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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
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TODAY 9:00: 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.
-- TODAY May 19: DEP Forecasts Code Orange Air Pollution Action Day For Philadelphia Area
-- PJM Interconnection: Extends Maximum Generation Alert To May 19; Issues Pre-Emergency Demand Response Call To 3 Utilities; Hot Weather Alert Extended To May 20 For Mid-Atlantic Zone [PaEN]
-- Nothing Is More Affordable Than ZERO: City Of Reading Breaks Ground On Solar Energy Project To Reduce Electricity Costs From $268,550.76 At City Facilities To ZERO [PaEN]
-- Citizen Science: Penn State Geographers Need Help Testing Interactive Natural Gas Infrastructure Mapping Tools On May 29-30 At Penn State Beaver Campus, Beaver County [PaEN]
-- US Geological Survey Grant To Fund Penn State Study Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Small Agricultural Watersheds
-- Reminder: Penn State Extension: May 27-28 In-Person Educators’ Workshop On Trees, Watersheds And Streams In Chester County
-- Republican Herald: Climate Variability Is Reshaping Pennsylvania Wildfire Risk [PDF of Article]
-- Republican Herald: Woman Killed, 3 Injured In UTV Crash At Famous Reading Outdoors ATV, Dirt Bike Park In Schuylkill County
-- TheDerrick.com: Titusville Renaissance Inviting Community To Celebrate National Trails Day June 6 At Queen City Trail, Crawford County
-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper Allegheny River Summer Sojourn - June 27
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Residents Warned Of Increased Risk For Ticks, Lyme Disease
-- TribLive: 2nd Bald Eaglet Dies At Pittsburgh Nest From Unknown Illness
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Warren Times Editorial: Set Rules For A.I. Data Centers, Now [PDF of Article]
-- LancasterOnline: Met-Ed Default Electricity Rates To Increase 7.5% June 1
-- Utility Dive: Combined NextEra-Dominion Utility Would Have 130 GW A.I. Data Center Generation Backlog
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How NextEra/Dominion Deal Would Impact Pittsburgh Area [NextEra 4.3 GW Gas Data Center Power Plant At Undisclosed Location South Of Pittsburgh]
-- The Center Square: PA US Sen. McCormick: A.I. Bringing ‘Most Consequential Moment Of Change In Human History’ ‘For The Good And Potentially For Bad’
-- PA Capital-Star: PA US Sen. McCormick Doubles Down On A.I., Even As Public Opinion Remains Split
-- LancasterOnline: PA US Sen. McCormick Asks Pennsylvania To Embrace A.I. During PA Press Club
-- WJAC: Dina McCormick, Wife Of PA US Sen. McCormick. Named Meta (Facebook) President, Vice Chairman
-- Wall Street Journal: The Only Thing Growing Faster Than The A.I. Industry Is The Opposition Against It - Booed Commencement Speakers, Blocked Data Centers, Plummeting Poll Numbers
-- Natural Resources Defense Council: EPA Plan Allows A.I. Data Centers, Power Plants, Industries To Build First, Get Their Permit Later
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
-- DEP: Sandstone Development LLC Operating Illegal Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County; Disposed Of 191,982 Gallons Of Wastewater, So Far [PaEN]
-- Today’s Violations: DEP inspected 10 conventional oil and gas wells Monday in Venango County, Cranberry Township with Unknown Owner and found them all abandoned and not plugged. Example DEP inspection report.
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- May 19: PA Average AAA Gasoline Price Same As Yesterday, Now $1.52/Gallon Higher To $4.63 Since Feb. 27 [Armstrong County Average Price Still Highest at $4.89]
-- May 19: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $4.53 Ohio- $4.61 PA- $4.63
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
Other States/National/International
-- NRDC: EPA Seeks To Gut PFAS Protections, Leaving Millions Exposed To ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water
Federal Administration
-- AP: Fact Focus: President Distorts Recent Revisions Of Scientific Projections Of Global Warming
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- AP: PA Democrats Hope To Flip Republican-Held Congressional Seats Once They Settle Toss-Up Primaries
-- NYT: Why Josh Shapiro Isn’t Acting Like Other Potential 2028 Presidential Candidates
-- PennLive: How A Small Town In Clearfield County Became Home To One Of ICE’s Largest Immigrant Detention Centers [ 3 of 8 In Series ]
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