-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
-- October 21, 22, 23
-- November 12, 13
Senate Voting Schedule
-- October 21, 22, 23
-- November 13, 14
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .
October 23-- Agenda Posted. Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds a hearing on waste to fuels. Room 8E-B East Wing Capitol Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here for available online video.
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 12 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 87 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 12 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Saint Vincent College Study Finds Counties With Shale Gas Fracking Wells Using Chemicals That Target Certain Hormones Have Greater Incidence Of Pre-Term Births, Low Birth Weights [PaEN]
-- Team PA & Clean Air Task Force Convene Leaders To Discuss Challenges, Opportunities Of Industrial Decarbonization; DOE Provides Update On Decarbonization Investments In PA [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Winter Outlook: Adequate Power Supplies Available Under Normal Conditions; PJM Delays Next Power Auction After Prices Spike [PaEN]
-- PennVEST Makes $216.3 Million Investment In 33 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Projects In 21 Counties [PaEN]
-- Assn. Of State Drinking Water Administrators Recognizes DEP’s Lisa Daniels With 2024 ASDWA Excellence In Service Award
-- WHYY: Philadelphia Releases Lead Pipe Inventory; Much Of City Left Undetermined
-- WPXI: Massive PA American Water Water Main Break Shuts Down Busy Road In South Fayette Township
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Recovers Over $880,000 In Stolen Funds, Upgrades Cybersecurity Efforts
-- DEP Awards $3.4 Million To Support 12 Local Projects To Improve Water Quality, Fish & Wildlife Habitat In 8 Counties [PaEN]
-- DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission, Partners Plant Stream Buffer In Snyder County To Combat Flooding, Improve Water Quality [PaEN]
-- TribLive Editorial: Right To Remember ‘Close-Knit Town’ Of Robindale Destroyed By Flood In Indiana County
-- Penn State Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training: Dec. 12 Webinar On Project Management For Agricultural Conservation [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $18.5 Million In Pennsylvania To Support Economic Revitalization Of Communities Impacted By Downturn In Coal Industry [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: PA Nonprofits Awarded $18.5 Million From Appalachian Regional Commission For Workforce Development In Coal Communities
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $18.5 Million To Organizations Across PA To Revitalize Communities Affected By The Loss Of The Coal Industry
-- The Allegheny Front Receives National Grant For Filling Critical Gap In Local News Coverage
-- WHYY: Environmentalists Caution Against PhilaPort Proposal To Dredge Delaware River - Again
-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Members Needed For Trails Council; Youth Sport Equity Grants; Assessing, Advancing Belonging Webinar; Nov. 7 DCNR Grants Webinar; More!
-- WESA/WPSU: Gov. Shapiro Unveils Colorblindness-Correcting Viewfinders At PA Parks
-- Fish & Boat Commission Publishes New Requirements To Be A Qualified Endangered, Threatened Species Surveyor [PaEN]
-- Beaver County Times - Brian Whipkey: Fish & Boat Commission Seeking Comments On Trout Management Strategic Plan
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Hard Times For Hard-Traveling Monarch Butterfly
Hurricane Helene Impacts
-- Post-Gazette/AP: FEMA Resumes Door-To-Door Visits In North Carolina After threats Connected To Disinformation
-- KDKA: Politically Motivated Misinformation Has Surged Following Hurricane Helen, Here’s A Fact Check
-- Post-Gazette/AP: Witnesses Saw Armed Group Harassing Helene Aid Workers In Tennessee Town, Sheriff Says; Politically Motivated Misinformation Rampant
-- The Guardian: US Meteorologists Face Politically Motivated Death Threats As Hurricane Conspiracies, Misinformation Surge
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart
-- PennLive: Three Mile Island Leaders ‘99.99%’ Sure Dauphin County’s Shuttered Nuke Plant Will Reopen
-- LancasterOnline Guest Essay: PA’s Union Workers Stand To Benefit Most From Reopening Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant - By Joseph Gusler, PA State Building Trades
-- Reuters: Constellation Orders $100 Million Transformer For Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart
-- AP: Amazon, Google Make Dueling Nuclear Power Investments To Power Data Centers With ‘Clean’ Energy [Small Modular Reactors]
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: LNG Gas Tanker Glut Is Softening Blow For Consumers Facing High Natural Gas Prices Due To LNG Shipping Costs
Other States/National/International
-- NPR: US Supreme Court Refuses To Block EPA Power Plant Climate Rule
-- AP: The World Will Be Fueled By Electricity But Even More Clean Energy Is Needed, Report Says
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: Luzerne County Settles Federal Lawsuit Over Ballot Paper Shortages In 2022 Voting
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: State Court Rebuffs Attempts To Prevent PA Revenue Secretary, Fmr State Senator, From Appearing Before State Senate
-- PennLive: PA Revenue Secretary, Fmr State Senator, Appeals To PA Supreme Court To Block Senate Demand For Tax Records
-- PennLive - John Baer: Hey, PA Voters, We Need To Talk
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Fearmongering Ads In PA US Senate Race Overshadow Real Problems With Social Security
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Tying Transit Funding To ‘Skill’ Gambling Games Doesn’t Make Sense
-- TribLive: Innamorato’s Proposed Allegheny County Property Tax Increase Probably Dead, Catena Says
-- Spotlight PA: Losing Its Only Sheetz Pushed Cameron County Community To Think Differently About Its Future
-- MCall: Semiconductor Company In Lehigh Valley To Receive $93 Million In Federal Funding
-- Spotlight PA: As Problems Roiled Penn State Health’s Transplant Programs, Unknowing Patient Kept Hope, Then They Were Blindsided
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[Posted: October 17, 2024] PA Environment Digest
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