Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.12.24

“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

January 7, 27, 28, 29

February 3, 4, 5

March 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

April 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 24

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

January 7, 27, 28, 29

Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6

February 3, 4, 5

March 24, 25, 26, 31

April 1, 2

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to join via Microsoft Teams: Meeting ID: 274 896 265 706 Passcode: GfvsJL or by telephone 1 267-332-8737 Conference ID: 377 402 179#   Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.   Read more about the agenda.

January 4-11-- Pennsylvania Farm Show. Harrisburg.

-- DCNR Blog: Braving The Flames - The Stories Of Two Women Wildland Firefighters; Join The Crew!  [PaEN]

-- Farm & Dairy: Western PA Residents Fight For Increase In Shale Gas Well Pad Setbacks

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA’s Shale Gas Impact Fee Project To Drop This Year

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Governors Seek To Shore Up Bay Cleanup Amid Uncertainties

-- Friends Of The Wissahickon Mark Completion Of $3.5 Million Valley Green Run Restoration & Pedestrian Bridge Project  [PaEN] 

-- Headwaters To The Ohio Water Network Launches Assessment Of Needs Of Community-Based Watershed Groups And Leaders; Seeks Partners In PA  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts Jan. 22 Webinar On Safeguarding Private Drinking Water Sources [PaEN] 

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Newsletter: Loysville Youth Center Reforestation Project; Hackberry; Tree Tender & Woods In Your Backyard Education; Much More!

-- The Daily Item Editorial: State Grants Support Shared Responsibility For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- Centre Daily Times: University Joint Authority $81 Million Biosolids Project Underway To Turn Waste Into Renewable Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Army Corps Of Engineers Awards Nearly $800 Million Contract For Upper Ohio River Lock & Dam Project

-- EPA Awards $735 Million To Support Local Purchases Of Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Including $2.8 Million To Penn Hills School District In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Voices: Advocates Respond To New Federal Rule Cracking Down On Coal Industry’s Abandonment Of Black Lung Liabilities

-- Penn State: Targeted Coal-Fired Power Plant Closures May Boost Environmental, Health Outcomes 

-- The Nature Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Resilient & Connected Appalachians Land Protection Grants; Jan. 15 Webinar  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Celebrates $10 Million Investment In Trails, Highlights Work To Extend Susquehanna River Walk In Williamsport

-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Riverwalk Trail Extension’s Initial Stage Praised

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Camp Tuckahoe Recreation Area Acquisition; Expanded Access To Lackawaxen River; DCNR Grant Round Opens Jan. 21

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh Families Suffer Substandard Parks Despite Approving Special Parks Tax

  

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Data Center Growth Will Cost Virginia Ratepayers, Report Finds

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- The Center Square: US House Republicans Demand To See Science Behind US DOE Pause In New LNG Gas Export Facility Permits

Other States/National/International

-- NYTimes: US Supreme Court Allows EPA Plan To Address Toxic Coal Ash

-- Grist: Biden Aims To Cut Off Funding For Oil And Gas Projects Abroad

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Under Shapiro, Half Of Clemency Recommendations Remain Unsigned

-- PennLive: Gov. Shapiro, Lt. Gov. Davis Can’t Help But Hype Upcoming Eagles-Steelers Game

-- PennLive/TNS: Fetterman Joins Truth Social And Bluesky Social Media, Supports Pardon Of President-Elect 

-- PennLive - John Baer: Fetterman And McCormick Should Have ‘New Politics’ Bromance

-- Post-Gazette: Opioid Deaths Drop 25% In Pennsylvania

-- PA Capital-Star: Pennsylvanians On Pennie Will See Rise In Health Insurance Premiums If Federal Subsidies Expire

-- PennLive: The Hershey Company Rejects Preliminary Takeover Offer, Report

-- TribLive Editorial: Recommendation In Wake Of Butler Assassination Attempt Fall Short

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[Posted: December 12, 2024]  PA Environment Digest