Friday, March 8, 2024

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.8.24

“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]


Senate next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- WeConservePA Honors Steven J. Schiffman, Esq. With 2024 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award  [PaEN]


-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Blog: Nearly 190 People Attended Keystone Coldwater Conference In February - By Sigrid Sharif  [PaEN]


-- DEP Reports Progress On Permitting Reform; Reduces Permit Backlog By 41%  [PaEN]


-- EPA Region III Issues Formal Notice With Instructions On Appealing Penneco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Allegheny County  [PaEN] 


-- Warren Times: Company Confirms Malfunction At United Refinery Releases ‘Silica Material’ Coating Homes, Vehicles  


-- Stars and Stripes Guest Essay: Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Export Facilities Right Move For National Security - Rivals Like China Are Using US LNG To Build Influence - By Steve Anderson, US Army Brigadier General - Retired  [PaEN] 


-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: A Rescue Plan For American Energy And The Environment- Unleash Gas Production, Expand LNG Exports - By Dave McCormick, Republican US Senate Candidate  [No Support For Limiting LNG Exports To China ]


-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Needs To ‘Get Smarter’ About Natural Gas Production - PA Making Times Tougher On Natural Gas, Coal Industries - By Rep. Joe Hamm (R)     


-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: State Legislators Need To Become Better Informed About All Energy Issues - By Ralph Kisberg, Responsible Drilling Alliance 


-- The Rocket: Let’s Play Mineshaft - Forgotten Coal Mine Tunnels Under Slippery Rock University


-- EPA Opens Regional $1.5 Million Grant Competition For Pollution Source Reduction Projects  [PaEN]


-- Scranton Times: Wastewater Project To Cut Down On Raw Sewage Released Into Local Waterways


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission March 14 Meeting On Rulemakings, Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 8 Related To Shale Gas Development; And On Cooperative Fish Nursery General Permit  [PaEN]


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Reminder Of March 14 Quarterly Business Meeting


-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft NPDES General Permit For Discharges Of Stormwater Associated With Construction Activities (PAG-2)


-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 8 RiverWatch Video Report


-- Erie Times: What Winter?  Erie Area Is ‘Abnormally Dry’ Due To Lack Of Snow, Rain


-- March 9 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- Spotlight PA: What To Know About Shapiro’s Proposed $10.3 Million Agriculture Innovation Program


-- Clairon Conservation District Will Hold Iron Oxide Art Workshops March 22, April 13, June 7 


-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: PA Regulators Struggle To Implement Federal Clean Air Act Requirements For Regional Power Plants


-- TribLive: Greensburg Salem To Move Forward On Part Of Outdoor Classroom Project


-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests New Impact Report Highlight Accomplishments In 2023


-- PA Wilds Center Partners With Purple Lizard To Scout Out Future Maps Of PA Wilds 


-- Save The Date: Wildlife For Everyone Foundation May 17 Spring Celebration


-- Spotlight PA: Game Commission Won’t Renew Controversial Contract With Sen. Scarnati’s Lobbying Firm


Train Derailments


-- WESA/Ideastream Public Media: Residents Impacted By Norfolk Southern Derailment React To News That ‘Controlled’ Burn Was Unnecessary: ‘Really Messed Up’ 


-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: How Many More Derailments Until Rail Safety Is A Priority? - By Natalie Bencivenga, KDKA Radio


-- AP: Judge Says Norfolk Southern Alone Should Pay For Cleanup Of Ohio 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]


-- Stars and Stripes Guest Essay: Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Export Facilities Right Move For National Security - Rivals Like China Are Using US LNG To Build Influence - By Steve Anderson, US Army Brigadier General - Retired  [PaEN] 


-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Pipeline Accidents Pose Big, Unreported Climate Threat


-- Reuters: TC Energy’s Keystone Oil Pipeline Restarts After Going Offline, No Oil Released; Sent Oil Prices Higher; Pipeline Dogged By Problems


Other States/National/International


-- AP: February Was Hottest Ever Recorded, 9th Straight Broken Record


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Ethics Committee Will Not Investigate Republican Sen. Mastriano For Charges Related To Assault On US Capitol, Overturning 2020 Election 

-- PA Capital-Star: Report Classifies 97 PA State Lawmakers As ‘Election Deniers’

-- Beaver County Times: PA Senate Transparent About Legislative Per Diems, Why Doesn’t The House Follow Suit?

-- Courier Times: Does PA Have 80,000 Duplicate Voter Registrations?  We Break Down Inflated Estimate

-- Politics PA: PA ACLU Files Lawsuit Against York County’s Refusal To Allow Nonpartisan Observers At Official Vote Canvass

-- PA Capital-Star: Governor’s Budget Secretary Defends Shapiro Plan To Spend Part Of State Surplus

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA’s Health Care Access ‘Still In The Dark Ages’

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Opioids An ‘Overwhelming Issue For Families’ In PA

-- TribLive: Jim Roddy, First Allegheny County Executive, Has Died; Officials Praise His Years Of Service

-- Scranton Times: Forty Fort Swindled Out Of Nearly $80,000 In Hacking Scheme

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Commissioners Push Back On False Claims About Illegal Immigrants

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[Posted: March 8, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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