Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 11.22.25

“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]

Senate Voting Schedule

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

House Voting Schedule

December 15 [non-voting], 16, 17

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

November 24-- Outdoor Business Alliance Of PA Webinar: Starting, Growing An Outdoor Business.  Noon to 1:00 p.m.

November 25-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee, Subcommittee On Future Planning. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbyron@pa.gov or 717-772-8951. (formal notice)

December 1-- DEP hearing on a revised Title V Air Quality permit for the Monroe Energy LLC Trainer Refinery in Trainer Borough, Delaware County.  Read more here.

December 2-- DEP Hearing On Revision To Title V Air Quality Permit For a Glass Furnace At The PQ LLC Facility In Chester, Delaware County. Chester City Hall, One 4th Street in Chester. 7:00 p.m.  Read more here.

December 2-- DEP hearing on proposed revisions to the Title V Air Quality Permit for the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority wastewater plant in Chester, Delaware County. Read more here.

December 2--  DEP hearing on proposed revisions to the Title V Air Quality Permit for the Constellation Energy Generation Co. Limerick Nuclear Power Plant in Limerick Township, Montgomery County. Read more here.

December 2-- DEP hearing on a revised Title V Air Quality permit for the US Steel Fairless Steel Plant in Falls Township, Bucks County. Read more here.

December 2-- NEW. Chesapeake Bay Program Executive Council meeting. National Aquarium in Baltimore. 1:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  Click Here to register to join via Zoom.  [Agenda includes revised Chesapeake Bay Agreement.]  Read more here.

December 4-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. LTBA. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

December 5-- Virtual. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee, Subcommittee On Future Planning. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbyron@pa.gov or 717-772-8951. (formal notice)

December 11-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd Wallace at  twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-6395.

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 22 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 55 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 22 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 8 Million Gallon EQT Midstream Oil & Gas Wastewater Storage Facility In Jackson Twp., Greene County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Comments On Renewal Of Phase II Acid Rain Air Quality Permit For The 750 MW Natural Gas Marcus Hook Energy Power Plant, Delaware County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Comments Now Being Accepted For Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For Hunterstown Power, LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In Adams County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For The Energy Center Fuel Oil/Natural Gas Power Plant Serving Downtown Harrisburg Heating District, Dauphin County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of The Water Quality/Mining Permit For 11,336 Acres Of Consol Mining Underground Coal Mining In Cumberland Twp., Greene County [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Cleanup Agreement Set For Vote Dec. 2  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Budget Deal Bumps Conservation, But Retreats From RGGI Climate Pollution Reduction Program  [RGGI Was Never Implemented]

-- LancasterOnline: Turkey Hill Wind Turbines Have Not Operated For Months In Lancaster County

-- TribLive Letter: Authorize Community Solar Energy Facilities With Guaranteed Savings - By Edie Strong, Greensburg

-- AP: Fighting Bugs With Bugs: How Maine’s Midcoast Is Defending Its Hemlocks  [PA Beetle Supplier]

A.I. /Data Centers

-- The Citizens Voice: Hazle Township Supervisors Say Residents Deserve A Say About Proposed A.I. Data Center In Luzerne County 

-- PennLive Letter: A.I. Data Center Boom Causes Electrician Shortage, Drives Up Costs For School Projects - By Greg Miraglia, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County

-- The Center Square: Consensus For Soaring A.I. Data Center Power Demands Still Elusive Among PJM Members

-- Williamsport Sun/The Center Square: ‘Ghost’ A.I. Data Center Projects Haunt Power Grid Planners, Taxpayers 

Today’s Oil & Gas Violations

-- DEP: Crude Oil Released From Failed Conventional Oil Well Gathering Line Travels Nearly Length Of 2 Football Fields In Hamilton Twp., McKean County  [PaEN]

-- Today’s Violations: DEP: Inspection found Five Star Investment Group Inc. conventional well in Washington Township, Westmoreland County still abandoned and not plugged, failed to submit production, waste well integrity reports since June 14, 2023-- 873 days and counting. Read more here.

-- Today’s Violations: DEP found Frank L. Washabaugh Oil Producers continues to fail to comply with conventional well site cleanup order in Cross Creek Township, Washington County involving spills discovered on November 13, 2024-- 357 days and counting.  Read more here.

Geothermal Energy

-- The Economist: Geothermal Energy’s Time Has Finally Come; Could Become Bigger Than Nuclear    [PDF of Article] 

-- Penn State, Project InnerSpace Report: Leverage Oil & Gas Workers To Generate Enough Geothermal Energy To Meet 100% Of Pennsylvania's Electricity, Heating, Medium Industrial Process Needs  [PaEN] 

-- PA House Energy Committee Hears Testimony On How PA Has Enough Geothermal Energy To Meet 100% Of Pennsylvania’s Electricity, Heating Energy Needs  [PaEN] 

-- Guest Essay: Geothermal Might Have The Answer For Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Needs  [PaEN] 

-- PA House Members To Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Advance Geothermal Energy Development  [PaEN] 

-- PA Joint State Government Committee Identifies 382 Potential Sites For Geothermal Facilities Using Abandoned Mine Pools; Geothermal Energy Could Reduce A.I. Data Center Energy Demand By 30-40%  [PaEN] 

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: National- $3.07  Ohio- $2.91  PA- $3.28

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Increase To 18, After Being At 17 for 7 Weeks

Other States/National

-- Cleveland.com: How Did Ohio Become The Primary Dumping Ground For Natural Gas Fracking Waste?

-- AP: Negotiators At UN Climate Talks Split Over When, How To Phaseout Use Of Oil, Natural Gas, Coal

-- AP: UN General Assembly Chief Says Curbing Climate Change Would Make World More Peaceful, Safer

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: State Budget Process Needs An Overhaul

-- TribLive: PA Democratic Cong. Deluzio’s Offices Targeted With Bomb Threats After President’s Comments About ‘Seditious Behavior’

-- PennLive: PA Democratic Cong. Chrissy Houlahan’s Office Threatened After President’s Comments About ‘Seditious Behavior’

-- Inquirer: PA Democratic Cong. Houlahan ‘Profoundly Disappointed’ In Lack Of Support From Republican Colleagues After President’s Sedition Accusation

-- City & State PA: PA Republican Lawmakers Weigh In On President Accusing Democratic Members Of Congress Who Are Veterans Of ‘Seditious Behavior’: US Sen. McCormick, State Sen. Pennycuick, Cong. Reschenthaler Defend President

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: President’s Threats Make Political Violence More Likely 

-- TribLive Editorial: PA’s CROWN Act Prevents Discrimination Based On Hair Styles 

-- Spotlight PA: Director Of Penn State Cancer Institute Resigns 1 Day After Spotlight PA Investigation Reveals Chemo Errors, ‘Toxic’ Leadership

-- TribLive: Fayette County Commissioners Created Education Authority In Response To Penn State Campus Closure

-- Inquirer: Federal Judge Hands Children' s Hospital Victory In Its Fight To Protect Transgender Children’s Medical Records From President’s Dept. Of Justice

-- The Center Square: Temple Medical School Renames Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Office, Recommits To Equity

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