Monday, February 10, 2025

Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.10.25

“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

Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, March 3, 4, 5, 6

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

Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6

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 


February 11-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.  12:30 p.m. Click Here to join meeting online via Microsoft Teams or by telephone  267-332-8737 ID #: 320 494 978# Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171.  [CNX Resource CEO Nicholas Deluliis scheduled to speak on “Radical Transparency” Read more here.]


February 12-- Agenda Posted. DEP State Board For Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.  Contact: Laura Chambers, lchambers@pa.gov or (717) 772-5158.


February 13--  Agenda PostedDEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.  1:00 p.m.  Contact: Robert Haines, robhaines@pa.gov or (717) 787-7565.  [Note: Chapter 102, 105 Permitting Initiatives]


February 13-- Virtual. Dept. Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Host Webinar On Caring For Persons Living And Working In Communities Involved In Oil & Natural Gas Extraction. Noon to 1:00 p.m.


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment -  February 8 [PaEN]


-- DEP Posted 100 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]


-- CNX Resources CEO Nicholas Deluliis To Speak At Feb. 11 DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meeting On ‘Radical Transparency’   [PaEN]


-- What The Shale Gas Industry Leaves Behind: DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co. Failed To Comply With Act 2 Cleanup Standards At The Greenzweig Shale Gas Wastewater Impoundment In Bradford County After 5 Years  [PaEN]


-- DEP Sets March 11 Environmental Justice Office Hearing On Air Quality Permit For New Pollution Control Devices At Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County  [PaEN] 


-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Pennsylvania’s New Energy Plan A ‘Betrayal’ To Those On Front Lines, Critics Say 


-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Energy Mandate To Expand Energy Production - By Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition  


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PJM Power Grid Presents A Math Problem For Pennsylvania To Meet Peak Electricity Demands  ​


-- MCall: As Energy Costs Rise, Politicians, Advocates, Utilities Debate Consumer Protections And Unpaid Bills; LNG Gas Exports Driving Consumer Prices Higher 


-- TribLive: Keeping The Electric Grid Humming Is Costing Consumers More


-- TribLive Editorial: State Utility Consumer Advocate Should Be Independent


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Needs A True Utility Consumer Advocate


-- DEP Invites Comments On New Air Quality General Permit For Human, Animal Remains Incinerators  [PaEN]


-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant Explosion Sends 2 Workers To Hospital, Idles Battery 


-- Post-Gazette: US Steel Idles Clairton Coke [Coal] Battery Following ‘Excess Pressure’ Release, 2 Employees Hospitalized


-- WTAE: At Least 13 People Injured Following Massive Explosion At Crawford County Chemical Plant 


-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Campaign Pushes For More Voices In The Fight Against Air Pollution In Allegheny County 


-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh At The ‘Epicenter’ Of The Climate Crisis, Local Leaders Claim


-- PublicNewsService.com: PA Replacing Lead Water Pipes To Ensure Safe Drinking Water  [Note: This funding is under review as a result of President’s Executive Order.]


-- Spotlight PA-Marley Parish: Years Of Unreliable Service Should Force State Regulators to Take Emergency Action Against Small, Private Rural Water Company In Centre County, PA Watchdog Says


-- Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grant Letters Of Intent Due Feb. 18 


-- Scranton Times: Scranton’s Next Mural Will Commemorate Lenape Indigenous People 


-- Observer-Reporter: Subterranean Recreation, Proposed New Laurel Caverns State Park


-- WESA: Shapiro Proposes Laurel Caverns As PA’s First Underground State Park


-- DCNR Opens Historic Underground Railroad Site In York County To Public For First Time


-- DCNR Names Jessica Fischer Manager For Pymatuning State Park In Crawford County


-- PA Firefly Festival’s Glowing Success, Over 2,500 Lottery Applications Submitted For 120 Event Tickets; Lottery Open For 2025  [PaEN]


-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Middle Creek Wildlife Area Visitors Must Change Their Plans This Snow Goose Season


-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Plans To Seek Audubon Bird Town Status


-- Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy Now Taking Applications For Summer Internships 


Train Derailments


-- The Allegheny Front: New Lawsuit Makes First Wrongful Death Claims From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment


Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart


-- WITF: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart Sets Feb. 19 Meeting On Emergency Plans


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

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


-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.13  Ohio- $3.03  PA- $3.36


-- Baker Hughes: Number Of PA Natural Gas Drill Rigs Same For 8 Weeks: 15


-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Chinese Tariffs On US Exports Of Natural Gas, Coal, Energy To China Bring Deja Vu To Local Players


-- Bloomberg: Europe Teeters Toward Energy Crisis As Natural Gas Prices Reach 2-Year High


-- Bloomberg: Oil Prices Increase After Weekly Drop As Market Weighs President’s Tariffs


-- Wall Street Journal: US Oil, Gas Frackers And Saudi Officials Tell President They Won’t Drill More No Matter How Many Regulations Are Rolled Back, Prices Are Too Low  [PDF of article


New Federal Administration


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: President Takes Another Step To Stop Plan To Building Electric Vehicle Charging Sites


-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Will Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Survive As President Takes Aim At Clean Energy?


-- WSJ: US Imposes 10% Tariff On Canadian Oil, Gas, 25% On Other Products  [PDF of Article]  [United Refining In Warren Uses 70,000 Barrels Of Canadian Oil A Day ]  [Tariff Temporarily Suspended]


-- AP: Efforts To Put Carbon Dioxide Underground Face Less Support In New Republican Administration


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive: Gov. Shapiro’s Proposed Tax Rate Gets Pushback From ‘Skill’ Gambling Game Operators

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro’s Prison Closure Plan Draws Mixed Reactions

-- AP: States Absorb Big Increases In Medicaid For Sicker-Than-Expected Enrollees After COVID

-- Spotlight PA: Error-Filled Directory Leaves Thousands In PA Unable To Find Health Care Providers

-- PennLive Editorial: Republican Lebanon County DA Deserves Formal Reprimand For Hoping Our Editor ‘Burns’

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Business Man Loses Bid To State Sen. Rothman For State Republican Chair

-- Post-Gazette: ‘Nobody Understands’ President’s New Plan For US Steel, Nippon Deal

-- PA Human Relations Commission Discusses 2024 ‘No Hate In Our State’ Report

-- PA Capital-Star: Allentown Adopts Policy Of Noncollaboration With ICE As Part Of Welcoming City Movement

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[Posted: February 10, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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