Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.7.24

“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 

-- DEP Imposed $422,365 In Penalties On 14 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators In 2023 For Abandoning Wells, Spills, Venting Gas; 93 Operators Cited For Abandoning 271 Wells  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Declares 101 Medina Res Dev Co. LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned, Not Plugged In Crawford, Erie Counties On March 5  [PaEN]

-- WTAE: Concerns Over Flaring, Fracking In Cecil Twp., Washington County 

-- The Energy Age Blog: What Flaring At A Shale Gas Well Pad Looks Like From Your Bedroom Window, Same As It Did 15 Years Ago  [Welcome To Washington County] 

 

-- WTAE: Concerns Mounting Over Gas Leaks In Cecil Twp. Columbia Gas System In Washington County 

-- Reading Eagle: Kutztown Post Office Evacuated After Gas Leak

-- Marcellus Drilling News: ‘Selling Oil And Natural Gas To China?’ ‘It Simply Should Not Happen, Period’  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Shapiro’s Money-Back Guarantee For PA Permits, Licenses Is Working [DEP Used As Example]

-- DEP Took Action On 893 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,634 Inspections; Responded To 8 Emergencies During Week Ending March 3 

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: ‘Fix The Mix’: Climate Activists Want PECO To Buy More Renewable Energy

-- ReImagine Appalachia: New Report Details Now Co-Ops In Appalachia Could Be Key To Harnessing Potential Of Investments In New Energy Economy  Webinar About Report

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Seizing Western PA’s Unique Hydrogen Opportunity - By Western PA Business, Labor Representatives

-- DEP: All Counties Now Back To Normal Status, All Drought Watches, Warnings Lifted  [PaEN]  

-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Exits Drought Watch; Water Conservation continues For Beaver Run Reservoir Users 

-- Scranton Times: DEP: Water Company’s Silt Pollution Of Waterways Violated State Law

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Public Comments Invited On Controversial Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Project In PA

-- LancasterOnline: Public Weighs In On $2.5 Billion Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Project

-- DEP Newsletter Highlights Community Projects; Hazardous Sites Cleanup; Upcoming Events  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Conservation District 2023 Accomplishments; Grants Coming Up; County Accomplishments; Much More  [PaEN]  

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Executive Director Steve Tambini Announces Retirement  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Assistant Legal Counsel, Grants Coordinator, Hydrologist, Summer Interns  [PaEN] 

-- ClearWater Conservancy Names Elizabeth Crisfield Executive Director  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: There Goes The Sun - April 8 Solar Eclipse At 2:00 p.m.

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: WalkWorks; Regional Grant Advisors; Together Outdoors Micro-Grants; Grant Tips

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Game Commission Land Purchases Prompt Warren County Planning Commission To Talk About Plan To Clamp Down On Public Land Expansion

-- Outdoor News - Mark Nale: Pennsylvania’s Wealth Of Public Land Questioned

-- Pike County Hosts March 13 Public Meeting On Open Space, Greenways, Recreation Plan, 6:30 p.m.

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Montour Trail’s Greer Tunnel Closed Again, But Only Briefly

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Women In Conservation; I’m A Land Steward; Protecting Fresh Water 

Train Derailments

-- AP: NTSB Says After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Tank Cars Didn’t Need To Be Blown Open To Release Toxic Chemicals  

-- PittsburghUnionProgress: Ohio US Sen. Vance: Did Norfolk Southern Sacrifice East Palestine So Rail Traffic could Quickly Resume?

-- Scranton Times: Norfolk Southern Repairing Rail Freight Bridge In Scranton

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA’s Top Election Official Says The State’s Elections Have ‘Never Been More Secure’

-- CNHI News: PA Election Chief: Uniform Voter Outreach Needed In Presidential Cycle

-- Spotlight PA: Electronic Pollbooks, Which PA Counties Use Them, And More

-- PennLive - John Baer: PA Legislature Plays Tug Of War With State Election Issues

-- PennLive: Republican US Senate Candidate Endorses Ex-President After Super Tuesday Wins

-- Inquirer: Dave McCormick, Republican US Senate Candidate Might Live Part-Time In Connecticut, But He’s Campaigning All Over PA

-- TribLive Editorial: Does The Presidential Primary Matter In PA?  [For Statewide Offices Yes]

-- Citizens Voice: Local Voters Dismayed By Rematch In Presidential Election

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Shapiro’s Money-Back Guarantee For PA Permits, Licenses Is Working [DEP Used As Example]

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[Posted: March 7, 2024]  PA Environment Digest