Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.13.24

“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 13 [End Of Session, All Bills Die]

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .


TODAY 10:00: Moms Clean Air Force: Advocates To Call On Gov. Shapiro, DEP To Stop Toxic Facilities Targeting PA.  10:00 a.m.  In-Person State Capitol Rotunda, Online.


TODAY Noon: Virtual. Community Advocates For Clean Energy Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program. Noon to 1:15 p.m.


November 20-- Agenda PostedDCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Nicole Faraguna 717-346-7636 or nfaraguna@pa.gov.   (formal notice)  Read more on agenda.


-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Volunteer Laurie Barr Leads Hunt For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania - By Ad Crable  [PaEN]


-- Environmental Hearing Board Issues Temporary Supersedeas To Stop The Opening Of Catalyst Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County Until Hearing On Full Supersedeas [PaEN] 


-- FracTracker Alliance Announces 2024 Community Sentinel Award Recipients To Be Honored Dec. 4  [PaEN] 


-- Low Streamflow Conditions Prompt Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Advise Shale Gas Drillers, Water Systems, Companies With Water Withdrawal Approvals To Plan For Alternative Operations  [PaEN]  


-- EPA Finalizes Rule Setting Fee On Wasteful Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Industry  


-- KDKA: EPA To Hit Oil & Gas Companies With Waste Methane Fee, But Will It Last?


-- National Academies Of Science: Practices, Standards For Plugging Orphaned And Abandoned Hydrocarbon Wells White Paper, Workshop


-- DCNR Announces $79.4 Million In Grants To Support 307 Recreation, Land Conservation, Tree Planting Projects Across Pennsylvania; Next Grant Round Opens Jan. 21  [PaEN]  


-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Gets State Grant To Make Stonycreek, Little Conemaugh, Conemaugh Rivers More Accessible


-- Environmental Quality Board Approves Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; NOx & VOC Corrections For Comment; Blasting Reg  [PaEN]  


-- WPXI: Shaler Township Homeowner Frustrated Over Repeat Water Main Breaks


-- Public News Service: Federal Funds Help Power Four Seasons Produce In Lancaster County Rooftop Solar Energy Facility


-- WHYY: PECO Agrees Purchase 25 MW Of Solar Energy For Default Electricity Customers 


-- WHYY: New Jersey Could Announce Drought Warning As Reservoir, Groundwater Levels Decline 


-- TribLive: Driest Summer Since 2002 Leads To Increase In Wildfires


-- MCall: Blue Mountain Wildfire Cause Under Investigation As Resources Diverted To Berks County Wildfire


-- WNEP: Drought In Northeast, Central Pennsylvania Affecting Christmas Tree Farms  


-- WNEP: Students Join Forces With Diamond City Partnership For Tree Planting Project In Wilkes-Barre Area   


-- WNEP: Students Taking Advantage Of Adaptive Playground In Wilkes-Barre As City Looks To Build Another 


-- DCNR Blog: Places That Honor Veterans And Preserve Our History 


-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Adds Nearly 19 Acres To Shaw Family Nature Preserve In Mount Joy Twp.


-- PA Wilds Center: 4 Artists Selected To Develop New PA Wild Product Lines With Local Manufacturers As Part Of Inaugural Wilds Artisan Collaborative Initiative 


-- Reps. Daley, Ortitay Highlight Findings In New Wildlife Conservation Corridor Report  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times: Tamarack Wildlife Center Releases Latest Rehabilitated Bald Eagle


Election Fallout - PA


-- TribLive: Here’s How New Republican Administration Could Impact Pennsylvanians


The Feds


-- American Petroleum Institute Releases New Policy Roadmap For Incoming Administration


-- S&P Global: US Oil, Gas Industry Pushes New Republican Administration To Turn Away From Biden-Era Energy Policy

  

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart


-- Metro Philadelphia: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Could Reopen In 2028, What Does That Mean For Pennsylvanians?


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: Coterra Energy To Shell Out $3.95 Billion To Boost Permian Basin Presence


-- Reuters: Biden Officials Ask EU To Align Methane Rules With US To Ease LNG Gas Exports


Other States/National/International


-- AP: Amid Earth’s Heat Records, Scientists Report Another Bump Upward In Annual Carbon Emissions


-- AP: At UN Climate Talks, Nations Big And Small Get Chance To Bear Witness To Climate Change


-- AP: Earth’s Biggest Polluters Aren’t Sending Leaders To UN Climate Talks In A Year Of Weather Extremes


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Voting Is Over, Audits, Certification, And Possible Recounts Are Next

-- House Democrats, Republicans Elect Leadership Teams For New Legislative Session  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Republicans Ask PA Supreme Court To Reject Mail-In Ballots With Handwritten Date Errors

-- Warren Times Editorial: Precanvassing Ballots Is A Good Place For Unity

-- AP: PA House Republicans Pick New Floor Leader After Failing To Regain Majority

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA House Republicans Pick Rep. Topper As New Leader After Failure To Win Majority

-- The Center Square: Rep. Rozzi Bids Farewell After Tumultuous Speakership

-- TribLive: Here’s How New Republican Administration Could Impact Pennsylvanians

-- TribLive: New Republican Administration Brings Uncertainty To  Student Borrowers Hoping For Loan Forgiveness

-- Inquirer: York County Resident Jonathan Spanos Penn State Advisory Board Member Resigns After Video Of His Racist Rant Went Viral

-- Post-Gazette: For Some Pennsylvanians, Health Care Insurance Premiums Could Nearly Quadruple In 2026

-- TribLive: Federal Judge Hears Evidence On Blocking Pyrex Plant Closure In Charleroi

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[Posted:  November 13, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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