Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.17.24

“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 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: 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.

TODAY Noon: Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider nomination of Ralph V. Vanora To PUC and Senate Bill 1237 (Baker-R-Luzerne) reauthorization of the PA One Call underground utility notification program [Almost all conventional natural gas, oil gathering pipelines are still excluded]. Room 461 Main Capitol.  Noon.  Click Here to watch live.

TODAY 2:00: 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.

TODAY 2:00: 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.

TODAY 5:00: In-Person. 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.

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Special Report: Local Experts All Agree, Hellbenders Need Better Protection - Sign The Petition To Protect The Hellbender  [PaEN]

-- KDKA: North Fayette Twp. Residents Raise Concerns About Proposed Range Resources Fracking Site In Allegheny County

-- AP: Energy Transfer 20-Inch Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Explosion Sends Towering Pillar Of Flame Over Houston’s Suburbs; Will Take Hours To Burn Out  [Energy Transfer Operates The Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipelines in PA, And The New Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline That Exploded In PA In 2018]

-- Bloomberg: Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Explosion, Fire In Houston Forces Some Residents To Evacuate

-- No False Solutions PA Coalition Releases New Too Infrequently Asked Questions About Carbon Capture And Storage  [PaEN] 

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: Sept. 18 Virtual, In-Person Public Symposium On Options For Carbon Dioxide Removal In The US, 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

-- Appalachian Voices: New Funding Opportunity Available For Central Appalachian Environmental Justice Organizations

-- EPA’s 12th Annual SepticSmart Week: Do Your Part, Be SepticSmart!

-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper: Nov. 2 Drink Your Watershed Celebration Of Clean Water Progress

-- WTAE: 20 Years After Hurricane Ivan - Flooding Struck Pittsburgh-Area Communities

-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For $117 Million In Advanced Recycling Infrastructure, Food Waste Prevention Grants

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Releases Spanish-Language 'Leave No Trace' Video To Promote Inclusion, Diversity In The Outdoors  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: A Look At 5 Hikes That Are Perfect In The Fall For Families

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Plenty Of Signs That Fall Is Approaching

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Adds New Fall Programs For All Age Groups To Nurture Love Of Nature 

-- TribLive: Fisher, Weasel-Like Animal Once Eliminated From PA, Spotted On Murrysville Wildlife Camera 

-- Williamsport Sun: Fall Is Perfect Time To Catch Some Crappies

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: Biden’s Green Policies Will Save 200,000 Lives, Create Nearly 150,000 Jobs

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Rejects Cornel West’s Bid To Get On Ballot, State Certifies Ballot To Counties For Mail-In Voting

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Mail-In Ballot Dating Dilemma Is A Political Groundhog Day

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Supreme Court Wrongly Passed On Chance To Settle Election Procedures

-- AP: Can Noncitizens Vote In Pennsylvania Elections?  [Spoiler - NO]

-- AP: Why Do Election Experts Oppose Hand-Counting Ballots?  [Spoiler - Less Reliable Than Machines]

-- TribLive: Activists Gain Meeting With Senate Republican Leader Over Bill To Ban Foreign Campaign Money

-- Inquirer: Meet The Philly House Candidates Running Unopposed TODAY In Special Elections 

-- Spotlight PA: How To Serve As A Poll Worker On Nov. 5

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[Posted: September 17, 2024]  PA Environment Digest