Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.24.24

“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]

House Fall Voting Schedule

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

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

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 30

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

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 6:30: In-Person. Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Program On Increasing Setbacks From Oil & Gas Infrastructure . Cecil Township Building, Generations Room, 3599 Millers Run Road in Cecil, Washington County.  6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

September 25- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg.  10:00.  Click Here to register to attend the meeting online or by telephone.  Read more here about the agenda.  (formal notice)

September 27--  Agenda Posted. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Rich Janati at rjanati@pa.gov or 717-787-2480 or Molly Adams, at moadams@pa.gov  or (717) 787-2480.  (formal notice) [Note: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning on the agenda.]

-- PA House Republicans Introduce Bill Creating An Energy Advocate With Power To Veto Any Action By Any State Agency That Harms Energy Reliability, Affordability  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Prices Jump 7% On Possible Hurricane Worries In Gulf Of Mexico 

-- Bloomberg: Top Investor In US Oil, Gas Companies Says Shale Producers No Longer In Position To Ramp Up Output To Give Consumers A Break On Energy Prices 

 

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community, Partners Release New Disability-Centered Guidance For Transportation Accidents, Petrochemical Plant Spills, Releases  [PaEN]

-- Broad + Liberty Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas Resources Are A National Security Asset And New Policies Needed To Unlock The Full Capacity Of This Resource - By Jeff Bartos, Fmr Republican Candidate For Lt. Governor, US Senate [Real Story Here]

-- TribLive: Natural Gas Sensor Alert Leads To Brief Evacuation At New Stanton Vo-Tech School After Teachers Say Gas Meters Had Levels ‘A Little Higher Than Normal’

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $208,850 In Penalties

-- DEP Responds To Ongoing Sewage Pipeline Rupture In Snyder County Impacting Penns Creek, Susquehanna River  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Snyder County Sewage Pipeline Rupture Update: Temporary Fix In Place, Pipe To Arrive For Long-Term Report 

-- WNEP: Snyder County Sewage Pipeline Rupture Contaminates Portion Of Susquehanna River 

-- WNEP: DEP Monitoring Abandoned Mine Opening On Toby Creek, Luzerne County  

-- Warren Times Editorial: Senator Correct On Need To Speed Removing Debris From Streams That Impedes Flow Of Water Downstream  [How To Do It With Harming Stream Is The Issue]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA’s Lead Drinking Water Pipe Problem One Of The Worst In The Nation

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Will Use Excess Land For 15 Solar Energy Facilities 

-- The Guardian: Pennsylvania, 6 Other States Biggest Winners In Landmark Federal Clean Energy Funding 

-- Utility Dive: A Fast-Track PJM Interconnection Review Could Speed Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart: Constellation 

-- Bloomberg: Constellation CEO Says US Needs To Build Data Centers Near Power Plants, Without Transmission Line Issues  [Constellation Did Three Mile Island Deal With Microsoft]

-- PennLive Letter: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Should Not Reopen Until We Find A Solution For Nuclear Waste - By Herb Field [former editorial writer with Patriot-News]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Rejects Call To Include Reliability Must-Run Power Plants In Its Capacity Auctions That Could Reduce Electricity Costs For Ratepayers 

-- The Allegheny Front: Should The Federal Govt. Support A Massive Recycling Plant In Erie That Will Make Plastics For Steelmaking? 

-- DCNR Makes Fall Foliage Experts Available; Offers Tips On Foliage Trips; Weekly Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 26 

-- DCED: It’s Fall-ier In Pennsylvania! PA Launches Fall Travel Campaign To Promote The Great American Getaway 

-- Nearly 500 Riders Participate In Brandywine Conservancy's 6th Bike The Brandywine In Chester County  [PaEN] 

-- Game Commission: Highlights From Game Commissioners Meeting; Adds 1,000+ Acres To State Game Lands

-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg Boro Moves To Transform Blighted, Fenced-In Sinkholes Into Bird Sanctuaries In Cumberland County 

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon Society: A Look At How We Can Help Birds Throughout The Seasons

-- Audubon Society Receives $274,000 Grant For Conservation Project In Delaware Watershed

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - A Sign Fall Is Near?  The Yellow-Shafted Flicker

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 Prices Jump 7% On Possible Hurricane Worries In Gulf Of Mexico 

-- Bloomberg: Top Investor In US Oil, Gas Companies Says Shale Producers No Longer In Position To Ramp Up Output To Give Consumers A Break On Energy Prices 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Lawmakers Question Automatic Voter Registration Practices After PA Supreme Court Decision

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: PA Fair Elections Tied To Powerful Conservative Groups Behind Efforts To Remove People From Voter Rolls

-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry: Temporary Disaster Unemployment Assistance Available For Tropical Storm Debby In Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Union Counties

-- Independent Fiscal Office: iGaminig Revenue Surge, Other Forms Of Gambling Stagnate

-- PennLive: Fmr Gov. Corbett Shares Details About His Post Capitol Life, But Not How He’s Voting

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[Posted: September 24, 2024]  PA Environment Digest