PA Environment Digest Blog: Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

NOTICE: PA Environment Digest Will Be Closed Through Wednesday, May 24. Publication Will Resume On May 25.

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House holds Regular Session May 23, 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22

Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

TODAY 10:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 962 (Vitali-D-Delaware), legislation that would restore DEP’s authority to review conventional oil and gas well plugging bonding amounts every two years; House Bill 677 (Sturla-D- Lancaster) amending the Clean Streams Law to authorize stream bank fencing as a Best Management Practice to keep livestock out of streams; House Resolution 104 (Sturla-D- Lancaster/Benninghoff-R-Mifflin) designating June 4 to 10 Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week. Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.

TODAY 9:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 1032 (Fiedler-D-Philadelphia) establishing a Solar Energy For Schools Grant Program [Read more here]; House Resolution 79 (Pisciottano-D-Allegheny) urging the Biden Administration and Congress to designate Pennsylvania as a hydrogen hub. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

THURSDAY 10:00: Agenda. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council [conventional oil/gas well operators] meeting. Desert Room Plaza Level, Keystone Building, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Click Here for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Adam Walters, 717-214-6548, adwalters@pa.gov. [Note: Contact DCED to speak during public comment time.] Read more here.

-- Agenda: DCED Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Advisory Committee Meets May 25 On Well Plugging; Proposed Waste Management Rules; Methane Emissions; Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: PA Supreme Court Reaffirms Environmental Quality Is A Right Not A Luxury In Shale Gas Drilling Ruling

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hubs Threaten Taxpayer Waste Without Thoughtful Design

-- NextPittsburgh: Solar United Neighbors Launch 2023 Co-Op Program To Bring More Green Energy To Allegheny County

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Names Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman New President & CEO, The Rev. Mitch Hescox Retiring [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network, Evangelical Farmers Support New Proposed Federal Cover Act To Help Farmers

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- Penn State’s Lara Fowler Named Director Of Sustainability Institute, Chief Sustainability Officer

-- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting Applications For $500 Million for Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Deadline Aug. 18

-- North American Land Trust: Neighbors, Friends Help Plant Nearly 400 Native Trees In Brinton Run Preserve, Chadds Ford

-- WeConservePA: Neighborhood Gardens Trust Celebrates Crease Street Garden Community Preservation In Philadelphia