Monday, April 22, 2024

Monday, April 22 - Earth Day: PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.22.24

“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]


House next voting day April 29, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21, 22, June 3, 4, 5

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day April 29, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8, June 3, 4, 5

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


-- PA Environment Digest Will Be CLOSED Tuesday, April 23 Election Day


-- PA Unofficial Primary Election Results: PA Dept. Of State Webpage


April 25--  Agenda Posted. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Penn State Technology Center Room 243 200 Innovation Blvd, State College.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here for options to attend remotely.  Contact: Adam Walters adwalters@pa.gov  or 717-214-6548.  Read more here on the agenda.


April 25-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Daniel E. Snowden, at dsnowden@pa.gov  or (717) 783-8846.


-- April 22 - Earth Day: Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 13 to 19 - Oil & Gas Well Owners Actively, Repeatedly Ignoring DEP Notices Of Violation; 12 Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 20 [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 74 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 20 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: On Earth Day, We Express Gratitude For What We Share 


-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Lancaster Gets Early Earth Day Gift: 100 Trees Planted At Dart Corporation Property  [PaEN] 


-- WHYY: ‘Catch The Rain’ Program Helps Residents Prevent Stormwater Runoff In White Clay Watershed


-- WNEP: Volunteers Help Clean Up Fishing Creek In Columbia County 


-- Citizens Voice: DEP: Toby Creek Flow Has ‘Visibly Increase’ Following Weekend Work On Abandoned Mine Subsidence


-- Attend The April 30 Southeast PA Electric School Bus Lunch & Learn Webinar  [PaEN]


-- KYW: Communities Across Philly Region To Plant Trees, Preserve Planet On Earth Day


-- Post-Gazette: Earth Day Celebrations Kick Off With Events Across Western PA - Planet vs. Plastics Theme 


-- WHYY: Looking To Cut Down On Plastics?  These Philly-Area Stores Could Help


-- TribLive/AP: Earth Day: How A Grocery Shopper Takes Steps To Avoid ‘Pointless Plastic’


-- Erie Times: Report: Great Lakes Beaches, Including Presque Isle, Suffering From Plastic Pollution


-- York Daily Record: York County Commissioners Approve C-PACE Program To Help Businesses Fund Renewable Energy, Conservation 


-- Republican Herald: Hegins Twp. To Host Electronics Waste Recycling Event April 27 In Schuylkill County 


-- Warren Times: Winners Announced In Warren Conservation District Youth Art Contest 


-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Environment’s Better, Worse This Earth Day - By University of Maryland Center For Environmental Science


-- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History 


-- Scranton Times: Author Diane Ackerman Sheds Light On Environmental Factors And Mental Health During Earth Day Program


-- Beaver County Times: Why USDA NRCS Is Asking Western PA Property Owners To Complete A Survey About April Flooding


-- Observer-Reporter: Keep It Native - Native Plants Benefit Local Ecosystem


Other States/National/International


-- White House Announces $7 Billion Solar For All Program To Mark Earth Day


-- TribLive/AP: Biden Marks Earth Day By Announcing $7 Billion In Federal Solar Power For All Grants


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Unofficial Primary Election Results: PA Dept. Of State Webpage

-- Spotlight PA: When Voters Can Expect Primary Election Results

-- TribLive: Voting Precincts Remain Inaccessible To Some Disabled Voters In Westmoreland County

-- TribLive Editorial: Voting Is Your Duty And Your Obligation

-- AP: Crush Of Lawsuits Over Voting In Multiple States Creating A Shadow War For 2024 Election [PA Included]

-- Notus.org: Republican PA Con. Meuser Voted ‘Present’ On Aid To Ukraine; His District Is Full Of Ukrainian Americans

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[Posted: April 22, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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