PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

"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

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

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- June 24-- NEW. House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 2277 (Otten-D-Chester) Governor’s PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live. Read more about agenda here.

-- June 25-- NEW. 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.

-- DEP To Hold July 2 Virtual Hearing On PA General Energy Project To Construct 3.7 Miles Of Shale Gas, Water Pipelines Thru Exceptional Value, High Quality, Wild Trout Streams In Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Trout Unlimited, Mid State Trail Assn. Unhappy With Proposed Route Of PA General Energy Shale Gas Pipelines Thru Lycoming County

-- Master Watershed Stewards, Erie Water Works, Ernst Conservation Seeds, Volunteers Team Up To Plant Native Meadow In Erie [PaEN]

-- PUC: Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue Drops $100 Million From Last Year’s Record To $179.6 Million, Even Though Gas Production Increased In 2023 [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: Shale Gas Impact Fee Returns $180 Million [$100 Million Less Than Last Year]; Natural Gas Prices Drop $1.8 Billion In 2023, [Down From International Price Spikes Of 2022]

-- TribLive: North Huntingdon Twp Could Get Nearly $7,000 For Gas Rights Under Township Land In Westmoreland County

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Petrochemical Plant Explains Nighttime Fire Alarms At Beaver County Plant, Warns Sirens Will Sound Later This Week

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: CNX Plan To Turn Mine Methane Gas Into Jet Fuel A ‘Win-Win’ Or Carbon Accounting ‘Gimmick’?

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Will Creating Hydrogen Hubs In PA Get Us Away From Fossil Fuels? But How To Do It, And Whether It’s Possible Are Open Questions

-- PA Coal Alliance: Coal Industry Supports 5,164 Jobs, $2.2 Billion Of Direct Economic Value

-- TribLive: Some Western PA Customers Could Be Out Of Power Till Sunday Following Storm-Related Outages

-- The Hershey Company Updates Science-based Targets As It Advances Efforts To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions