-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
[End Of Session, All Bills Die]
January 7 New Session
Senate Voting Schedule
[End Of Session, All Bills Die]
January 7, 27, 28, 29
Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6.
February 3, 4, 5
March 24, 25, 26, 31
April 1, 2
May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
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.
December 5-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Check the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395. Read more here about agenda.
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 23 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 60 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 23 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP So Far In 2024: 6,907 Violations Issued To Owners Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - 153% More Than In 2021; 830 Violations For Abandoning Their Wells -- Exceeding All Of 2023 [PaEN]
-- DEP Prints Corrected Notice Inviting Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Dec. 12 On New Fee Schedule; Water Withdrawals, Including 4 Shale Gas; New General Permit For Into-Basin Diversions [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 42 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In October; 274 General Permits So Far In 2024 [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Fairmont, WV Residents Press Agencies On Explosion, Fire At Oil & Gas Waste Processing Site Last Year Owned By PA Company
-- DCNR Speeds Up Endangered, Threatened Species Environmental Permit Review Times, ATV Permitting, Ginseng Certification [PaEN]
-- DEP Publishes Updated Non-Regulatory Agenda Showing Technical Guidance Documents In Development [PaEN]
-- DEP Awards $2.55 Million In Federal Funding To Support 5 Local Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects [PaEN]
-- Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Application For Stream Habitat Improvement Projects In Lancaster, York Counties [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Meets Dec. 5 To Consider Resolution To Preserve And Protect Water Supplies During Persistent Dry Conditions [PaEN]
-- MCall: How Recent Rains Impacted Lehigh Valley’s River, Drought Status
-- Post-Gazette: Despite Drought, Christmas Tree Crop And Prices Holding Steady In PA
-- PennLive: From PA’s Christmas Tree Mega-Auction, Here’s What Buyers Can Expect To Pay This Season
-- The Derrick: Aqua Pennsylvania Lifts Boil-Water Advisory For Fryburg Water Customers In Place For Six Days [One Of The Companies Involved In Venango County Conventional Well Spill Incident]
-- Spotlight PA: Penn State Will Pay More Than $564,000 For Cleanup After Investigation Into Drinking Water Contaminated With PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
-- PennLive: Chloronitramide In Drinking Water Could Be Toxic
-- PA Resources Council Spearheading Effort To Establish Permanent Recycling Center In Allegheny County; Asking Public To Sign Support Letter [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: A Better Answer For Pittsburgh’s Trash - By Adriana Ramirez, Pittsburgh Council Member
-- The Allegheny Front/WHYY: So Beautiful But So Terrible: Philly Exhibit Traces The Ecology Of Fashion
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Empathy Brings Hope For Sustainability - By Mac Dawson, Nature Educator
-- PA Dept. Of Agriculture Issues Firewood Quarantine Order For Firewood From Outside The State Or Traveling Through The State Unless Heat-Treated To Prevent The Spread Of Invasive Species [PaEN]
-- DCNR Lifts Open Burn Ban In State Parks, Forests
-- Game Commission Lifts State Game Lands Campfire Ban
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Canoeing, Kayaking Surge In Lancaster County; Here’s How To Keep Paddlers Safe
-- Vote Now! For PA Parks & Forests Foundation People’s Choice Photo Contest Award [PaEN]
-- Nov. 22 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Ex-Marketing Director Of Susquehanna River Valley Visitors Bureau Accused Of Stealing $870,000
The Feds - New Administration
-- ABC27/AP: Republican Administration Gave Interior Nominee One Directive For US Land - ‘Drill’
Gas Explosions
-- WTAE: Residents Smelled Natural Gas Prior To Explosion At Allegheny County Apartment
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- $3.05 Ohio- $2.86 PA- $3.24
-- Baker Hughes: No Change In PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs From Last Week - 15; Aug. 23- 21
-- Institute For Energy Economics & Financial Analysis: New Fortress Energy, Leader Of LNG Gas Export Growth Bubble, Facing Bankruptcy [Proposed Building Facilities In PA]
-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Natural Gas Storage Being Emptied Faster Than Usual, Gas Prices Surged Raising Echoes Of 2022 Shock
Other States/National/International
-- Reuters: How Big Fossil Fuel Producing Countries Export Emissions Abroad
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA: PA Calls Off Recount In US Senate Race After Casey Concedes To McCormick
-- WITF:With Recount Canceled, Counties Move To Finalize Election Results
-- Gov. Shapiro: PA Secretary Of Education Dr. Khalid Mumin To Resign Dec. 6; Angela Fitterer Named Interim Acting Secretary
-- AP: Shapiro Taps Federal Highway Funding To Help Philadelphia Transit System
-- Liquor Control Board: Darrell Clarke Named Chairman Of Liquor Control Board
-- PennLive: Shapiro Picks Ex-Philly Councilman To Head PA Liquor Control Board
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Efforts To Regulate Firearms Likely Dead After PA Supreme Court Ruling
-- Tribune-Democrat/CNHI: Report: PA Still Among States With Highest Count Of Kids Without Health Insurance
-- TribLive Editorial: Are There Any Guarantees With Nippon Steel Purchase Of US Steel?
-- TribLive: 17-Year-Old Boy Charged 2nd Time For Threats Targeting Chartiers Valley School District, Police Say
-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh Graduate Students Vote To Unionize
-- PennLive: Susquehanna University Settles Lawsuit Over Pandemic Shutdown For $675,000
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[Posted: November 23, 2024] PA Environment Digest
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