Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.29.24

“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 Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

House Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23 (non-voting), 24 (non-voting), 25 (non-voting), 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

August 30-- Virtual: DEP Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Grant Program Information Session.  10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

September 5-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Check the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395.

-- DEP Advisory: Notice Of September 4 OnBase Database Outage

-- DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Strategies To Prevent Well Abandonments; Injection Well Primacy; Tracking Water Contamination; Other Topics  [PaEN] 

-- Sen. Yaw To Introduce Bill To Establish PA Baseload Energy Development Fund Based On Texas Model  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Pittsburgh Works Report: Red Tape, New Power Plant Delays Put PJM Electric Grid ‘In Peril’

-- Erie Times: Biden Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi, A General McLane Grad, Touts Clean Energy Sector In PA

-- 9-Year-Old Drives Tractor Into Conventional Well Causing Gas Leak  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Announces 10-Year Plan To Test Water Near Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Site

-- TribLive: Nippon Steel Pledges $1 Billion To Mon Valley Works Pending US Steel Acquisition As Government Opposition Continues 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Increased Polluter Fees Are Lifeline For Allegheny County Clean Air Program  

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Rural Revitalization Commission Wants To Tackle Local Capacity Problems

-- DEP Releases 2023 Annual Report On Chesapeake Bay Watershed Celebrating Accomplishments Of Counties, Communities, State And Local Leaders  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Sept. 11 PA Fertilizer Law, Homeowner Lawn Care For Healthy Watersheds Webinar  [PaEN]

-- FOX43: Giant, Keep PA Beautiful Grant Supports More Native Trees In Southcentral PA

-- WHYY: Conservationists Find Mussels Near Pennypack On Delaware River, Sign Of Good Water Quality

-- TribLive: DEP Urged To Reject Donegal Coal Mine’s Expansion Permit To Discharge Water 

-- Scranton Times: Mining Company Appeals Zoning Denial In Archbald

-- Save The Date: Indiana County Sustainability Summit VII: Sustainability Makes Cent$ Oct. 18  

-- Observer-Reporter: New Mon River Locks And Dam 4 Renamed To Honor Murtha

-- Warren Times: Household Hazardous, Electronics Waste Recycling Event Aug. 31 In Warren County

-- Shapiro Administration Announces Statewide ‘Recovery In Nature’ Initiative Across Nine State Parks In Conjunction With National Recovery Month  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Celebrates Point State Park’s Fountain 50th Anniversary

-- TribLive: Point State Park Fountain Celebrates 50th Anniversary 

-- WESA: Wish A Happy 50th Birthday To Pittsburgh’s Point State Park Fountain

-- Erie Times: Tall Ships Expected To Return To Erie In 2025 

  

-- DCNR State Parks August Environmental Education Newsletter - Welcome Back To School Edition!  [PaEN] 

-- York Daily Record: Boy Who Drowned In Yellow Breeches Was Not Wearing A Life Vest

-- North Branch Land Trust Names Emma Thompson Land Conservation & Stewardship Director  [PaEN] 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Native Plant Sale Sept. 21, Outside Visitor Center

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

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

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Traders More Worried About War, Other Risks Raising Prices Than Winter 

Other States/National/International

-- Reuters: Canada Wildfires Last Year Released More Carbon Than Several Countries

-- The Guardian: US Leads Wealthy Countries Spending Billions In Public Money On Unproven ‘Climate Solutions’ Like Hydrogen, Carbon Capture

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive - John Baer: Hey, PA Voters, Ready To Decide Who Wins The White House?

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Lawmakers Ask PA Supreme Court To Consider Lawsuit Over Absentee Ballot Counting

-- PennLive: Ex-President Warns Of ‘Massive Fraud’ With Mail-In Ballots As Campaign Urges PA Voters To Use Them

-- WHYY: Phishing Scam Is Targeting Some PA Voters, Here’s What To Know

-- TribLive: Fetterman Uses Curses, Insults To Mock JD Vance In Press Release

-- WITF: After White Supremacists March In Harrisburg, Experts Say Most Area Leaders Model How To Respond 

-- TribLive/AP: State Auditor Faults PA Agency Over Fees From Medicaid-Funded Prescriptions

-- City & State PA: In Battle Over How To Legislate ‘Skill’ Gambling Games, Everyone Is Playing For Keeps

-- TribLive: Nippon Steel Pledges $1 Billion To Mon Valley Works Pending US Steel Acquisition As Government Opposition Continues

-- AP: PA Ammunition Plant Boosts Production Of Key Artillery Shells In Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Rural Revitalization Commission Wants To Tackle Local Capacity Problems

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report Says Pennsylvania’s Economy ‘Strong’ For Working Families

-- Erie Times: Erie County Adds 1,800 Manufacturing Jobs As Unemployment Holds At Record Low 3.5%

-- Scranton Times: Local Unemployment Rate Holds At Record 3.9%

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[Posted: August 29, 2024]  PA Environment Digest