Saturday, January 11, 2025

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.11.25

“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 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 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 


January 14-- NO MEETING.  Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  9:00 a.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov  or (717) 772-3277.


January 14--  Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  12:30 p.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely.  Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171. Read more here on agenda.


January 14-- No Agenda Available. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  14th Floor Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. No Info on options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Daniel E. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846. (formal notice)


January 15-- No Agenda Available. DEP Coastal Zone Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. No Info on options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact Allison Hoff, alhoff@pa.gov  or (717) 772-3950


January 22-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  10:00 a.m. Click Here to register to join the meeting remotely.  Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.com.    Read more here.


January 23-- No Agenda Available. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.  14th Floor Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. No Info on options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Daniel E. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846.


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 11 [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 84 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 11 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Hold Jan. 30 Hearing On New General Into Basin Transfers, Water Withdrawal Requests - 6 For Shale Gas Development  [PaEN] 


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Abandoned Conventional Well Plugging In Western PA Could Speed Up Under Deal Reached With West Virginia Landowners, Diversified Energy


-- Marcellus Drilling News: Are U-Turn Shale Gas Wells The Future Of Drilling?  One In Susquehanna County Now  [PDF of Article


-- WHYY/BillyPenn: Why Gov. Shapiro Sued To Limit Future Electric Bill Hikes


-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Climate Change Attorneys Say A PA Statute Could Be Used To Prosecute Fossil Fuel Companies


-- PennLive Guest Essay: Methane Emission Reduction Is Becoming A Booming Industry In Pennsylvania - By Center for Methane Emissions Solutions


-- WJAC: Fatal Coal Mine Accident Under Investigation In Somerset County


-- AP: Efforts Continue To Stabilize Area Where PA Woman Fell To Her Death In Abandoned Mine Sinkhole 


-- TribLive: About $500,000 Of Work To Fill Westmoreland Abandoned Mine Sinkhole Nearly Complete 


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Anthracite Mining History Month Celebrated In Ashley


-- ReImagine Appalachia's Virtual Strategy Summit Set For Jan. 14 -15  [PaEN] 


-- TribLive: Climate Change Will Continue With Warmer, Wetter Conditions Predicted 


-- DEP Sets Feb. 20 Hearing On Interim Response To PFAS Well Water Contamination Near The Middle Spring Creek HSCA Site In Southampton Twp., Cumberland & Franklin Counties  [PaEN]


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


-- National Review Editors: Federal Court Orders University of Pennsylvania Climate Scientist Dr. Michael Mann To Pay Over $500,000 In Legal Fees In Lawsuit With National Review


-- USGS PA Water Science Center Releases Highlights Of Water Quality Monitoring In Chiques, Swatara Creek Watersheds


-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 22 On Accessible Recreation Topics  [PaEN]


-- Apply Now! Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps Youth Employment Program Now Accepting Applications  [PaEN]


-- DCNR/PA Environmental Council Host Jan. 30 Webinar On New Outdoor Ambassador Program Launching In The Laurel Highlands And Poconos Conservation Landscapes [PaEN]


-- Jan. 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]


-- Bicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: Schuylkill River Trail In Philadelphia Receives $13.7 Million In Federal Transportation Funding 


-- Citizens Voice: Rep. Stambaugh To Introduce Bill To Fund Deer Fencing To Prevent Crop Damage From Game Commission’s $500 Million Surplus


-- KDKA: Signs Of Hope That Pittsburgh’s Hays Bald Eagles Could Rebuild Nest


-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hires Megan Roselli As Director Of Education 

  

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart


-- Reuters: Constellation Mega-Deal Delicately Orbits AI Sun


6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- Bloomberg: Shale Gas Executives Raising Price Bar Needed To Boost Gas Drilling Survey Says 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- The Center Square: Sen. Muth Discusses Why PA Senate Operating Rules Need More Transparency

-- Post-Gazette: PA Leads Effort Against Congressional Stock Trading

-- WNEP: Republican Cong. Meuser Puts Christian School Students On Phone With President-Elect

-- The Center Square: Allegiance: A Tale Of 2 Threatened PA Steel Companies

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[Posted: January 11, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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