PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday PA Environmental NewsClips

Meetings TODAY:

9:00: House Environmental Committee information meeting on House Bill 707 (Zimmerman- R-Lancaster) exempting church owned facilities from complying with safe drinking water standards. Click Here for more on the agenda. Click Here to watch live.

10:00: Senate Transportation Committee 5 bill packaging ordering unlawful actions related to Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program. Click Here for more on the agenda. Click Here to watch live.

10:45: Senate Consumer Protection Committee to consider House Bill 751 (Roae-R- Crawford) further providing for the valuation of wastewater and water systems for ratemaking purposes, revising the definition of service line. Click Here to see if it will be live online.

PaEN: Growing Greener Coalition Call To Action: Protect Local Environmental, Recreation Project Funds, No Backsliding!

PaEN: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Call To Action On State Budget: Haven't We Heard This Off-Key Tune Before?

PaEN: Op-Ed: Strong, Local Economy Depends On Investing In Our Natural Resources

Wolf Administration Hopes Groundswell Can Pass Natural Gas Severance Tax

PaEN: House Unanimously Passes Bill To Create Keystone Tree Fund For TreeVitalize, Riparian Buffer Grants

PaEN: OSI Delaware River Watershed Protection Fund Now Accepting Grant Applications

PaEN: Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Seeks Riparian Ranges - Volunteer Stewards Of Our Streamside Forests

Pollution Standards On Ohio River Now Optional, Local Environmental Groups Alarmed

After Tests Show PFAS Chemicals In Food, FDA Says It’s Fine

Kummer: Philly Water Dept. Announces New Spokesdog

PaEN: Senate Transportation Committee Meets June 12 To Consider Bills Ordering Unlawful Actions Related To Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program

PaEN: Senate Bills Would Order DEP, PennDOT To Perform Unlawful Acts Related To State’s Vehicle Emission Inspection Program