Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.4.24

“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 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day June 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

ADVISORY:  PA Environment Digest Will Be CLOSED on Tuesday, Wednesday

DEP Advisory: OnBase Databases Will Not Be Available June 5 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.

-- TODAY: EPA Predicts Lehigh Valley, Susquehanna Valley Ozone Action Day

-- Firepoint Energy Eyeing PA Coal Waste As Source Of Rare Earth Elements And Jet Fuel  [PaEN]   

-- DCNR To Hold Virtual Town Hall Event June 12 On Draft Plan For The Future of Pennsylvania Forests - Forests for All  [PaEN]

-- NACD Awarded $585,824 For Northeast Mid-Atlantic Forests & Water Partnership Project To Advance Regional Conservation Efforts In PA, Other States  [PaEN] 

-- The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Now Accepting Applications For Healing The Planet Tree Planting Grants  [PaEN] 

-- NRCS-PA Invites Proposals For 2024 Conservation Innovation Grants  [PaEN]

-- Times Leader: Report: As Fracking Increases, So Do Oil & Gas Industry Inefficiencies

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carlton: In Rural PA, Cryptocurrency Mining Offers Lifeline For Dying Conventional Gas Wells 

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports Drop In PA Shale Gas Production From 4th Quarter  [PaEN] 

-- Rep. Matzie: House Committee Hears Testimony On Bill To Accelerate State’s Energy Production, Modernize PA Energy Development Authority 

-- PennLive: PA House Discusses Overhaul Of PA Energy Development Authority In Light Of Senate Bill, Federal Dollars

-- US Dept. Of The Interior Awards $28.67 Million To PA To Revitalize Abandoned Mine Lands, Create Jobs Under AMLER Program  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: ‘Experience The Upper Conestoga’ At A Free, Family-Friendly Event During Lancaster Water Week

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Teen Caught The EPA By The Ear, And They Listened

-- PUC Imposes $235,775 In Penalties For PA OneCall Violations by Damage Prevention Committee

-- Observer-Reporter: Be On The Lookout: Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs Beginning To Hatch

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Legislators Lambaste Game Commission Over Transparency, Paper Checks

-- PA Capital-Star: Game Commission Head Discusses Investing Natural Gas Windfall As Accountability Concerns Linger

-- WNEP: Tree Service Helps Hawks Return Home In Monroe County

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Time Of Year When State’s Deer Herd Declines

 

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

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

-- TribLive/AP: OPEC, Led By Saudies, Extend Supply Cuts Amid Slack Prices

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Budget Season Arrived In The PA Capitol As Lawmakers Prepare For Debate Over Massive Surplus

-- Politics PA: The Countdown To A New State Budget Has Begun

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Proposed Scholarships Would Make Going To College Cheaper In PA, But There’s A Catch

-- PennLive: Three Men Arrested In York For Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

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[Posted: June 4, 2024]  PA Environment Digest