-- 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
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
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
September 17-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee hearing on House Bill 2189 (Matzie-D-Beaver) reauthorization of PA One Call underground utility notification program (sponsor summary) [Almost all conventional natural gas, oil gathering pipelines excluded]. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live. Read more on agenda here.
September 17-- Agenda Posted. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on “Opportunity Lost - Bureaucracy’s Battle Against Fracking.” Hempfield Township Building, 1132 Woodward Dr., Greensburg. 2:00 p.m. Click Here to watch live.
September 17-- Virtual. Center for Coalfield Justice, Physicians for Social Responsibility - Pennsylvania, Mountain Watershed Association, Environmental Health Project, and FracTracker Alliance Press Conference On One Year After The Pitt Shale Gas Development Health Impact Studies And Failure To Fulfill Essential Promises To Residents. 2:00 p.m. Click Here for full advisory.
September 17-- Environmental Defense Fund, Moms Clean Air Force To Hold Public Meeting On A Project To Test New Methods Of Locating Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells. Drake Well Museum & Park, 202 Museum Lane, Titusville, Venango County, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
September 18-- Agenda Posted. Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on waste to fuels. Room 8E-A East Wing. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
September 18-- Environmental Defense Fund, Moms Clean Air Force To Hold Public Meeting On A Project To Test New Methods Of Locating Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells. Allegheny Grille, 40 Main Street, Foxburg, Clarion County, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
-- September 16 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- DEP Finds Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Sprayed & Leaked 12,600+ Gallons For Nearly 3 Hours In Gilmore Twp., Greene County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 14 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 82 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 14 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- New York Times: Big Energy Issue In Pennsylvania Is Low Natural Gas Prices, Not Fracking; PA Has Gas Glut; Drillers Throttling Production [PDF of Article]
-- Bloomberg: AI Boom Is Driving A Surprise Resurgence Of US Gas-Fired Power Plants [Not In PA]
-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Approves Plan For Solar Energy Facility In Schuylkill County
-- The Energy Age Blog: Impressive Rooftop Solar Energy Savings At Home And On The Road
-- Communications Earth & Environment Journal: Treating Abandoned Mine Drainage Can Protect Streams Cost Effectively And Benefit Vulnerable Communities [Pennsylvania Program] - By University of Pittsburgh, Kenyon College
-- PennLive: Tropical Storm Gordon Could Put End To PA Dry Spell Later This Week
-- WHYY Climate Fixers: Slowing Down ‘Fast Fashion’ With Natural Dyes
-- PennLive - Outdoors Cindy Ross: Trails, Bikes, Boats: People With Disabilities Have Many Options For Enjoying The Outdoors
Oil & Gas - National Debate
-- DelawareValleyJournal.com: PA Gas Industry Groups Don’t Buy Harris’ ‘Deathbed Conversion’ On Fracking
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- New York Times: Big Energy Issue In Pennsylvania Is Low Natural Gas Prices, Not Fracking; PA Has Gas Glut; Drillers Throttling Production
-- Bloomberg: AI Boom Is Driving A Surprise Resurgence Of US Gas-Fired Power Plants [Not In PA]
-- Reuters: Low Natural Gas Prices, LNG Gas Export Demand In Spotlight At GasTech Conference In Texas
Other States/National/International
-- Washington Examiner: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden Rule To Limit Flaring Of Gas At Oil Wells On Federal Land
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA: Your Guide To Candidates For State Treasurer
-- Inquirer: PA’s Richest Man Is Spending Millions To Elect The Republican PA Attorney General Candidate In November
-- PennLive Editorial: It Hurts PA’s Apple Industry To Demonize Immigrants As Rapists, Criminals And Pet Eaters
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PA Cong. Thompson Advances Legislation To Prevent College Hazing
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA State Police At Penn State Games Aim For ‘Money Shot’ With Coach Franklin To Attract Police Recruits
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[Posted: September 16, 2024] PA Environment Digest
