Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.24.24

“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 


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


February 26-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Department of Agriculture.  House Floor.


February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  House Floor.


March 3-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Public Utility Commission.  House Floor.


-- “World-Class Standards” Of Shale Gas Production In PA 


-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: PA Needs To Set Construction, Operating Standards For Hundreds Of Miles Of Unregulated Fracking Wastewater Pipelines 


-- Physicians For Social Responsibility- PA: Jan. 22 Webinar On How To Talk To Your Doctor About Environmental Threats To Your Health  [PaEN] 


-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Ed Newsletter: Embrace The New Year, Winter Activities  [PaEN] 


-- Penn State Extension Hosts Jan. 29 Webinar On Ice Melter Impacts And Reduction Strategy  [PaEN] 


-- Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals: Level 1 Certification Training Registration Now Open  [PaEN]


-- NextPittsburgh: Appalachian Regional Commission ARISE Grants Could Help Appalachia Be More Green


-- ReImagine Appalachia: 2024 - A Year In Review


-- WTAE: Massive Water Main Break Leaves Gaping Hole In Beaver County Road


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Arconic Foundation, Commonplace Coffee, Donors Step Up To Help Cover Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Vehicle Fleet’s Vandalism Costs 


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Winterberry Holly Has Been A Staple Of Christmas


-- Penn State Master Gardeners/BackwoodsMama: How To Decorate An Outdoor Tree With Treats For Wildlife


-- Ernst Conservation Seeds Joins The Monarch Joint Venture Partner Network 


The Feds - New Administration


-- Spotlight PA: How Republican Administration Could Make PA’s Clean Energy Projects Less Environmentally Friendly


Train Derailments


-- PittsburghUnionProgress: From Brain Fog To Nosebleeds: There’s A Name For What’s Happening To People Affected By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment - Toxicant-Induced Loss Of Tolerance [PA Impacts]


-- Post-Gazette: Cong. Deluzio, Sen. Markey Pressing Next Congress For Rail Upgrades, Safety Improvements  [Congress, PA Legislature Did Nothing In Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment]


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

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


-- Marcellus Drilling News: NYMEX Natural Gas Price Up 14% Last Week To $3.75; Heading For $4.30? [Cold Weather, LNG Demand Push Prices Higher]  [PDF of Article]


-- FXEmpire: 2025 Natural Gas Forecast: LNG Exports, Domestic Demand Push Upward Price Potential 


Other States/National/International


-- NPR: 2024 Will Be Hottest Year On Record, Even Hotter Than Expected


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Top PA Senate Stories Of 2024

-- The Center Square: The State Of PA Economic And Social Programs In 2024

-- TribLive: US Steel, Nippon, Mon Valley Mayors Urge Biden To Approver Deal

-- Post-Gazette: Doctors Are Returning To Venango County

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Transit Authority Discloses Ransomware Attack

-- Triblive: Overwhelming Demand For Rental Assistance Exhausts Westmoreland County Funds

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[Posted: December 24, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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