PA Environment Digest Blog: Saturday 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 July 7, 8

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day July 7, 8, September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

Legislative Update--

-- Senate, House Voting Schedule Has Changed

-- WITF: Senate Republican Leader Says Budget Talks Are Progressing Despite Being Past Deadline

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Budget Talks Continue Into Weekend With Lawmakers Set To Return To Harrisburg

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-- DEP Advisory: OnBase Database Will Be Unavailable July 27 From 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 6 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 53 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 6 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Title V Air Quality Permit Application Complete, Now Posted On DEP's Website; Comment Period Opening Soon [PaEN]

-- DEP Approves Final Land Recycling Cleanup Report For Shell Petrochemical Plant Site In Beaver County [Original Horsehead Zinc Plant] [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Air Quality Permit For Frontier LNG Gas Facility In Clinton County [PaEN]

-- Firepoint Energy Selects Jefferson County Site For Waste Coal-To-Fuel Conversion, Rare Earth Element Recovery Production Site [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments At Hearings On Aug. 7 On RACT III Air Quality Permits For Owens Brockway Glass Plant 18 & Plant 19 In Jefferson County [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Executive Says Climate Change Is Top Priority, But She Hasn’t Attended A DEP Climate Advisory Committee Meeting Since Oct. 2022 [She Resigned As A House Member In July 2023]

-- Master Watershed Steward Katie Stanley Leverages Knowledge In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Brodhead Creek Watershed Holds River Ramble July 28 At ForeEvergreen Nature Preserve And Brodhead Creek Heritage Center In Monroe County

-- TribLive: Penn Twp. Man Killed In Storm Cleanup Accident Was Eagle Scout In Westmoreland

-- Erie Times: How Deep Are Lake Erie And Great Lakes?

-- PennTAP Hosts July 16 Food Waste Reduction & Upcycling Training Day & Tour In Berks County; Free Pollution Prevention Assistance Available [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: A Feast At A North Philly Garden Celebrates Community Growing Power Of ‘Green People’ Over ‘Cement People’

-- Western PA Conservancy, Grow Pittsburgh Offer Community Garden Materials, Help Keeping Gardens Growing, Deadline To Apply Aug. 1

-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: These Tasty Wild Berries In PA Might Be Your Intro To Foraging [Never Eat Any Wild Food Without Being 100% Sure Of Its Identity]

-- The Center Square: No More Invasive Species Planting Along State Highways

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: This Lancaster County Native Is Chasing Cicadas Across The US

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Wonders Of Crab Spiders

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Sweet Arrow Lake Program In Schuylkill County Says Reptiles Deserve A Chance

-- Altoona Mirror: Popularity Of Recreation Trails Spurs Call For Overseeing Authority, Linking Facilities In Blair County

-- Inquirer: New Jersey Pinelands Wildfire Grows To 1,200 Acres, 40% Contained

Train Derailments

-- MCall: Norfolk Southern Train Cars Derail At Hill To Hill Bridge In Bethlehem In Lehigh Valley, No Hazardous Chemicals Involved Company Says

-- Post-Gazette: PA Cong. Deluzio Seeks Probe Of Norfolk Southern’s Actions After Train Derailment

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Accusations Against Norfolk Southern Troubling

Other States/National/International

-- Scranton Times Editorial: With Or Without Chevron US Supreme Court Decision, Clearer Laws Are Essential