PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday 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 23

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

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

-- October 23

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

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .

TODAY 11:00: DEP Media Advisory: DEP Will Plug An Abandoned Gas Well That Has Contaminated A Family’s Water Supply In Vowinckel, Clarion County At 11:00 a.m.

CANCELED: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Resolution 565 (Pielli-D-Chester) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to do a study on wil native terrestrial invertebrate management (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

TODAY 9:30: Agenda Posted. Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds a hearing on waste to fuels. Room 8E-B East Wing Capitol Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here for available online video.

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lucas Hershey, luchershey@pa.gov. (formal notice) [Note: Agenda includes oil and gas industry methane reduction regulation discussion]

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.

-- Environmental, Health Groups Submit Petition To Environmental Quality Board For More Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells For Schools, Daycares, Hospitals, Buildings, Drinking Water Wells, Surface Water [PaEN]

-- DEP Now Accepting Qualified Professional Bids As Part Of SPEED Permit Review Program [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Conference Of Community Development: A Major Win - Mainspring Energy Receives DOE Grant For Linear Generator Sustainable Energy Manufacturing Facility [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Mainspring Clean Energy Company Plans To Build New Plant Near Airport, Hire 600 Workers

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mainspring Energy To Bring Big Plant, Hundreds Of Jobs To Coraopolis

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Meet Mainspring, The Company Behind Tuesday’s Big Clean Energy Announcement

-- Spotlight PA: Legal Bills Divide Some Elected Officials Involved In Centre County Solar Energy Project

-- US DOT Announces $196 Million In Grants To Replace Aging Natural Gas Pipes, Cut Methane Emissions, Including $40 Million To Philadelphia Gas Works

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Gas Works Gets Federal Money To Replace Aging Natural Gas Mains

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Ready For Prime Time; But It Has An Achilles’ Heel- No Natural Gas Liquids Storage [PDF of Article]

-- Wheeling News-Register: Sen. Manchin Announces $44 Million DOE Funding To Develop Carbon Storage Hub In Marshall County, WV