Friday, December 6, 2024

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.6.24

“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 Voting Schedule

January 7, 27, 28, 29

February 3, 4, 5

March 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

April 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 24

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

January 7, 27, 28, 29

Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6

February 3, 4, 5

March 24, 25, 26, 31

April 1, 2

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 10:00:  Virtual. DCNR Snowmobile and ATV Advisory Committee meeting.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to register to join via Microsoft Teams.  Contact: Jake Newton at (717) 783-3349 or janewton@pa.gov(formal notice)


December 9-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Land-Applied Biosolids - Research Update And Discussion.  2:00 to 3:30 p.m.


December 12-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov


January 4-11-- Pennsylvania Farm Show. Harrisburg.


-- DEP Sees ‘Very Significant Budget Gap’ In Funding Oil & Gas Regulation Program Due To Reduced Permit Fee Revenue  [PaEN]


-- Apply Now! DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grant Applications Due Dec. 16; $44.4 Million Available - Only 10 Applicants Applied For 77 Wells So Far  [PaEN] 


-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 12 Webinar On Carbon Reduction Credits In Oil & Gas Well Plugging  [PaEN] 


-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Hits Back At Greene County Landowners Claiming Water Contamination  [PDF of Article]  


-- E&E News/Politico: Williams Pipeline CEO Urges Republicans To Put FERC In Sole Charge Of Energy Permits, States Should Be Removed From The Process  


-- E&E News/Politico: PJM Boosts Natural Gas Ahead Of Wind, Solar In Contentious Electric Grid Interconnection Review Plan


-- Marcellus Drilling News: Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant To Be Demolished, New Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant To Be Built  [PDF of Article


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: CNX To Buy Apex Energy For $505 Million, Expanding Westmoreland County Presence


-- Delaware River Basin Commission Declares Water Supply Emergency, Takes Steps To Protect Water Supplies  [PaEN]


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 6 RiverWatch Video Report


-- WHYY: PUC Safety Investigators Claim Philadelphia Gas Works Failed To Prevent 2021 South Philly Gas Explosion


-- PUC To Seek Public Comments On Settlement With Columbia Gas Concerning Welding Issues At Regulator Station In Beaver County  [PaEN] 


-- The Center Square: Grants Open For State’s Solar For Schools Program


-- WESA: Pittsburgh-based Eos Energy Secures $303 Million Loan To Scale Up Clean Energy Storage


-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Protects Coal Miners, Environment 


-- TribLive: Westmoreland Sinkhole Search For Elizabeth Pollard Enters 4th Day


-- TribLive: Searchers ‘Are In The Area Now’ Where Westmoreland Woman Fell Into Abandoned Mine Sinkhole 


-- TribLive: Family Holds Out Hope As Search Continues For Missing Westmoreland Woman At Abandoned Mine Sinkhole Site


-- DEP Accepting Applications From Public Schools, Childcare Facilities For Drinking Water Lead Testing, Lead Reduction Measures Starting Dec. 9   [PaEN] 


-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Manual For Land Treatment Of Onlot Septic System Wastewater  [PaEN] 


-- December 7 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy - John Quigley: Remote Sensing-Based Monitoring Networks For The Next Generation Of Energy, Environmental Policymaking  


-- Dept. Of Agriculture Encourages Pennsylvanians To Donate A Tree Through ‘Trees For Troops’ To Brighten Servicemembers’ Holidays 


-- Discover NE PA: Preventing Wildfires With The DCNR Bureau Of Forestry  


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: In Pennsylvania, Researchers Hope Forest Farming Will Help Save Wild Leeks (Ramps)


-- DCNR Announces $3.4 Million Investment In Point State Park Ahead Of NFL Draft, America 250 Celebrations In Pittsburgh


-- TribLive: PA Pledges $3.4 Million To Upgrade Point State Park Ahead Of NFL Draft  


-- DCNR Invests Total Of $5.2 Million In PA Wild’s Growing Outdoor Recreation, Tourism Sectors In Recent Round Of Grants 


-- TribLive: 1-Mile Leechburg Trail Finished, Open To Public; Other Sections To Come In Armstrong County  


-- NextPittsburgh: How Venture Outdoors Is Breaking Barriers To Nature In Pittsburgh 


-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Celebrates 100th Birthday Of Founder Barbara Yeaman By Establishing A New Land Conservation Fund  [PaEN]


-- PennLive: Try These PA Native Plants For Your Holiday Decorating


-- The Allegheny Front: Common Terns Successfully Breed At Presque Isle State Park For First Time In 60 Years 


New Administration - PA


-- E&E News/Politico: Williams Pipeline CEO Urges Republicans To Put FERC In Sole Charge Of Energy Permits, States Should Be Removed From The Process 

  

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart


-- York Daily Record: Electricity Substation Proposed For York County Would Route Power To Virginia To Power AI Data Center 


-- AP: As Data Centers Proliferate, Conflict With Local Communities Follow 


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: Natural Gas Price Shock Set To Add to Europe’s Industrial Pain 


Other States/National/International


-- Financial Times: Insurance Losses From Natural Catastrophes Set To Top $135 Billion This Year


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Fetterman Says President-Elect Deserves Pardon Since Hunter Biden Got One 

-- PennLive: Republican State Senators To Reintroduce Bill Restricting Transgender Students In Sports

-- WESA: Report Highlights Difficulties Getting And Keeping Food Stamp Benefits In PA

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[Posted: December 6, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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