Monday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 10.6.25

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House Voting Schedule

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

November 17, 18, 19

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

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

October 6, 7, 8, 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 11:00: House Energy Committee holds hearing on House Bill 1260 (Siegel-D-Lehigh) providing incentives to install solar energy facilities on warehouses. Room 60 East Wing. 11:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch live.

TODAY 6:00: Virtual. EPA To Hold Virtual Hearing On Draft Permit Renewal For A Columbia Gas of PA Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Beaver County. 6:00 p.m.

TODAY to Oct. 10--  Virtual. PA Green Gov Council To Mark Commonwealth Sustainability Week With Special Webinars 

October 7-- Virtual. Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board Legislation & Technical Committee meeting. 9:30 a.m. Microsoft Teams info on agenda. (formal notice)

October 8-- Virtual. DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Conversations Webinar On Workforce Capacity Needed To Support DCNR’s Mission. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

October 13-14-- In-Person. Drake Energy Security Forum Returns To Oil City Oct. 13-14 Bringing Officials, Industry Leaders And Experts From Around The Globe  [PDF of Article]   [Drake Forum website]

October 14--  CANCELED. 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. 

October 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.  [Agenda- Act 54 Longwall Coal Mining Damage Report - Read more here.]

October 14-16 -- PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference In State College  [PaEN]

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-- October 6-- PA Environment Digest Now Available  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 27 to Oct. 3 - 940,000 Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; Order Ceasing Production Of 551 Conventional Wells; Is Conventional Well Owner Abandoning 475 Wells In 6 Counties?  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: EQT Production Co. Challenges Records Requests In Ongoing Investigation Of The 2020-21 Release Of 940,000 Gallons Of Shale Gas Wastewater In North Bethlehem Twp., Washington County And Similar Failures At At Least 6 Other EQT Well Pads  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Orders Stonehaven Energy To ‘Immediately Cease And Desist Producing, Extracting, Or Injecting’ Oil, Natural Gas, Wastewater From 551 Conventional Wells In Clarion, Clearfield, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, McKean, Venango, Warren Counties  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Orders Timberline Energy, Inc. To Submit Production, Waste, Well Integrity Reports For 475 Conventional Oil, Gas Wells In 6 Counties; Recent Inspections Show Many Wells Appear Abandoned  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Conventional Gas Well Owner Uses Wastewater To Water Freshly Seeded Well Site, Discharging Wastewater Into Ditch, Storm Sewer In Warren County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP: Blackhill Energy LLC 2nd ‘Inadvertent Return’ During Horizontal Drilling Of Brad-Tenn Loop Pipeline In Bradford County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Moves To Dismiss BCD Properties Appeal Challenging A DEP Letter Advising It Does Not Comply With Waste Regulations Allowing The Disposal Of Its Oil And Gas Wastewater By Road Dumping  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 4 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 74 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 14 To Hear Presentations On Environmental, Property Damage Caused By Longwall Coal Mining  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Secretary Shirley Joined East Pennsboro Township Celebrating Its New 2.47 MW Solar Energy Facility In Cumberland County

-- Post-Gazette Letter: Save Solar Energy For Homeowners, Not For Corporations - By Joe Morinville, Carnegie  

-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Fossil Fuels And Renewable Energy Meet In New Pitt Degree Program 

-- Post-Gazette: Conservation  Grants Provide Life-Changing Help To Farmers And Surrounding Communities [Allegheny Conservation District] 

-- Morning Call: Is Lehigh Valley Headed For Another Drought? What Water Data Tells Us

-- The Derrick: Drought Prompts Venango County Burning Advisory; Rain In Forecast This Week

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Local Media Binds Our Community

-- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Application For Canoe Access Grants Thru Nov. 17  [PaEN] 

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Lawmaker Rep. Matzie Seeks Study Of Costs Of Leaving PJM Electric Grid Operator  [PDF of Article]  

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - October 6  [PaEN] 

-- Financial Times: Despite Threats From High Tariffs, Collapsing Immigration, Eroding Institutions, Rising Debt, Sticky Inflation, Investors Believe A.I. Will Save US Economy

Federal Administration

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader/AP: At America’s National Parks The Arc Of History Bens Toward President’s Revisionism

-- PennLive Letter: President’s Attempt To Erase Slavery From National Parks Reveals His True Colors - By Don Spangler, Mechanicsburg 

-- Politics PA/Axios: President Charts Path To Total Control Amid Government Shutdown   [PDF of Article]

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Inquirer: How November’s Pivotal PA Supreme Court Retention Race Could Shape Voting Rights In PA

-- Spotlight PA: President Wants To Get Rid Of Mail-In Voting; PA Republicans Are Urging Voters To Use It

-- Inquirer: PA College Students Are Very Down On Democracy, New Survey Shows;  Could It Provide A Playbook For Democrats On How To Reach Gen Z

-- Scranton Times: Scranton School District Facing Cash Flow Crisis Amid State Budget Impasse

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Officials Have Few Options As WIC Funding Runs Low To Feed Mothers, Infants Amid Federal Shutdown

-- PennLive: State’s Effort To Limit Enrollment Divides PA Private Cyber Charter Schools

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Local Media Binds Our Community

-- Politics PA/Axios: President Charts Path To Total Control Amid Government Shutdown   [PDF of Article]

-- Inquirer: University Of Pennsylvania ‘Seeks No Special Consideration,’ President Jameson Says In Response To President’s Proposal To Have 9 Colleges Sign On To His Political Agenda 

-- Inquirer: Workers Are Feeling Squeeze From Higher Prices, Insurance, Energy Costs, Says Philly’s Top Banker 

-- Scranton Times: Dozens Gather For Vigil In Wilkes-Barre For Thousands Who Could Lose Health Care Coverage Without Action By Congressional Republicans

-- Erie Times: New ‘No Kings’ Rally Planned Oct. 18 As Protest Against President’s ‘Power Grabs’ 

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