Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.22.24

“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]

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

House Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23, 24, 25, 30

-- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

August 23-- In-Person.  DCNR Host Meeting For Prospective Vendors At Catawissa Motorized Recreation Area In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties.  Weiser State Forest District Office, 16 Weiser Lane in Aristes, PA. 9:00 a.m. to Noon 

-- Northcentral PA Conservancy, Partners Complete Project To Stabilize Tioga River Bank In Blossburg, Tioga County  [PaEN] 

-- Center For Watershed Protection: Introducing The PA MS4 Stormwater Collaboration Toolkit - Unlocking Water Quality Success  [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline: The Giant Company Healing The Planet Tree Planting Grants Benefit McCaskey High School, Lititz Church 

-- WJAC: Brockway Residents In Jefferson County Alarmed By Asbestos In Municipal Drinking Water Above Allowable Limits 

-- Republican Herald: Lake Wynonah Property Owners Voice Water Quality, Billing Concerns To Plum Creek Municipal Authority

-- LancasterOnline: Wawa Must Comply With Pequea Township’s New, Stricter Well Water Testing Requirements

-- Republican Herald: Williams Valley Leaders Visit Operational Solar Energy Facility In Dauphin County 

-- Citizens Voice: Nanticoke City Council Rejects Proposed Solar Energy Facility In Luzerne County

-- Post-Gazette: Richard King Mellon Foundation Seeks Proposals For Tech Job Training  

-- Beaver County Times: Center Twp. To Receive Electric Vehicle Charging Station As Part Of Federal Grant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Project Finds Its Project Office At WVU

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: 2nd Person Dies As A Result Of Propane Explosion At Lackawanna County Home

-- MCall: 18 Vehicles Disabled After Getting Gasoline In Bethlehem Twp., Police Say

-- Arch Resources, Consol Energy To Combine In All-Stock Merger Of Equals To Create Core Natural Resources

-- AP: Consol And Arch To Combine, Forming $5 Billion Coal Producer Based In PA

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: What’s Driving Consol-Arch Merger?

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Energy Needs To Be Priority

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Climate Fixers: Native Plants, No Mow And DIY Fertilizer In Northwest Philadelphia

-- DCNR Invests $2.1 Million In 6 ATV And Snowmobile Projects; New Grant Round Closes Sept. 30  [PaEN] 

-- Republican Herald: DCNR To Meet Friday With Businesses Interested In Catawissa Park For Off-Road Vehicles

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Register Your PA Healthy Lands Event; New Inclusive Playgrounds; Grant Application Webinar Nov. 7

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Winners Named In 13th Annual Photo Contest; Vote For People’s Choice Winners [PaEN] 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Common Terns Fledge In Erie For First Time In 60 Years In Pennsylvania 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Historic Susquehanna River Home To Variety Of Large Fish, Birds, And These Unique Objects 

Other States/National/International

-- WSJ: US Auto Industry’s Electric Vehicle Retreat Hastens In Face Of Competition From China

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Offers A Simple Song Of Freedom In Democratic Convention Address

-- The Center Square: Shapiro Says ‘Real Freedom’ Starts With Public Schools

-- AP: Josh Shapiro Champions Democrats As Part Of Freedom During DNC Speech

-- Newsweek: Ex-President Tears Into ‘Highly Overrated Jewish Governor’ Josh Shapiro

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Josh Shapiro And Jason Kelco As ‘Odd Couple’ That Wasn’t

-- AP: Democrats Succeed In Keeping Socialist, Liberation Party Candidates Off PA Presidential Ballot, At Least For Now, As Another Independent Tries To Get On

-- PA Capital-Star: Butler County Case Appealed After Judge Ruled Against Residents Whose Mail-In Ballots Were Rejected

-- The Center Square: PA Forward Party Looks Beyond Republicans, Democrats As Election Nears

-- York Dispatch: Democrats Pay $3 Million In Ad Buy For Janelle Stelson As Poll Shows Her Moving Ahead Of Republican Con. Scott Perry

-- Post-Gazette: PA House Members Begin State Tour On Transportation Issues, Bridges, Public Transit

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: ‘Nobody Wants To Pay’ For Road And Bridge Maintenance

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[Posted: August 22, 2024]  PA Environment Digest