PA Environment Digest Blog: Sunday 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]

"It is never too late to do the right thing." -- Nelson Mandela

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.

-- 96 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - November 24 [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 15 to 21: Fails To Restore Shale Gas Well Pad For 1,418 Days; Fails To Clean Up Spills At 2 Conventional Wells For 1,038 Days; Owner Abandons 35 Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: Is A Government Stake In EOS Energy Storage Company A Good Idea?

-- WPXI: Federal SBA Disaster Relief Offered To Western PA Small Businesses, Nonprofits Affected By Drought

-- WHYY: King Of Prussia’s Gulph Road Connector Trail Will Link Schuylkill River, Chester Valley Trails

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Grower Provides Christmas Trees For VP Vance’s Residence In Washington

-- Republican Herald: Push For More Wildlife Corridors Grows In Pennsylvania [PDF of Article]

A.I. /Data Centers

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PUC Proposes Special Treatment For A.I. Data Center Power Connections To Contain The Cost Burden On Existing Ratepayers [PDF of Article]

-- Inquirer: Human Reporters Explain Why A.I. Data Centers Are So Controversial In The Philly Suburbs And Beyond [PDF of Article]

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - November 24 [PaEN]

Today’s Oil & Gas Violations

-- Today’s Violations: DEP: found a Hyde Park Foundry & Mach Co. conventional well still abandoned and not plugged in Hyde Park Borough, Westmoreland County after the original violations were issued in April 2022-- 1,286 days and counting. Read more here.

-- Today’s Violations: DEP: Inspection found a Dale H. Campbell conventional well venting gas in Washington Township, Fayette County indicating a well plugging failure: Read more here.

-- Today’s Violations: DEP: M4 Energy LLC failed to comply with December 2021 order to restore shale gas well pad in Springfield Township, Fayette County for 1,418 days and counting. Read more here.

Train Derailments

-- AP: Plan Revived For $20 Million Firefighter Training Center Near Site Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment In Ohio

Federal Administration

-- WashPost: President’s FEMA Again Denies Federal Disaster Relief For Flash Flooding In Illinois

-- EPA, US Army Corps Invite Comments On Revised Definition Of Waters Of The US Rule, Regulated Wetlands

-- White House Extends Regulatory Relief For Coke [Coal] Works Facilities By 2 Years

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Independent Fiscal Office Fiscal Outlook Report Projects $3.6 Billion Operating Deficit In FY 25-26 Enacted State Budget

-- TribLive: Increased School Funding Could Lead To Higher Test Scores, But It’s More Complicated Than That

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Transit Authority Cuts Ties With Harrisburg Lobbyists

-- AP: Potential Presidential Candidates Are Less Coy About 2028 Plans [Shapiro Mentioned]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: All Patriots Must Condemn Political Violence - By PA Cong. Chris Deluzio (D)