Thursday, July 25, 2024

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.25.24

“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]


Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

House Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23, 24, 25, 30

-- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 9:30:  Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact:  Daniel E. Snowden, D.Ed., dsnowden@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-787-5103.  [Note: Update on investing new federal mine reclamation funds.]


TODAY 10:00:  Agenda Posted. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on road dumping oil and gas wastewater.  [hosted by Rep. Lee James (R-Venango)] Drake Well Museum & Park, 202 Museum Lane, Titusville.   10:00 a.m.   Click Here to watch online.   [Read the real story here]


-- Grist - Jake Bolster: Road Dumping Returns: How Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Quietly Dumped Waste Across The State


July 26-- Virtual.  State Museum Of PA Webinar: Pennsylvania Caves - Time Capsules Of The Past Featuring Rose-Anna Behr, PA Geological Survey.  12:15 p.m.


July 29-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds hearing on  House Bill 2277 (Otten-D-Chester), the PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS) is the Governor’s Energy Plan that would diversify energy generation, improve grid reliability, lower consumer costs by avoiding energy price spikes and create energy-related jobs.   Room G-50 of the Irvis Building.  10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live online.   Read more here.


August 15-- NEWDCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m.  Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov


-- No One Warned A Cameron County Family Their Water Well Was Contaminated By A Seneca Resources Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Rupture  [PaEN] 


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT Natural Gas’ Toby Rice On Presidential Politics: ‘Time To Hold Leaders Accountable’ [EQT, PA Shale Gas Says We Have A ‘Duty’ To Sell More Gas To China Our Economic, Military Competitor ]


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: What EQT Gas Will Do With Its Newly Acquired Mountain Valley Pipeline


-- House Committee To Hold 2nd Hearing July 29 On Governor’s Energy Plan To Diversify Energy Generation, Improve Grid Reliability, Lower Consumer Energy Costs  [PaEN]


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA House Hearing On Coal’s Future Holds Hearing Underground


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Pennsylvania Could Be A Lithium Goldmine, If The Tech Catches Up [Oil & Gas Wastewater]


-- StateImpactPA: Harley-Davidson In York Gets $89 Million In Federal Funding To Boost E-Motorcycle Production


-- State Conservation Commission Starts Accepting Resource Enhancement & Protection Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Aug. 1  [PaEN] 


-- Shade Creek Watershed Assn. Celebrates 25th Anniversary Sept. 21 In Somerset County  [PaEN] 


-- MCall: Residents Urge DEP To Deny Lehigh County Warehouse Proposal


-- Spotlight PA: Public Water System Privatization On The Rise In PA, Here’s What You Need To Know


-- Scranton Times: DEP OKs PCB Waste For Alliance Landfill In Lackawanna County


-- Inquirer: Most Common Ticks In Philly Region And How To Protect Yourself


-- WHYY: Lyme Disease Cases On The Rise In Montgomery County


-- PennEnvironment: New Interactive Map Spotlights State, National Parks With Access To Electric Vehicle Charging  [PaEN] 


-- DCNR Virtual Grant Workshop For Recreation, Conservation Projects Set For Nov. 7  [PaEN]


-- DCNR: Aug. 14 Trails Advisory Committee Forum Mercer County; DCNR Seeks Survey Input From Trail Managers, Providers On Land/Water Trail Plan  [PaEN] 


-- DCNR State Parks July Environmental Education Newsletter: Summer Learning & Literacy Road Trip; Celebrating Park & Recreation Professionals; Literacy Survey, Professional Workshops  [PaEN]


-- TribLive: Keystone Lake In Westmoreland County Closed For Swimming Because Of Algae Levels


-- NextPittsburgh: Exploring Allegheny River Towns: Sharpsburg Is A Tiny Ball Of Fun


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: US Steel Mill Eagle Parents Are Empty Nesters


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: 6 Anglers Found Guilty Of Netting 74 Steelhead; Public Easement Approved For Crooked Creek In Erie


Train Derailments


-- MCall: Norfolk Southern Said Cause Of Bethlehem Train Derailment ‘Train Handling’


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: EQT Gas CEO Says Fracking Ban Would Be ‘Constructive’ For Prices


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT Natural Gas’ Toby Rice On Presidential Politics: ‘Time To Hold Leaders Accountable’ [EQT, PA Shale Gas Says We Have A ‘Duty’ To Sell More Gas To China Our Economic, Military Competitor ]


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WPXI: Senate Republican Pro Tempore Kim Ward Speaks On What Could Change In PA If Shapiro Gets On Democratic Ticket

-- Inquirer: Bucks County Now Only Republican Majority Voter Registration County In Southeast PA, What Does That Mean For November?

-- Post-Gazette: New State Law Promises Lower Prescription Prices For Pennsylvanians

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[Posted: July 25, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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