-- 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
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
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. SRBC Lower Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership. 9:00 a.m. to Noon.
TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for information on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Randy Martin at ramartin@pa.gov or 717-772-5828. (formal notice)
TODAY 11:00: Federal Highway Administration, Fish & Wildlife Service Host Dec. 4 Online Pollinator Conservation And Transportation Symposium. 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
TODAY 4:30: Green Building Alliance Invites New Kensington Commercial Property, Business Owners To 2030 District Launch and Energy Efficiency Info Session. Digital Foundry in Westmoreland County. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
TODAY 7:00: Dickinson College Host Atmospheric Scientist Katharine Hayhoe To Discuss Finding Hope In The Face Of Climate Change. Dickinson College Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, Carlisle, Cumberland County. Click Here to watch online. 7:00 p.m.
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.
December 12-- 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.
January 4-11-- Pennsylvania Farm Show. Harrisburg.
-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Action Challenging Use Of ATVs For Recreation In Northcentral PA State Forests Resulting In 2,000+ Miles Of Illegal ATV Trails [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Abandoned Well Violation To Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well With Nearly Full Storage Tanks, Expired EPA Permit In Venango County [PaEN]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports Slight Increase In PA 3rd Quarter Natural Gas Production; Lowest Number Of New Shale Gas Wells Drilled Since 2008; Big Hole In DEP’s Budget [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: State Of Ohio Cleanup Of Martins Ferry Oil & Gas Waste Processing Facility Owned By PA Company In WV One-Third Complete [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive: Search & Rescue, DEP Mine Safety Teams Gain Access To Mine Where Westmoreland County Woman Fell Down Sinkhole
-- TribLive: Rescuers Forced To Shift Tactics To Protect Against Collapse In Sinkhole Search For Woman In Westmoreland
-- TribLive: DEP Suspects Sinkhole Where Officials Suspect A Woman Fell Into Caused By Abandoned Mine In Westmoreland
-- AP: What To Know About Sinkholes After PA Woman May Have Disappeared Into One
-- Observer-Reporter: Greene County Residents Travel To Hurricane-Ravaged North Carolina
-- Republican Herald: Volunteers Take ‘Appalachian Christmas’ To Carolinas; Collects 1,300 Toys, Donations Needed
-- Reminder: DEP Holds Dec. 17 Hearing On Orchard BJK Company Warehouse Chapter 105 Permit In Monroe County
-- Erie Times: Venango Twp. Supervisors Approve Settlement Agreement With Developer Of Proposed 80 MW Solar Energy Facility In Erie County
-- Interns Wanted: DEP, DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Paid Internships [PaEN]
-- College Township Secures $300,000 DCNR Grant For Development of ClearWater Community Conservation Center; Next DCNR Grant Round Opens Jan. 21 [PaEN]
-- Courier Times: With The Drought, Will Washington Cross The Delaware This Year?
New Administration - PA
-- Baltimore Banner: EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Administrator Adam Ortiz Talks About Republican Administration, Coal Dust And Chesapeake Bay
Gas Explosion
Train Derailments
-- The Center Square: PA Cong. Deluzio Rips Norfolk Southern Over Train Derailment [Video]
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: Rising LNG Gas Export Facility Costs Make New US Project Less Competitive, Says Analyst
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Inquirer: Lt. Gov. Davis Will Lead Democratic Lt. Governors Association
-- Inquirer: Philly, State Liquor Law Enforcement Unfairly Targets Asian, Arab American ‘Stop And Go’ Owners, Lawsuit Alleges
-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Says Republican Administration ‘On A Different Page’ Than PA Republican Members Over US Steel Sale
-- Republican Sen. Kim Ward [Who 100% Supports US Steel Sale] Said She Sees ‘Options And Solutions’ In Administration’s Statement Opposing Sale Of US Steel
-- TribLive: Republican Administration Upsets Some Steelworkers By Opposing US Steel-Nippon Deal: ‘Gut Punch’
-- City & State PA Guest Essay: As New Republican Administration Approaches, Pennsylvania Must Choose Community Over Chaos - By Mike Lee, ACLU of PA
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[Posted: December 4, 2024] PA Environment Digest
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