This year’s theme, “No Faith in Fossil Fuels,” is an opportunity to dig deep, ask hard questions, and dream together of what we want our collective future to look like.
Our keynote speaker is Sharon Lavigne of Rise St. James, a leader in the environmental justice movement and a person of faith. Sharon is the recipient of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize.
Rise St. James, a faith-based grassroots organization fighting for environmental justice. Its goal is to defeat the proliferation of petrochemical industries in St. James Parish, Louisiana.
Rise St James galvanized community opposition and successfully defeated the construction of a $1.25 billion plastics manufacturing plant in 2018, and has continued to be a force against fossil fuel expansion in the region known as “Cancer Alley.”
Regional Workshops
-- Philadelphia - United Lutheran Seminary:
-- Lancaster - St John's Episcopal, Lancaster City
-- Scranton - IHM Sisters of Mercy
-- State College - St Andrew's Episcopal, State College
-- Pittsburgh - Duquesne University, College Hall Rooms 104-105
PA IPL will also host an in-person screening of The Oil Machine in Lancaster, which will include a virtual screening across Pennsylvania.
Click Here to see a list of speakers and the topics of workshops at each location and to register. Register for the virtual keynote on the same page.
Click Here for information on how to be a sponsor.
Visit the PA Interfaith Power & Light website for more information on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and how you can get involved.
PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 -- Company Tries To Limit DEP Investigation; Unauthorized Water Withdrawals; Can’t Pay For Reno Cleanup; Venting Gas Wells; More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN]
-- Repsol Gas USA Issued Violation For Denying DEP Right To Document Damaged Shale Gas Well Casing During Investigation Of Uncontrolled Gas Venting In Bradford County [PaEN]
-- Petro Erie Inc. Again Claims It Lacks The Financial Ability To Comply With DEP’s 2nd Order To Cleanup Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County [PaEN]
-- Environmental Hearing Board Will Hear Key Arguments On Appeal By A Washington County Family Alleging Shale Gas Drilling Contaminated Their Water Supply With PFAS And Other Chemicals [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 7 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 7 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
NewsClips This Week - Shale Gas:
-- FarmAndDairy.com: Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Hard To Plug, Despite Influx Of Federal Dollars In PA, OH
-- JD Supra: Repurposing Oil & Gas Wells For Ground-Sourced Heat Energy In PA Raises Multiple Legal Issues
-- AP: PA Chocolate Factory Fined For Failing To Evacuate Before Fatal Natural Gas Explosion
-- TribLive: Car Rally Held To Raise Money For Rustic Ridge Families Impacted By Home Explosion, Fires In Allegheny County
-- TribLive: At 16%, Westmoreland County Tops Local Population Loss Estimates
-- Post-Gazette: Study: Westmoreland County Will Lead Population Decline In Western PA, While Others Will Boom
-- PA Capital-Star: Population Projections Highlight Need For Long-Term Solutions To Sustain Rural PA Communities; Population Expected To Shrink By 5.8%
-- Forbes: How One Contrarian Company [Mostly Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owner Diversified Energy] Thrives In A Shale And Gas World [Check The Company’s Compliance Record In PA ]
-- WOSU: The State Of Natural Gas Development/Fracking In Ohio
-- Observer-Reporter: DEP Secretary To Be Featured Speaker At Washington & Jefferson Hydrogen Seminar
-- TribLive: Columbia Gas Tests Hydrogen Blends In Natural Gas Appliances
Related Articles This Week:
-- House Unanimously Passes Bill Against Lawsuits Aimed At Silencing Citizen Critics And Dampening Public Participation [PaEN]
-- Dickinson College Environmental & Indigenous Rights Honoree Tara Houska: Don’t Disconnect Yourself From The Reality Of Nature; Endless Expansion Of Pipelines Have No Place In Reality; Find Powerful Moments Of Joy [PaEN]
-- DEP Updates Location Of Scranton Public Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy [PaEN]
-- Member Of Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Briefs DCNR Advisory Council On Siting Of Shale Gas Well Pad On State Forest Land To Accommodate Taking Gas From Private Land In Tioga County [PaEN]
-- Agencies Celebrate Eastern Hellbender License Plate Recognizing PA’s Clean Water Ambassador; Shale Gas Development On DCNR Land Threatens Habitat [PaEN]
-- DCNR Announces Appointment Of Seth Cassell As Pennsylvania's 18th State Forester [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Three Rivers Waterkeeper Citizen Monitoring Finds Plastics Maker Styrenics LLC Discharging Plastic Nurdles Into Ohio River, Threatens Lawsuit To Stop Them - By Reid Frazier [PaEN]
-- PUC: Focus Of Natural Gas Explosion In Port Richmond Section Of Philadelphia Now Inside The Buildings [PaEN]
-- Center For Rural Pennsylvania: Rural Population To Shrink 5.8%; Fewer Young People, More Older People; Current Policies Failed To Sustain Communities, Ensure Long-Term Rural Resiliency [PaEN]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light 10th Annual Conference- No Faith In Fossil Fuels - Nov. 5: Virtual Keynote & Panel Discussion, 5 Regional Workshop Locations [PaEN]
-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Oct. 17 In-Person Harnessing Hydrogen: Exploring Local & Regional Opportunities In Appalachia Program [PaEN]
[Posted: October 3, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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