Monday, April 14, 2025

Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.14.25

“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]


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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


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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 


April 16-- Agenda Posted. DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.


April 17-- DEP Climate Action Plan Community Climate Conversations Webinar. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.  Read more here.


April 17-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community, Penn State Beaver In-Person Beaver County - Our Future, Our Environment, Penn State Beaver, 5:30 -8:30 p.m.


April 21-- Cecil Township Zoning Hearing Board 2nd hearing on Range Resources Appalachia, LLC Substantive Validity Challenge to 2,500 foot setback ordinance.  Municipal Building, 3599 Millers Run Road, Cecil, Washington County.  7:00 p.m.  Click Here to watch online.   Read more here.


April 22-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg.  9:00 a.m. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams.  DEP Contact: Lindsay Byron at lbyron@pa.gov  or calling 717-772-8951.  Read more here.


April 23-- [Tentative Agenda] House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 586 (Friel-D-Chester) amending the Solid Waste Management Act to further regulation food processing residuals; House Resolution 167 (Sappey-D-Chester) recognizes the week of May 9-18 as Go Public Gardens Days; House Resolution 177 (Mihaleck-R-Allegheny) recognizes April as Low Head Dam Public Safety Awareness Month.   Click Here to watch online.


April 24-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to join via Microsoft Teams: ID: 274 896 265 706  Passcode: GfvsJL  or telephone +1 267 332 8737  ID: 377 402 179#    Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.   


April 24-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.


April 24-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission hearing on water withdrawal requests, including renewal of two shale gas water projects in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.  SRBC Offices, 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg. 6:00 p.m.  Join by telephone by calling (877) 304-9269, passcode 2619070#.  Read more here.


-- April 14 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]


-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 5 to 11 - Late Night Conventional Wastewater Road Dumping Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order; Pipeline Leak Investigation Expands To 2 Other Counties; More Abandoned Wells  [PaEN] 


-- Late Night Road Dumping: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues To Be Dumped On Dirt, Gravel, Paved Roads; DEP Expected To Provide Update At April 24 Meeting  [PaEN] 


-- DEP: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak In Bucks County Expands To Delaware, Montgomery Counties; DEP, Dept. Of Health Briefing On State Response To Leak Now Available On Demand [PaEN]  


-- DEP Release: Updates Community On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak Response In Upper Makefield Twp., Bucks County


-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 12 [PaEN]


-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For EQT ARO LLC 3 Mile Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline In Cascade Twp., Lycoming County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 12 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 


-- Little Juniata River Association Organized 150 Volunteers To Clean Up 20 Miles Of River Banks In Blair, Huntingdon Counties  [PaEN] 


--  Beaver Times: North Country Trail Association Plans April 19 Cleanup. Other Events 


-- TribLive: Export Set To Pay Off Flood-Control Project That Helped Dry Out The Borough In Westmoreland


-- WESA: At Onset Of Black Fly Larva Season, Pennsylvania Bites Back


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny County Ready To Develop ‘Brilliant’ Trail Across Allegheny River At Aspinwall 


Train Derailments


-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Waiting Takes A Toll On Victims Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment


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


-- E&ENews/Politico: President’s Push For More LNG Gas Exports Risks Domestic Price Surge


New Federal Administration


-- TribLive: Delay In Federal ‘Silica Rule’ Leaves Some Coal Miners’ Advocates Worried


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: Suspect In Arson At Gov. Shapiro’s Residence Planned To Beat Him With A Hammer, Documents Say

-- AP: Man Arrested After Arson Fire Forces PA Gov. Shapiro And Family To Flee Governor’s Residence

-- PennLive: Dauphin County Man In Custody To Face Charges Related to Arson At Governor’s Residence

-- PennLive: Suspect Evaded Security Before Lighting Incendiaries And Fleeing Governor’s Residence: Police

-- WTAE: PA Lawmakers Issue Statements After Governor’s Residence Set On Fire In Harrisburg

-- TribLive/AP: State College PA School Shooting Was Planned For Columbine Anniversary

-- Wall Street Journal: Republicans Targeting $600 Billion In Medicaid Cuts

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Medicaid Cuts Could Have Dire Effects On Those In PA Ag Industry - By PA State Grange 

-- LancasterOnline: Measles Case Report In Lancaster County

-- TribLive: Bond Market Upheaval Could Impact Borrowing Costs For Western PA Schools, Municipalities 

-- TribLive Editorial: University Funding Should Be Reformed, Not Reduced

-- Wall Street Journal Editorial: President Blames Press For Reporting Electronics Tariff Exception His Own Agency Announced, Then Renounced The Exemption; What’s The Real Policy?   

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[Posted: April 14, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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