Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.18.24

“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 

-- 105 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] 

-- TribLive: Outdoor Inclusion: Pittsburgh Nonprofit Creates Recreation Opportunities For People Of Color: ‘There Needs To Be Somebody That Looks Like Me’  

-- TribLive: Westmoreland’s Larry Larese Recognized By Export Boro For Contributions To Conservation, Development 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: A Political Battle Brews Over Natural Gas Exports Over Impacts To Gas Prices, Climate, Demand For Gas

-- TribLive Guest Essay: A Fossil Fuel Export Economy Is Wrong For America - By Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Record Oil And Gas Production Means Energy And Economic Security - By Independent Petroleum Association Of America

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: Carbon Capture And Storage Can Keep Rural Economies Strong - By Erick Coolidge, Fmr Tioga County Commissioner

-- My Chester County: Smart Energy Initiative’s Annual Briefing Sheds Light On PA’s Energy Future

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Electric Vehicles To Charge Ahead In 2024 - By Duquesne Light

-- The Energy Age Blog: Resident Files Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant, Claims Plant Spews Pollution

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Need To Rethink How We Recycle Plastics - By PA Chemical Industry Council

-- Beaver County Times: DEP Approves PennEnergy’s Request To Drain Water From Big Sewickley Creek 

-- MCall: The Extreme Outdoor Adventure Challenge That Helps Legendary Allentown-based Guitar-Maker C.F. Martin Grow As A Company 

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Environmental Education And Outreach Coordinator Starting New Program

-- Help Wanted: Western PA Conservancy - Multiple Intern, Job Openings

-- Scranton Times: Fish Commission Cancels Trout Stocking In Lower Roaring Brook Because Of Muddied Water From Dam Project

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

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

-- Financial Times: Natural Gas Prices Plunge As US Set For Warmest Winter On Record

-- Financial Times: Geologists Signal Start Of Hydrogen Energy ‘Gold Rush’

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: Trees Stalling Effects Of Global Heating In Eastern US, Study Finds

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Latest Crop Of PA House Candidates Show Incumbency Still Rules The Roost

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Robert Casey Went To Washington, But Never Really Left Scranton

-- AP: Saving Democracy Is Central To Biden’s Campaign Messaging, Will It Resonate With Swing State Voters? [Northampton County Voters Weigh In]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Shoves Pennsylvania In The Wrong Direction - By Commonwealth Foundation

-- Citizens Voice: Stop Keeping Secrets At Penn State, Publicly Debate Proposal To Name Football Stadium After Paterno

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[Posted: February 18, 2024]  PA Environment Digest