Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.12.24

“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 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day June 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


June 13-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Check the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395.  Read more here about the agenda.


-- House Committee Reports Out Bills To Ban Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Prohibit Use Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals’ In Consumer Products  [PaEN] 


-- WESA/AP: FERC OKs Operation Of Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline


-- House Committee Approves Bill Giving PA Energy Development Authority Ability To Use Federal Climate, Clean Energy Funding  [PaEN]


-- PA Energy Development Authority Launches $1.8 Million Financing Program To Help Local Governments Make Energy Efficiency Upgrades  [PaEN] 


-- Pa Capital-Star: PA Energy Financing Authority Overhaul Could Help PA Tap Billions In Energy Federal Infrastructure Money


-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: Pennsylvania Takes A Crack At Making Virtual Power Plants A Reality 


-- Rep. Fiedler: PA School Superintendents Voice Support For Solar For Schools Legislation


-- PennDOT Opens Electric Vehicle Charging Station Off I-80 In Emlenton, Clarion County, One Of First States To Open Multiple National EV Infrastructure-Funded Stations


-- PUC Schedules Additional Hearing In Montgomery County On Proposed 25% Rate Increase For PECO


-- Post-Gazette: New EPA Regulations Put Limits On Benzene, Other Emissions From Nation’s Largest Coke [Coal] Works


-- TribLive: US Army Corps Of Engineers Says Removal Of Nuclear Waste From Armstrong County Dump To Start Next Summer 


-- Master Watershed Steward Marcus Ferreira - The Man Behind Philadelphia's Green Future  [PaEN]


-- Chesapeake Bay Conservation Landscaping Council Offers Buffer Basics, Marvelous Meadows & Level 1 Landscape Professional Certification Training In PA  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Boil Water Advisory Lifted In Plum Boro, Allegheny County


-- Scranton Times: Dunmore Asks DEP For Enhanced Air Monitoring Around Keystone Landfill, Landfill Defends Current System


-- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts July 11 Battery Recycling Markets Development Summit [PaEN] 


-- DCNR: PA Office Of Outdoor Recreation Joins National Coalition Supporting $1.1 Trillion Industry Nationwide


-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education: Take A Deep Breath And Dive Into Summer! [PaEN] 


-- MCall: Illegal Dirt Bike Use Appears Down In Allentown, But Has The Problem Worsened In Suburbs?


-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: 24-Hour World Series Of Birding Delights Saint Vincent Students

 

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: Europe's Natural Gas  Surplus Narrows As LNG Gas Shipments Redirected To Asia, China


-- Bloomberg: China’s Binge On US Oil, Natural Gas Liquids Biggest Demand Driver, IEA Says


-- Bloomberg: Pipeline Operators’ Brawl Slows $2 Billion Worth Of Pipeline Construction, Not Litigation From Environmentalists


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: State’s Online Application For Mail-In, Absentee Ballots Now Live

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro To Ex-President: ‘Stop [expletive] Talking America’

-- PennLive: Religious Leaders Push Shapiro To Show ‘Courage’ In Funding Private Schools

-- Spotlight PA: Jay-Z Enters Fight For Taxpayer Funding For Private Schools

-- Post-Gazette: 10% Of All Penn State Branch Campus Employees Will Leave, Taking Buyout

-- TribLive: Penn State Restructures Branch Campuses, Including New Kensington, Fayette

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[Posted: June 12, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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