PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday 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 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22

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

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.

June 5-- Tentative. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 652 (Bullock-D-Philadelphia) on environmental justice and permitting. LTBA.

June 20-- Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee hearing on solar energy’s impact on Pennsylvania ratepayers. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 9:00 a.m.

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- House Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools; Also Moves Resolution Urging Hydrogen Hub In PA [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Legislation Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools - Bills Will Defend Children’s Health [HB 1032, SB 230]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Fund More PA Schools To Tap Sunshine To Power Their Buildings

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Solar Energy Facility Better Than Nothing For Toxic Coal Waste Site

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Appalachia Is Vying For Big Hydrogen And What It Will Mean To Win

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- MCall: Allentown’s Climate Change Failures And How The New 3-City Coalition Could Help

-- MCall Guest Essay: Proposed Federal Oil & Gas Methane Rule Intended To Help Stop Climate Changes Needs More Flexibility - By T.J. Rooney, Lobbyist

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Holiday Cold-Snap Emergency Raises Questions About Power Generation