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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
May 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Statewide Water Resources Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. (formal notice)
May 20-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.
May 21-- In-Person. DEP Informal Conference To Take Comments On The Proposed Addition Of 7,154 Acres To The Rosebud Mining Company Penfield Coal Mine In Clearfield County
May 21-- Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m.
May 27-- DEP Hearing [If Requested] On RACT III Title V Air Quality Permit For the Domtar Paper Company Johnsonburg Mill In Elk County. DEP Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville. 10:00 a.m.
May 27-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Berks Nature Nature Place, 575 St. Bernadine Street, Reading. 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Read more here on agenda.
May 27-- Virtual. Delaware RiverKeeper Network Hosts Webinar On Biosolids And Sewage Sludge Impacts On Farms In Pennsylvania. 7:00 p.m.
June 2-- In-Person. DEP To Host Informal Conference, Hearing On Permit To Add 4,342 Acres To Rosebud Clymer A Coal Mine In Cherryhill Twp., Indiana County
June 3-- Agenda Posted. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Randy D. Martin ramartin@pa.gov. (formal notice)
June 4-5-- In-Person. Penn State Extension: Mid-Atlantic Agroforestry Conference. Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon County.
June 9-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277.
-- May 18 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection: Maximum Generation Alert For May 18, Low Voltage Alert For May 18-19 [PaEN]
-- PA US Sen. Fetterman Introduces Legislation To Promote Development Of LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities; LNG Facilities Proposed In PA Communities Already Overburdened By Pollution [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 9 to 15: 229 Abandoned Conventional Well Violations This Year; Denied Shale Gas Pipeline Permit; Failed To Cleanup Conventional Spills At 3 Sites For 688 Days [PaEN]
-- READ CAREFULLY! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 16 [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Chapter 105 Permit For Coterra Energy, Inc. 4.9 Mile, 20-Inch Shale Gas Fresh Water Pipeline In Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Expand Operating 4 Mile, 16-Inch Shale Gas Fresh Water Pipeline In Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- LOTS HAPPENING! DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 16 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold June 23 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For Mora Solar LLC 60 MW, 390-Acre Solar Energy Facility In Kidder Twp., Carbon County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Tentative Denial Of A Stormwater Permit For Stoneybrook Solar, LLC 20 MW Solar Energy Facility In Orange Twp., Columbia County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Utilities Chanceford 500kV Transmission Line Rebuild In York County Related To Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant [PaEN]
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: PA Ranks Near The Bottom In Adding Renewable Energy To Electric Grid
-- Observer-Reporter: PA American Water Brownsville Treatment Plant Earns National Recognition
-- TribLive: Lead Paint, Lead Pipes, A Hidden Hazard, Still Lurks Throughout Pittsburgh
-- Inquirer: Pennsylvania’s Small, But Mighty Network Of Maple Syrup Producers Harvest 200,000 Gallons A Year
-- Scranton Times: Wayne County Man Killed In ATV Crash
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Youngest Bald Eaglet Dies Of Unknown Illness At Pittsburgh Nest
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: What PA Utility Customers Can Expect From A.I. Data Center-Driven Electric Costs
-- AP: As Electric Bills Rise, Some States Are Focusing On The Growing Profits Of Utilities [PA Featured]
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center 400 MW Gas Power Plant Hearings To Continue This Week In Archbald
-- TribLive: Springdale Seeks Residents For Committee, Focus Groups On Borough’s Future In Allegheny County [Data Centers]
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - May 18 [PaEN]
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- May 18: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Down 1 Penny Since Yesterday, Now $1.52/Gallon Higher To $4.63 Since Feb. 27 [Down Not Even A Nickel Since Last Monday-- 4 Cents] [Armstrong County Average Price Still Highest at $4.90]
-- May 18: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.51 Ohio- $4.54 PA- $4.63
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Why Low-Income Pennsylvanians Are Feeling The Squeeze As Gasoline Prices Rise - By Hannah Wiseman, The Conversation
-- The Guardian Guest Essay: The President’s War Against Iran Reminds Us - We’ll Never Be Energy [Price, Supply] Independent With Fossil Fuels, Energy Security Comes From Using Local, Renewable Sources
-- Financial Times: Iran War Hits Americans With $40 Billion Fuel Bill
-- Wall Street Journal: The World Can’t Get Enough US Energy (Oil, Transportation Fuels) - Keeping Prices High For Americans
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Grapples With Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements
-- PA Capital-Star: Billionaire, Republican Megadonor Is Funding Scholarships For Students At Closing Philly Schools
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