Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.19.24

“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 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 

TODAY Noon: Virtual. Ohio River Valley Institute, Black Appalachian Coalition Host Webinar On Environmental Justice & Building A Clean Energy Economy. Noon.

TODAY 5:00: In-Person. Environmental Defense Fund, Moms Clean Air Force To Hold Public Meeting On A Project To Test New Methods Of Locating Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells. Smethport Fire Hall, 109 S. Nelson Street, Smethport, McKean County,  5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

TODAY 6:00: Virtual. Southwestern PA Community, Health Organizations Hold Webinar - One Year After Pitt Shale Gas Health Impacts Studies And The Failure To Fulfill Essential Promises Made To Residents.  6:00 p.m.

-- Exploding Water Well Shed Triggers DEP Investigation Of 59+ Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Cyclone, McKean County; Highlights Limits On Providing Temporary Water For Well Owners Impacted  [PaEN]

-- Del-Chesco United For Pipeline Safety: Texas Explosion Shows Communities In PA With Energy Transfer's Mariner East Pipeline And Other Pipelines Are Vulnerable To The Same Unmitigated Risk From Unsecured Pipeline Valves  [PaEN]

-- Food & Water Watch: Explosion Of Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline In Texas Highlights Company’s Terrible Safety Record In Pennsylvania 

-- Reuters: Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Fire Burns For A 3rd Day In Houston

-- Protect PT: Westmoreland Landfill Surrenders Air Quality Permit For An Evaporator System To Dispose Of Leachate Wastewater Impacted By Shale Gas Drilling Waste  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Scientists Skeptical Of CNX Claim Its Fracking ‘Poses No Public Health Risks’ 

-- TheDailyClimate.org: Residents Say Pennsylvania Has Failed Communities After State Studies Linked Shale Gas Fracking To Child Cancer

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Peoples Natural Gas Customers To See 12% Rate Increase This Month, With More Increases On The Way 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Developers Seek More Hydrogen Hub Projects In Western PA

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Can Pennsylvania’s Nuclear Power Save The PJM Electric Grid?  Maybe [Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart]

-- PA Capital-Star:/Grist: As Pennsylvania Chooses Next President, Its Unions Are Choosing Clean Energy  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania Saw 4.6% Increase In Clean Energy Jobs In 2023; PA Clean Energy Jobs Top 100,000

-- Altoona Mirror: Antis Township Sites Eyed For Solar Energy Facilities

-- Williamsport Sun: PA College Of Technology Earns US DOE Zero Energy Design Designation For Education Programs

-- PennDOT Opens 3rd Federally-Funded Electric Vehicle Charging Station In Aston, Delaware County

-- EPA Announces New Kids & Climate Health Zone With Stories, Tips To Protect Children In A Changing Climate 

-- NextPittsburgh: New Incubator Launches 12 Environmental Justice Projects In Western PA

-- PennLive: PA Engineering Firm Says It’s Owed For Work On Canceled $1.1 Billion Plastics Recycling Facility In Northumberland County

-- Williamsport Sun - In Memoriam: Gordon L. Hiller, Agriculture Conservation Leader

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites 2nd Round Of Nutrient Pollution Reduction Proposals As Part Of Conowingo Dam 'Pay-for-Success' Program; Webinar Set For Oct. 9  [PaEN] 

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Hosts 3-Part Online Faithfull Green Leaders Training Program Starting Oct. 14  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Shade Creek Watershed Assn. Celebrates 25th Anniversary Sept. 21

-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed Celebrates $17.3 Million In National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- DelcoToday.com: Aqua PA Aids Schuylkill River Restoration Fund With Grants To Tackle Pollution, Enhance Water Quality

-- Still Time To Register! Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 26-27 In Bethlehem, PA

-- WNEP: Disaster Recovery Center Opens In Lycoming County

-- PA Resources Council, Partners Host 3 Electronic Waste Collection Events In Delaware, Montgomery Counties Starting Sept. 26  [PaEN] 

-- WNEP: Workplace Accident At Luzerne County Quarry Kills Worker

-- PUC: Ralph Yanora Confirmed By PA Senate For 2nd Term As PUC Commissioner

-- WESA: Allegheny Health Dept. Offering $5 Million To Support Clean Air Projects - No One Has Applied

-- Inquirer: Giant, Flying Joro Spider Seen In Bucks County, Here’s What To Know About This Invasive Species

-- DCNR Blog: Exploring Accessible Trails In Pennsylvania State Parks, Forests 

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Making More Trails Sustainable; Trails & Climate Change; Grants Workshop; Water Trail Mini-Grants

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Trails Are Transportation - By Patrick Starr, PA Environmental Council 

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Partners With Kirlin Family To Preserve 55 Acres In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission State Game Lands Tours To Get Rolling Oct. 6

Train Derailments

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Hazards Unleashed By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Are ‘The Worst I’ve Ever Seen,’ Toxicologist Says

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: EQT CEO Sees Natural Gas Prices Remaining Below $3/mmBtu; EQT Cut Gas Production By 1 Billion Cubic Feet Per Day To Try To Raise Prices

-- Reuters: 400 Additional LNG Gas Shipping Vessels Need To Meet US Export Facility Expansions

Other States/National/International

-- Reuters: US Solar Set To Surge Long Past US Presidential Election

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Commonwealth Court Agrees To Revive Mail-In Ballot Dating Lawsuit; Republicans Want PA Supreme Court To Shut It Down

-- AP: Despite Confusion, Mail-In Voting Has Not Yet Started In Pennsylvania

-- PA Capital-Star: Tuesday Special Elections Allow PA House Democrats To Maintain One Seat Majority

-- Franklin & Marshall Poll Release - September 2024

-- Inquirer: Josh Shapiro Is More Popular In PA Than Either Presidential Contender And Even Taylor Swift 

-- Inquirer: Casey Has Big Lead In PA US Senate Race

-- Politics PA: F&M Poll: Presidential Race, US Senate Race Narrow

-- TribLive Editorial: Why Would Pennsylvania Elections Need Foreign Money?

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Republican State Senators Threaten PA Revenue Secretary [A Former Republican State Senator] With Contempt Over Special Tax Zone Information

-- Post-Gazette/Bloomberg: Nippon Steel To Get Extension On US Steel Buyout, Pushing Decision Past US Election

-- WESA: Democratic State Senator Wants To Restore Pittsburgh Rodeo Ban

-- Republican Herald: 2 Students Removed From North Schuylkill School Over Threats

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[Posted: September 19, 2024]  PA Environment Digest