Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.14.24

“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-- NEW. 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-- 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 18-- NEW. 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.

-- DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Saturday, Sept. 14 In Southeast PA

-- 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]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: What’s The Health Risk Of Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In PA?  Regulators Want To Know 

-- The Appalachian Voice: Massive Federal Funding Boost Spurs Abandoned Mine Cleanup Efforts In Appalachia 

-- Groundbreaking Initiative Using Drones To Locate Orphan, Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania Kicks Off  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick - John Bartlett: An Eye In The Sky Will Seek Old Oil, Gas Wells  [PDF of Article]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Conditions Trigger Low-Flow Water Use Restrictions At 7 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals In Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Drought Conditions Hit Pittsburgh After Spell Of Warm, Dry Weather 

-- USGS WaterWatch StreamFlow Map - Pennsylvania

-- USGS Pennsylvania Drought Conditions Map

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Water Withdrawal Requests - Including 8 For Shale Gas Development; Total Of 23 In 2024  [PaEN]

-- Shapiro Administration Secures $1.96 Million US DOE Grant To Help Communities Build Out Clean, Renewable Energy Projects

-- US DOE Now Accepting Applications For $15 Million In Funding To Reduce  Methane Emissions From Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells

-- Utility Dive: Rising Power Prices Increase Credit Risk For Utilities - Moody’s  [PJM Price Spikes Included] 

-- Ohio River Valley Institute, Black Appalachian Coalition Host Sept. 19 Webinar On Environmental Justice & Building A Clean Energy Economy  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft PA Great Lakes Water Management Program 5-Year Report  [PaEN]

-- Chester County News: Stroud Water Research Center In Avondale Is Pioneering Watershed Health

-- NextPittsburgh: 10 Great Creeks To Explore Around Pittsburgh

-- North Branch Land Trust Partners With Estate Of Robert L. Carson Family To Conserve 94 Acres In Columbia County  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front: Countryside Conservancy Preserves Peck Family Land In Susquehanna County For Future Generations To Enjoy

-- Sept. 13 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Olean Times Herald: $72,000 Appalachian Regional Commission Grant To Support Trail Connectivity In NY, PA [PA Environmental Council]   

-- TribLive: Construction To Begin For 1-Mile Leechburg Bike Trail In Armstrong County

-- TribLive: Unity Twp. Supervisors Give Solicitor OK To Address ATV Use, Reject Resident’s Proposal In Westmoreland

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Fish Commission Temporarily Reduces Steelhead Stocking, Explains Why Anglers Are Finding Heavier Fish

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Why Is Lancaster County Seeing An Increase In Yellowjackets? 

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: A Big Buzz Over The Worker Bees

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices:  National- $3.21  Ohio- $2.94   PA- $3.36 

-- Baker Hughes: PA Shale Gas Drilling Rigs Drop Another 2 From Last Week To 14 - On Aug. 23 There Were 21 - 33% Drop [Effort To Raise Natural Gas Prices Continues]

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Rules Mail-In Ballots With Flawed Dates On Envelopes Can Be Thrown Out 

-- The Center Square: PA Supreme Court Says Toss Misdated Mail-In Ballots

-- PennLive: PA Supreme Court Ruling On Mail-In Ballot Curing ‘Did Not Side With Voters’ Gov. Shapiro Says

-- Tioga Publishing: PA Mail-In Ballot Distribution Delayed Due To Pending Legal Challenges

-- Observer-Report: Washington County Judge Asks Commonwealth Court To Dismiss Republican Mail-In Ballot-During Appeal

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Rules Against 2 Third-Party Candidates Trying For Presidential Ballot

-- Courier Times: New Republican Voters Outnumber New Democrat Registrations In 2024

-- Spotlight PA: What You Need To Know About PA’s Attorney General, Auditor General, State Treasurer Candidates

-- NPR: 5 Pennsylvania Electors Linked To Efforts To Reverse 2020 Election Results Are Back For 2024

-- Gov. Shapiro Appoints Members To New State Board of Higher Education

-- Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro Announces Appointees To New Board Of Higher Education

-- Post-Gazette/PennLive: Campaign Reports On Diskettes?  Independent Regulatory Review Commission Uncovers Obsolete Regulations On PA’s Books

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania’s Fireworks Law Still Needs Work

-- WHYY: ‘What Real Freedom Looks Like:’ Ready-To-Drink Cocktails Arrive In Stores As PA Relaxes Liquor Laws

-- Post-Gazette: Charleroi Glass Plant Shutdown Would Be Major Blow To Local Economy, Community In Washington County

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[Posted: September 14, 2024]  PA Environment Digest