Friday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.5.25

“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 Voting Schedule

September 8, 9, 10

October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

House Voting Schedule

September 22, 23, 24, 29, 30

October 1, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!

September 8-- Joint House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee and Energy Committee information meeting on sustainable agriculture and anaerobic digestion.  Friendship Fire Hall, 212 Fourth Street, Port Royal, Juniata County. 1:45 p.m.

September 9-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov  or (717) 772-3277.  Read more here on agenda.

September 9-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  12:30 p.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171.  Read more here on agenda.

September 9-- Virtual. DEP Virtual Update On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Rupture In Upper Wakefield Twp., Bucks County.  6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

September 11-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-6395 or twallace@pa.gov. 

-- Petition To Extend Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells May Be Back On The Table At Environmental Quality Board Sept. 9 If Motion Succeeds  [PaEN]

-- EPA Invites Comments On Draft Permit Renewal For A Columbia Gas of PA Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Beaver County; Virtual Hearing Oct. 6 [If Requested]  [PaEN] 

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: Shale Insight Industry Conference To Be Held Sept. 16-18 In Erie

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA’s $25 Million Solar For Schools Program A Hit, But Budget Uncertainty Threatens Its Future 

-- WHYY: PA Schools Still Pursuing Solar Energy Projects Despite Federal Tax Credit Rollbacks 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pittsburgh Region’s Clean Technology Future - Let’s Get To Work -  By Sara Innamorato, Allegheny County Executive, Chris DCardy, The Heinz Endowments

-- Erie Times: Union Township Supervisors To Vote On Proposed Solar Energy Facility Regulations As Early As Sept. 9

-- DEP Awards $5.2 Million To Support Local Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Projects; Deadline To Apply For Next Round Of Grants Oct. 24  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Susquehanna River Water Quality Monitoring Results 'Bright Spot' In Lackluster Progress In Reducing Chesapeake Bay Pollution  [PaEN ]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Advocates Steadfast In Trying To Heal Scarred Quittapahilla Creek In Lebanon County  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Wandering Waterways Tour Of Watersheds In Adams, Cumberland, Franklin Counties - Collaborating Across Communities 

-- The Center Square: A Year Later, Residents In Potter, Tioga County Are Still Recovering From Tropical Storm Debby Damage 

-- Delaware County Conservation District, Partners Seeking Volunteers For Fall Tree Plantings  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Water Quality Insights Series Webinar: Oct. 10 Best Management Practices 101; Other Educational Opportunities  [PaEN] 

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Follow Intern Abigail Duimering’s Journey Into Freshwater Science 

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Outdoor Learning Network Helps Teachers Grow And Students Thrive 

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Lancaster Congregations ‘Rescue’ Vine-Covered Trees And Create ‘Kids’ Forest’ Along Stream 

-- Stroud Water Research Center UpStream News: Outdoor Learning; Intern’s Journey; Rescuing Trees; Sept. 25 Water’s Edge Gala Stroud Award Celebration [PaEN] 

-- PennEnvironment, Three Rivers WaterKeeper Settle Plastic Pollution Lawsuit Against [Closed] Styropek USA In Beaver County

-- TribLive: Environmentalists Hail ‘Landmark’ $2.6 Million Settlement With [Closed] Beaver County Company Over Microplastic Pollution

-- Post-Gazette: Environmental Groups, DEP Reach $2.6 Million Settlement With [Closed] Beaver County Plastics Manufacturer Over Water Pollution

-- Beaver Times: Styropek Facing $2.6 Million Judgment Over Water Pollution At [Closed] Potter Twp. Plant

-- The Center Square: Community Solar Plans Stalled In Pennsylvania

-- PUC Commissioner Zerfuss Appointed To National Utility Federal And State Current Issues Collaborative

-- September 6 - Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- PennDOT, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Announce 28 Student Young Ambassadors To Advance Pennsylvania’s Environmental Sustainability Efforts  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Yough River Cleanup Planned From Cedar Creek To West Newton In Westmoreland 

-- Registration Open! PA Resources Council Electronics Waste Collection Events In Delaware, Montgomery Counties  [PaEN] 

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In August Now Available  [PaEN] 

-- WESA: President’s Administration Wants To End Roadless Rule In US Forests, Including Allegheny National Forest In PA

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Now Accepting Applications For Support To Develop Native Plant Gardens, Wildlife Habitats At Communities Of Worship In Philadelphia, Delaware  [PaEN]

-- Lehigh Valley Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Programs, Experiences Coming In September 

Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Before The US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion, A Legacy Of Cost-Cutting And Broken Promises 

A.I. /Data Centers

-- WHYY: 1.2 Gigawatt Delaware A.I. Data Center Proposal Continues To Face Public Opposition As State, Local Officials Propose New Regulations 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Tribune-Democrat: Ongoing State Budget Standoff Has Counties Concerned; Officials  Warn Of Unpaid Bills, Payroll Pressures

-- TribLive: White House Pans Shapiro For Questioning National Guard Deployments In Cities 

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: A Mail-In Vote Job For Josh Shapiro; PA’s Undated Ballots Are Still Disputed After Years Of Lawsuits 

-- WESA: PA Republican Con. Reschenthaler Stays Away From Past Support Of Term Limits

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: We Are Witnessing The End Of American Public Health

-- Republican Herald: ‘Breaker Boys’ 100th Anniversary Book Edition About The NFL’s Greatest Team And The Stolen 1925 Championship  [PDF of Article]

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