-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
September 9, 28, 29, 30
October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21
November 9, 10
Senate Voting Schedule
September 28, 29, 30
October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21
November 17, 18
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
August 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.
August 19-- Solarize Greater Philadelphia, Partners Host Webinar For Municipalities On How To Take Advantage Of Solar Energy To Make Energy Costs More Predictable. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
August 20-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Penn State, State College. Room 243 Technology Center, 200 Innovation Blvd., State College. 10:00 a.m. Remote Option To Be Available. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov. Read more here on the agenda.
August 20-- DEP Meeting/hearing On Water Quality Permits For Carbon Node East Data Center Proposal In Nesquehoning Boro, Carbon County. Panther Valley Jr./Sr. High School located at 912 Coal Region Way, Lansford. 5:00 p.m. meeting, 7:00 p.m. hearing.
August 20-- Virtual. South Mountain Partnership Science Summit, 11:00 a.m. to Noon
August 25-- CANCELED. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Next scheduled meeting October 29.
August 25-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Hosts Webinar For Forestland Owners On Opportunities Available In Forest Carbon Credit Programs
August 27-- CANCELED. DEP Public Water System Technical Assistance Center Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting Nov. 12. (formal notice)
September 1-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 12:30 p.m.
September 2-- Agenda Posted. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 10:00 a.m.
-- DEP - Day 632: Seneca Resources Installs Trench, Concrete Catch Basin To Collect Continuing Releases Of Contaminated Water From The Taft Shale Gas Well Pad In Middlebury Twp., Tioga County [PaEN]
-- DEP Nucomer Energy LLC Making Progress Reclaiming Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Forest County Nearly 14 Years After It Was No Longer In Use, 981 Days After A DEP Order Requiring Restoration [PaEN]
-- DEP: Trinity Mineral Partners Report Release Of Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From A 44,100 Gallon Battery Of 5 Storage Tanks In Warren County; Inspection Of 2nd Trinity Spill Site Shows No Cleanup Progress [PaEN]
-- WPSU - Anne Danahy: One Possible Solution To High Fertilizer Prices Caused By President’s War With Iran - Long-Discussed Keystate Natural Gas Plant With Possible Completion In 2031
-- PA Capital-Star: United Mine Workers Call For ‘Immediate’ Enforcement Of Federal Coal Mine Silica Rule As Black Lung Hits New High In PA, Appalachia; 143,000 Claims Filed In PA Alone
-- TribLive: Fairfield Twp. OKs 12 MW Solar Energy Facility In Westmoreland County
-- Erie Times: Another $3.3 Million Set Aside For Further Cleanup At Ironworks Square Brownfield Site
-- DEP Highlights $112,000 Grant To FaithCentre Food Back In Centre County To Prevent Food Waste [PaEN]
-- WFMZ: Officials In Lehigh Valley Raise Air Quality Concerns After EPA Rollbacks
-- Penn State Extension Hosting 5 Safe Drinking Water Well Clinics In Cameron, Cumberland, Potter, York Counties [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Sept. 17 Tap Talks - Mill Dams & Legacy Sediment, Collusion Tap Works, York. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
-- August 15 - Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- Tribune-Democrat: Preliminary On-Road ATV Trail Proposal In Somerset County Draws Questions, Concerns
-- The Guardian: 8-Year-Old PA Boy Lands Piranha In Ridley Park Lake, Delaware County
-- PennLive: PA Game Commission Eliminates All 145 Deputy Game Wardens, Ending A 123-Year Tradition
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Public Utility Commission Notices Of Oct. 29 Prehearing Conference On Transource PA, LLC Project 9A West Electric Transmission Project In Franklin County [To Take Power Out Of PA]
-- WITF: Lancaster County Officials Call For A Pause, More Local Control To Regulate A.I. Data Centers
-- Republican Herald: PUC Administrative Law Judges Put Water Use Request For Project Hazelnut A.I. Data Center On Hold While Legal Challenge To Hazle Twp. Land Use Decision Is Considered In Luzerne County Court
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Files Application For 3 Building Campus At Former Raceway Site In Big Beaver Boro, Beaver County
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Proposing To Build 4 Data Centers Files New Appeals Against Dickson City
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Hollenback Twp. Landowners Embrace A.I. Data Centers On Their Farm Land In Luzerne County
-- TribLive: Buffalo Twp. Pauses A.I. Data Center Proposals While it Establishes An Ordinance To Deal With Them In Butler County
-- TribLive: Allegheny Twp. Looks To Draft A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Butler County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: NextEra Secures First Funding Under US-Japan Deal For Data Center Natural Gas Plant Somewhere In Southwest PA
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Opposition To A.I. Data Center Construction Is Rising Sharply, Penn Poll Says
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Updated Map Of Data Center Projects In Pittsburgh Region
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-Area Suppliers Tapping Into A.I. Data Center Business
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
-- DEP - Day 632: Seneca Resources Installs Trench, Concrete Catch Basin To Collect Continuing Releases Of Contaminated Water From The Taft Shale Gas Well Pad In Middlebury Twp., Tioga County [PaEN]
-- DEP Nucomer Energy LLC Making Progress Reclaiming Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Forest County Nearly 14 Years After It Was No Longer In Use, 981 Days After A DEP Order Requiring Restoration [PaEN]
-- DEP: Trinity Mineral Partners Report Release Of Contaminated Water From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From A 44,100 Gallon Battery Of 5 Storage Tanks In Warren County; Inspection Of 2nd Trinity Spill Site Shows No Cleanup Progress [PaEN]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- August 14: PA Average AAA Gasoline Down 1 Penny From Yesterday To $4.08/Gallon - $.97/Gallon Higher Than On Feb. 27 [Pike County Average Price Highest at $4.32]
-- August 14: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.07 Ohio- $4.27 PA- $4.08
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
Other States/National/International
-- Inside Climate News: Utility Scale Solar Energy Facilities Leads US Power Plants Going Online This Year By A Mile, Followed By Batteries, Fossil Fuels Not So Much
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- The Center Square: Man Accused In Threat Against PA Rep. Gillen Misses Berks County Court Date; Arrest Warrant Issued
-- Post-Gazette: ‘We Will Follow The Facts:’ PA Keeps Childhood Vaccination Schedule Despite President’s Order
-- Erie Times/USA Today: One In Four Rural PA Hospitals Lost Money Last Year
-- PennLive Column: Our Bhutanese Neighbors Are Crying Out For Help
-- University Of Pittsburgh, The Dick Thornburgh Forum For Law & Public Policy: Sept. 17 - The Iran War And The Most Dangerous Elections In Our Lifetime, 4:15 - 5:30 p.m.
-- Spotlight PA: New Owners Of Bethlehem Steel Hire Lobbyists To Help Resurrect Brand
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