Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.27.24

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-- DEP: Oil & Gas Wells Plugged In Last 6 Years: 2,941 Conventional Wells, 325 Paid By Taxpayers; 460 Shale Gas Wells Were Plugged By Well Owners   [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 18 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In November; 292 General Permits So Far In 2024  [PaEN]

-- Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday Announces Transition Committee Members, Including An Energy & Environment Committee  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: 5 Years After Philadelphia Refinery’s Closure, Pollution Concerns Persist 

-- ABC6: Dozens Forced Out Of Their Homes After Natural Gas Leak In Bethlehem 

-- Post-Gazette: Utility Bills Are On The Rise In Pittsburgh, While Other Costs Are Lower

-- PennLive: Lancaster Firm Sues ‘Deadbeat’ Texas Developer For Pulling Plug On Northumberland County Plastics Recycling Plant [Never Able ‘To Grasp That Pennsylvania Is Not Saudi Arabia Or Thailand’]

-- December 28 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: End-Of-Year Bills In Congress Support For Chesapeake Bay Work

-- Inquirer: How To Recycle Your Christmas Tree In The Philly Area

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Announces Preservation Of 2,842 Acres Of Farmland In 13 Counties  [PaEN]

-- MCall: 3 More Lehigh Valley Farms Saved From Development

-- Lancaster Farming: Mid-Atlantic States Will Have Busy Agenda On Federal Farm Bill Policy In 2025

-- Tribune-Democrat: New Signs Aim To Simplify Donations For Cambria County Trail Maintenance

-- TribLive: Bill Creating Chesapeake National Recreation Area Dies In Congress

-- TribLive: Duck Hunting Alive And Well For Some In Western PA  

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: European Natural Gas Prices Jump [Again] As Putin Doubts New Pipeline Transit Deal Can Be Made

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Top 5 Gov. Shapiro Stories Of 2024

-- Inquirer: Shapiro Part Of Rising Group Of Democrats Proudly Showing Their Faith

-- CNHI News: Year In Review: What The PA Legislature Achieved In 2024

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: The Public Deserves To Know How Lobbyists Are Influencing Politicians

-- Inquirer: PA’s Underfunded Schools Got Millions More In State Money This Year, What Are They Spending It On?

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania’s Education Landscape In 2024

-- Spotlight PA: Scrutiny, Secrecy Defined PA Debates Over How To Spend Opioid Settlement Billions In 2024

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[Posted: December 27, 2024]  PA Environment Digest