Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.20.24

“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 .


TODAY 10:00: 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.


-- Oil & Gas Wastewater Release At Bear Lake Properties Injection Well In Warren County Went Unreported For 109 Days; More Contamination Discovered Along Related Wastewater Pipeline Route  [PaEN] 


-- National Review: Northeast Pennsylvania Needs Natural Gas - New Congress, New Federal Administration Should Overturn Delaware River Basin Commission Moratorium On Shale Gas Fracking - By Jason Adams  [PDF of Article


-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition: David Callahan To Retire At End Of Year; Jim Welty To Take Over As President


-- DEP Reduces Permit Backlog By 75%, Completely Eliminates Backlog For Oil & Gas Permits; You Can’t Blame DEP Anymore For Permit Delays  [PaEN] 


-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order Creating PA Permit Fast Track Program; Can't Blame DEP Anymore For Delaying Projects  [PaEN]


-- PA Sen. Joe Pittman: Senate Republicans Spearheading PA Permitting Reforms 


-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Signs Executive Order Aimed At Streamlining Permitting Process For Infrastructure Projects


-- PA Solar Center, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services Release New Guidebook For PA Municipalities On Development Of Large-Scale Solar Facilities; Nov. 22 Webinar  [PaEN]


-- Utility Dive: State Ratepayer Advocates Press FERC For PJM Capacity Market Changes, Citing ‘Crushing’ Prices [Not PA’s Consumer Advocate]


-- Pittsburgh Works Together: Pittsburgh And Most Of US Experiencing Rising Levels Of Microscopic Soot Pollution


-- TribLive: State Superior Court: Coal-fired Power Plant Boiler House At Former Springdale Power Plant Can Be Imploded


-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Climate Activists Criticize Exclusion From Philadelphia Gas Works Budget Process, Propose New Rules


-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset County Eyeing Changes To Land Development, Stormwater Regulations


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Delaware River Water Levels At 60% As Salt Front Increases Amid Drought


-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Delaware River Basin Managers Could Take Conservation Efforts If Drought Worsens


-- MCall: Plans For Route 512 Warehouses, Landfill Expansion Raise Traffic, Environmental Concerns


-- Inquirer: What Organizers Say They Learned From A Campaign To Create A Statewide Home Repair, Weatherization Program In PA


-- DCNR’s Square Timber Wild Area In Cameron County Inducted Into The Old-Growth Forest Network  [PaEN] 


-- Rothrock Trail Alliance Awarded $500,000 Grant To Improved Recreation Access To Rothrock State Forest In Centre County  [PaEN]


-- Berks Nature: New Data On The Annual Economic Value Of Nature Documents $853 Million In Savings, $938 Million In Outdoor Recreation Benefits To Citizens of Berks County  [PaEN] 


-- Republican Herald: Berks Nature Hoping For Positive After Effects Of Neversink Mountain Wildfire


-- The Allegheny Front: New ClearWater Conservancy Conservation Education Center In Centre County Lands Federal, State Funding


-- Republican Herald: New StoryWalk Promotes Fitness, Literacy At Pine Grove


-- Republican Herald: New Schuylkill Conservation District Educator Aims To Get People Outdoors


-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Chesapeake National Recreation Area Takes Critical Step Forward  


-- Nominations Now Being Accepted For Wildlife Leadership Academy Student Conservation Ambassadors Program  [PaEN] 


-- Applications Now Being Accepted For Rivers Conservation Fly Fishing Youth Camp June 15-20, Messiah University, Cumberland County  [PaEN] 


-- Reminder: Keep PA Beautiful Accepting Nominations For Litter Hawk Youth Award Thru January 31  [PaEN]


-- Volunteers Invited To Be Part Of Pennsylvania Bird Atlas First Ever Winter Bird Survey Starting Dec. 1  [PaEN] 


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: China’s Surging LNG Gas Imports From US Threatened By Next Trade War


-- Financial Times: Canada Imports US Electricity As Droughts Curb Hydropower


Other States/National/International


-- Reuters: OPEC Secretary General Tells UN Climate Conference Oil Is A Gift From God


-- AP: Deadline Looms For Negotiators Seeking A Deal For Cash To Curb Global Warming At UN Conference


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Casey And McCormick Are Fighting Over Provisional Ballots In A Dozen PA Counties

-- TribLive Editorial: Courts Need To Decide Election Question On More Than A Race-By-Race Basis

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: The People Have The Power To Enforce Campaign Finance Laws

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: State Reps. Abney, Mihalek Picked To Lead PA House Regional Delegations

-- Erie Times: After Nov. 5 Election Win, Sen. Laughlin Pushes On With Libel Suit vs. Erie Reader Newspaper

-- The Center Square: PA Senate Republicans Double Down On Fiscal Restraint Post Election [Video]

-- The Center Square: PA House Republicans - Taxpayers Want More Divided Government

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Democrats Have No Mandate Except To Compromise - By Andrew Lewis

-- The Center Square: Dr. Oz Picked To Lead Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services

-- TribLive: Need For English As 2nd Language Education Growing In Westmoreland Schools

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Police Investigating Reports Of Antisemitic Stickers

-- PennLive: How Some Areas Get Sex Crime Prosecutions Right

-- PennLive: Lehigh County DA Promises Change In County With PA’s Lowest Rate Of Prosecuting Sex Offenses

-- Post-Gazette: Japanese Steelmaker Nippon Says It Will Not Accept Presidential Block Of US Steel Deal

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[Posted:  November 20, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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