Friday, September 20, 2024

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.20.24

“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 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 


-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Recognize Kristina Thompson & PennDOT District 5-0 With Walter Lyon Award; Former DEP Secretary David Hess With Karl Mason Award  [PaEN] 


-- PA Coal Alliance Members Recognized For Mine Reclamation And Employee Safety  [PaEN]


-- WTAJ: Somerset County Coal Mines Recognized For Safety, Mine Reclamation


-- DEP Discovers Wastewater Spill From Conventional Oil/Gas Well That Could Be Seen On Google Earth In Armstrong County As A Result Of A Complaint  [PaEN]


-- Homeowner Complaint Results In DEP Emergency Plugging Of A Penn Resources, Inc. Conventional Oil Well Leaking Gas, Oil, Wastewater In McKean County  [PaEN]  


-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Sounds Alarm Over Maintaining Sufficient Winter Natural Gas Supplies To Address Extreme Winter Conditions; PA Gas Producers Cutting Production, Pulling Drill Rigs  [PaEN] 


-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Sounds Alarm Over Whether There Will Be Sufficient Winter Natural Gas Supplies To Address Extreme Weather Conditions This Winter  [Click Here for NERC statement


-- Utility Dive: PJM Is Blocking Battery Storage Interconnection Pathway That Could Unlock ‘Tens Of Thousands Of Megawatts’ Of Additional Capacity For The Grid


-- Allegheny Institute For Public Policy: Counites, Municipalities Need To ‘Begin Lowering Their Expectations’ On The Support From Shale Gas Industry Drilling Impact Fee  [PaEN] 


-- Shale Gas Industry Experts, Execs Gather In Erie Sept. 24-26 At Shale Insight Conference


-- WFMJ/AP: Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Fire That Burned For 4 Days Now Out In Houston 


-- Bloomberg: Human Remains Found In Vehicle Involved In Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Fire In Houston 


-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Eureka Resources Oil/Gas Wastewater Treatment Company Struggles Raise Questions About The Future Of Lithium Extraction From Oil/Gas Wastewater  


-- Bloomberg: Microsoft’s AI Power Needs Prompt Revival Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant By 2028


-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Plan To Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant By 2028 Unveiled To Sell Power To Microsoft AI Project


-- Center For Rural Pennsylvania Hosts Oct. 7 Webinar On Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facility Development  [PaEN] 


-- September 21 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Cong. Cartwright To Introduce National Flood Insurance Premium Transparency Act


-- Call For Presentations!  Bucknell University 2024 River Symposium Nov. 8-9  [PaEN] 


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 20 RiverWatch Video Report 


-- Creek Defenders’ Nurdle Patrol Harrisburg Oct. 5 City Island Boat Ramp


-- WNEP: Luzerne County School District Closes Football Stadium For Season After Lead Found


-- Tribune-Democrat: Laurel Highlands Takes 2nd Place In USA Today Best Fall Foliage Spots  


-- WHYY: Philly Tree Plan Implementation Gets Underway With USDA Grant 


-- LancasterOnline: Outdoor Recreation’s Boost To Local Economy Focus Of Lancaster County Study


-- WNEP: State Parks Offering New Backpack Loaner Program


-- Warren Times: Annual Jakes Rocks Trail Fest Starts Today Runs Thru Sunday


-- Altoona Mirror: West Central PA Dirt Bike Group Presents Vision For Sugar Run


-- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming October Programs - It’s Spooky Out There!  


-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission Expert Explains What Hunters Should Know About Chronic Wasting Disease 


Oil & Gas - National Debate


-- Inquirer - Alfred Lubrano: Pennsylvanians Trust Ex-President More Than Harris On Fracking, Inquirer/NYT/Siena Poll Shows


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Republicans Ask PA Supreme Court To Bar Counties From Letting Voters Fix Mail-In Ballot Errors

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Clarifies Sept. 13 Decision - Mail-In Ballots With Missing Or Incorrect Dates Won’t Be Counted

-- AP: Republican State Sen. Mastriano Sues Critics Of His Book About WWI Hero Sgt. York

-- AP: These Evangelicals Are Voting Their Values By Backing Harris

-- TribLive: Western PA Teamsters Endorse Harris Breaking With National Union

-- WESA: Charleroi Was Adapting To An Influx Of Migrants, Then Ex-President Weighed In

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh’s Growing Haitian Population Building A Community

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[Posted: September 20, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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