Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.17.24

“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 

TODAY 6:30: Center For Coalfield Justice  Meeting On How To Protect Your Families' Health Living Near Shale Gas Facilities. North Strabane Township Park, McClelland Pavilion, 1929 PA-519 in Canonsburg, Washington County. 6:30 p.m.

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

-- PUC Investigation Concludes No Evidence 2023 Plum Boro Home Natural Gas Explosion In Allegheny County Caused By Gas Utility Equipment  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Peoples Gas Not At Fault In Plum Home Natural Gas Explosion That Killed 6, PUC Concludes

-- TribLive: Peoples Gas Service Lines Not Responsible For Plum Natural Gas Home Explosion, PUC Finds

-- TribLive Editorial: PUC Report On Plum Home Natural Gas Explosion Doesn’t Deliver Final Answer

-- Fayette County Republican Rep. Krupa Will Keep Fighting Carbon Capture, Other Environmental Injustices  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental Health News: 30 Environmental Advocacy Groups Ask PA Governor To Veto Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide Bill

-- Bucks County Beacon: US Appeals Court Rules Groups Can Continue Legal Challenge Of Pipelines That Would Pass Thru Bucks County In Environmental Hearing Board

-- Scranton Times: Chesapeake Bay, Its NE PA Watersheds Of The Susquehanna, Lackawanna Rivers Show Improved Aquatic Health

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Celebrate Successes Spotlight: Neshaminy Watershed Assn. Is Back And Better Than Ever In Bucks, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! For Acid Mine Drainage Passive Treatment Course Set For Sept. 17-19 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards Now Signing Up Volunteers For Training Sessions  [PaEN]

-- What’s The Future Master Watershed Program By Penn State Extension, DCNR?  How Can I Start A Group?  [PaEN]

-- Stormwater Solutions: Hanover, York County Leveraging Community-based Public-Private Partnership To Fund Green Water Infrastructure 

-- WHYY: FEMA Announces $2 Million+ To Help Flood-Prone Eastwick In Philadelphia

-- Citizens Voice: Residents, Officials Still Await Decision On Federal Flood Maps Appeal From 2021

-- MCall: Severe Storms Move Across Lehigh Valley Cutting Power To Thousands

-- Inquirer: Thunderstorms Sweep Through Philly, Nearly 100,000 Lost Power

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 95,994 Without Power [6:55 a.m.]

-- StateImpactPA: Neighborhoods In PA Cities Can Get Up To 13 Degrees Hotter Due To Urban Environment

-- PUC Sets July 30 Telephonic Hearing On Proposed Acquisition Of Greenville Sanitary Authority By Aqua PA In Mercer County 

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Cuts In Permit Backlog At DEP Good First Step, But More Needs Done

-- Citizens Voice: Overwhelming Crowd Size At Solar Energy Facility Meeting Postpones Lehman Twp. Public Hearing

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: The Crisis Of Confidence In Voluntary Carbon Offsets - by Danny Cullenward

-- Post-Gazette: PA’s First Human Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Allegheny County

-- Scranton Times: West Nile Virus Detected In Lackawanna County, But Not In Humans

-- State Museum Of PA: July 26 Webinar: Pennsylvania Caves - Time Capsules Of The Past Featuring Rose-Anna Behr, PA Geological Survey  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Explore The Watery Delights Of Pennsylvania’s Seven Tubs In Luzerne County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: North Fork Lodge, A 6,800 Acre Hunting Property In Elk County Has Been Sold

-- Scranton Times: Wild Wellness NE PA Aims To Collaborate On Inclusive, Accessible Outdoor Programs

-- WNEP:  D&L Trail Closure For Construction Between Jim Thorpe And Weissport Impacts Businesses In Carbon County

-- PA Wilds Center Launches New Artisan Collaborative To Develop New Product Lines, Grow In-Region Businesses 

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Newsletter: Timber Products From Thoughtful Management; Who Lives In Our Woods?; Reflections From The Forest; Upcoming Events

-- WHYY: New State Law Could Help Philly Gardeners Own The Land They Steward; Lowers The Bar For Adverse Possession

-- WSJ: Canada’s Wildfires Are Back After $10 Billion Economic Blow; Evacuations Started In Western Canada 

-- LancasterOnline: New Holland Butterfly Garden Groundbreaking Eyed For Fall

-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Aug. 20 Backyard Birds For Children; Aug.22 Summer Native Plant Sale In Dauphin County  [PaEN] 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Green Play Day Mondays

Gas Explosions

-- PUC Investigation Concludes No Evidence 2023 Plum Boro Home Natural Gas Explosion In Allegheny County Caused By Gas Utility Equipment  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Peoples Gas Not At Fault In Plum Home Natural Gas Explosion That Killed 6, PUC Concludes

-- TribLive: Peoples Gas Service Lines Not Responsible For Plum Natural Gas Home Explosion, PUC Finds

-- TribLive Editorial: PUC Report On Plum Home Natural Gas Explosion Doesn’t Deliver Final Answer

Train Derailments

-- PA US Senators Press Norfolk Southern On Safety And Labor Practices Following Altoona-Area Train Derailment

-- AP: Few Residents Opt Out Of $600 Million Class Action Settlement In Norfolk Southern Train Derailment 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Two Democratic Philadelphia House Members Resign Setting Up Special Elections [Rep. Bullock, Rep. Kinsey]

-- Tribune-Democrat: 2 Democrats Exit PA House, Voting Majority Drops To Tie Ahead Of Special Elections

-- Post-Gazette/WPost: Federal Prosecutors Being Dropping Obstruction Charges Against Proud Boys, Others Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol

-- WHYY: Butler County Rally Shootings Tied To Lax PA Gun Laws, Advocates Say

-- Spotlight PA: Population Decline In PA Happening Faster Than Expected; Here’s How The State Is Dealing With It - They Appointed A Commission

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Property Reassessment Uncertainty Kills Growth In Pennsylvania

-- TribLive: Cyberattack Targets Allegheny County DA’s Office

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[Posted: July 17, 2024]  PA Environment Digest