PA Environment Digest Blog: Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

“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 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

-- October 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

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October 8-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit Council webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or 717-579-0329. Read more here on agenda.

October 10-- Agenda Posted. DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:15 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Joseph Martini martjos@pa.gov. [Note: New Federal Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Rule On Agenda] Read more here on agenda.

-- DEP Begins Accepting Grant Applications Oct. 9 To Plug Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners [PaEN]

-- PennFuture: Lawmakers Move Bill To Require Clean Solar Energy Facilities To Have Bonds; But Fail To Have Adequate Plugging Bonds For Dirty Oil & Gas Wells Leaving Taxpayers To Pick Up The Cost [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Susan Phillips: Fracking In Pennsylvania Hasn’t Gone As Well As Some May Think

-- No False Solutions PA Coalition: 2nd Carbon Dioxide Leak Reported At ADM Carbon Capture Plant In Illinois, Delay In Notifying Public Should Give PA Pause On Carbon Capture Storage [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Carbon Capture Monitoring Well Leaking In Illinois; Most Residents Found Out When The World Did, Failed To Follow Emergency Procedures

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: New Guidelines Center On The Needs Of People With Disabilities During Petrochemical Disasters

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Flips Switch On First Of 3 Massive Solar Energy Projects In Fayette, Somerset Counties To Add 43 MW To PJM Grid

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Receives $75,000 West Penn Energy Fund Grant For Solar Energy Array; Will Save $2 Million Over 25 Years; Power Renewable Gas Facility [PaEN]

-- Penn State Center for Energy Law & Policy Oc.t 7 EarthTalk On Sustainable Aviation Fuel And The Policies Impacting Its Development. 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: ‘Life Waste’ Is A Musical Tour Of The Potential Of Biogas [Dickinson College Farm Methane Digester]

-- Senate Passes Sen. Baker’s Extension Of PA One Call Program For Underground Utility Safety

-- Federal Pipeline Safety Agency Increases Grants To State With Pipeline, Underground Gas Safety Programs [PA PUC Receive $2.6 Million In Base Grant In 2023]