Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.2.24

“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.

PA Environment Digest Will Be CLOSED Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5

November 4-- Cecil Township, Washington County Hearing/Meeting On Ordinance To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells. 3599 Millers Run Road, Cecil, PA.  6:00 p.m. Hearing.  7:00 p.m. Board of Supervisors Meeting.  Click Here to watch live.   Read more here.

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 2 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 82 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 2 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022  [PaEN] 

-- Bradford Era:  7-Part Series Details Concerns Residents Of Cyclone, McKean County Have With Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Declares Drought Conditions In 35 Counties -- Berks, Schuylkill Counties In Drought Warning, 33 In Drought Watch  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: How You Can Conserve Water As PA, NJ Drought Drags On

-- Scranton Times: Brush Fires And Dry Weather Continue

-- KDKA: Dangerously Dry Conditions Raise Western PA Brush Fire Risk

-- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Jane Cook Leads By Example In Lehigh Valley  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 9 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Land-Applied Biosolids - Research Update And Discussion  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Hazardous Sites Agreement With Venango County On Cleaning Up Unlined Landfill Site  [PaEN] 

-- DEP To Hold Dec. 10 Hearing On A State Air Quality Implementation Plan Amendment For Holcim Solutions & Products Plant In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- State Now Accepting Applications For Low-Income Home Energy Assistance  [PaEN] 

-- PPL Utilities Increases Price Of Electricity Dec. 1 To 10.77 Cents/kWH Up From 10.04 Cents/kWH

-- DEP Awards $18.9 Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs  [PaEN]

-- Be Part Of Keep PA Beautiful’s International Coastal Cleanups In November, Free Cleanup Supplies Available  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful Now Accepting Entries For Litter Hawk Youth Award Program For Students In Grades K To 6  [PaEN] 

-- Gov. Shapiro Releases $600 Million In Redevelopment Assistance Capital Project Funding

-- Western PA Conservancy Adds 23 Acres To Old-Growth Tryon-Weber Woods Natural Area In Crawford County  [PaEN] 

-- Western PA Conservancy: Dec. 4 Webinar: Our Work Helps The Allegheny River Thrive

-- Help Wanted: PA-NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Administrator Position  

-- Game Commission Detects Chronic Wasting Disease In Armstrong, York Counties, Forms DMAP Units

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Events, Programs In November

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.12   Ohio- $3.05    PA- $3.32

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drill Rigs Increase One To 13 From Last Week, Still Down From 21 On Aug. 23

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Post Biggest Weekly Decline Since January

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: ‘Patience Is The Watch Word’ On Election Day As Votes Are Counted, Expert Says

-- AP: US Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania To Count Contested Provisional Ballots, Rejecting Republican Plea

-- Erie Times: Erie Judge Orders 11th-Hour Remedies For Erie County Voters Affected By Delayed Mail Ballots

-- WNEP: Monroe County District Attorney Reveals More Information On Fraudulent Voter Registration Forms

-- York Daily Record: Testimony: Voter Registration Cancellation Mailings Part Of Statewide Republican Group ‘PA Fair Elections’ Campaign

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Republican Leaders Skip Unity Rally Days After Parade Float Depicted Political Violence

-- TribLive Editorial: Halloween Parade No Place For Political Retribution

-- Spotlight PA: At Least $34 Million Spent On Key Races To Determine PA House, Senate Control

-- Gov. Shapiro Releases $600 Million In Redevelopment Assistance Capital Project Funding

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports October Tax Collections $57.1 Million (1.7%) Above Governor’s Estimates; Fiscal Year Up $77.3 Million (0.6%) Above Estimate

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports October State Revenue $71 Million (2.1%) Below IFO Estimates; Fiscal Year Up $385 Million (2.9%)

-- TribLive: State Board Of Higher Education Names Executive Director

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[Posted:  November 2, 2024]  PA Environment Digest