Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.18.24

“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]

House Voting Schedule

-- October 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

-- October 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .

October 22-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m.  Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lindsay Byron   lbyron@pa.gov. 

October 23-- Agenda Posted.  Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds a hearing on waste to fuels. Room 8E-B East Wing Capitol Building. 9:30 a.m.   Click Here for available online video.

October 23-- Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Lucas Hershey, luchershey@pa.gov.  (formal notice)

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Why Politicians Want You To Pay More For Natural Gas - By Patrick McDonnell, CEO of PennFuture, Former Secretary of DEP  [PaEN] 

-- Olean Times Herald: ‘Swiss Cheese’ Below McKean County Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Site Causes Concern  [PDF of Article] 

-- Beaver County Residents Invited To Join An Oct. 23 In-Person Tour Of Shale Gas Fracking Sites & Infrastructure In Washington County And Discover Its Costs  [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov. Shapiro, DEP In Support Of Strong Oil & Gas Industry Methane Emission Controls  [PaEN] 

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Urges EPA To Move Forward With Strong Regulation Of Vinyl Chloride Under Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, While Calling For A Ban  [PaEN] 

-- Reminder: DEP To Host Nov. 4 Hearing On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For Panther Creek Coal Waste-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County

-- WITF StateImpact PA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Didn’t Plan For The End Of Coal, This Indiana County Community Is Trying To Find A Way Forward 

-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Schools Report Saving $406,144 On Electric Bills Over 3 Years From Solar Energy Facilities 

-- Oct. 18 Planet Philadelphia Radio Program Provides Updates On Wind Power, Local Green Energy Efforts 

-- Observer-Reporter: Fayette County Zoning Board Nixes Request For Georges Township Solar Energy Facility

-- Citizens Voice: Fairview Twp. Supervisors Outline Solar Energy Facility Regulations In Luzerne County

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: More Jobs, Lower Costs - PA Solar For Schools Grant Program Opens Soon 

-- Bosland Growth, Western PA Conservancy Partner On Lake Pleasant Conservation Area Mine Land Reforestation Project In Erie County To Generate Carbon Credits  [PaEN]

-- Walk With Watershed Stewards In The Paxtang Parkway, Dauphin County On Nov. 10 And Learn About The Watershed Landscape You Live In!  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 2 Educator Workshops Nov. 7 On Stream Health & Watersheds In Cumberland County; Stream Health & Acid Mine Drainage In Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Erie News Now: Western PA Conservancy Awarded $169,000 Grant To Improve Trout Run Watershed In Erie County [Section 319]

-- $500,000 Grant To Chesapeake Bay Foundation To Add 100 Acres Of New Forested Stream Buffers In 12 Counties

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary Summer Camps Inspired A New Generation Of Water Stewards

-- Reading Eagle: Reading Area Water Authority Customers Under Mandatory Conservation Measures

-- TribLive: Plum Mobile Home Park Owner Continuing Fight To Expand Facility In A Flood Zone In Allegheny County

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Pittsburgh One Of 10 Cities Chosen For USDA Urban Farming Grants

-- The Allegheny Front/WESA: Pittsburgh Urban Farmers Get A Nearly $900,000 Boost From USDA

-- PA House Republican Leader Appoints Regulatory Review Administrator To Reign In PA’s ‘Bloated Administrative State’ And Help Determine Which Regulations Are No Longer In The Public Interest

-- PUC Seeks Members Of PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee

-- October 19 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- DCNR Issues Request For Proposals For Environmental Engineering Services In State Parks, Forests

-- The Allegheny Front/WHYY: PA To Receive $43 Million In Federal Funds To Remove Lead Paint From Homes

-- Sierra Club PA: US Supreme Court Sides With EPA, Environmental And Health Groups By Not Blocking EPA Power Plant Emission Rule 

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: New Book Looks At Winners, Losers In Pennsylvania Environmental History

 

-- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Fall Round Of Grants For Canoe, Kayak Access Projects In Western PA  [PaEN] 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Unveils Inclusive Playground At Little Buffalo State Park In Perry County  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Susquehanna River Adventures - Then & Now - Rafting, Climbing, Airborne, Paddling - By Darian Jones, AmeriCorps Assistant

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: US Forest Service Fish Habitat Improvement Project On Allegheny Reservoir

Hurricane Impacts

-- AP: Hurricanes Helene, Milton Both Likely To Be $50 Billion Disasters, Joining Ranks Of Most Costly Storms

Oil & Gas - National Debate

-- TribLive: Vance Laments High Prices, Promotes Drilling In Pittsburgh Visit [PA Shale Gas Industry Pulling Rigs Out Of PA To Raise Natural Gas Prices]

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy/Charles Thompson: Three Mile Island - Site Of Worst Nuclear Accidents In US History Poised To Get A Rebranding To Crane Clean Energy Center  [Except for the nuclear waste]

Other States/National/International

-- AP: Pressure Grows For Countries To Deliver On Promised Biodiversity Targets At UN Conference

-- The Guardian: New York Officials Call For Big Oil/Gas To Be Prosecuted For Fueling Climate Disasters

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Westmoreland County Launches Voting Probe Over Unproven 2020 Fraud Allegations

-- Inquirer: Republicans Abandon Lawsuit Against Montgomery County That Could Have Slowed Mail Ballot Counting

-- WHYY: $240 Million Floods PA US Senate Race

-- PA House Republican Leader Appoints Regulatory Review Administrator To Reign In PA’s ‘Bloated Administrative State’ And Help Determine Which Regulations Are No Longer In The Public Interest

-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports September Revenue Increased 6.17% Over The Same Month Last Year

-- TribLive: Escalating Medication Errors Pose Grave Risks For PA Patients

-- Post-Gazette: PPG Plans To Lay Off 1,800 Employees, Close Facility, Sell Paints Business

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh’s Only Immigration Crisis Is Not Having Enough Immigrants

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[Posted: October 18, 2024]  PA Environment Digest