Saturday, September 7, 2024

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.7.24

“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 


September 10-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely.   Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277.  (formal notice)   Read more here on the agenda.


September 10-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.govRead more here on the agenda.


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 7 [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 7 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- Sen. Comitta: New PUC Pipeline Safety Regulations To Be Published As Final This Month For Public Utility Hazardous Liquid Pipelines  [PaEN] 


-- PUC Invites Comments On Accelerated Removal, Replacement Of Older Plastic Pipe In Natural Gas Distribution Systems  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Sets Oct. 10 Hearing On Proposed Interim Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response At The Vallimont Site In Erie County  [PaEN]


-- DEP Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Agreements On Gryphin Coatings, Inc. Site In Philadelphia [PaEN]


-- Sept. 11 Webinar On $396.1 Million PA RISE Program To Provide Grants, Incentives To Decarbonize Industry  [PaEN] 


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EOS Energy Storage Company Workers To Join Steelworkers 


-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Area School District Disputes Claims Drinking Water May Be Unsafe For Students


-- Registration Open!  Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 At University Of Pittsburgh  [PaEN] 


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Abandoned Mine Land Cleanup In Appalachia Faces, Federal Delays, Capacity Limits 


-- LancasterOnline: $1 Million In Federal Grants For Trees, Fencing On Farms In Lancaster, Other Local Counties 


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: This Is The Moment To Think Big For The Chesapeake Bay - By Hilary Harp Falk, Chesapeake Bay Foundation


-- The Allegheny Front: Is Climate Change To Blame For The High Cost Of Potato Chips?   We Crunched The Numbers 


-- Bucks County Community College Hosts Sept. 21 Compassion For Animals & Environment Conference


-- WPXI: Massive Tree Falls During Severe Storms, Splitting Beaver County Home In Half 


-- Utility Dive: Increasing Capacity Of Existing Generation, Batteries, Demand Response May Offer Near-Term Responses To Record PJM Electricity Auction Prices [Part 3 of 3] 


-- Appalachian Regional Commission Announced It Will Invest $16.9 Million In Appalachia's Electric Grid, Businesses, Workforce, Trails; 4 Projects Benefit PA  [PaEN] 


-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For $232 Million In Brownfield Economic Revitalization Project Grants


-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: September 11 A Time For Reflection


-- DCNR: Trails At Jakes Rocks Honored As Pennsylvania’s 2024 Trail Of The Year In Warren County 


-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Trails At Jakes Rocks Recognized During Trail Of The Year Event


-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Economic Benefits Of Trails At Jakes Rocks Highlighted 


-- Erie Times: Kinzua Bridge State Park Skywalk Maintenance Closures Start Sept. 16; Check Dates


-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For 2024 PA Water Trail Mini-Grants; Webinar Sept. 23  [PaEN]


-- WNEP: Beginner Beekeepers Will Soon Have A Place To Start Their Own Colonies In Monroe County  


-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Finding A Positive Buzz For Mosquitoes 


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 Regulators OK First Step To Start New Louisiana LNG Gas Export Facility


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive/Inquirer: Gov. Shapiro Joins ‘The View’ To Discuss Gun Violence, Antisemitism, Fracking

-- WITF: Interfaith Leaders Call For Peaceful Elections

-- The Center Square: Faith Leaders Ask For Peace Amid Heated Election Rhetoric

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Republicans Must Vote For Kamala Harris As Republicans - By Fmr Cong. Jim Greenwood & Ann Womble, Fmr Lancaster County Republican Chair

-- PA Capital-Star: Report Describes Inhumane Conditions In Pennsylvania’s Largest Immigration Detention Center In Clearfield County 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Yet More Senseless Gun Violence - By Fmr Cong. Jim Greenwood

-- Post-Gazette - Brandon McGinley: Politicians Trying To Kill US Steel-Nippon Deal Think Pittsburghers Are Stupid

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Opponents Of Nippon Steel Deal Don’t Represent Pittsburgh’s Interests

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Sports Stadiums’ Economic Impacts Laid Bare - By Allegheny Institute for Public Policy

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[Posted: September 7, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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