Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.16.24

“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 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]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 7 to 13 - 12,600+ Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Release; 1,000 Gallon+ Subsurface Conventional Wastewater Spill; 28+ Abandoned Wells; Stray Gas Investigation In Elk Viewing Area  [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 

-- WHYY: Schoolyards In Philly Will Get Rain Gardens To Prevent Stormwater Runoff, Provide Relief From Heat Thanks To Federal Grant To The Nature Conservancy

-- AP: Classrooms, Playgrounds Across The US Are Heating Up, School Districts Race To Invest In Cooling Solutions

-- 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  [PDF of Article]

-- 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

-- WPost: Mayflies Are Sending Us A Warning About Urban Wildfires; Metals Concentrations Increased Dramatically

-- 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

-- KDKA: Charleroi, Washington County Residents Remain Divided On Impact Of Haitian Immigrant Influx To The Community After Comments By Ex-President About The Town

-- PennLive Editorial: It Hurts PA’s Apple Industry To Demonize Immigrants As Rapists, Criminals And Pet Eaters

-- Erie Times: Republican State Sen. Dan Laughlin Drops Claims Of Harmed Sex Life In Defamation Lawsuit Over 2022 Opinion Piece In The Erie Reader Monthly Newspaper

-- 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