Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.29.24

“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 Discovers Wastewater Release At Bear Lake Properties Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Warren County During Routine Inspection  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro, Joins 4 Other Governors To Call On PJM To Reform Its Electric Generating Capacity Auction Rules To Prevent Billions Of Dollars In 'Unnecessary’ Costs To Their Residents, Businesses  [PaEN]

-- BP: BP Subsidiary Archaea Energy And UGI Celebrate Start Up Of Landfill Gas Project In Schuylkill County 

-- PA Turnpike Seeks Partners For Stationary Electric Vehicle Inductive Charging Showcase At Dauphin County Headquarters  [PaEN]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Pennsylvania, Older Climate Activists Tell Would-Be Voters: ‘We Caused It, We Can Solve It’ 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Pennsylvania Near Bottom For Renewable Energy Growth, Virginia 4th

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: As 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Deadline Looms, Officials Propose Next Phase  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: State Of The Susquehanna River - A Closer Look At Our River

-- Help Wanted: Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds -  Grants Program Administrator  [PaEN] 

-- DEP To Hold Nov. 14 Public Meeting On 5 Schuylkill County Facilities-- Natural Soil Products, Liberty Soils, Summit Anthracite (Stavola) Mining Site, Rausch Creek Mining Site, CES Landfill  [PaEN] 

-- DEP To Hold Nov. 19 Public Meeting On Blythe Recycling & Demolition Site Landfill Permit Renewal In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $122,625 In Penalties For 167 Violations  

-- Pennsylvania Office Of Outdoor Recreation Rolls Out ‘Elevate’ Initiative To Engage Outdoor Businesses; Outdoor Businesses Questionnaire  [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s Erie Bluffs State Park Inducted Into National Old-Growth Forest Network  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Erie Bluffs State Park Joins Old-Growth Forest Network, What It Means For The Park

-- DCNR Wildfire Forests HIGH Risk In Southeast, Lehigh Valley For Tuesday, Oct. 29 

-- WNEP: Wildfire Concerns Across Northeastern, Central Pennsylvania

-- PennLive: This October Will Be One Of The Driest Ever Recorded In Central PA

-- TribLive: Hampton Girls Excel At Riding Waves, Even On Allegheny River

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 100 Philly Parks Need Your Help With Fall Cleanup

-- Penn State: Deer, Seedlings And Soil pH Influence Local Forest Regeneration

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Nov. 12 Webinar On Threatened, Endangered Species Policy Updates  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Fish Ladder Still Hampered By Some Gate Issues

-- Williamsport Sun: Ducks Are Back In The Landscape

Hurricane Impacts

-- WPost: On A Hurricane-Ravaged Appalachian Trail, Vast Damage And Uncertainty

-- White House: Update On Recovery Efforts From Hurricane Helene One Month Following The Storm

Oil & Gas - National Debate

-- Capital & Main: Drill, Baby Drill?  Former Big Oil/Gas Exec Says That’s Exactly What The Industry Doesn’t Need-- Too Much Production Lowers Prices 

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- Capital & Main: Drill, Baby Drill?  Former Big Oil/Gas Exec Says That’s Exactly What The Industry Doesn’t Need-- Too Much Production Lowers Prices 

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Republicans Ask US Supreme Court To Block Counting Some Provisions Ballots Cast After Mail-In Ballots Were Rejected For Not Having Privacy Envelopes In PA

-- PA Capital-Star: State Elections Office Said 2 Million Mail-In Ballot Applications Approved Ahead Of Deadline

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Commissioners Send ‘Cease And Desist’ Letter To F&M College Over Voter Registration Claims

-- AP: Philadelphia DA Sues Elon Musk’s America PAC Over Its $1 Million Giveaway

-- MCall: PA Latinos Express Outrage Over Puerto Rico Insult At Ex-President’s Political Rally

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[Posted: October 29, 2024]  PA Environment Digest