Sunday, November 17, 2024

Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.17.24

“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 Voting Schedule

-- [End Of Session, All Bills Die]

-- January 7  New Session

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

-- [End Of Session, All Bills Die]

-- January 7  New Session

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .


November 19--  Agenda Posted. DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m.  Check the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Annmarie Beach at anbeach@pa.gov or (717) 346-8212.  (formal notice[Note: Testing biosolids, drinking water, clean water for PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ on the agenda.]


November 19-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing On Declaring A Water Supply Emergency.  1:30 p.m.


November 20-- Agenda PostedDCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Nicole Faraguna 717-346-7636 or nfaraguna@pa.gov.   (formal notice)  Read more on agenda.


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


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


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


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


-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 9 to 15 - Failed Well Pluggings; Leaking Gas Storage Area Wells; More Abandoned Conventional, Shale Gas Wells  [PaEN]


-- MCall: Lehigh River At Lowest Level In Eight Years After Months Of Abnormally Dry Weather 


-- TribLive: Snowfall Expected To Be Minimal In Western PA This Winter


-- Post-Gazette: Industrial-Grade Chemical Used To Preserve Plastic Showing Up In Street Drugs


-- WESA: Allegheny County Executive Revamps County Board Of Health With 8 New Appointees


-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents To DEP: Stop The Stench From Waste Facility


-- WNEP: 200 Residents Took Part In Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event In Lackawanna County


-- Citizens Voice: New ADA Bathroom Facility Opens At Kirby Park In Luzerne County


The Feds


-- AP: Chris Wright, CEO Of Oil & Gas Services Company Liberty Energy, Named DOE Secretary


-- NPR: Oil Executive Chris Wright Republican Pick For Energy Secretary


-- Politico: Republicans Tap Oil Executive Chris Wright As Energy Secretary


-- Bloomberg: Oil Fracking Boss Wright Chosen As US Energy Secretary


Other States/National/International


-- AP: UN Climate Talks At Halfway Point, Nations No Closer To Goal On Cash For Climate Action


-- Reuters: Tropical Wetlands Releasing A Methane Bomb, Threatening Climate Plans


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Democratic Leader Reflects On Failed Election: ‘Maybe We Were Living In A Silo’

-- TribLive Editorial: The High Cost Of Running For Office

-- Post-Gazette: Battle Rages Over Nippon- US Steel Deal As Deadline Looms

-- Post-Gazette: Immigrants In Western PA Are Concerned About Their Futures Under Republicans

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Reality Check: Pittsburgh Mayor’s Budget Address From La La Land

-- PennLive Editorial: Time For District Attorney To Investigate Ethics Violations In Dauphin County Government

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[Posted:  November 17, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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