Thursday, September 5, 2024

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.5.24

“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 


TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Check the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395.   Read more here on the agenda.


September 10-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely.   Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277.  (formal notice)   Read more here on the agenda.


September 10-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.govRead more here on the agenda.


-- Source Of 19-Day-Old Oil Discharge Into Allegheny River In Venango County Still A Mystery; Recreators Asked To Avoid The Area  [PaEN] 


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA To Receive $76 Million To Plug Hundreds Of Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells; DEP Holds Workshops On New Plugging Grants


-- Clean Air Advocates File Lawsuit Against EPA To Reduce Hazardous Air Pollutants From Steel Industry Coke [Coal] Oven Plants  [PaEN]


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel CEO Warns Company Would Close Mon Valley Works, Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, Thomson Works, Irvin Plant, Pittsburgh HQ If Nippon Steel Deal Falls Through


-- The Center Square: Without Nippon Deal, US Steel Will Leave Pittsburgh


-- Financial Times: Biden Set To Block Nippon Steel’s Takeover Of US Steel, Transaction Poses A National Security Risk


-- Utility Dive: Reregulation?  How Utilities And States Are Responding To PJM’s Record Electricity Capacity Prices [Part 1 of 3] 


-- PUC Awarded $4.6 Million DOE Grant To Improve Siting Process For High-Voltage Electric Transmission Lines  [PaEN] 


-- StateImpactPA: Franklin County Transource High-Voltage Power Line Project: How Did We Get Here?


-- PennDOT Invites Public To Comment On Plan For Expanded Electric Vehicle Charging Support, Funding Distribution  [PaEN]


-- Green Building Alliance Awarded $1.48 Million Federal Grant To Launch Green Pathways Workforce Initiative In Southwest PA  [PaEN] 


-- WTAJ: PA Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding $2 Million From Investors In Green Energy Scheme


-- TribLive: Resident Voices Concern About Potential Solar Energy Facility In Derry Twp., Westmoreland County


-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset Twp. Developing Guidelines For Solar Energy Facilities In Somerset County


-- Citizens Voice: Developer Makes Pitch For Solar Energy Facility In Hazle Twp., Hearing To Resume Oct. 7


-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Activists Try To Head Off Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant


-- StateImpactPA: Radio Adaptation Of ‘Between Hevan And Eartha’ On Climate Change


-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Announces $23.8 Million In Small Watershed Grants To Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts; $7.5 Million To Benefit PA  [PaEN] 


-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $1.5 Million In Research To Support Ag Industry Work To Tackle Complex Climate, Conservation Challenges On Farms  [PaEN] 


-- Master Watershed Steward Volunteers Help Stroud Township Save Money With Stormwater Inspections In Monroe County  [PaEN] 


-- Dickinson College Farm's Matt Steiman Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award From The Sustainable Energy Fund  [PaEN]


-- USDA NRCS Now Accepting Applications For FY 2025 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program  [PaEN]


-- LancasterOnline: Penn State Research To Employ AI To Monitor Nitrates In Polluted Waterways


-- PennEnvironment: New Study Of 9 PA School Districts Show These Schools Fail To Protect Children From Lead In School Drinking Water; Urges Action On Bipartisan Legislation   [PaEN]


-- PA Capital-Star: Environmental Group Claims PA Water Testing Requirements Don’t Protect Students From Lead


-- MCall: Bethlehem Area Schools Not Doing Enough To Protect Students From Lead Contaminated Drinking Water


-- Inquirer: PA’s Law Regulating Lead In School Drinking Water Too Weak, Advocates Say


-- WHYY: Pennsylvania Law Allows Schools To Skip Lead Testing Their Water, Report Says


-- Spotlight PA: Compromise Elusive On Reforming 2016 Law On How Investor-Owned Water Utilities Buy Municipal Drinking, Wastewater Systems 


-- Williamsport Sun: Federal Disaster Dollars Sought For Hardest Hit Flood Communities In Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Union Counties


-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: How Are Pennsylvania’s Lawmakers Doing When It Comes To The Environment?


-- Inside Climate News: As Tornado Alley Shifts East, Bracing For Impact In Unexpected Places  [PA Included] 


-- Planet Philadelphia: Sept. 6 Radio Program To Feature Cities Building Their Futures


-- PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Announce 40 Students Selected As 2024-25 Young Ambassadors For A Clean And Beautiful Pennsylvania  [PaEN]


-- Keep PA Beautiful Supports 16th Allegheny River & Watershed Cleanup Sept. 12 to 14 In Warren County  [PaEN]


-- The Nature Conservancy - PA Nature News: Celebrating 50 Years Of Tannersville Cranberry Bog; Philly Tree Collaboration; Chesapeake Film Festival; More 


-- Warren Times: Sept. 6 Event To Celebrate Trails At Jakes Rocks As PA Trail Of The Year


-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Recreation Economy For Rural Areas Grants; September Trails Month; Eastern PA Greenways & Trails Summit; EAC Fall Gathering 


-- MCall: Bethlehem Weighing Ordinance To Crack Down On Illegal Dirt Bikes, ATVs


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

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


-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Approach Oversold Zone After 3-Day Sell-Off 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Republicans Appeal Date Ruling On Mail-In Ballots To PA Supreme Court

-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Spent $75,185 On Legal Fees Defending Mail-In Ballot Lawsuit

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Fulton County, Attorney Ordered To Pay More Than $1 Million In Legal Costs, Attorneys’ Fees In Case Over Illegal Access To Voting Machines 

-- TribLive Editorial: Trust The Math With Election Integrity

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Politicians’ Long History Of Insignificance

-- PennLive - John Baer: Here’s How The Presidential Debate Could Sound With Open Mics 

-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Man Expected To Plead Guilty To Crimes Related To Assault On US Capitol 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Locals Feel Ignored As PennDOT Pushes For More State Money

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel CEO Warns Company Would Close Mon Valley Works, Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, Thomson Works, Irvin Plant, Pittsburgh HQ If Nippon Steel Deal Falls Through

-- The Center Square: Without Nippon Deal, US Steel Will Leave Pittsburgh

-- Financial Times: Biden Set To Block Nippon Steel’s Takeover Of US Steel, Transaction Poses A National Security Risk

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[Posted: September 5, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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