Saturday, July 20, 2024

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.20.24

“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]


August 15-- NEWDCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m.  Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov


-- Saturday - PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.20.24


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 20  [PaEN]


-- DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 20 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Aug. 1 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Requests For Amazon Data Center, Luzerne County; 8 Shale Gas Development, Gas Power Plant Withdrawals  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Sets Aug. 21 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Equitrans LP Compressor Station In Union Twp., Washington County  [PaEN] 


-- TribLive: West Deer Twp. Supervisors Plan Another Hearing On Proposed Shale Gas Drilling Zoning Changes Sept. 18 In Allegheny County  


-- TribLive Guest Essay: Water Suppliers Must Make Frackers More Accountable - By Tom Pike, Protect PT 


-- PA Officials, Business Leaders Tout Job Growth, $4.7 Billion In Clean Energy Investments In Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 


-- Protect PT To Host July 30 Community Meeting For Residents Near Westmoreland Landfill, Monessen Coke Works In Monessen, Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 


-- Reminder DEP To Hold July 23 Hearing On Water Quality Permit For Lehigh County Core5 Warehouse Project In Lowhill Township


-- TribLive: ‘Tornado Alley’ Shifts East; What Does It Mean For Western PA?


-- Johnstown Area Heritage Assn: July 20, 1977 - Second Johnstown Flood, Killing 41 People


-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Planning New Forms Of Protection For State Forests, Plants  [PDF of article


-- July 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]


Other States/National/International


-- AP: Federal Appeals Court Allows EPA Rule On Coal-Fired Power Plants To Remain In Place Amid Legal Challenges


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Political Divisions Stall Proposed Gun Policies In Pennsylvania Long Before Butler County Shootings

-- TribLive: Attorney General Henry Calls For Assault-Weapons Ban

-- Post-Gazette: Penn State Increases Tuition For Some, Axes Millions In Branch Campus Funding

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[Posted: July 20, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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