Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.23.24

“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 

September 24-- In-Person. Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Program On Increasing Setbacks From Oil & Gas Infrastructure . Cecil Township Building, Generations Room, 3599 Millers Run Road in Cecil, Washington County.  6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

September 25- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg.  10:00.  Click Here to register to attend the meeting online or by telephone.  Read more here about the agenda.  (formal notice)

September 27--  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.]

-- September 23 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 14 to 20 - Seeing Conventional Wastewater Spill From Google Earth; Emergency Well Plugging; Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Leaking Gas Well Next To Baseball Field  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 21 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 77 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 21 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 20-Inch Sewage Pipeline That Moves 2 Million Gallons Of Wastewater A Day Ruptures Below Selinsgrove Impacts Penns Creek, Susquehanna River In Snyder County; Boaters Urged To Avoid The Area 

-- WNEP: Sewer Pipeline Break Affecting Residents In Snyder County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: New Abandoned Mine Subsidence Opening Causes Water Loss In Toby Creek Months After First Problems  

-- Citizens Voice: DEP Confirms Water Loss In Toby Creek Near Site Of April Abandoned Mine Subsidence

-- WHYY: Study: Road Salts Continue To Build Up In The Brandywine, Damaging Watershed 

-- WESA: Latest Phase Of Pittsburgh Water Authority $500 Million System Upgrade Underway In Highland Park

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Water System ‘Entering A New Era’

-- EPA Selects Landforce, PowerCorpsPHL For $13.9 Million Grant For Wood Reuse Workforce Development At Sites In Pittsburgh, Philadelphia  [PaEN] 

-- PA Environmental Professionals Host Oct. 29 Webinar On How Recent US Supreme Court Decisions Will Impact Environmental Regulation, Planning  [PaEN]  

-- Courier Times: Parts Of Upper Bucks County Hit Hard With Power Outages; Why PUC Says Met-Ed Needs To Do More

-- PA GreenGov Council 2024 Sustainability Week Features 5 Webinars Starting Oct. 7  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Federal Grant To Power Up Battery Production At Weirton’s Form Energy

-- WHYY: SEPTA To Try Out Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses As Early As This Fall

-- Tribune-Democrat: Great Allegheny Passage: First-Person Account - Cyclists Experience GAP Trail From End To End 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Great Allegheny Passage - Trail System’s Scenery, Setting, Amenities Attract Riders From Around The World 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Great Allegheny Passage - 9/11 Memorial Trail Built On GAP’s Foundation 

-- Warren Times: Old-Growth Forests Inspire Artist Thomas Paquette; Exhibit At State Museum Of PA  [Available Virtually]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Return Of Long-Lost Butterfly, Nearly Forgotten Fruit Enriches Pittsburgh 

-- MyChesCo.com: Game Commission Decisions Set New Course For Wildlife Management In PA

Oil & Gas - National Debate

-- Post-Gazette: Fetterman Says Fracking Won’t Be Deciding Issue In PA Presidential Race

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

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

-- Will There Be Enough Gas?  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] 

Other States/National/International

-- Wall Street Journal: Surge In Wind, Solar Power In Europe Means Businesses, Consumers Get Paid For Plugging In, US Could Be Next 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Beaver County Times: What PA’s US Representatives, Senators Said When Asked If They’ll Accept Election Results

-- PennLive Guest Essay: To Save Lives, I’m A Republican Doing Everything I Can To Make Sure Ex-President Is Defeated - By Fmr Cong. Jim Greenwood

-- AP: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Visits PA Ammunition Plant To Thank Workers, Ask For More

-- Post-Gazette: Charleroi Educators, Students Show Unity As Community Gets Thrown Into Political Debate Over Immigration

-- TribLive: School Administrators Discuss PA’s Teacher Shortage, Working To Add To Educator Ranks

-- TribLive: Alcohol Permit Costs Overshadow Canned Cocktail Bonanza For Small Businesses

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[Posted: September 23, 2024]  PA Environment Digest