Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.9.24

“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 next voting day July 9, 10, 11

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day July 9, 10, 11, September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

Legislative Update--

-- Voting Day Schedule Can Change At Any Time

-- House Passes House Bill 2241 (Siegel-D-Lehigh) providing for Lithium battery recycling and stewardship by a vote of 115 to 86-- Democrats supporting  [House Summary & Fiscal Note]

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TODAY 9:30: House Republican Policy Committee hearing on Big Elk Creek State Park.  Avon Grove High School, 10 Waltman Way, West Grove, Chester County. 9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.  Read announcement here.  Read NewsClip.

TODAY Noon: PublicSource.org: Learn The Story Behind The Story - EQT's Gas Play In Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

TODAY 12:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov.  Read more here about the agenda.

-- DEP/EPA AirNow Advisory: Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Tuesday, July 9 For Susquehanna Valley, Southeast PA 

 

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

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Environmental Groups Warn Fast-Tracking Carbon Capture A Mistake In Pennsylvania  

--  Pittsburgh Business Times: Bill Would Regulate Carbon Capture, Storage In Wells Underground, But Environmentalists Are Pushing Back 

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Highlights Youth Conservation Corps 50-Mile Paddling Perki-Bay Expedition In New Video  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: DEP To Fix Abandoned Mine Borehole In Millers Run In Cecil Twp. Washington County  [PDF of Story ] 

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Target Of Vendor Impersonation Scheme, Lost Significant Amount Of Money 

-- PA Assn. Environmental Educators Call For Presentation Proposals For 2025 Annual Conference Set For March 10-12 In Erie  [PaEN] 

-- Citizens Voice: Nanticoke Citizens Plan Meeting About Solar Energy Facility In Residential Zone In Luzerne County

-- Inquirer: Federally-funded Electric Vehicle Charging Arriving In Philly Region

-- Sierra Club DelCo Green Team To Host July 15 Webinar On Congress, the Environment, And Congressional Review Act   [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Duquesne Light’s New Power Outage Reporting Passes First Test During Region’s Severe Weather

-- PhillyVoice.com: PA-Constellation Energy Considering Restarting Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1

-- Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 -- Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. Dick Thornburgh  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: Philly’s Avenue Of The Arts To Spend $100 Million Greenifying South Broad Street

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Nears $2.7 Million In FEMA Funds To Buy Out 21 Flood-Prone Properties

-- WNEP: Scranton To Demolish Flooded Homes

-- Reading Eagle: Antietam Schools’ Post-Flood Project To Build Temporary Classrooms On Schedule, Officials Say

-- Reading Eagle: Drowning In Reading Brings New Warnings About Swimming In The Schuylkill River

-- Scranton Times Quills Blog: DCNR, Education Launch PA’s 2024 Summer Learning And Literacy Road Trip  

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pack Up For Pennsylvania 2024 Summer Learning, Literacy Road Trip

-- Spotlight PA: Will Former Cameron County Landfill Become PA’s Next Stargazing Mecca?

-- The Allegheny Front: Trails Along Pittsburgh’s Rivers Helping The Region’s Economy

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Success Outdoors Not Measured In Fish Caught or Miles Hiked, But In Mindful Immersion During 24-Day Kayaking, Canoeing Adventure On West Branch Of Susquehanna River  

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 2024 HERYN Programs Serve 84 Young People With Kayaking, Fishing, Conservation Instruction 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 16 Middle Schoolers Explore Preserve, Creative Problem Solving Through STEM Camp Program Day

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Students Engage With RiverKeeper Presentation On Eastern Hellbender During Annual Envirocamp Program

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: New Susquehanna University Study Shows Key Behavioral, Physical Impacts Of Increasing Water Temps On Sculpin (Fish), Stream Headwaters

-- Daily Local News: Residents Join Lawmakers To Oppose State’s Plan To Develop Big Elk Creek Watershed Into ‘Tourist Attraction’ 

-- Arboretum At Penn State's Pollinator And Bird Garden Wins International Award  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Celebrating Bugs In The Poconos At Kettle Creek Environmental Center

-- WNEP: Eclipse The Bald Eagle Released Back Into Wild By Pocono Wildlife & Rehabilitation Center

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Dog Days Of Summer Won’t Last For Too Long

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

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

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Rise As Hurricane Beryl Highlights LNG Supply Chain Risks 

-- Wash Post: 26 Foot, Armored Sea Wall Protects New Louisiana LNG Gas Export Facility Being Built By Venture Global To Try To Protect It From Storms  

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Disagreement About Measuring Student Poverty In School Funding Delaying PA Budget

-- Inquirer: PA Lawmakers A Week Late In Finalizing The State Budget And Creating New School Funding System

-- City & State PA: Sage Advice - PA’s Senior Politicos Dish On What Their Successors Should And Shouldn’t Do

-- Post-Gazette: Republican State Senator Threatens To Subpoena State Revenue Secretary Over Tax Records Of Lehigh Valley Redevelopment Zone

-- Post-Gazette: PA House Committee Advances Pittsburgh Tax Break Program Over Objection It Creates ‘Unequal Playing Field’

-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Fontana Seeks To Fix PA’s ‘Dysfunctional Property Tax Assessment System’

-- Inquirer: PA Liquor Control Board Must Refund ‘Tens Of Millions Of Dollars’ It Charged For Shipping Fees, Court Says

-- NYT: Chester County Middle School Students Impersonate Teachers With Fake TikTok Accounts, Post Vulgar Content

-- WHYY: Chester County Teachers Become Target Of Viral Attacks

-- PennLive: Mercer County Community In Shock Over Killing, Dismembering Of Transgender Girl

-- PennLive: COVID Cases Rising In PA But Hospitalizations, Deaths Remain Low

-- WHYY: Republican Candidate For US Senate Claims He Created ‘Hundreds Of Jobs’ In PA, Records Suggest Otherwise

-- WHYY: Philly DA Vows To Prosecute Criminals Regardless Of Immigration Status Of The Victim

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[Posted: July 9, 2024]  PA Environment Digest