Friday, August 23, 2024

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.23.24

“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 9:00: In-PersonDCNR Host Meeting For Prospective Vendors At Catawissa Motorized Recreation Area In Luzerne, Schuylkill CountiesWeiser State Forest District Office, 16 Weiser Lane in Aristes, PA. 9:00 a.m. to Noon 



-- Marcellus Drilling News: Eureka Resources Plans To Close/Sell 2 Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plants In Williamsport: Not Enough Wastewater Volume To Keep Plants Open [PaEN]


-- Eureka Resources Request To Terminate Its Water Quality Permit For A Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility In Dimock, Susquehanna County Approved By DEP  [PaEN]


-- Insurance Dept. Urges Insurance Companies To Use Flexibility In Premium Due Dates, Extend Grace Periods And Waive Late Fees And Penalties  [PaEN] 


-- Tribune-Democrat: Repairs Begin On Ghost Town Trail Sections Damaged By Hurricane Debbie


-- WNEP: Clean Up Continues In Lackawanna County After Flash Flooding


-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: A New Age Of Flooding - By Tim Palmer, Author Of Seek Higher Ground, The Natural Solution To Our Urgent Flooding Crisis


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Brookside Levee Project Set To Begin Tuesday


-- TribLive: RiverLife Has Been Caring For Pittsburgh’s Waterways For 25 Years 


-- Competitive Power Ventures Begins Construction Of Third Renewable Energy Project Using Abandoned Mine Land In PA  [PaEN] 


-- Save the Date!  PA Solar Center: Eastern PA Sunset Soiree & Awards Program Sept. 26 In Philadelphia 


-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: PJM’s Spike In Electric Prices Due To Natural Gas Un-Reliability And PJM’s Failure To Connect New Clean Energy Generation - By Claire Lang-Ree, NRDC


-- DelawareValleyJournal: PJM Pays 700% More To Buy Electricity, Warns Price Hikes Will Follow  


-- Reading Eagle: Cumru Twp. Looks To Develop Land Near Closed Coal-Fired Titus Station Power Plant


-- DEP Environmental Justice News: Update On EJ Policy Implementation; Staffing; And More!


-- PennLive: $450 Million State Labs Complex To Be Built On Former Harrisburg State Hospital Grounds [Agriculture, DCNR, DEP, Health, State Police]


-- Dept. Of General Services Unveils Final Joint Laboratory Plans For Former Harrisburg State Hospital Property


-- August 24 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- PUC OKs Implementation Of PaPUC Forward Strategic Plan Centered On Professional Development, Process Excellence, Enhanced Consumer Education  [PaEN] 


-- PUC To Seek Comments On Updates To Regulations On Commission Procedures And Formal Proceedings 


-- WHYY: Schools In PA, NJ, DE Receive More Than $1 Million To Test, Treat Lead In Drinking Water


-- Scranton Times: Moscow Sewer Authority, US Army Corps Of Engineers To Answer Questions About Polluted Septic Tanks And Wetlands, $4 Million Remediation Project 


-- KDKA: Massive River Clean Up In Pittsburgh Will Move To The Ohio River


-- Moshannon Creek Watershed Assn: Healing The Red Mo - The Toxic Legacy Of Acid Mine Drainage In Clearfield County  [WPSU Video]


-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 11 Webinar On Corrosive Water Issues  [PaEN]


-- York Daily Record: York Water Company Wins National Award For Lake Williams Reservoir Dam Rehabilitation Project

  

-- PUC Recognizes National Water Quality Month In August


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 23 RiverWatch Video Report


-- PUC Approves Lower than Requested Rate Increase For Jefferson Estates Sewage Treatment Plant In Fayette County


-- PUC To Investigate Rate Increase Request By Newtown Artesian Water Company In Bucks County


-- Rodale Institute Presents An Evening With Will Harris: A Conversation Between Farmers Sept. 10 At Kutztown University   [PaEN] 


-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Climate Fixers - Slowing Down Fashion With Century-Old Tradition In Collegeville, Montgomery County


-- TribLive: 2024 Fall Foliage Forecast Impacted By Record Heat In Western PA


-- Bradford Era: US Forest Service Seeks Input On Tar Sites Cleanup In Allegheny National Forest


-- TribLive: Burrell Lake Park Scout Project ‘The Perfect Project At The Perfect Time’ 


-- Entomology Advocacy Week!  Help Shape Science-Based Policy For Insects, Pollinators By Supporting House Bill 2471  [PaEN] 


-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Pollinator Plants Add Wildlife Habitat Along The Turnpike, In Lancaster County Parks


-- Discover NE PA: Pennsylvania’s Bald Eagles - A Conservation Success Story


Other States/National/International


-- The Guardian: Massachusetts, Connecticut Become First States To Ban Use Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighters’ Protective Gear


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WESA: Why Democrats And Republicans Believe The Road To The White House Runs Through Western PA

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Says Ex-President ‘Is Obsessed With Me’ In Reply To Snarky Comment From The Ex-President

-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Casey Slams Corporate Greed And Celebrates Harris At DNC

-- WHYY: DNC’s Final Night - PA Pols Reflect On The Week

-- Inquirer Column: Down The Ticket, PA Ballots Will Offer Historic Legislative Choices For Female Candidates

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Pennsylvania’s Gambling Habit Costs More Than Just Money

-- WITF/WVIA: Jury Awards Former Bloomsburg University Dean $3.9 Million Verdict In Whistleblower Termination Case

-- PennLive: Bucknell U. Willing To Settle For $1.15 Million Class Action Suit Over Remote Instruction During COVID

-- AP: Jury Sides With PA Teacher In Suit Against District Over Falsely Suggesting He Took Part In Assault On US Capitol

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Opioid Trust Gears Up For County Funding Appeals

-- Spotlight PA: How Nintendo Nostalgia Is Driving A New Wave Of Video Game Production In PA

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[Posted: August 23, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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