Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.19.24

“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 Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23, 24, 25, 30

-- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

July 24-- NEW. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on the Positive Impact of Coal.  [Greene County hosted by Rep. Bud Cook (R-Greene), Location To Be Determined]  10:00 a.m.

July 25-- NEW. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on road dumping oil and gas wastewater.  [hosted by Rep. Lee James (R-Venango) Location To Be Determined]  10:00 a.m.  [Read the real story here]

-- PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Recognizes Conservation Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Farmers Gain Conservation, Innovation Funds In PA State Budget  

-- Registration Open! Penn State Extension 5-Part Backyard Stream Repair Webinar Series  [PaEN]

-- Master Watershed Stewards Of Cumberland, Franklin Counties Host Aug. 26 Watershed Walk - Plant Identification In Letort Spring Garden Preserve, Carlisle, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 19 RiverWatch Video Report

-- The Derrick: Are Rate Increases In The Future For Rhodes Estate Water Companies In Venango County? [Impacts Continue From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Contamination Of Water Supply]  [PaEN] 

-- Clean Air Council: PA Supreme Court Grants Intervention To Environmental Groups In Challenge To Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants [RGGI] 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Heat Advisories Outpacing The Average Rate This Summer, Climate Change Plays A Role 

-- Spotlight PA: Pennsylvania Expands Protections Against Frivolous Suits Aimed At Curtailing Free Speech

-- WTAJ: Gov. Shapiro Signs Bill To End ‘Frivolous Lawsuits’ Designed To Stop Lawsuit Restricting Public Participation, Free Speech

-- PennLive/TNS: New State Law Protects PA Citizens From Retaliatory Lawsuits For Speaking Out

-- PUC Sets August Hearings On Proposed 18.7% In Aqua PA Water Rates, 20.1% Increase In Aqua PA Wastewater Rates

-- TribLive: North Huntingdon Twp. Rejects Lease For Shale Gas Drilling On Township Land In Westmoreland County

-- WFMJ: Feds Plan To Plug 20 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Near The Shenango River Lake Reservoir, Recreation Area In Mercer County  

-- Protect PT Hosts Aug. 1 Training Session On Using Its App To Report Problems At Oil & Gas Infrastructure Sites  [PaEN] 

-- RiverReporter.com: Federal Representatives Tour Lukan’s Farm Resort Rural Solar Project In Wayne County 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 20 Online Solar Law Symposium  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw Measure Establishing Geologic Sequestration Framework Signed Into Law

-- Clean Air Task Force: PA Passes Geologic Sequestration Bill In An Important Step For Industrial Decarbonization

-- Better Path Coalition: With Shapiro’s Signature On Geologic Sequestration Bill, PA’s Fate Is Cast As Part Of Climate Problem, Not Solution

-- Planet Philadelphia July 19 Radio Show - All Hands On Deck For Climate Solutions, 4:00 p.m. 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Nuclear Power Company’s Roadshow Begins In Pittsburgh

-- ErieNewsNow.com: EPA Held Public Meeting Thursday To Discuss East Ave Study Investigating Toxic Pollutants In Residential Areas 

-- Governor’s Office Published Update Of Regulatory Agenda - Agency By Agency List Of Regulations In Development

-- July 20 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- Patch.com: Newtown Environmental Advisory Council: Get Ready Now For Newtown Boro’s Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban In Bucks County

-- Natural Lands Acts To Preserve 14 Acre Painter Farmstead In Chester County's Hopewell Big Woods  [PaEN] 

-- The Derrick: Fish & Boat Commission Magazine Touts Allegheny Valley Conservancy  [PDF of article]  

-- The Derrick: Allegheny Valley Conservancy To Hold Allegheny River Sojourn Aug. 2   [PDF of article]  

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights August Programs, Upcoming Stream Team Volunteer Opportunities; Explorer Day Camp For Kids 

-- Fish & Boat Commission Awards $203,527 In Grants To Support Fishing & Boating Education Projects  [PaEN] 

-- Erie Times: River Otter Sightings Increase At Presque Isle State Park As Pair Makes Peninsula Home 

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 Natural Gas Prices Climb 4% On Small Storage Guild, Hot Weather Forecasts

-- Reuters: Texas LNG Tanker Bottleneck Grows On Slow Freeport LNG Gas Export Facility Restart After Hurricane

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive: As Democrats Worry About Biden, Could Gov. Shapiro Get A New Job?

-- Politics PA: If Biden Steps Aside, Could Shapiro Be Under Consideration For VP?

-- Inquirer: Republicans In Strongest Position Yet To Win Pennsylvania And The White House

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Lt. Gov. Austin Davis Denounces Republican Project 2025 In Pittsburgh Speech

-- WHYY: PA Mail Ballot Envelopes Will Now Be Printed With Full Year Filled Out

-- Independent Fiscal Office Report: General Fund Surplus Likely To Be Depleted Next Year, Run $892 Million Deficit For FY 2023-24 Due To Corporate Rate Cuts, Other Factors

-- The Center Square -  Anthony Hennen: Independent Fiscal Office - Pennsylvania To Have Budget Deficit Next Year

-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports Record Tax Revenue In 2023-24 From Legal Gambling

-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports June Revenue Was 7.15% Higher Than June 2023

-- TribLive: Rivers Casino Workers, Fearful Of Gambling On Health, Rally Behind Effort To Ban Smoking

-- Centre Daily Times: Nittany Mall Casino Can Move Forward, PA Supreme Court Rules

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[Posted: July 19, 2024]  PA Environment Digest