Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.31.24

“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.

-- PUC Approves Emergency Order Appointing Aqua Pennsylvania Temporary Operator For 6 Rhodes Estate Water Companies As Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County  [PaEN]

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Conservation Grants; Natural Gas Pipeline Mitigation Projects  [PaEN]

-- Shapiro Administration Launches New Discover State Grants Website To Streamline Access To Government Funding Opportunities  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Blog: Cocalico Creek Watershed Association’s Collaborative Path To Restoration

-- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 5-7 In Lancaster  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Trick-Or-Drought? How Dry Is It In Western Pennsylvania? 

-- Penn State EarthTalks Series: Nov. 4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields  [PaEN]

-- EPA Announces Nearly $80 Million In Clean Port Investments For Port Of Philadelphia

-- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia  [PaEN] 

-- MCall Guest Essay: Delaware River Basin Commission Should Help Fight Climate Change - By Tracy Carluccio, Delaware RiverKeeper Network

-- WHYY: ‘No Seat At The Table:’ Why Environmental Justice Activists Like Zulene Mayfield Fear Republican Presidential Win

-- PA Resources Council To Hold Nov. 9 Household Chemical Collection Event Sponsored By  PPG & Pittsburgh Penguins; Last Of The Season  [PaEN]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Awards $44,755 In Recycling Mini-Grants  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Research-Based Startup Intel-E-Waste Offers Turnkey Electronics Waste Recycling Solution  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Study Finds Microplastics Increasing In Freshwater, Directly Related To Plastics Production  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Nov. 14 Webinar: Living On A Few Acres: Backyard Beef, Sheep And Goats, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension: What’s The Buzz? Pollinator Newsletter: York County Habitat Of Merit Award Winner; Late Season Bloomers; Safe Havens For Pollinators; Pollinator Podcast  [PaEN]

Oil & Gas - National Debate

-- TribLive: Fracking Takes Center Stage In Candidates’ Pitches To Pennsylvania

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: EQT Sees Data Centers, Coal Retirements Driving Natural Gas Demand

-- Reuters: Exelon Has 11 GW Of Likely Data Center Demand Within Its Service Territories As Utility Navigates Regulatory Fight On Who Pays Costs  [PECO]

-- S&P Global: US Natural Gas Producer Coterra Signs LNG Gas Supply Deals With Vitol, UK’s Centrica Linked To LNG Prices

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Drop As Goldman Warns Of Bearish Risks

-- Forbes: Has The Shale Gas Boom Peaked? US EIA Signals First Drop In Production

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: Commonwealth Court Rules (Again) That Undated PA Mail-In Ballots Must Be Counted

-- AP: PA Court Loosens Mail Ballot Rules, But A Fast-Track Appeal Is Likely

-- WHYY: Judge Orders Bucks County To Extend Mail Ballot Deadline Following Republican Legal Challenge

-- AP: Lehigh County Extends Early In-Person Voting Deadline By One Day

-- Erie Times: Erie County Republican Activists Mailed Thousands Of Voter Registration Cancellation Forms

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Democratic Party Suing Erie County Over Thousands Of Missing Mail Ballots That Could Affect Up To 20,000 Voters

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Debunks Social Media Video About Bhutanese-Nepalese American Voters In South Park

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Says Voting Process Is Secure

-- AP: Investigations Into Voter Registration Forms In PA Lead To Wave Of Misinformation

-- WSJ: Pennsylvania Has Already Become Ground Zero For Election-Fraud Claims

-- PennLive: Investigation Confirms ‘Hundreds’ Of Fake Voter Applications In Lancaster County

-- WITF: Few Details Released On Possibly Suspicious Voter Registration Forms In York County

-- KDKA: Washington County Board Of Elections Hires 20 Armed Security Guards

-- Post- Gazette: These Areas Of Pennsylvania Could Determine The Outcome Of The Election

-- PennLive: Your Guide To The 2024 General Election In Pennsylvania

-- PennLive - John Baer: Finally!  It’s Time For Pennsylvania’s ‘Only Poll That Counts’

-- WESA: As Charleroi Glass Plant Closes, Local Businesses Worry Immigrant Workforce Could Be Next To Go

-- TribLive: Penn State Now The Home Of The US Supreme Court Online Database

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[Posted: October 31, 2024]  PA Environment Digest