Saturday, December 7, 2024

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.7.24

“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

January 7, 27, 28, 29

February 3, 4, 5

March 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

April 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 24

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


December 9-- Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Land-Applied Biosolids - Research Update And Discussion.  2:00 to 3:30 p.m.


December 12-- Agenda Posted. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m.  Click Here for options to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.   Read more about agenda.


January 4-11-- Pennsylvania Farm Show. Harrisburg.


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 7 [PaEN]


-- DEP Posted 91 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 7 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- DCED PA Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Dec. 12 To Discuss Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater; New EPA Methane Emissions Reduction Program; Other Updates  [PaEN] 


-- DEP: Horizontal Exploration LLC Failed To Comply With State Court Order To Plug 6 Conventional Wells In McKean County   [PaEN] 


-- TribLive: Upper Burrell Twp. Considers Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Rules In Westmoreland County [‘They Can’t Use Upper Burrell As A Garbage Place To Dump Bad Water’] 


-- PUC: Natural Gas Distribution Companies Prepare For Winter - Gas Consumption Expected To Decrease 1.8%, Cost For Residential Customers To Increase 1%  [PaEN]


-- Power Magazine: Largest PA Coal-Fired Power Plant Will Convert To Natural Gas  [Homer City]


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Creditors File Chapter 11 Involuntary Petition Against Cryptocurrency Miner Mawson Infrastructure


-- TribLive: CNX Resources To Acquire Apex, Gain 36,000 Acres In Westmoreland County


-- TribLive: Plum Boro Homeowner Accused Of Trying To Blow Up His House With Natural Gas In Allegheny County 


-- TribLive: Grief, Relief Felt As Westmoreland Woman’s Remains Recovered From Abandoned Mine Sinkhole 


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Abandoned Mine Sinkhole Where A Westmoreland County Woman Died Is Unusual, But Sinkholes Themselves Are Not


-- WTAE: DEP Works To Prevent Another Abandoned Mine Sinkhole Tragedy


-- Williamsport Sun: Innovative Manufacturers Center Secures Federal Grants To Drive Green Energy Manufacturing


-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Delaware River Basin Commission Declares Water Supply Emergency


-- Bloomsburg University: Prof. Steven Rier To Help Lead Delaware River Watershed Study


-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Anglers Cheer New Federal Dollars Aimed At Keeping Streams Healthy For Native Brook Trout 


-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Consent Order For Penn State Benner Township PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contamination Site In Centre County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP To Hold Jan. 22 Hearing On Title V RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Carpenter Technology Plant In Berks County  [PaEN]  


-- Post-Gazette: Higher Air Quality Permit Fees Could Be Coming For US Steel And Others In Allegheny County


-- PennLive: Decision To Scrap $1.1 Billion Northumberland County Recycling Plant Partially Linked To Lancaster Engineering Firm


-- Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Recreation Economy Grows To $19 Billion In 2023, Supporting Thousands Of Jobs and Creating Economic Opportunity Across The Commonwealth  [PaEN]


-- PA Office Of Outdoor Recreation Hosts Dec. 11 Webinar On Release Of 2023 Data Showing Tremendous Growth In PA’s Outdoor Recreation Economy  [PaEN]  


-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Accepting Nominations For 2025 Parks & Forests Awards  [PaEN] 


-- Dec. 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]


-- DCNR Names Corey Shannon Manager For Washington Crossing Historic Park In Bucks County


-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: A Deer Camp Not Defined By Hunting 


-- Inquirer: As Hunting Numbers Fade, PA Families, Friends Keep their Camp Tradition Alive 


-- The Center Square: Legislation Lifting Sunday Hunting Ban Still In Sight


-- TribLive: Have You Seen A Red-Bellied Woodpecker?  In Pittsburgh Region It’s A Possibility, Birder Says 


New Administration - PA


-- PA Solar Center Hosts Dec. 13 Webinar On Potential Changes Ahead Under New Republican Administration  [PaEN]


-- WSJ Guest Essay: The DOGE Plan - New Republican Administration Plans To Use Chevron, West Virginia Court Decisions To Eliminate Environmental, Other Regulatory Programs - By Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy  [PDF of Article


Gas Explosions


-- Spotlight On America: Trend Of Catastrophic Home Explosions Continues Across The Country

  

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart


-- Utility Dive: 5-Year US Electricity Load Growth Forecast Surges 456% to 128 GW: Grid Strategies


Other States/National/International


-- The Allegheny Front: In Sweden, Companies Are Cleaning Up Steel Production, One Of The World’s Biggest Carbon Problems


-- AP: EPA Hails ‘Revitalized’ Enforcement Efforts As Biden Administration Heads To Exit


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- MCall: PA’s Political Elite Descend On New York City This Weekend For Pennsylvania Society Dinner

-- Erie Times: Here Is Who Will Make PA Electoral Votes

-- WESA: Down-Ballot PA Democrats Say Breaking With National Party Message Was Key To Their Success

-- Post-Gazette: PA Liquor Control Board Sales Up Nearly 1%, Topping $3.18 Billion In 2023-24

-- PA Capital-Star: Mon Valley Mayors Buck Union On US Steel Takeover, Seeing ‘Honorable’ Nippon

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[Posted: December 7, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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