PA Environment Digest Blog: Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles

“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

July: No Days Scheduled

September 22, 23, 24, 29, 30

October 1, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

July: No Days Scheduled

September 8, 9, 10

October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!

TODAY Noon: Virtual. Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services & Ohio River Valley Institute Webinar: SLAPP Suits: Legal & Communication Strategies To Protect Your Voice In A Legally Risky Environment. Noon to 1:30 p.m.

TODAY 6:00: In-Person. Penn State Extension $100/Well Bounty For Reporting Previously Unknown Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners. Mercer County Extension Office, 463 North Perry Highway, Mercer, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Click Here to register.

July 29-- In-Person. Environmental Quality Board hearing on Proposed Regulation Related To Legal Authority For Delegation Of Federal Air Quality Plans. DEP Southeast Regional Office, Norristown. 10:00 a.m.

July 29-- In-Person. Penn State Extension Webinar On $100/Well Bounty For Reporting Previously Unknown Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners. 4-H Building McKean County Fairgrounds, 7172 PA-46 in Smethport. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Click Here to register.

July 30-- Virtual. Chesapeake Bay Program Webinar On Proposed New Bay Agreement:Engaged Communities - A Closer Look At The Proposed Goal. Noon.

August 13-- Senate and House Agricultural & Rural Affairs Committees Information Session At Penn State Ag Progress Days. Red Barn Annex, Ag Progress Days Site, Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon County. 10:00 a.m.

-- July 28 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 19 to 25 - More Criminal Charges; Weeks Long Wastewater Cleanups Continue; 27 More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 26 [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permits For Daylighting 5.33 Miles Of 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines To Allow For Longwall Coal Mining In Greene County [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 78 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 26 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Aug. 28 Meeting/Hearing On Waste Permit Modification For ERSI Construction/ Demolition Waste Landfill In Taylor Boro, Lackawanna County [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation Alert & Load Management Alert For July 28 Across Its Entire Service Area [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch: York County To Spray For Mosquitoes In Targeted Areas Monday To Reduce West Nile Virus Risk

-- WHYY: Montgomery County Launches New Open Space Grant Initiative

-- TribLive Letter: Protect The Allegheny National Forest - By Maya Ducker

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Communities Win When We Invest In Outdoor Recreation - By Tom Gilbert, PA Environmental Council

-- Williamsport Sun: Permanent Book Walk Opens At Trout Run Park

-- Courier Times: Arthropalooza Returning To Churchville Nature Center In Northampton

-- PennLive: Rain Runoff Impacts Water Quality In State Park Lake Swimming Areas

Storms/Power Outages

-- TribLive: Avonmore Officials Assess Damage After Night Of Flash Floods In Westmoreland County

-- WTAE: Flash Flooding Causes Damage In South Franklin Twp., Washington County

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages

A.I. /Data Centers

-- ABC27: Sen. Muth Seeks To Protect Pennsylvanians From A.I. Data Center-Fueled Rate Hikes

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Who Pays The Price For New A.I. Data Centers? - By Destinie Nock, Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Founder Of Peoples Energy Analytics

-- TribLive Guest Essay: A.I., Cryptocurrency And PA’s War On The Little Guy - By Joe Morinville, Energy Independent Solutions

-- Bloomberg: US And China Are Diverging On Strategies To Power A.I. Boom: President Wants Fossil Fuels, Beijing Wants Renewables

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- Reuters: US LNG Gas Producers Soar As EU Agrees To ‘Demand’ To Buy More US Energy/LNG Gas [To Avoid Threats Of Higher Tariffs, Trade War]

-- Bloomberg: EU Energy Purchase Deal With President Looks Hard To Reach Over Such A Short Time [Unless The EU Decided To Buy LNG Gas At Higher Prices To Take It From Other LNG Customers]

-- Reuters Commentary: EU’s Pledge For $250 Billion Of US Energy Imports Is Delusional

New Federal Administration

-- WPost: Maryland Town, 2 Counties Denied Federal Flood Relief; They Feel Like President Turned His Back On Them

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive/PennLive: Will Republican Sen. Mastriano Run For Governor Again? He Says The Decision Will Be Made On His Timeline

-- TribLive: Groups Forming To Plan Futures Of Closing Penn State Fayette, New Kensington Campuses