Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.25.24

“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 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 10:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 831 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) geologic carbon sequestration primacy bill.  Room G-50 Irvis Building.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch liveRead more here on the agenda.


TODAY 10:00: Senate, House Gas & Oil Caucus To Celebrate Natural Gas & Oil Day Tuesday, June 25  [PaEN]


TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Lindsay Bryon lbyron@pa.gov


TODAY Call of the Chair: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 589 (Kinkead-D-Allegheny) establishing a state landslide insurance program;  House Bill 2393 (Friel-D-Chester) establishing a permit program for food waste disposal.  Room G-50 Irvis Building.  Call of the Chair.  Click Here to watch live.


June 26-- Legislative Budget & Finance Committee meets on House Resolution 131 (Steele-D-Allegheny) requiring the Legislative Budget & Finance Committee to conduct a study comparing the Act 13 shale gas drilling impact fee revenues with a natural gas severance tax.  Room 8E-B East Wing. 9:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.


June 26-- Agenda Posted. DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Laura Henry, at lahenry@pa.gov  or (717) 772-5713.


-- House Committee Told Governor’s Energy Plan Diversifies Energy Generation, Avoids One-Fuel Dependence, Improves Grid Reliability, Lowers Consumer Costs, Generates Jobs; Or Upends Competitive Markets And Is A ‘Death Wish’ For Our Economy  [PaEN]


-- Organizations, Concerned Citizens Call On House Committee To Resist Rushing To A Vote On Bill Related To Geologic Carbon Sequestration Without A Hearing  [PaEN]


-- Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds Announces $650,000 in Conservation Grants; Next Grant Round Opens In August  [PaEN] 


-- WTAJ: Over $100,000 In Grants To Go Towards Central PA Conservation Efforts


-- WVIA: Residents Fight ‘Greedy’ Poconos Warehouse Expansion


-- Citizens Voice: Pittston Twp. Takes Opposition To Warehouse In Residential Zone To PA Supreme Court


-- Penn State Extension Ag Progress Days To Be Held August 13-15


-- Warren Times Editorial: Streambank Work Vital To Area


-- TribLive: Dr. Iulia Vann Nominated As New Allegheny County Health Director


-- Citizens Voice: Responders Find Deficient I-Beam In Wilkes-Barre Flood Gate Drill


-- Inquirer/WPost: Warren County Town Reckons With Population Loss: ‘Too Many Old People’, People Moving Out’  [Heart Of Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Road Dumping Wastewater]


-- US Senators Casey, Fetterman Announce $15 Million For Codorus Greenway Project In York  [PaEN] 


-- US Senators Casey, Fetterman Announce $25 Million For Sharpsburg Riverfront Infrastructure Project


-- Post-Gazette: Sharpsburg To Receive $25 Million Federal Grant To Connect To Its Riverfront


-- LancasterOnline: York Man Sentenced To Probation For Destroying Enola Low Grade Trail Bridge; Must Pay $1 Million+  


-- Blair Alliance: Major Trail Network Coming To The First Frontier Blair County 


-- Williamsport Sun: Pine Creek Rail Trail An Asset To All Those Who Use The Trail


-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Maple Museum To Debut In Somerset County Saturday


-- Observer-Reporter: Fayette-Washington Fight The Bite Tick, Mosquito Surveillance Program Underway


-- Erie Times: What Is Lyme Disease And What Is Causing The Spike In Reported Cases?


-- CBF Blog: Voracious, Invasive Blue Catfish Being Welcomed Into Ohio River Basin, But Eating Chesapeake Bay Alive  [PaEN] 


-- Williamsport Sun: Research Rediscovers ‘Extinct’ Ivory-Billed Woodpecker


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflection In Nature - A Closer Look At The Frog In Nature


Train Derailments


-- Post-Gazette: NTSB Hosts Community Forum On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment


-- AP: Railroads Must Provide Details Of Hazardous Cargo Immediately After A Derailment Under New Rule

 

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: Rising US Labor Costs Threaten To Derail New LNG Gas Export Facility Projects


-- Reuters: China’s LNG Gas Imports Set To Slow, Gas Storage Fills As They Take Advantage Of Lower Prices


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Big Education Fight Stands In The Way Of PA Budget Deal

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA House Panel Advances Bills To Curtail ‘Dark Money’ And AI-Generated Political Impersonations In Campaigns

-- TribLive Editorial: What RFK Jr. Really Means To The PA Ballot

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[Posted: June 25, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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