Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.9.24

"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

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Announces 2024 Award Winners; Honorees Celebration Set For May 14  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 9 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 9 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Is A Game Of Whac-A-Mole - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Majority Chair House Environmental Committee

-- DEP Publishes Appeal Notice For 2023 Consent Order With Stronghold Digital Mining On Removal Of Coal Ash, Imposing $28,800 Penalty At Waste Coal Power Plant In Venango County  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: EPA Leaves Out Existing Natural Gas Power Plants From Carbon Pollution Reduction Rule

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

-- WVIA: PA American Water Issued Violation For Polluting Local Waterways During Dam Upgrade Project

-- Tribune-Democrat: Cambria Somerset Authority To Fight Que Water Pipeline Leaks From Inside, Provide Water To Customers From Border, Hinckston Run Reservoirs

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Montgomery County Aviation Museum’s Expansion Plans Grounded For 13 Years Due To PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- Southwestern PA Commission: March 14 Webinar - Saw Mill Run Green Boulevard Master Plan - Watersheds Of South Pittsburgh, 10:00 a.m. to Noon

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Backyard Composting Workshop March 23 In Delaware County [PaEN] 

-- Keep PA Beautiful Shares 2023 Annual Report Of Accomplishments; Updates On Young Ambassadors; Land & Water Stewards Program; More! 

-- Observer-Reporter: Ohiopyle Receives USA Today Best Nomination; Voters Will Determine The Winner 

-- WNEP: New Bloomsburg Area Recreational Trail Opens In Columbia County 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Native Captures Beauty Of Nature In Photo Exhibition 

-- Daily American: Somerset County Chapter 603 Pheasants Forever Invested Nearly $900,000 Into Local Water, Wildlife Conservation Work Over 25 Years 

-- Game Commission To Host Regional Open Houses Starting March 19 

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices:  PA $3.53   National $3.40    Ohio $3.37

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drillling Rigs Stay The Same This Week- 24

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: What Fuels A Candidate’s Bid For A Seat In Legislature

-- Post-Gazette: Group With Fmr Gov. Corbett At Helm Wants To Strengthen Public Trust In Elections Ahead of November

-- PennLive: PA Legislature Ends Budget Hearings In Similar Place To Where It Started

-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reports January Unemployment Unchanged At 3.4%; Total Nonfarm Jobs Set New Record High For 6th Straight Month

-- The Center Square: Debate Over Raising The Minimum Wage Persists In PA

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Tops Liquor Control Board Sales In PA

-- AP: Biden Visiting Battleground State, Expanding Staff As His Campaign Tries To Seize Offensive  [PA Included]

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[Posted: March 9, 2024]  PA Environment Digest