Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.21.24

“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 22-- NEW. Gov. Shapiro To Join EPA Administrator Regan In Pittsburgh To Announce Recipients of EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Competition

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-- NEW.  DCED 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. 

-- 127 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN] 

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN]

-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week:  PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic  [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Activist Lois Bower-Bjornson Busier Than Ever Pointing Out Concerns With Shale Gas Development  [PDF of article]

-- USDA Awards 2 Conservation Innovation Grants For Projects Benefiting Pennsylvania Totaling $7.1 Million  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: A $40 Billion Critical Mineral Supply Chain Could Start In PA With Abandoned Mine Drainage 

-- Post-Gazette: Silica Dust Levels In Coal Mines Were Concealed For Years While Black Lung Cases Surged

-- DEP To Post Information Soon On New SPEED Permit Review Program Enacted As Part Of State Budget  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Lake Erie Was At Record Levels In 2019; Where Things Stand Now And a Forecast 

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: 8 PA Resources Council Collection Events Aim To Keep Household Chemicals, Hard-To-Recycle Items Out Of Landfills

-- StateImpactPA: Franklin County Cuts Deal To OK Transource Power-Line Project To Feed PA Power To Maryland, Virginia, W. Virginia And DC, Will Receive $5 Million Payment 

-- Lt. Gov. Davis, DCNR, Local Officials Celebrate ‘Outdoors For All Day’ At Point State Park In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- WPXI: State Leaders, Families Celebrate ‘Outdoors For All’ Day In Pittsburgh  [Video]

-- Spotlight PA: No, Taylor Swift Didn’t Buy One Of PA’s Biggest Private Forests In Elk County

-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne County Bar Assn. Donates To North Branch Land Trust

-- York Dispatch: Mosquito Spraying To Take Place In Certain Areas Of York County To Prevent West Nile Virus

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center - Nature Changes Despite Its Resiliency 

-- Warren Times: Tower Of Turtles Highlights Audubon Community Nature Center Fundraiser 

-- Republican Herald: Shoot Like A Girl Program Is On Target

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA-- $3.65  National-- $3.50   Ohio-- $3.49

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Rigs Remain At 21, Same As Last Few Weeks

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Gov. Shapiro Would Bring A Battleground State, Political Acumen To A National Democratic Ticket

-- Post-Gazette: PA Polling Experts Weigh In On Biden’s Presidential Chances, Potential Replacements

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: PA House Minority Leader Calls For Special Committee To Investigate Butler County Assassination Attempt

-- LancasterOnline: Conservative PA Election Integrity Group Met With 2 Architects Of 2020 Effort To Overturn Election 

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Republican Party Has Given Up On People Like Me - By Fmr Republican Rep. Jeff Coleman

-- PennLive Editorial: In A Democracy, We’re Not Supposed to Try To Kill People With Whom We Disagree

-- TribLive Editorial: Add Political Rallies To The Places We Aren’t Safe

-- City & State PA: A Guide To Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Race

-- Politics PA: Independent Fiscal Office Says General Fund Surplus Likely To Be Depleted By Next Year

-- Scranton Times: Man Charged With Committing $1.5 Million COVID Funding Fraud

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shapiro’s SITES Funding Will Make PA Competitive With Other States

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: This Year’s Budget Overturns Local Bans On Rodeos; No PA Lawmaker Will Take Credit

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[Posted: July 21, 2024]  PA Environment Digest