Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.8.24

“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, 24, 25, 30

-- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

August 15-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m.  Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov. 

-- Erie Times - How PA’s Oil & Gas Industry Illegally Dumps Waste On Roads Across The State

-- NPJ Climate Action: Community Rights And Energy Politics In Lycoming County 

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Despite The Risks, Pennsylvania Races Into The Geologic Carbon Capture Era 

-- Altoona Mirror: Cresson Neighbors Upset About Railroad Tank Cars Venting Liquified Carbon Dioxide In Nearby Rail Yard

-- FracTracker Alliance: PA Oil & Gas Industry Trends - Drilled Wells, Violations, Production, Waste 

-- FracTracker Alliance: How Fracking Bans Protect Communities And The Environment

-- Pivot Energy Collaborates With Microsoft To Develop 150 Community-Scale Solar Energy Projects In PA, Other States

-- US Treasury: More Than 160,000 PA Families Saved $267 Million+ On Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency Investments Thru Federal Inflation Reduction Act  [PaEN] 

-- Public News Source: Western PA Leads The Charge In ‘Green Economy’

-- NextPittsburgh: New Interactive Map Shows EV Charging Stations Near PA State Parks

-- Utility Dive: Dominion Energy Says Its Ratepayers Will Be Insulated From PJM Capacity Auction Record High Prices 

-- TribLive: Remnants Of Tropical Storm Debby Could Drop Heavy Rain In Western PA, Flooding Possible Friday

-- PennLive: Flood Watch Issued For Northcentral, Central PA For Friday And Saturday

-- MCall: Tropical Storm Debby To Bring More Rain, Flooding To Lehigh Valley 

-- TribLive: Bushy Run Continues Clearing Damage From June Tornado, Receives Financial Support From Community

-- Schuylkill Action Network To Hold Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Bus Tour On Sept. 5  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 5 Webinar On Watershed Friendly Native Planting  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Native Tree & Shrub Sale Continues Thru Aug. 28 

-- US Fish & Wildlife Service Proposes To List Regal Fritillary Butterfly As Endangered; Habitat At Fort Indiantown Gap In Lebanon County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Proposal Would Put Rare Butterfly At Fort Indiantown Gap On Endangered Species List

-- Firepoint Energy Takes Steps To Become Publicly Traded Company To Pursue Waste-Coal-To- Energy, Rare Earth, Critical Minerals Recovery Projects

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Spotted Lanternfly Reports Drop 75% Across PA, But Allegheny County Leads The State 

-- Latest Conserved Land Census Reports 187,626 Acres Of Land Conserved In PA From 2014 To 2023-- 51 Acres A Day  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR To Host Aug. 23 Meeting For Prospective Vendors At Catawissa Motorized Recreation Area In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: ATV/Snowmobile Grants; Whitehall Road Regional Park In Spotlight; Creating Close-To-Home Recreation Access In Reading 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset Commissioners Want To Create Countywide ATV Trail 

-- South Mountain Partnership Holds Annual Power Of The Partnership Program Sept. 27 In Franklin County  [PaEN] 

-- Call For Presentations! WeConservePA Is Accepting Presentation Proposals For The April 2-4 PA Land Conservation Conference In State College  [PaEN]

-- WTAE: Three Rivers Heritage Trail Not High Crime Area Despite Complaints, Pittsburgh Officials Say

-- TribLive: Hayes Eagles Nest In Pittsburgh Destroyed By Storms 

-- WESA: To Stop The Spread Of Rabies, Allegheny County Distributing Vaccine Doses To Raccoons This Month

Gas Explosions

-- TribLive Podcast: Looking Back At The Plum Boro Natural Gas Home Explosion In Allegheny County

Train Derailments

-- Altoona Mirror: Cresson Neighbors Upset About Railroad Tank Cars Venting Liquified Carbon Dioxide In Nearby Rail Yard

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Fears Surface As Report Eyes Railroad Safety

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

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

-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Producers Eye More Output Cuts As Prices Sink

-- Utility Dive: Federal Court Vacates FERC’s Reapproval Of 2 LNG Gas Export Terminals, Gas Pipeline

-- E&E News: Oil And Gas Jobs Decline Amid Record-Breaking Production

Other States/National/International

-- Clean Air Task Force: Federal Court Refuses To Block Stricter Standards For Hazardous Air Emissions From Power Plants

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: No VP Pick?  No Problem.  Experts See Bright Political Future For Shapiro

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Emerges From VP Speculation Whirlwind Focused On PA Governorship, Not Praise And Criticism

-- Post-Gazette: Much Of The Opposition To Shapiro’s VP Bid Emerged From Western PA

-- Citizens Voice: Felony Obstruction Charge Dismissed Against Olyphant Woman Charged With Crimes In Assault On US Capitol

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[Posted:  August 8, 2024]  PA Environment Digest