Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.30.24

“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.

TODAY 9:30:  Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Michael Maddigan at mmaddigan@pa.gov or (717) 772-3609.  (formal notice) [Note: PFAS chemicals update, lead, arsenic, chromium on the agenda.]

-- Environmental Quality Board To Consider Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; Blasting; NOx & VOC Corrections Nov. 12  [PaEN]  

-- Joint Meeting Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board Nov. 12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs  [PaEN]

-- Institute For Energy Economics & Financial Analysis: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County 'Unlikely To Meet Financial Targets'

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Massive Data Center With 3.5 GW Gas-Fired Power Plant Proposed In Pittsylvania County, Virginia On North Carolina Border [PDF of Article]

-- DCED Invests $6.7 Million To Support Mitsubishi Electric Power Products To Support Move To Renewable Energy And Decarbonization Goals

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike To Test Electrified Parking Pads For Electric Vehicles

-- PennLive: Friend Of Ex-Dauphin County Commissioner Got $2 Million In Contracts For County Solar Energy Facility

-- The Philadelphia Citizen: PA’s Secret Weapon To Fight Climate Change - State Environmental Rights Amendment

-- Inquirer: Electric Bills Are Rising In PA, NJ; Governors Want PJM To Help Cut Costs 

-- The Allegheny Front: PA Receives Another Round Of Record-Level Federal Funding For Abandoned Coal Mine Cleanups

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $33.5 Million In Job Training, Disaster Recovery Grants To Continue Transformation Of Appalachian Economy; Including PA Grants

-- Penn State Ag Council Recognizes Cong. GT Thompson, Chair of the US House Agriculture Committee; Members Of The PA In The Balance Farm Conservation Initiative Team; Student Jessica Herr  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Workforce Shortage Slows Progress On Stream Buffers In Pennsylvania

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: New Federal Rules Helping Lead Contamination In Water, But There’s More Work To Do

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Now Accepting Nominations For Annual PAEE Awards, Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences Awards  [PaEN] 

-- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest;  Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front/WVIA: Native PA Beech Tree Battles 2 Diseases That Put It At Risk For Extinction 

-- TribLive: Nature Focus Of Artwork Featured In Loyalhanna Watershed Association’s 40th Annual Auction 

  

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart

-- NYT: A Three Mile Island, A Test Of Nuclear Power’s Promise 

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 Sells Remaining Stakes In Nonoperating PA Natural Gas Assets For $1.25 Billion

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Federal Judge Tosses Lawsuit By PA Republican Members Of Congress Challenging PA Overseas, Military Voting 

-- PA Capital-Star: Federal Judge Cites ‘Phantom Fears Of Foreign Malfeasance’ In Dismissing Republican Challenge To PA Overseas, Military Voting 

-- AP: Hundreds Of PA Voters Are Challenged By Republicans Based On Postal Service’s Change-Of-Address Database

-- AP: Clumsy Early In-Person Voting Option Has Backed Up Election Offices In PA, Frustrated Voters

-- AP: Separating Fact From Fiction In Pennsylvania’s Election Process

-- Post-Gazette: Law Enforcement Statewide Is Bracing For Election Day

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Built-In Safeguards, Vigilant Workers Already Protecting PA Election Integrity - By Ed Rendell, Melissa Hart, Jim Gerlach, Keith McCall

-- Spotlight PA: Controversy, Conspiracies Dominate Oley Valley School District In Berks County After Extremist Takeover 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Funding Secured To Begin Construction On Scranton To New York Rail Line

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 30, 2024]  PA Environment Digest