Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.4.24

“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 5-- 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.gov.  Read more here on the agenda.

-- DEP Advisory: Notice Of September 4 OnBase Database Outage

-- Cecil Township Proposes 2,500 Foot Setback Ordinance From Oil & Gas Infrastructure For Sept. 4 Hearing In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: CNX Resources Claims Shale Gas Drilling Poses No Public Health Risks Are ‘Misleading, Irresponsible, Dangerous’  [PaEN] 

-- Earthworks: Radically Misleading - Gov. Shapiro’s Dangerous Partnership With CNX Resources Hurts Communities, Ignores The Facts

-- US Dept. Of Interior Approves $76.4 Million To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania; 1,234 Violations For Abandoning Conventional Wells In Last 20 Months  [PaEN] 

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Dropped 3 Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Last Week, Lowest Count In 2.5 Years  [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: UGI Seeks To Temporarily Store LNG Gas In Trailers In Scranton Suburb During Winter  [PDF of Article] 

-- Reuters: Anadarko, Other Natural Gas Companies Defeat Federal Lawsuit In PA Over Royalty Payments

-- US EIA: North America’s LNG Gas Export Capacity On Track To More Than Double By 2028

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart Idea Gains PA Legislative Attention As Opposition Mounts 

-- PA Capital-Star: Workers At EOS Energy Battery Plant Eligible For $2 Billion In Public Funds Is Union Busting 

-- PUC: Number Of Storm-Related Electric Outages Increasing Due To A Jump In Number Of Severe Storms With Extremely High Winds  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive: PennDOT Praised For Quickly Reopening Flood-Damaged Highway In Lycoming County

-- PEMA Completes Deployment To Tioga County Helping Recovery Efforts In Aftermath Of Tropical Storm Debby

-- Utility Dive: Ratepayer Advocates Urge PJM To Include Power Plants With ‘Reliability-Must-Run’ Contracts In Next Electricity Auction; Would Have Lowered Overall Cost Of Last Auction By $5 Billion 

-- DEP Permitting Efficiency: 20,595 Permits Since 11/2023; Decisions On 16,745;  Zero  Currently Eligible For PAyback Did Not Meet Decision Deadlines; No Application Fees Refunded [9.4.24]

-- Upper Delaware Council Announces Honorees For 36th Annual River Valley Awards, Including 4 From Pennsylvania  [PaEN]  

-- Penn State Extension Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training To Hold 3  Multi-Day In-Person Ag Conservation Keystone Training Workshops In October  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Why Reducing Farm Pollution In The Chesapeake Bay Region Is A Complex Problem 

-- Penn State Extension Offers 3-Part Webinar Series On On-Lot Septic Systems Starting Oct. 1  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Holds Watershed Exploration Programs For Students In Grades 6 to 12 From 8 PA Schools In September, October  [PaEN] 

-- USDA Grant To Fund Penn State AI-Powered Research Into Nitrate Pollution Measurements Database In Chesapeake Bay, Ohio River, Upper Mississippi River Watersheds 

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Seeks Volunteers For Annual Plant-A-Thon Set To Plant 10,000 Native Trees, Shrubs, Perennials Throughout The 4-County Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Webinar On Local Comprehensive Plans In Pennsylvania Sept. 18, Repeated Sept. 24 

-- TribLive: Landslide Work To Close Pittsburgh’s PJ McArdle Roadway For 5 Days

-- DCED Now Accepting Applications For $20 Million In Grants For Main Street Matters Program

-- WHYY Climate Fixers: Curbside Recycling Is Broken, In Kensington, Rabbit Recycling Will Take Anything 

-- TribLive: Trash To Treasure: Fox Chapel Area Artists Compete In Global Junk Kouture Competition 

-- Post-Gazette: Grandpa Isn’t Driving The Garbage Truck, But He’s A Recycling Wizard

-- KDKA: Monaca Launching Truck-Mounted Spray Operation To Reduce West Nile Virus Transmission

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 700 Acres Of Forestland In Fayette County; 1,495 Acres In Elk County To Be Added To State Forest Lands   [PaEN] 

-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness: You’re Not The Boss In Wilderness - By John Clayton 

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Closes Kelly’s Run Nature Preserve Due To Yellowjacket Nests

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Welcomes New Friends Of Tyler State Park Group In Bucks County  [PaEN] 

-- Keystone Trails Assn. Announces The Keystone Susquehanna Riverlands Hiking & Outdoors Weekend Oct. 18-20 In Lancaster, York Counties  [PaEN] 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Tour de Trail Flight 93 National Memorial Ride Set For Saturday 

-- Spotlight PA: At-Risk Butterfly Hunkers Down At PA’s Biggest Bombing Range At Fort Indiantown Gap 

-- US DOT Accepting Applications For Grants To Remove Or Replace Culverts To Improve Or Restore Passages For Anadromous Fish  [PaEN]

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Receives US Fish & Wildlife Grant To Conserve Grassland Raptors  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Spotted Lanternfly Management; PA Invasive Plant List; Online Learning Opportunities 

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: US LNG Gas Export Dominance Tested As Europe’s Demand Wilts 

-- Bloomberg: DOE Approves New Fortress Energy LNG Gas Export Facility In Mexico 

-- US EIA: North America’s LNG Gas Export Capacity On Track To More Than Double By 2028

-- The Guardian: How An LNG As Export Facility Project Along The Gulf Coast Is Upending Residents’ Lives

Other States/National/International

-- Financial Times: Insurers Face $151 Billion In Yearly Losses From Natural Disasters, Report Forecasts

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- KYW: Shapiro Talks Veepstakes Process, Supporting Harris-Walz And More

-- TribLive: While Elections Aren’t Error-Free, Widespread Fraud Is A Fantasy, Westmoreland County Commissioner Says

-- PennLive: In A Post-Pandemic World, Gen Z Voters Are Fired Up To Vote

-- TribLive: Fmr Republican US Senator Pat Toomey Claims He Will Not Vote For Ex-President

-- Post-Gazette: Thousands Call For Separate County Grand Jury Investigation Into Butler County Shootings

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports August Tax Collections $53.9 Million, 1.9% Above Estimates; Fiscal Year-To-Date $53.9 Million, 0.9% Above Estimates

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports August State Revenue $141 Million Over IFO’s Estimate, Fiscal Year-To-Date Up $160 Million Over IFO Estimate

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Potential Exists For Pittsburgh To Become ‘Modern Silicon Valley’

-- AP: New Jersey Floats $400 Million In Tax Breaks To Lure Philadelphia 76ers

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[Posted: September 4, 2024]  PA Environment Digest