Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.27.24

“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 27, 28, 29, 30

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Senate next voting day June 27, 28, 29, 30, September 16, 17, 18, 30

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Launches PA Plants Native! Initiative To Plant 100,000 Trees In Next 18 Months; Fall Tree Request Form Now Live!  [PaEN] 

-- Master Watershed Stewards Host July 15 Annual Q/A Webinar On Fall Native Tree And Shrub Sale Species  [PaEN]

-- Bill Requiring PennDOT To Plant Native Plants Along State Highways Goes To Governor  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: PA Lawmakers Want To Ban Invasive Plant Species From State Highways

-- Sen. Camera Bartolotta: PA Should Be Producing 4 Times The Gas We Are Now, Exporting It Around The World: ‘We Just Need To Get Government The Hell Out Of The Way’  [PaEN] 

-- Independent Fiscal Office Projects Another Drop In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Revenue In 2024 By As Much As $114 Million From 2022  [PaEN] 

-- 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]

-- Spotlight PA - Kate Huangpu: Power Grid Concerns Complicate Talks About Incentivizing Green Energy In PA

-- NextPittsburgh: Solar Energy Facility To Transform Toxic Swisshelm Park Slag Dump In Allegheny County 

-- Observer-Reporter: Proposed Solar Farm In Georges Twp., Fayette County Sparks Backlash From Neighbors

-- Utility Dive: Talen-Amazon Data Center Deal In PA Would Shift $140 Million In Transmission Costs To Utility Customers, AEP, Exelon Challenge Says

-- PPL Utilities, Kentucky Subsidiaries Collaborate With US DOE On Nuclear Power Plant Feasibility Study On Coal Power Plant Site

-- Delaware Valley Journal: Shapiro’s Energy Plan PACER Likely Stuck In Park, Sources Say

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $150,750 In Penalties For Underground Utility Notification Violations

-- TribLive: 2 Tornadoes Suspected As Severe Storm Causes Damage, Outages In Allegheny, Westmoreland

-- MCall: Severe Storm With Nearly 60 MPH Winds Rips Through Lehigh Valley, Cutting Power To More Than 57,000

-- Pennsylvania Storm Power Outages Map: 90,611  Without Power As Of 6:51 a.m.

-- TribLive: Duquesne Light Promises Improvements, Upgrades In Wake Of Last Week’s Power Outages

-- Guest Essay: PA Must Protect People And Nature From Weather And Climate Modification Experiments - By Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Adams)

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Clean Water Partners To Benefit From $1.5 Million In EPA/NFWF Grants

-- Capital RC&D To Hold July 30 Pasture Walk On Grazing Practices And New Temporary Fencing Program At The Voight Family Farms In Lebanon County  [PaEN] 

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Issues 2023 Impact Report - Helping Farmers Grow Climate Resilience, Education And Innovation 

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Blog: Celebrating The Findlay Twp. Activity Center Rain Gardens 

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Conservation District Now An Independent Agency With Most Of Its Funding No Longer Provided By County

-- Citizens Voice: Grant Will Help Lehman Sanctuary Expand Wildflower Growth

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: ‘Big Bugs’ Land At Pittsburgh Botanic Garden To Highlight Importance Of Pollinators, Insects 

-- 2023 PA Trails Report: 48 Miles Of Trails, 16 Trailheads, 6 Tunnels, 7 Bridges Added, More!    [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Proposed Investment In PA’s Trail System Will Boost Economic Development - By Joe Massaro, PA Restaurant & Lodging Assn.

-- DCNR Grants News: New Lackawaxen River Access; Orkney Park Permanently Protected; July 19 Park & Recreation Professionals Day 

-- Dept. Of Health Awards $255,000 In WalkWorks Grants To Support 9 Projects In 7 Counties

-- WPSU Video: PA’s State Parks & Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy

-- Republican Herald: Wild Animals Show Off For Kids At Pottsville Free Public Library

-- Altoona Mirror: Smokey Bear Celebrates 80 Years On Aug. 9 

Train Derailments

-- AP: NTSB Derailment Investigation Renews Concerns About Detectors, Tank Cars And Norfolk Southern

 

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: US Energy Production Exceeds Consumption By Widest-Recorded Margin; Oil, Gas Industry Thrives Under Biden Administration

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: Visualized: The Parts Of US Where Summer Heat Has Risen The Most

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive Editorial: Should Police Collect DNA For Anyone Arrested, Even If They Aren’t Charged With A Crime?

-- Post-Gazette: Netanyahu Praises Fetterman During Senator’s Trip To Israel

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[Posted: June 27, 2024]  PA Environment Digest