Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.28.24

“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 (non-voting), 24 (non-voting), 25 (non-voting), 30

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

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Daniel Snowden 717-783-8846 or dsnowden@pa.gov.

August 30-- Virtual: DEP Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Grant Program Information Session.  10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

September 5-- 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.

-- DEP Advisory: Notice Of September 4 OnBase Database Outage

-- DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Wednesday, August 28 In Southeast PA 

-- Range Resources Shale Gas Water Pipeline Suffers Blowout In Washington County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP To Test Drinking Water In PA Within 1 Mile Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Site For Next 10 Years After EPA Confirms Remediation Is Complete  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: State, United Mine Workers Partner On New Apprenticeship On Plugging Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners

-- Erie Times: Activists Call On US DOE To Revoke $182 Million Loan Guarantee For International Recycling Group Plastics Pellet Fuel Plant 

-- Conservation Innovation Fund, Kennett Twp., Chester County Receive Ground-Breaking Stormwater Permit Relying On Nature-Based Solutions  [PaEN]

-- EPA Names Khesha Reed As Deputy Director For Chesapeake Bay Program Office  [PaEN] 

-- Pittsburgh Works Together Releases New Report: The PJM Grid In Peril: What Will Keep The Lights On?  [PaEN]

-- Ready For 100% Montgomery County: Communities With Half The County Population Support Clean Energy Future  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY/BillyPenn: PECO Customers Could Face Double-Digit Electricity Bill Increases Next Year; Experts Blame Growing Demand, Lagging Transition To Renewable Energy

-- TribLive Letter: Pennsylvanians Will Benefit From Community Solar - By Monica Carey

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Biden Clean Power Plant Reboot Will Cripple PA’s Energy Affordability - By Sen. Greg Rothman (R-Cumberland)  [Need To Diversify Our Energy Generation Away From 59% Natural Gas To Prevent Price Spikes]

-- US DOE Awards Philadelphia $19.8 Million To Develop, Adopt Building Performance Standards To Reduce Energy Use

-- TribLive: PA Apprenticeship Program Expands To Including Training To Plug Oil, Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Air Monitoring Study By CNX Resources Finds Fracking ‘Poses No Public Health Risk’; Environmental Groups Critical

-- US DOT Awards Pittsburgh $2.4 Million, Philadelphia $8.9 Million For Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Getting $2.4 Million Federal Grant To Build More Electric Vehicle Chargers

-- WESA/WHYY: Transit Professionals To Gather In Philly For Green Bus Conference 

-- WHYY: Heat Prompts Early School Dismissals, Lawmakers Call For More Funds For Public School Facilities

-- Altoona Mirror: High Heat Spurs Hollidaysburg School District Early Dismissals 

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Conservation District Founder’s Award Presented To Pitman Farm 

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, US Fish & Wildlife Announce $8.9 Million To Restore, Conserve Habitats In Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN] 

-- USDA NRCS-PA: Cropland Farmers May Be Contacted During Conservation Effects Assessment Survey

-- TribLive: Ragweed Allergy Season Nears Peak In Western PA

-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Control Spraying In Tioga County Aug. 28 

-- Tribune-Democrats: Mosquito Control Set For Kernville Area; West Nile Virus Tests High In Cambria County

-- TribLive/AP: EEE, West Nile, Malaria: Know The Difference Between These Mosquito-Borne Diseases 

-- DCNR Celebrates Smokey Bear’s 80th Birthday At Mont Alto State Park, Franklin County

-- Williamsport Sun: Little Pine State Park Camping, Fishing Open For Labor Day, Some Areas Closed Due To Flood Damage

-- Courier Times: Leaf Peeping Close To Home: Bucks County Rated No. 1 For Fall Foliage

-- StateImpactPA: How Volunteers Are Restoring Pennsylvania’s Trails To Withstand Climate Change

-- Tribune-Democrat: Groundbreaking In Nanty Glo Launches Final Piece Of Future Ghost Town Trail’s Loop 

-- Altoona Mirror: Final Part Of Ghost Town Trail Extension Underway

-- Hourglass To Host Sept. 10 Forum On Outdoor Recreation In Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Now Accepting Mini-Grant Applications  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Cumberland County Master Gardeners Host Sept. 10 Shade Gardening For Pollinators In Carlisle 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: EHD Virus Found In Deer In Chester County; Public Asked To Report Dead Deer, Here’s Why  

Train Derailments

-- DEP To Test Drinking Water In PA Within 1 Mile Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Site For Next 10 Years After EPA Confirms Remediation Is Complete  [PaEN]

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

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

-- Reuters: US Clean Energy Jobs Growth Rate Double That Of Overall Jobs, Report Says

Other States/National/International

-- AP: The Worldwide Catastrophe Of Rising Seas Especially Imperils Pacific Paradises, UN Secretary-General Says

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Commissioners Urged To Switch To Paper Ballots For November Election

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Mail Ballots Cause Headaches For Tracking Vote Totals

-- TribLive: Deluzio, Fetterman Roll Out ‘Make Stuff Here’ Agenda To Help Democrats Reclaim Working Class Voters

-- Post-Gazette/PennLive: PA Tops List Of States In Gambling Tax Revenues For 2023

-- Spotlight PA: Rural PA Faces Widening Health Services Gap; State Officials Think Loan Forgiveness Could Help

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[Posted: August 28, 2024]  PA Environment Digest