Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.15.24

“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-- 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 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.

 -- 98 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN]

-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week:  PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic  [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

-- DEP Finds Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Sprayed & Leaked 12,600+ Gallons For Nearly 3 Hours In Gilmore Twp., Greene County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: ‘Good Bones:’ A New Life For The Former Bruce Mansfield Coal Power Plant Could Mean It Stays Put; Possible Conversion To Gas Due To High PJM Electricity Prices 

-- WHYY: Low-Income Philadelphians Continue To Face High Energy Costs, Analysis Finds

-- FEMA: President Issues Tropical Storm Debby Disaster Declaration For Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Union Counties

-- PennLive: Cleanup Continues In Perry County After Damage From Devastating August Rainstorm

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Action, Resiliency A Team Effort In Centre County

-- Observer-Reporter: Greens Bring Green$: Trails Like Panhandle, Montour, Great Allegheny Passage Support Local Businesses

-- TribLive: Greensburg Approves Plan To Improve Infrastructure For Walking, Cycling With WalkWorks Grant 

-- WHYY: Invasive Box Tree Moth Spotted In Western PA: What To Know About The Threat It Poses And How To Control It

Oil & Gas - National Debate

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: FactCheck: Why Ex-President’s New Campaign Ad On Fracking Is Misleading

-- WHYY/AP: Harris Supported The Green New Deal Energy Plan; Now She’s Promoting Domestic Oil Drilling; Part Of A ‘Sprint To The Middle’

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: What Harris, Ex-President Said About Climate Change In Philly Debate

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

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

-- Reuters: Nearly 30% Of US Gulf Of Mexico Oil Output, 41% Of Natural Gas Production  Offline After Hurricane Francine

Other States/National/International

-- Politico: Cleveland-Cliffs Steelmaker Weighs Abandoning $500 Million Federal Grant To Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Ohio Steel Plant

-- Financial Times: Wildfires Sweep Amazon As Brazil Suffers Worst Drought On Record

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: 7 Issues That Could Decide The PA Vote On President In The 7 Weeks Before Election Day

-- WITF/NPR: Hello Pennsylvania!  Why Harris And Ex-President Can’t Get Enough Of The Keystone State

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: FactCheck: Why Ex-President’s New Campaign Ad On Fracking Is Misleading

-- WHYY/AP: Harris Supported The Green New Deal Energy Plan; Now She’s Promoting Domestic Oil Drilling; Part Of A ‘Sprint To The Middle’

-- WHYY: Volunteer Initiative Seeks To Register More Puerto Rican, Latino Voters In Philly

-- MCall - Bill White: On Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Window: ‘One Pathetic Letdown After Another,’ Survivor Says 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: The Legislature Has A Last Chance To Stand With Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse - By Mark Singel

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh-Area Schools React To State Education Budget Reforms

-- PA Capital-Star: Catholic Diocese Of Pittsburgh Formed Its Own School Police Force, Is It A Model For Districts?

-- Scranton Times: Arrest Made As Threats Close One Lackawanna County School, Others Beef Up Security

-- WNEP: ‘Threats Were Not Credible:’ Carbondale School District Resumes Activities After Threat

-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Schools Reopen After Alleged Social Media Threat

-- WNEP: Bomb Threat At Luzerne County Airport Delayed Travel

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[Posted: September 15, 2024]  PA Environment Digest