Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.25.24

“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

-- November 12, 13 [End Of Session, All Bills Die]

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

-- November 13, 14 [End Of Session, All Bills Die]

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .

DEP Advisory: DEP is migrating its website to a new platform to launch in mid-December. Updates to the current site will be limited until then.

-- DEP Plugs Conventional Gas Well Orphaned By The Well Owner That Contaminated A Clarion County Family's Drinking Water Well; Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Abandoned Their Wells - 767 Violations So Far In 2024 - 2 New Plugging Grant Programs   [PaEN] 

-- ExploreClarion.com: DEP Plugs Conventional Gas Well That Contaminated Vowinckel Family’s Drinking Water In Clarion County

-- NPR: States Work To Track Down, Cap Dangerous Methane Leaks From Conventional Oil, Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners [Allegheny National Forest]

-- US Dept. Of Interior Announces Approval Of Another $244 Million In Funding To Pennsylvania For Cleaning Up Legacy Pollution From Abandoned Mine Lands; Local Mine Reclamation Grants Due To DEP Nov. 8  [PaEN]

-- EDF: New Report Shows 22% Growth In PA's Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Mitigation Industry In 3 Years  [PaEN] 

-- PennEnvironment: Pennsylvania Ranks 48th In US For Renewable Energy Growth  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Data Shows PA Lags Behind Other States In Renewable Energy Growth In Last Decade

-- EPA Announces Over $132 Million For Clean Water, Drinking Water Revolving Water Infrastructure Funding In PA

-- US Forest Service Announces $34 Million Available To Support Sustainable Forestry Industry, Healthy Forest Landscapes, Applications Due Dec. 11

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 25 RiverWatch Video Report

-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Area Planners Prep For Climate Future - Pretty Much Everywhere It’s Gonna Be Wet

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Historic York County Farm To Become Gateway For Susquehanna National Heritage Area Discovery Center & Heritage Park

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven Issues Voluntary Water Conservation Notice

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Fire Officials Warn Against Outdoor Burning: It’s Bone-Dry And Getting Drier

-- DCNR Wildfire Forecast More HIGH Risk Areas Friday, Oct. 25

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Backyard Fire Pit, Campfires Banned In NJ As ‘Some Of The Driest Conditions Ever’ Spread Across The State

-- Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Hosting 2-Part Metals Manufacturing Pollution Prevention Training Series  [PaEN]

-- October 26 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- DCNR: 5th Fall Foliage Report: Some Color Is Fading In Northern PA, But Middle And Southern Areas Will Have Vivid Foliage This Coming Week  [PaEN]  

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Register Now For Jim Finley Stewardship Day, Nov. 2

-- PA Recreation & Parks Society Hosts Nov. 19 Community Engagement & Program Development Summit In Harrisburg

-- Erie Times: A Cold, Icy Winter Would Help Presque Isle State Park Beaches

Oil & Gas - National Debate

-- Wall Street Journal Guest Essay: Fracking Isn’t As Popular (Or Important) In Pennsylvania As You Think; The Truth For Residents Is More Complicated  [PDF of Article]  - By Colin Jerolmack, Author Of Up To Heaven And Down To Hell and Sean O’Leary, Ohio River Valley Institute

Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Lessons From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Have Yet To Be Made Law - That Must Change 

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: Exxon Mobil/Qatar Granted FERC Extension To Finish Golden Pass LNG Gas Export Facility Due To Contractor Problems

Other States/National/International

-- TribLive/AP: EPA Imposes Stricter Standards To Protect Children From Exposure To Lead Paint

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Eire Times: Election Group Confident In Erie County Officials After Vendor’s Ballot Mailing Mistake Involving 300 Voters

-- WHYY: Bucks County Warns Of Fake Video Showing Destroyed Ballots

-- TribLive: Elon Musk’s PAC Halts $1 Million Daily Giveaway In PA After US Dept. Of Justice Warning

-- Spotlight PA: Prior Misconduct Rarely An Obstacle For Doctors In PA’s Medical Marijuana Program

-- WESA: Shapiro To Announce 10-Year, $600 Million Makeover For Downtown Pittsburgh

-- WVIA: Distinguished Daughters Of PA To Induct 11 New Members

-- TribLive: Shapiro Selects 4 Western PA Women For Distinguished Daughter Award Honoring Community Service

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[Posted: October 25, 2024]  PA Environment Digest