Friday, September 27, 2024

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.27.24

“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]


House Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 30

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

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 30

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

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


TODAY 10:00:  Agenda Posted. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Rich Janati at rjanati@pa.gov or 717-787-2480 or Molly Adams, at moadams@pa.gov  or (717) 787-2480.  (formal notice) [Note: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning on the agenda.]


October 1-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2277 (Otten-D-Chester), the PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS) is the Governor’s Energy Plan that would diversify energy generation, improve grid reliability, lower consumer costs by avoiding energy price spikes and create energy-related jobs; House Bill 2393 (Friel-D-Chester) setting standards for the storage or land application of food processing residual waste on farms; House Bill 2594 (Friel-D-Chester) providing for the certification of food processing residual waste haulers and brokers. Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.  Read more here on agenda.


October 1-- NEW. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on PJM’s Electric Capacity Auction, What Needs To Be Done To Prevent Blackouts By 2030.  Room 418 Capitol Building.  9:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch onlineRead hearing announcement.


October 1-- NEW. House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee meets to consider House Bill 1541 (Harkins-D-Erie) banning PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in firefighting equipment; House Bill 1571 (Scott-D-Montgomery) require labeling of firefighting equipment containing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’  Room 515 Irvis Building. Call of the Chair.  Click Here to watch online.


-- House Committee Meets Oct. 1 To Consider Bill To Diversify Energy Generation, Improve Grid Reliability, Lower Consumer Energy Costs  [PaEN]


-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Gas Driller Says Natural Gas Price Spikes Coming Next Year Moving From $2 to $3 Range Up To As High As $9   [PDF of Article]   [PA Is 59% Dependent On Gas To Generate Electricity]  


-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Gas To Begin Reversing Curtailed Production Starting In October  [PDF of Article]


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Expand Energy Corp New Name For Merged Chesapeake Energy- Southwestern Energy Gas Producers; Will Be Largest In US 


-- Utility Dive: PJM Interconnection Market Design Flaws Added Nearly 50% To Latest Capacity Auction Electricity Costs: Market Monitor; PJM To Publish A Response  


-- Utility Dive: PJM Rejects Call To Include Reliability Must-Run Power Plants In Its Capacity Auctions That Could Reduce Electricity Costs For Ratepayers 


-- Utility Dive: PJM Says ‘Concerns Are Growing’ That PJM Cleared Electric Generation Projects Are Not Being Built; Less Than 2 GW Of Capacity Added Almost All Solar; 37,000+ MW Approved


-- TribLive: Battle Over Proposed Unity Twp. Solar Energy Facility Continues In Westmoreland


-- Scranton Times: Proposed Newton Township Solar Energy Facilities Rejected


-- Inside Climate News: Understanding Rural Opposition To Solar Energy Facilities [New PA Study]


-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: RiverWise Solar Energy Initiatives Have Potential To Save Communities, Schools, Municipalities $74 Million Generate 24.6 MW - By Daniel Rossi-Keen,  RiverWise 


-- PA Solar Center Hosts Oct. 18 Webinar On Solar For Schools Grant Program  [PaEN]


-- Learn How To Save Money On Energy Thru PA Solar Center’s G.E.T. Solar Program In Oct. 31 Webinar For Businesses, Nonprofits, Communities  [PaEN] 


-- PublicNewsService.org: York, PA Hydropower Turbine Manufacturer Uses Federal Funding To Boost Jobs


-- Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Penn State, Critical Green Concepts Seeking Acid Mine Drainage Samples To Evaluate For Rare Earth, Critical Mineral Production Potential  [PaEN] 


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Working To Repair Abandoned Mine Opening In Toby Creek, Luzerne County 


-- WNEP: DEP Working To Fill Abandoned Mine Openings On Toby Creek


--  Baltimore Sun: EPA: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Going In ‘Right Direction,’ Thanks Partly To Pennsylvania


-- Gettysburg Times: Adams County Trout Unlimited - Conewago Creek Restoration Project 


-- WTAE: Westmoreland Water Authority Reports Beaver Run Reservoir Drinking Water Treatment Plant Not Operating Due To Fire


-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Water Authority Prepares To Inform Customers Of Lead Pipe Removal Requirements 


-- Scranton Times: PUC Denies Scranton Petition To Reconsider PA American Water Rate Hikes


-- Zillow, First Street Will Introduce Flood, Wildfire, Wind, Heat, Air Quality Climate Risk Information On For-Sale Property Listings  [PaEN]


-- TribLive Guest Essay: Don’t Spread Cancer-Causing Chemicals Here Or Anywhere - By Clean Water Action [PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’] 


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 27 RiverWatch Video Report  


-- Dept. Of Agriculture Announces 2025 PA Farm Show Theme - Powering Pennsylvania 


-- Dept. Of Agriculture Publishes Guidelines For Agriculture Innovation Grant Program


-- September 28 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- DCNR Issues First Fall Foliage Report: Vibrant Colors Should Arrive Sooner, Last Slightly Longer  [PaEN] 


-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn’s Stewards Newsletter: New Book On PA Conservation History; PA Healthy Lands Week; Viewfinders For Colorblind In 10 Parks; Friends Group Activities; More!  [PaEN] 


-- DCNR Accepting Applications For Positions On Trails Advisory Committee 


-- DCNR Publishes Notice Of Proposed Property Exchange In Tioga State Forest Tioga County For Comment


-- Western PA Conservancy’s Fallingwater Hosts 2024 Gnome House Design Challenge For Students 8 To 13


-- North Branch Land Trust Receives PPL Foundation Grant To Continue Rare Acidic Ridgetop Barrens Ecosystem Conservation Efforts In Luzerne County [PaEN]


-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Names Eric Null Executive Director  [PaEN]


-- The Center Square: Fish & Boat Commission Accused Of Unconstitutional Searches Of Cabin Property


-- WTAJ: Pennsylvania Ranks #1 In States For Deer/Vehicle Collisions 


-- Warren Times: State Championship Fishing Tournament Set For This Weekend In Tidioute


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Backyard Bee Watchers, Photographers Help Discover Multiple New Species In PA 


Oil & Gas - National Debate


-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Who’s Elected President Doesn’t Matter Much To The Oil/Gas Industry; Voting Based On Support, Embrace Of Petroleum Industry Is A ‘Poor’ Strategy - By Matt Silverman, Petroleum History Institute, Oil City, PA


Train Derailments


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: $600 Million Settlement Gets Court Approval, While Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Nightmares Continue


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

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


-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Gas Driller Says Natural Gas Price Spikes Coming Next Year Moving From $2 to $3 Range Up To As High As $9   [PDF of Article]   [PA Is 59% Dependent On Gas To Generate Electricity]


-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Gas To Begin Reversing Curtailed Production Starting In October  [PDF of Article]


-- Utility Dive: PJM Says ‘Concerns Are Growing’ That PJM Cleared Electric Generation Projects Are Not Being Built; Less Than 2 GW Of Capacity Added Almost All Solar; 37,000+ MW Approved


Other States/National/International


-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For $965 Million To Fund Clean School Buses


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WESA: Breaking Down Growth Of Republican, Decline Of Democratic Voters In PA By County

-- AP: Philadelphia’s District Attorney Scores Legal Win Against Republican Impeachment Bid

-- WESA: Gun Violence Roundtable Highlights Need For Mental Health Resources, Social Workers For PA Students

-- MCall: Muhlenberg College Tenured Professor At Center Of Protests Over Israel-Hamas Views Has Been Fired Over Sharing A Post Written By A Palestinian Poet

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[Posted: September 27, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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