Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.14.24

“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 

TODAY 10:00:  House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee hearing on House Bill 1842 (Schweyer-D-Lehigh) authorizing community solar energy programs.  Room G-50 Iris Building. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.

DEP Database Advisory: On Feb. 14 OnBase Will Be Disabled From 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.

-- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Billion Thru 2042; No Regard For Environmental Compliance Record  [PaEN]

-- DEP Approves PennEnergy Resources 1.5 Million Gallon/Day Water Withdrawal For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek In Beaver County  [PaEN]  

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Private Equity Kept Aging Homer City PA Coal Power Plant Open, Then Closed It With No Plan For Workers And Community 

-- PennEnvironment Report Finds PA Lags Behind Many States In Rooftop Solar Facilities, Recommends Policies For Improving Growth  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive Letter: Renewable Energy Investments Protect Jobs, Public Health - By Patrick Dooling

-- York Dispatch Guest Essay: Foreign Polluters Should Pay [Wildfires, Carbon] - By Citizens Climate Lobby

-- PUC Public Hearings In Early March For Proposed $156 Million Peoples Natural Gas Rate Increase 

-- Reuters: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Drilling Misses Profit Estimates On Lower Natural Gas Prices

-- 42,209 Power Customers Without Electricity In Pennsylvania [6:30 a.m.]

-- Reuters: US Regulators To Review Power System Performance During Recent Winter Storms

-- PA Business Report: FirstEnergy Awards $85,000 Grant To Energy Innovation Center Institute For Workforce Training

-- Post-Gazette/AP: 2 FirstEnergy Execs, Fmr Ohio Regulator Plead Not Guilty In $60 Million Bribery Scheme

-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Unraveling Hydrogen Rainbow; Renewable Energy On The Farm; Carbon Markets, Climate-Smart Forestry  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension March 14 Webinar On Oil & Gas Wastewater Management - Project PARETO  [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Basin Alliance, National Wildlife Federation Report Identifies Community Concerns, Priorities For Local Waters In Ohio River Watershed  [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline: Plain Sect Lancaster County Farms Gain $2.2 Million In State Conservation Funds 

-- TribLive: VP Harris To Visit Pittsburgh To Discuss Clean Water Issues

-- The Daily Item: Consultant Takes Legal Action Against Encina Chemical Recycling Company For $550,000+ In Unpaid Invoices For Proposed Northumberland County Project 

-- Beaver County Times: Tire Collection Event April 13 Hosted By Beaver Conservation District

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: New EPA Soot Standard Could Bring Healthier Air To Parts Of Philly Region

-- WeConservePA Now Accepting Applications For Grants For Resource Management Planning For Forest Land In Conservation Easements In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Trust For Public Land Program Transforming Schoolyards In PA

-- Save PA Forests Webinar Feb. 28: Get To Know Elk State Forest, Noon

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Chapter Of North Country Trail Assn. Hosts Guided Hike Feb. 17 

-- TribLive: Sunday Hunting In PA Appears To Have A Chance

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

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

-- TribLive: Refinery Issues, Change To Summer Gasoline Likely To Push Prices Higher, Analyst Says

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Liquefied Natural Gas Exports Should Be Encouraged; Pause On New LNG Export Facilities Is Another Attack On American Energy Independence  [?] 

-- Bloomberg: Shell Lowers LNG Natural Gas Growth View As Demand Set To Peak In 2040s

-- Reuters: European Union Says Biden’s Pause On Approvals Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities Will Have No Effect On US LNG Supplies To Europe Over Next 2 or 3 Years  [LNG Exports Are Expected To Double By 2030 On Already-Approved Projects] 

-- Natural Gas Intelligence: US Pause On New LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Permits Could Help Balance Global Natural Gas Prices, Avoid Oversupply

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Democrats Retain Majority In PA House 102-100 After Special Election

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Legislative Districts That Will Have Competitive Primaries In April

-- AP: PA’s 2024 Primary Election Features Contests For Attorney General, Congress

-- MCall: Monroe County Brothers Charged With Crimes For Attacking Police During Assault On US Capitol

-- Inquirer: This Group Is Working To Boost Faith In PA’s Elections Ahead Of November

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Republican Candidate For US Senate Says US Economic Policy Should Be Based On Fair Trade, Not Free Trade

-- Spotlight PA: DOJ Settlement Brings New Protections For People With Opioid Use Disorder In PA Courts

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Bill Protects Medical Marijuana Patients’ Gun Ownership Rights

-- Erie Times: Vanity License Plates PennDOT Said No To In 2023 For Violating Policy

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[Posted: February 14, 2024]  PA Environment Digest