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]

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Pennsylvania's Margaret Mead, World Renowned Cultural Anthropologist

Senate Voting Schedule

October 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

House Voting Schedule

October 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

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

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

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

October 28-- House Energy Committee holds meeting to consider House Resolution 350 (Fiedler-D-Philadelphia) urging President and Congress to maintain LIHEAP funding. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

October 28-- House Republican Policy Committee hearing on “powering the mid-atlantic - restoring energy affordability and reliability multi-state hearing [natural gas] [60% of PA electric generation is already natural gas-fired]. Ryan Office Building Library. 9:00 am. Click Here to watch live.

October 29-- Agenda Posted. House Energy Committee holds hearing on House Bill 1539 (Madsen-D-Dauphin) establishing a grant program to assist school districts in transitioning to electric school buses. Room B-31 Main Capitol. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

October 29-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider bills related to preventing natural gas pipeline service explosions [Reading Chocolate Plant] -- House Bill 1522 - install gas detectors and House Bill 1526 - requiring degraded natural gas pipeline prevention plans. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

November 6-- Public Utility Commission meeting to consider model tariff for connection large load - A.I. data centers-- to the local electric grid. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.

-- October 27 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Oct. 18 to 24: 14,280 Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 2nd Major Spill By Conventional Well Owner; Failure To Address Pipeline Slope Failure For 1,440 Days [PaEN]

-- DEP: 14,280 Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Spill At EQT Production’s Secretariat Well Pad In Gilmore Twp., Greene County [PaEN]

-- DEP: Petro Erie Inc. Has 2nd Major Conventional Oil & Gas Well Wastewater Spill In Sugarcreek Boro, Venango County; Previous Spill Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply [PaEN]

-- DEP: Day 155 - Contaminated Water Still Flowing From Seneca Resources Vandergrift Shale Gas Wells, Well Pad; Cleanup Continues In Charleston Twp., Tioga County [PaEN]

-- DEP: Contaminated Water From EQM Gathering (EQT) Double Pipeline Construction Site Traveled Nearly 2 Football Fields From Site Of Spill In Nottingham Twp., Washington County [PaEN]

-- DEP Extends Temporary Air Quality Permits For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; No Schedule Yet For Public Review Of Full Title V Air Quality Permit Accepted July 2024 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 25 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: American Water [Including PA American Water] And Essential Utilities To Merge To Form $63 Billion Water, Wastewater, Natural Gas Utility Company [PDF of Article]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: It’s Time To Cleanup And Swim In Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers - By Rajiv Ahuja, Former Pittsburgh Resident

-- PennLive Guest Essay: A Turnkey Solution For Rising Energy Bills - Plug-In Solar Energy Meets Its Moment - By Rep. Chris Pielli (D) and Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D)