Saturday, June 8, 2024

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.8.24

“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 next voting day June 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day June 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


June 10-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on Road Dumping Oil & Gas Waste and House Bill 2384 (Vitali-D-Delaware) banning road dumping oil and gas wastewater.  Room G-50 Irvis Building.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch onlineRead more here.


June 11-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds voting meeting on House Bill 2384 (Vitali-D-Delaware) banning road dumping oil and gas wastewater; House Bill 2238 (Scott-D-Montgomery) banning certain common consumer products from containing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’  Room 205 Ryan Building.  10:00 a.m. Read more here.


June 11-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.govRead more here about the agenda.


June 11-- Protect PT Hosts 4 Workshops On How To Protect Yourself If You Live Near Shale Gas Facilities. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.


June 13-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Check the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395.  Read more here about the agenda.


-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets June 13 On Migration Of Waste From Injection Wells; E&S Permitting; Federal Plugging Programs; Updated Conventional Waste Regs; Financial Assurance To Prevent Well Abandonment  [PaEN]


-- Better Path Coalition: DEP Removes Co-Product Category From Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database; Well Owners Continue To Fail To Report How They Dispose Of Their Waste  [PaEN] 


-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Former DEP Secretary Wants Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater On Roads To Remain Illegal


-- PA Capital-Star/Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Rural Pennsylvania, Cryptocurrency Mining Offers A Lifeline For Dying Gas Wells [But Do They Bother To Get Permits]


-- Warren Times: Consistent Decline Seen In Warren County Population


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 8 [PaEN]


-- DEP Posted 85 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 8 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]


-- Environmental Health News: The Oil & Gas Industry’s Radioactive Problem: Q & A With Author Justin Nobel


-- Observer-Reporter: State Police Fire Marshal Unable To Determine Cause Of the Bailey Mine Coal Waste Plant Fire In Greene County 


-- TribLive Guest Essay: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Means More Facking Pollution, False Promises - By Talor Musil, Environmental Health Project & Sean O’Leary, Ohio River Valley Institute 


-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Pennsylvania, Landowners Could Be Forced To Let Carbon Dioxide Be Buried Under Their Property 


-- DCNR Celebrates Reaching Renewable Energy Goal At Presque Isle State Park In Erie With Installation Of Solar Energy Arrays  [PaEN]


-- PennDOT Announces Additional Corridor Eligible For Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding


-- DEP Sets July 10 Hearing On Portland Power Plant Air Quality Permit In Northampton County  [PaEN]


-- July 10 Public Hearing Set By DEP On Air Quality Permit For Hazleton Generation Power Plant In Luzerne County   [PaEN]


-- DEP To Hold July 10 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Omnova Solutions Plant In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]


-- DEP Bans Sale Of Cocopar Electronics Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken  [PaEN] 


-- Scranton Times: Local Farmers Battling Climate Change Consider The Pros, Cons Of Federal Funding


-- Warren Times: Over 300 Tree Seedlings Planted By US Forest Service


-- Scranton Times: Archbald To Restore Old Mine Cart For Colliery Revitalization Project


-- Allegheny County Conservation District Receives $30,000 DEP Environmental Education Grant  [PaEN]


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Offers Summer Programs For All Ages


-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Area Students Complete After-School Nature, Food Program


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: When You Mow, Leave The Grass, Seriously


-- DCNR Celebrates Mon Wharf Connector Completion At Point State Park, Expansion Of Regional Trail Access In Pittsburgh 


-- TribLive: Officials Celebrate Enhanced Bike Trail In Downtown Pittsburgh


-- North Branch Land Trust: Hike & Photograph Luzerne County’s Acidic Ridgetop Barrens June 15  [PaEN] 


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: White Perch Caught In Delaware River Might Seem Small, But It’s A PA Record


6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.68  National- $3.45  Ohio- $3.26


-- Baker Hughes: Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Down 1 From Last Week To 21


-- Reuters: Williams Pipeline Seeks To Put More Of Regional Energy Access Gas Pipeline Project Into Service


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Secret Opioid Cash Meetings Criticized By PA Lawmaker

-- TribLive: PA Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Advance Shapiro’s Higher Education Overhaul

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Technical College In ‘Imminent Danger’ Of  Closing Accrediting Agency Says

-- Inquirer: University Of The Arts Sudden Closure A Shock, But Not A Surprise In The Turbulent Higher Ed Landscape

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[Posted: June 8, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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