PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

“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 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 10:00: 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 Wilds Center: New Viewfinders Installed To Allow Colorblind Visitors To Enjoy Fall Foliage At Leonard Harrison State Park In Tioga County [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Fall Foliage Might Be Sooner, Briefer Than Usual; Here’s When To See Peak Colors

-- PUC: No Evidence Allegheny County Home Explosion Where 2 Died Related To Columbia Gas Facilities; Allegheny County, DEP Investigations Continue [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Propane Involved In Crescent Twp. House Explosion, Investigation Shows

-- TribLive: PUC: Natural Gas Service Not To Blame For Fatal Crescent Township House Explosion

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Lawsuit Over Radioactive Drill Cuttings At Mercer County Landfill Heads To Commonwealth Court Hearing Oct. 8 [PDF of Article]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: CNX Resources: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk; You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Say

-- Wall Street Journal Guest Essay: Kamala Harris’ Empty Promise On Fracking -- By Arthur Stewart, Cameron Energy [Spokesperson For PA Conventional Oil & Gas Industry That Continues To Routinely Abandon Wells]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Interconnection Market Design Flaws Added Nearly 50% To Latest Capacity Auction Electricity Costs: Market Monitor; PJM To Publish A Response

-- Reuters: US Nuclear Plants Won’t Power Up Big Tech’s AI Ambitions Right Away [TMI Restart, Talen Susquehanna Station]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Three Mile Island Reactor Could Help Power Microsoft’s Pittsburgh Area AI Developments

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Council To Consider Massive Fee Hike For US Steel, Other Air Quality Violators

-- PennLive: Sewage Pipeline Rupture Caused Nearly 1 Million Gallons Of Raw Sewage To Be Discharged Into Penns Creek In Snyder County

-- DEP: Temporary Repair To Sewage Pipeline Stops Sewage Release Into Penns Creek, Susquehanna River In Snyder County [PaEN]

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Coalition, Penn State Extension Host Oct. 5 Backyard Stream Repair Workshop In Butler County [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Hazelwood Green Brownfield Developer Announces Plans For First Housing Component

-- TribLive: Remediated Industrial Property, Wetland Near Former Cheswick Power Plant In Springdale Twp. Could Make Way For New Municipal Complex, Educational Opportunities

-- MCall: New Report Reveals How Much Lehigh Valley Contributing To Climate Change

-- PA Resources Council Expands Glass Recycling With First Permanent Site In Eastern PA - Haverford Twp., Delaware County [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful Welcomes New Local Affiliate-- Keep Monroe County Beautiful! [PaEN]