-- 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
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
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: 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. Read more here on the agenda.
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.gov. Read more here on the agenda.
-- Source Of 19-Day-Old Oil Discharge Into Allegheny River In Venango County Still A Mystery; Recreators Asked To Avoid The Area [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA To Receive $76 Million To Plug Hundreds Of Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells; DEP Holds Workshops On New Plugging Grants
-- Clean Air Advocates File Lawsuit Against EPA To Reduce Hazardous Air Pollutants From Steel Industry Coke [Coal] Oven Plants [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel CEO Warns Company Would Close Mon Valley Works, Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, Thomson Works, Irvin Plant, Pittsburgh HQ If Nippon Steel Deal Falls Through
-- The Center Square: Without Nippon Deal, US Steel Will Leave Pittsburgh
-- Financial Times: Biden Set To Block Nippon Steel’s Takeover Of US Steel, Transaction Poses A National Security Risk
-- Utility Dive: Reregulation? How Utilities And States Are Responding To PJM’s Record Electricity Capacity Prices [Part 1 of 3]
-- PUC Awarded $4.6 Million DOE Grant To Improve Siting Process For High-Voltage Electric Transmission Lines [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA: Franklin County Transource High-Voltage Power Line Project: How Did We Get Here?
-- PennDOT Invites Public To Comment On Plan For Expanded Electric Vehicle Charging Support, Funding Distribution [PaEN]
-- Green Building Alliance Awarded $1.48 Million Federal Grant To Launch Green Pathways Workforce Initiative In Southwest PA [PaEN]
-- WTAJ: PA Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding $2 Million From Investors In Green Energy Scheme
-- TribLive: Resident Voices Concern About Potential Solar Energy Facility In Derry Twp., Westmoreland County
-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset Twp. Developing Guidelines For Solar Energy Facilities In Somerset County
-- Citizens Voice: Developer Makes Pitch For Solar Energy Facility In Hazle Twp., Hearing To Resume Oct. 7
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Activists Try To Head Off Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant
-- StateImpactPA: Radio Adaptation Of ‘Between Hevan And Eartha’ On Climate Change
-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Announces $23.8 Million In Small Watershed Grants To Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts; $7.5 Million To Benefit PA [PaEN]
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $1.5 Million In Research To Support Ag Industry Work To Tackle Complex Climate, Conservation Challenges On Farms [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Steward Volunteers Help Stroud Township Save Money With Stormwater Inspections In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Dickinson College Farm's Matt Steiman Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award From The Sustainable Energy Fund [PaEN]
-- USDA NRCS Now Accepting Applications For FY 2025 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Penn State Research To Employ AI To Monitor Nitrates In Polluted Waterways
-- PennEnvironment: New Study Of 9 PA School Districts Show These Schools Fail To Protect Children From Lead In School Drinking Water; Urges Action On Bipartisan Legislation [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Environmental Group Claims PA Water Testing Requirements Don’t Protect Students From Lead
-- MCall: Bethlehem Area Schools Not Doing Enough To Protect Students From Lead Contaminated Drinking Water
-- Inquirer: PA’s Law Regulating Lead In School Drinking Water Too Weak, Advocates Say
-- WHYY: Pennsylvania Law Allows Schools To Skip Lead Testing Their Water, Report Says
-- Spotlight PA: Compromise Elusive On Reforming 2016 Law On How Investor-Owned Water Utilities Buy Municipal Drinking, Wastewater Systems
-- Williamsport Sun: Federal Disaster Dollars Sought For Hardest Hit Flood Communities In Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Union Counties
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: How Are Pennsylvania’s Lawmakers Doing When It Comes To The Environment?
-- Inside Climate News: As Tornado Alley Shifts East, Bracing For Impact In Unexpected Places [PA Included]
-- Planet Philadelphia: Sept. 6 Radio Program To Feature Cities Building Their Futures
-- PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Announce 40 Students Selected As 2024-25 Young Ambassadors For A Clean And Beautiful Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Keep PA Beautiful Supports 16th Allegheny River & Watershed Cleanup Sept. 12 to 14 In Warren County [PaEN]
-- The Nature Conservancy - PA Nature News: Celebrating 50 Years Of Tannersville Cranberry Bog; Philly Tree Collaboration; Chesapeake Film Festival; More
-- Warren Times: Sept. 6 Event To Celebrate Trails At Jakes Rocks As PA Trail Of The Year
-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Recreation Economy For Rural Areas Grants; September Trails Month; Eastern PA Greenways & Trails Summit; EAC Fall Gathering
-- MCall: Bethlehem Weighing Ordinance To Crack Down On Illegal Dirt Bikes, ATVs
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 Prices Approach Oversold Zone After 3-Day Sell-Off
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive: Republicans Appeal Date Ruling On Mail-In Ballots To PA Supreme Court
-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Spent $75,185 On Legal Fees Defending Mail-In Ballot Lawsuit
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Fulton County, Attorney Ordered To Pay More Than $1 Million In Legal Costs, Attorneys’ Fees In Case Over Illegal Access To Voting Machines
-- TribLive Editorial: Trust The Math With Election Integrity
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Politicians’ Long History Of Insignificance
-- PennLive - John Baer: Here’s How The Presidential Debate Could Sound With Open Mics
-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Man Expected To Plead Guilty To Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Locals Feel Ignored As PennDOT Pushes For More State Money
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel CEO Warns Company Would Close Mon Valley Works, Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, Thomson Works, Irvin Plant, Pittsburgh HQ If Nippon Steel Deal Falls Through
-- The Center Square: Without Nippon Deal, US Steel Will Leave Pittsburgh
-- Financial Times: Biden Set To Block Nippon Steel’s Takeover Of US Steel, Transaction Poses A National Security Risk
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[Posted: September 5, 2024] PA Environment Digest
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