Art And History  

-- DCNR Announces Entrance Project At Cherry Springs State Park In Potter County To Enhance Dark Skies Experience

-- Rep. Pielli To Introduce Bills To Protect Insects, Conserve Monarch Butterfly Habitats  [PaEN]

-- AP: PA Lawmakers Advance Bill To Greatly Expand Sunday Hunting In Pennsylvania

Train Derailments

-- The Allegheny Front - Julie Grant: 5 Takeaways From NTSB Investigation Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment 

 

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: FERC Approves Construction, Operation Of Calcasieu Pass 2 LNG Gas Export Facility In Louisiana Supplying 20 Million Metric Tons A Year Of LNG To Customers In China, Europe, Japan

-- Reuters: US Senate Committee Probes US Oil Producers On Price Collusion With OPEC

Other States/National/International

-- AP: US Supreme Court Strips SEC Of Critical In-House Proceedings Enforcement Tool, Requiring Instead The Right To A Jury Trial In Federal Court; Implications For Other Federal Agencies

-- NPR: US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Power Plant, Industrial  Air Pollution Reduction Plan

-- PA Capital-Star: US House Republicans Vote To Defund Enforcement Of Silica Dust Rule Protecting Miners

-- AP: Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Burned Huge Chunks Of Forest, Spewing Far More Heat-Trapping Gas Than Planes

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Pennsylvania To Begin New Fiscal Year Without A Budget, As Shapiro, Lawmakers Express Optimism

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA To Start Another Fiscal Year Without A Budget

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania Misses State Budget Deadline, Already

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State Police Protection For Small Towns ‘Unsustainable’

-- Observer-Reporter: ‘Skill’ Gambling Games Fill Financial Gaps For Small Businesses

-- PennLive: PA Senate Passes Bill Barring State, Higher Education Divestments From Israel

-- Spotlight PA: Property Taxes Are Lifeblood Of Local Government, But Officials, Residents Hate To Adjust Property Tax Assessments

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[Posted: June 28, 2024]  PA Environment Digest