Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.24.24

“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.

-- Rails To Trails Conservancy Honors Philadelphia’s Sarah Clark Stuart As Nation’s 2024 Trail Champion  [PaEN]

-- Widener Law Emeritus Professor John Dernbach Receives American Bar Association Distinguished Achievement Award In Environmental Law And Policy  [PaEN]

-- PJM CEO Expresses Concern About Electric Generating Capacity: Higher Prices Have Incentivized Some Generators, But Building Gas Generators Has Slowed, Permitting, Supply Chain Issues Hamper Renewables  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: Power Plant Owners Group Backs PJM Electricity Generation Capacity Auction Delay But Warn Of Waning Investor Confidence 

-- DCED Invests $8.6 Million To Help Bring Mainspring Energy To PA, Creating Nearly 600 Clean Energy Jobs In Allegheny County

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Tenaska, EQT Say Geologic Carbon Storage Will Be Ready Within A Decade 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Marks 20th Anniversary Of First Marcellus Shale Well  [PDF of Article]

-- Post-Gazette: Coterra Energy To Move Into New Offices In Pittsburgh

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: With Electricity Prices Rising, Groups Blame Slow Rollout Of Renewables 

-- TribLive: Unity Twp. Zoning Panel OKs 4th Session For Solar Energy Facility Hearing; Size Requirement In Contention In Westmoreland

-- Utility Dive: Iron-Air Battery Developer Form Energy Raises $405 Million, Announces Collaboration With GE Vernova On Manufacturing Operations

-- EPA Awards $250 Million To Electrify I-95 Freight Corridor With Green Technology 

-- Penn State EarthTalks: Oct. 28 - Recycling As A Strategy To Increase Critical Minerals Supply  [PaEN]

-- On The Kendal Journey Blog: Have Questions About Sustainability?  Read 'Not The End Of The World - How We Can Be The First Generation To Build A Sustainable Planet By Hannah Ritchie

-- ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates $2 Million Federal Grant For New Community Conservation Center To Enhance Environmental Stewardship, Local Economy  [PaEN]

-- State Officials Encourage Participation In Drug Take-Back Day Oct. 26

-- WNEP: Hazleton Drought Contingency Plan In Effect Until Further Notice; Customers Being Asked To Conserve Water 

-- PUC: Utilities, DHS Partner To Simplify Access To Utility Assistance For Families In Need

-- Tribune-Democrat: Cambria Somerset Authority Dye Test Briefly Turns Conemaugh River Bright Green

-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: Master Watershed Steward Emphasizes Conservation; Protect Your Septic System; Letort Spring Plant Walk; Tracking Stream Health

-- Penn State GIS Day Nov. 18-19 In State College, Online [PaEN]

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Forecast MODERATE For Most Of PA On Oct. 24

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Expanding In Mayfield  

-- MCall: Wildlands Conservancy Black River Sanctuary Now Open To Public 

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Becomes Accredited Arboretum In Philadelphia 

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Pittsburgh Company Helps Indigenous People In Columbia Share The Beauty Of Birds With The World 

-- Erie Times: Erie Bird Observatory Seeking Executive Director 

Train Derailments

-- The Allegheny Front: New Studies Shed Light On Contamination, Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

Other States/National/International

-- The Guardian: US Power Grid Added Battery Storage Equal  To 20 Nuclear Reactors In Past 4 Years

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: PA General Assembly Session Draws To A Close With Fewest New Laws In More Than A Decade

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court: Provisional Ballots Must Be Counted If Mail-In Ballots Are Disqualified

-- Capital & Main: Spurred To Action By ‘900 Pages Of Pure Terror,’ PA Union Members Knock On Doors To Defeat Ex-President

-- Post-Gazette: Northampton County Has Been Right On Presidential Elections, Could It Also Decide 2024?

-- AP: Lawsuits Claim Dozens Of Children Were Sexually Abused Inside PA Juvenile Facilities

Click Here for latest PA Environmental News

Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook

Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter  

Read Weekly PA Environment Digest

[Posted: October 24, 2024]  PA Environment Digest