Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.21.25

“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 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 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 22-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00 a.m. Click Here to register to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.com.    Read more here.


January 22-- Physicians For Social Responsibility- PA Webinar On How To Talk To Your Doctor About Environmental Threats To Your Health.  6:00 to 7:00 p.m.


January 23-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams With Meeting ID: 267 985 148 322 and Passcode: aAo7Qg; or by telephone 267-332-8767, conference ID 867 745 237#.  Contact: Daniel E. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846.


-- PJM Interconnection Extends Conservative Operations, Low Voltage Alert Thru Thursday  [PaEN] 


-- Warren Times: Our Biggest Resolution - Our Commitment To The Planet That Sustains Us - By Mac Dawson, Nature Educator, Audubon Community Nature Center   [PaEN] 


-- Registration Open! Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance June 4-5 Mine Pools As Beneficial Resources Conference At Bucknell University  [PaEN] 


-- JD Supra: EPA Identifies Significant Concerns For Ag Producers Due To Biosolids That Contain PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: ‘Ticking Time Bombs’: Nearly 100 Coal Ash Dumps Pepper Chesapeake Bay Watershed


-- Washington & Jefferson College: Western PA Open House Jan. 22 On ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub, On Campus, Washington, PA, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Project To Hold Open House Jan. 22


-- PennEnvironment Hosts Jan. 23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy  [PaEN]


-- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb. 5 Webinar On Rust - A Modern Solution For Grid-Scale Battery Storage  [PaEN] 


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project At Pittsburgh Airport Takes Step Forward


-- TribLive Guest Essay: Linking PA Shale Gas Industry To California Wildfires - By Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project


-- Chester County Residents Clean Up Litter In Chester Springs In Honor Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Of Service  [PaEN] 


-- Appalachian Chapter Of The Audubon Society Accepting Applications For Tom Johnson Memorial Scholarship To The Mountains To Sea Birding For Teens Camp In Maine  [PaEN]


-- Join North Branch Land Trust For A Special Event: Great Backyard Bird Count & Craft  Feb. 9 In Luzerne County  [PaEN]


-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: There Are 2 Types Of Jumping Mice In PA


The Feds - New Administration


-- New Federal Administration Reverses LNG Gas Export Facility Permit Pause, Extends Comment Period On LNG Impact Study  [PaEN] 


-- Williamsport Sun: Region’s Lawmakers Are Optimistic About The Future Of Energy Policy


-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition: Statement On Inauguration Of New President


-- Bloomberg: New President Lifts Pause On LNG Gas Export Facility Permits


-- Reuters: New President Lifts Pause On LNG Gas Export Facility Permit Applications


-- New Federal Administration Issues Executive Order Declaring A National Energy Emergency; Order Repealing Other Energy, Climate Orders; Regulatory Freeze  [PaEN] 


-- Reuters: New Administration’s Energy Actions On First Day


-- Reuters: New President Says To Unleash American Fossil Fuels, Halt Climate Cooperation


-- S&P Global: New President Declares Energy Emergency, Orders Policy Reviews To Boost Output


-- TribLive/AP: New President Says He’s Withdrawing The US From Paris Climate Agreement Again


-- Bloomberg: New Administration Orders Agencies to Halt Spending From Federal Inflation Reduction Act, Eliminates Climate Corps


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

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


-- Reuters: About 12% Of North Dakota’s Oil Output Shut Down, 11% Of Gas Shut Down By Cold Weather


-- Financial Times: Oil Majors Brace For Falls In LNG Gas Revenues As Prices Stabilize


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Running Out Of Money - By Commonwealth Foundation

-- Inquirer: State Treasurer Stacy Garrity On Being Impatient; PA’s Unclaimed Property Problem Governor’s Race

-- The Center Square: Shapiro Ready To Work With New President On Aligned Priorities

-- TribLive: Many Western Pennsylvanians Put Politics Aside For Moment As New President Sworn In

-- Washington Examiner - Salena Zito: ‘In America, Impossible Is What We Do Best’: How Pennsylvanians Saw The Inauguration

-- Tribune-Democrat/AP: Beneath A Veneer Of Calm, Inauguration Holds Warning Signs For US Democracy

-- AP: Sweeping Pardon Of Participants In Assault On US Capitol Includes Those Who Violently Attacked Police

-- Post-Gazette: Western Pennsylvanians Connected To Attack On US Capitol Pardoned By New President

-- WITF: New President Pardons Criminals, Dismisses Pending Cases For Participants In Assault On US Capitol

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[Posted: January 21, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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