Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.6.24

“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 15-- 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. 

-- State Conservation Commission Now Accepting Applications For $13 Million In REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credits - First-Come, First-Served  [PaEN] 

 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration, Improvement Grants; 2 Applicant Webinars Coming Up  [PaEN] 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Early Data Shows Benefits Of Analog Beaver Dam Effort In Stream Management At Susquehanna University - By Jay Scholfield, Summer Intern

-- PA Resources Council What’s Up, Watershed: Cool Waters - How Trees Help To Protect Pennsylvania’s State Fish The Brook Trout

-- Lower Susquehanna River Mussel Survey [Video]

-- Clean Air Council, Johns Hopkins University, Marcus Hook Area Neighbors Release Community Environmental Health Study Findings In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Aug. 20 In-Person Program On Investigations Into Rare Childhood Cancers In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: West Deer Twp. To Take Public Comments On Oil & Gas Well Pad Zoning Proposal Tuesday [Aug. 6] In Allegheny County  

-- AG Henry Announces Settlement With Titan Gas, LLC Over Alleged Unlawful Telemarketing Practices

-- Utility Dive: FERC Seeks More Info On Talen Nuclear - Amazon Data Center Energy Deal 

-- Princeton University Center For Energy & Environment: PA Policy Makers Underestimate Public Support For Solar Projects, Survey Says 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Solar For Schools Can Power And Empower School Districts - By Ralph Cecere, Homer-Center School District 

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Be Able To Keep All The Lights On In Four Years - By Terry Fitzpatrick, Energy [Utility] Association of PA 

-- NextPittsburgh: 4 Groups Burned The Competition, Not Fossil Fuels, In Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Carbon Reduction Sprint Competition

-- LancasterOnline: College Park Climate Action To Host Art, Science Event In Lancaster Aug. 10

-- Pittsburgh-based Volpatt Construction, Partners Diverted More Than 275 Tons Of Waste From Landfills As Part Of 'Dumpster Last' Philosophy  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Are There Hazardous Levels Of Lead In Gardens Across Allegheny County?  [Allegheny Conservation District Explains]

-- PennLive: Wet Week Ahead For Central PA As Hurricane Debby Makes Landfall In Florida

--WHYY: Hurricane Debby Could Bring 6 Or 7 Inches Of Rain To Philly Area By End Of Week

-- Inquirer Editorial: Intense Storms Are In The Forecast And Climate Change Is On The Ballot

-- Spotlight PA: High Temps Can Make People With Dementia Irritable, Confused And Uncomfortable; What To Know

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 29 Students Split Across 2 Day Explore Wellsboro State Park In HERYN Environmental Education Expansion Program

-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Area Arborist - Spotted Lanternfly Populations May Be Waning, But Residents Should Remain Vigilant

-- Beaver County Times: Native Tree Nursery & Forest Education Center Groundbreaking In Brady’s Run Park [Supported By Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalty Mitigation Fund]

-- Williamsport Sun: State Game Lands System To Grow By Nearly 5,300 Acres

-- City Of Lock Haven, PA Municipal League And KABOOM! Unveil Kid-Designed, Community-Built Playground At Hoberman Park In Clinton County  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Adaptive Kayak Launch Added At Montour Preserve To Help More People Access Lake Chillisquaque In Montour County 

-- NextPittsburgh: Highland Park And Allegheny County Tennis Courts Adapted To Include Blind, Wheelchair-Using Players

-- State Museum Of PA Hosts Aug. 16 Virtual Program On How The PA Geological Survey Uses Satellite Data And You Can Too  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Dog Owners Take Precautions As Harmful Algal Blooms Thrive In Erie County Waters

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Some Raspberries, Blackberries And Blueberries

Train Derailments

-- The Center Square: Increased Health Care Funding Sought In Settlement For Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

Other States/National/International

-- Washington Examiner: US DOE Files Appeal To Continue Pause On New LNG Gas Export Facility Permits 

-- TribLive/AP: Microplastics Are Everywhere, But Are They Harming Us?

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Inquirer: Top PA Election Official Putting Pressure On Elon Musk To Do More About AI-generated Election Misinformation

-- TribLive: State Election Officials: Elon Musk Should Stop His AI Chatbot From Sharing False Election Info About PA, Other States 

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Everything We Learned About Gov. Shapiro During The Veepstakes

-- AP: Harris Readies Philadelphia Rally To Introduce Her Running Mate, Still Unknown

-- LancasterOnline: Fmr. Lancaster County Republican Chair Co-Leads Republicans For Harris In PA 

-- Inquirer Editorial: Intense Storms Are In The Forecast And Climate Change Is On The Ballot

-- TribLive: Just $10.5 Million Remains Of Westmoreland’s $105.3 Million Pandemic Relief Allocation

-- Spotlight PA: The Artist Behind Official Portraits Of PA’s Most Powerful People

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[Posted:  August 6, 2024]  PA Environment Digest