Monday, June 17, 2024

Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.17.24

“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 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day June 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 10:00: Hearing Agenda. House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on Hydrogen Hubs and Climate Change.  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.


June 18-- Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.   Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbyron@pa.gov


June 18-- NEW. Virtual. Protect PT Hosts 4 Workshops On How To Protect Yourself If You Live Near Shale Gas Facilities. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.


-- June 17 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 8 to 14 - Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Now Top 512, Equaling All Of 2023  [PaEN] 


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 15 [PaEN]


-- DEP Posted 74 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 15 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Volunteers, Western PA Conservancy Work To Stabilize Brokenstraw Creek Streambank


-- TribLive: ‘Special’ Allegheny River Recognized As PA River Of The Year


-- TribLive: Western PA Could Break 100 Degree Record This Week; Residents Cautioned


-- Post-Gazette: PA Poised To Profit From Massive Data Centers, But Has Some Catching Up To Do


-- Williamsport Sun: Ground Broken For Clean Energy House Instruction, Job-Producing Projects At Penn College


-- TribLive: Plum Among School Districts Eyeing Electric Bus Fleet


-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: America Has The Heroes We Need - We Went To The Moon And Discovered The Earth - By David Shribman


-- Inquirer Column: Philly Mayor’s Cleanup Efforts Are Speaking My Anti-Litter Love Language


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Swarthmore’s Move To Ban Gas Leaf Blowers Gets Blowback, And Support 


-- WHYY: Drexel Professor, Students Take A Deeper Look At Textile Waste


-- Centre Daily Times: Have Fun At Summer Festivals, But Don’t Forget To Recycle


-- MCall: Hundreds Of Teens Gathered In The Lehigh Valley For National Youth Bike Summit 


-- Inquirer: Appalachian Trail Hikers Are Always Hungry: Here’s Where they Like To Eat In Pennsylvania 


-- TribLive: Freeport Post Office Adds Garden To Support Native Pollinators 


-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Young Wildlife Are Neither Lost Nor Abandoned, Merely Out On Their Own


Train Derailments


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Young People Reflect On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment After 16 Months: Anxiety, Apathy, Acceptance


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Restarting Life After The Norfolk Southern Toxic Train Derailment Brings Agony, Anxiety And A Few Moments Of Joy


Other States/National/International


-- TribLive Guest Essay: Biden Needs A Winning Electric Vehicle Strategy Or chinese Carmakers Will Take American Jobs


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Erie Times: Sen. Laughlin, Erie Reader Newspaper Suing Each Other; Laughlin, Wife Drove Around And Collected Hundreds Of Newspapers Including A Column Critical Of Senator

-- Post-Gazette: PA Poised To Profit From Massive Data Centers, But Has Some Catching Up To Do

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: As Technical Schools Close, Training Skilled Workers Cannot Fall To The Wayside

-- Spotlight PA: Drug Testing, Philly Parks, And Other Opioid Money Decisions Await Final Approval In PA

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[Posted: June 17, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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