Friday, September 6, 2024

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.6.24

“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 


September 10-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely.   Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277.  (formal notice)   Read more here on the agenda.


September 10-- 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 on the agenda.

-- Center for Coalfield Justice Blog: Update On Underground Longwall Coal Mining In Greene, Washington Counties; Next DEP Report On Longwall Impacts Due… Soon  [PaEN]


-- Abandoned Well Citizen Expert Laurie Barr, University Of Pennsylvania Prof. Jennifer Wilcox Recognized On The Grist 50 List [PaEN]  


-- Environmental Defense Fund, Moms Clean Air Force To Hold Public Meetings In 3 Northwest PA Counties On A Project To Test New Methods Of Locating Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells  [PaEN] 


-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2nd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped To Lowest Level Since 2020 As A Result Of Drillers Trying To Raise The Price Of Gas  [PaEN]


-- Center for Coalfield Justice Blog: Update On Underground Longwall Coal Mining In Greene, Washington Counties; Next DEP Report On Longwall Impacts Due… Soon  [PaEN]


-- Scranton Times: UGI Claims Dickson City Boro Has No Jurisdiction Over Plan To Store LNG Gas In Trailers


-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Erie Manufacturer & Business Assn. Questions Biden’s Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Export Facilities [Court Ended Pause July 1; PA Shale Gas Desperate To Sell Gas To Our Competitor China To Support Their Economy, Will That Help PA Manufacturing? ]


-- PennLive Guest Essay: Energy And Labor Are Both Needed To Power PA’s Future - By Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition & PA State Building Trades Union  PA Shale Gas Desperate To Sell Gas To Our Competitor China To Support Their Economy, Will That Help PA Manufacturing?]


-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Everything You Know From TV About Pennsylvania And Fracking Is Wrong


-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Sept. 24 Program In Washington County On Increasing Setbacks From Oil & Gas Infrastructure  [PaEN]


-- The Allegheny Front: Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Coke [Coal] Oven Battery Rules


-- DailyEnergyInsider.com: 220 MW Great Cove Solar Energy Facility In Franklin, Fulton Counties Begins Operation 


-- LancasterOnline: Millersville University Welcome Center Solar Energy Facility Produces Twice As Much Energy As It Uses, Savings Used For Sustainability Projects 


-- Scranton Times: Green, Affordable Housing Facilities Aim To Bring Old Lots New Life


-- LancasterOnline: Survey Seeks Input On Electric Vehicle Chargers In Lancaster City


-- Registration Open! CEO’s For Sustainability C-Suite Sustainability Summit, Nov. 14


-- Utility Dive: PJM Considers Fast-Track Review For Shovel-Ready Electric Generation Projects [Part 2 of 3] 


-- PUC Notice Reviewing All Jurisdictional Fixed Public Utilities’ Universal Assistance Program Enrollment


-- Delaware River Basin Commission Names Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, P.E. As New Executive Director  [PaEN] 


-- Penn State Extension, Partners To Host Oct. 2-3 In-Person Educator Workshop- Dive Even Deeper: Watershed Literacy And Tree Plantings In Lancaster County  [PaEN]


-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Webinar Series On Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land, Starting Sept. 25  [PaEN] 


-- PA Forestry Assn. Encouraging Groups To Hold Local Walk In Penn's Woods Events Oct. 5-6  [PaEN]


-- Philadelphia Watershed Stewards Hold Oct. 13 In-Person Tap Talk: Watershed Impacts Of Lesser-Known Pollutants  [PaEN]


-- Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Temperature Impacts On Streams; Teachers Dive Into Conestoga River; Transforming Local Parks To Enhance Fresh Water  [PaEN]


-- Rodale Institute/Organic Farmers Assn.: NEW! The Organic Voice Magazine 


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 6 RiverWatch Video Report 


-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Coastal Zone Management Grants


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Report Calls For Tougher Lead Testing Standards For PA School Districts


-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: PA Schools, Law Fail To Limit Lead Exposure In School Drinking Water


-- PennLive: Lack Of Water Test Reporting Exposes Students To Lead In Harrisburg, Other Schools


-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Highlight Professional Development Opportunities: Dare 2B Tick Aware; Sustainable Agriculture Education & EE 


-- TribLive: Biden Harris Will Visit Flight 93 Memorial In Somerset County Sept. 11


-- September 7 Pennsylvania Bulletin Is Now Available


-- Keep PA Beautiful News: Summit For Community Stewardship Oct. 16-17; 40 New Young Ambassadors; Fall Pick Up PA; State Park Litter Prevention 


-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Boating Facility Grants  [PaEN]


-- NE PA: Celebrate Trails Month With PA Environmental Council 


-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In August Now Available  [PaEN] 


-- Times News: Weatherly Awarded $1.7 Million State Grant For New Trail In Carbon County


-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Provides West Nile Virus Update


-- Game Commission Invites Comments On Proposed Endangered Bird Listing For Northern Goshawk And American Goshawk


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: High Natural Gas, Other Fossil Fuel Use Highlights US Challenge To Clean Energy Transition


Other States/National/International


-- AP: Earth Breaks Yet Another Record For Hottest Summer


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Commonwealth Court Rules Provisional Votes Must Be Counted In ‘Naked Ballots’ Case

-- City & State PA: Q&A With Senate Republican Leader Joe Pittman [Gambling ‘Skill’ Games]

-- WHYY: Race To Watch: PA’s Race For Attorney General 

-- Inquirer: How Casey Became ‘Greedflation’ Messenger, Among Biggest Issues Ahead Of November

-- Inquirer: Why PA Voters Without College Degrees Are Souring On Democrats

-- WESA: The Socialist Workers Party Has No Shot At Winning, But It Also Has Some Surprising Stances

-- Post-Gazette: Shapiro Steps Up Negotiations As Biden’s Potential Block Of US Steel Deal Jolts Region

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: For PA Steelworkers, The Nippon-US Steel Deal Must Go Through - By Sen. Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland), Senate President Pro Tempore

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso/Kate Huangpu: Action Unlikely To Grant Legal Relief For Child Abuse Victims, Other Proposed Constitutional Amendments Before Deadline

-- Scranton Times: Diocese Of Scranton Removes Priest After ‘Credible’ Allegation Of Child Molestation Decades Ago

-- Post-Gazette: Fmr Penn State Students May Receive Slice Of $17 Million Settlement Over COVID Restrictions

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Another School Shooting, Will It Be Any Different Now?

-- The Center Square: Free Speech Challenges Ranked At 14 PA Universities

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Somerset County Loses Opioid Trust Appeal In First Test Of Many

-- TribLive: Biden Harris Will Visit Flight 93 Memorial In Somerset County Sept. 11

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[Posted: September 6, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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