Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.3.24

“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.

-- DEP Posted FY 2024-25 Budget Hearing Materials

-- DCNR FY 2024-25 State Budget Legislative Materials

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- 111 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN] 

-- Latest DEP Inspection Shows No Progress By Petro Erie In Cleaning Up The Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County 6 Months Ago  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 24 to March 1 - 11 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Field Of Leaking Wells; Voluntary Plugging; No Cleanup Progress In Reno Spill [PaEN]

-- The Energy Age Blog: Number Crunching: Home Electricity, Gas, EV Expenses

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 7 Webinar On The Future Of Carbon Capture [PaEN] 

-- Western PA Conservancy: Reminder Community Vegetable Garden Grants Due March 15  

-- BNN: Friends Of The Pittsburgh Riverfront To Link Great Allegheny Passage With Westmoreland Heritage Trail

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Visit To Middle Creek Wildlife Area Makes New Memories And Can Revive Old Ones

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: First Bald Eagle Egg Laid At Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant 

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Tastes Of Winter: Wild Harvests Abound, Even In This Season Of Scarcity

Train Derailments

-- MCall: 3 Norfolk Southern Trains Involved In Northampton County Derailment Sending 2 Engines Diesel Fuel, Plastic Pellets Into Lehigh River; Officials Say No Danger To Public 

-- AP: 3 Norfolk Southern Trains Involved In ‘Collision And Derailment’ In Northampton County

-- KYW: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Spills Diesel Fuel, Plastic Pellets Along Lehigh River Near Bethlehem

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Green Party’s Stein Slams Government, Norfolk Southern Railroad During Town Meeting In Beaver County

-- AP: Latest Freight Railroad Layoffs And Wall Street Pressure Renew Concerns About Safety And Service

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: Officials In PA, Around US Race To Secure Elections In ‘A New Era’ Of Unprecedented Threats

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Misinformation Poses Gravest Threat To Our Election System

-- Post-Gazette: PA Presidential Primaries Don’t Affect The Results; Same With Super Tuesday This Year

-- Scranton Times: Fmr President Clinton To Headline St. Patrick’s Dinner In Lackawanna County

-- Post-Gazette: PA Teacher Preparation Programs See Slight Increase In Diversity, Report

-- AP: Philadelphia Death Row Inmate Was Never In The Photo Lineup That Helped Convict Him, Now He’s Free

-- TribLive: Here’s Why Pharmacies Are On A Financial Precipice

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[Posted: March 3, 2024]  PA Environment Digest