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

-- 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.

November 7-- Virtual. DCNR Online Workshop On How To Apply For Recreation, Conservation Grants. 9:00 a.m.

-- Cecil Township Supervisors In Washington County Adopt 2,500 Foot Setback From Shale Gas Well Pads From Homes, Businesses, 5,000 Foot Setback From Hospitals, Schools [PaEN]

-- 2024 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Honors Schuylkill County’s Bill Reichert With Mayfly Award [PaEN]

-- Protect PT, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Appeal DEP Permits For CNX Slickville Natural Gas, Shale Gas Wastewater Pipelines Project In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Coterra Energy Expands Curtailment Of Marcellus Drilling, Fracking; No Rigs In Marcellus Due To Low Prices [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Federal Court Agrees The Environmental Hearing Board Can Hear Appeals Of Transco’s Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline Project [PDF of Article]

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Celebrating 20 Years Of Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Development - By Dave Callahan, Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition & Jeff Kotula, Washington County Chamber of Commerce [PDF of Article]

-- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For BHE GT&S Watershed Mini-Grants [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: USGS PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Study Looks At Which Tissues The Chemicals Build Up In Fish, Plus Land Use, Sources

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Municipal Authority Asks Customers To Reduce Water Use Until Further Notice

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Nov. 12 Webinar On State Road Budget Impacts Of Electric Vehicle Transition [PaEN]

-- LandGate White Paper Catalogs 11 GW Of Solar Energy Facilities Proposed In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Times News: DEP Hosts Hearing On Panther Creek Coal Waste Power Plant Permit Renewal In Carbon County

-- Utility Dive: FERC Rejects Interconnection Pact For Amazon Data Center At Talen Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne County

-- Utility Dive: FERC’s Amazon, Talen Energy Ruling ‘Not The Final Word’ On Nuclear, Data Center Colocation: Constellation CEO

-- Community Advocates For Clean Energy Host Nov. 13 Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In October Now Available [PaEN]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Accepting Campaign Signs For Recycling Thru Nov. 15 [PaEN]

-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded $750,000 RCAP Funding For New Community Conservation Center In Centre County [PaEN]