-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
"It is never too late to do the right thing." -- Nelson Mandela
Senate Voting Schedule
October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10
House Voting Schedule
October 27, 28, 29
November 17, 18, 19
December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!
October 20-- NEW. Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1068 (Yaw-R-Lycoming + Senate Republican Caucus) to “abrogate” the carbon pollution reduction program reducing emissions from power plants (RGGI). [Note: Legislation like this-- Senate Bill 186-- passed the Senate February 4 by a party-line vote-- Republicans supporting-- but went nowhere in the House. RGGI was adopted as a regulation by DEP in April 2022 and has never been implemented due to still pending court challenges.] Senate Rules Room. Off the Floor. [No video coverage.]
October 20-- NEW. Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 6 (Phillips-Hill-R-York) establishing deadlines and review procedures across all state agency permits, permit renewals and transfers, requiring the establishment of a permit tracking system and a third-party review of permits program in all agencies for all permits. [Note: DEP has already done this. The bill is a monumental make-more-work initiative masquerading as a solution to permitting issues. Watch for amendments.] Senate Rules Room. Off the Floor. [No video coverage.]
October 21-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m. [Agenda- Climate Change and Extreme Weather]
October 22-- House Energy Committee holds hearing on regulation of A.I. data centers by the Public Utility Commission. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.
October 22-- Agenda Posted. DEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meeting. 9:30 a.m. [Agenda-- PFAS Team Update, Chromium rulemaking]
October 23-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m.
October 23-- Virtual. Dept. of Agriculture Controlled Plant & Noxious Week Committee meeting to consider adding 6 plants to Noxious Weed List. 1:00 p.m. (formal notice & agenda)
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 18 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Sabre Energy Chapter 105 Permit For Proposed Shale Gas Water Withdrawal On Exceptional Value Muncy Creek In Penn Twp., Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: New Report On State Implementation On Federally-Funded Methane Emissions Reduction Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program
-- The Allegheny Front: Three Rivers WaterKeeper Watchdog Tracks Chemical Waste In Monongahela River
-- DCNR Now Accepting Applications For $882,000 In Federally-Funded Rural Wildfire Fighting Grants, Deadline Dec. 31
-- DCNR Marks Completion Of Pine Creek Rail Trail To Wellsboro, Tioga County; 5th Of 10 Trail Gaps Closed
-- DCNR Names Robert Campion Manager For Neshaminy State Park Complex In Bucks County
-- Governor's Invasive Species Council, PA Sea Grant Invite Anglers In NW PA To Dec. 6 Input Session At Allegheny College On Invasive Round Goby Fish [PaEN]
-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Names Jim Kauffman New PA Field Representative
-- Discover NE PA: Where To Go Birding In Northeast PA
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
Today’s Violation: DEP: Pennhills Resources LLC failed to comply with E & S controls, 4 GP-5 Permits withdrawn due to ineligibility for 1.26 mile shale gas gathering pipeline in Jenks Twp., Forest, Highland Twp., Elk Counties. Click Here for more.
Today’s Violation: DEP found Catalyst Energy, Inc. failed to install culvert pipe on access road to conventional well as required by GP-7, water running under the pipe in Hickory Twp., Forest County. Click Here for more.
Today’s Violation: DEP: Thomas & Jean Thurma failed to do anything to clean up crude oil spill or respond to violations at conventional well site for 198 days in Independence Twp., Beaver County. Click Here for more.
Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion
-- TribLive: Preliminary Report Pinpoints Location Of Deadline US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Blast
-- Post-Gazette: US Steel Makes Changes Following Deadly Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Explosion As Investigation Continues
A.I. /Data Centers
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster A.I. Data Center’s 2nd Phase Expected To Cost Up To $2.5 Billion [PDF of Article]
-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: PA Community Groups Urge Officials To Restrict A.I. Data Center Development
-- Spotlight PA/Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: A.I. Boom Sparks Battle Over Giant Data Centers In Pennsylvania Towns
-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: PA Community Groups Urge Officials To Restrict A.I. Data Center Development
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.04 Ohio- $2.82 PA- $3.21
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - 17 - Same For 3 Weeks
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- WESA: National Democratic Chair Ken Martin: Big Stakes For Party, PA In PA Supreme Court Retention Race
-- WITF: Gov. Shapiro Backs Congressional Democrats’ Budget Fight Over Health Insurance Subsidies
-- Post-Gazette: Federal Shutdown, PA State Budget Impasse Could Trigger Surge At Food Pantries
-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports September Revenue Increased 6% Over Last September
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