House holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22
Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 10:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 652 (Bullock-D-Philadelphia) on environmental justice and permitting. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.
TODAY 10:00: House Transportation Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 115 (Stefano-R-Fayette) adopting a 100-hour diesel oil change requirement for underground coal mining equipment (Senate Fiscal Note & Summary). Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
TODAY Off the Floor: Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 691 (Yaw-R- Lycoming) dropping ‘Protection’ from the name of the Department of Environmental Protection [Don’t Take The Bait]. Rules Room. Off the Floor. No video coverage.
TUESDAY 9:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 652 (Bullock-D-Philadelphia) requiring environmental impact reports on certain electric generation, waste management, sewage treatment and other facilities that are a major source of air pollution proposed in already burdened communities. A hearing on the bill is set for June 5 by the Committee. Read more here; House Bill 1215 (Vitali-D- Delaware) requires hydrogen producing companies to sequester a larger proportion of carbon emissions to receive a tax credit under state Act 108 (sponsor summary); House Bill 1282 (Vitali-D-Delaware) excluding cryptocurrency mining operations from state Computer Data Center Equipment Tax Credit (sponsor summary); House Bill 1172 (Daley-D-Montgomery) expanding the use of alkaline hydrolysis cremation (sponsor summary); House Resolution 119 (Krueger-D-Delaware) designating June 1, 2023 as “Skip The Straw Day” in Pennsylvania (sponsor summary); House Resolution 131 (Steele-D-Allegheny) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to estimate how much revenue Pennsylvania could have collected by adopting a natural gas severance tax since February 2012 (sponsor summary). Room 140 Main Capitol. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.
TUESDAY 9:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 791 (Isaacson-D-Philadelphia) establishing measures to prevent the theft of vehicle catalytic converters (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
TUESDAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Join the meeting online via Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 263 297 138 720, Passcode: GHdMY2 or Conference Call: (267) 332-8737 Passcode: 604335681#. Contact: Todd Wallace 717-783-6395 or twallace@pa.gov.
TUESDAY 11:00: Senate Health and Human Services Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 514 (Baker-R-Luzerne) requiring child testing for lead blood levels (sponsor summary). Room 8E-A East Wing. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
TUESDAY 12:30: Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Cindy Adams Dunn to be Secretary of DCNR. Room 8E-B East Wing. 12:30. Click Here to watch online.
WEDNESDAY 9:30: Tentative. Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee informational briefing on carbon capture. Room 8E-B East Wing. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
-- June 5 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]
-- Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic - June 5 [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA - Steven Caruso: PA State Budget: Guide To What’s On The Table, What Comes Next, How To Follow Along
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: It’s Crunch Time In Harrisburg As State Budget Season Goes Into Full Swing
-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users [PaEN]
-- Better Path Coalition: June 22 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Laurie Barr On Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Wells [PaEN]
-- Richmond Register: PA Company Fairmont Brine Settles Charges Of Illegally Dumping WV Radioactive Fracking Waste In Kentucky
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans: Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline To Be Completed By End Of 2023
-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Coal Mine Opponents To Petition DEP To Reject Mining Permit
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Arconic Is Approaching Its Environmental And Social Goals
-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Should New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals Have A Greater Dose Of Reality?
-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Stream Restoration Effort Part Of Lancaster Water Week
-- Courier Times: Are The Feds Done Dumping Delaware River Dredge On Burlington Island?
-- Citizens Voice: Volunteer Has Advice For Keeping Roadways Clean - Recycle
-- TribLive Editorial: Enough Garbage, It’s Time To Pass A Bill That Gets Serious About Litter
-- WESA: Allegheny County To Start Mosquito Treatment Monday
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Nine Mile Run Watershed Assn. Organizes Petition Opposed To New Craft Apartment Project Near Frick Park
-- Republican Herald: - Doyle Dietz: Schuylkill River Sojourn Celebrates Its 25th Year June 17-23
-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust - Land Protection & Stewardship Coordinator [PaEN]
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- AP: Saudi Arabia Slashing Oil Production Could Mean Higher Gasoline Prices For US Drivers [Oil/Natural Gas Prices Set By Foreign Markets, Not U.S.]
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA - Steven Caruso: PA State Budget: Guide To What’s On The Table, What Comes Next, How To Follow Along
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: It’s Crunch Time In Harrisburg As State Budget Season Goes Into Full Swing
-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA’s Primary Election Revealed Two Democratic Parties
-- York Daily Record: Behind The Hold-Up Of Shapiro’s Nominee For Secretary Of State
-- Post-Gazette: New Report Finds Enrollment And State Funding Of PA Colleges Continues To Decline
-- TribLive: Idea For ‘Mister Rogers’ Themed Lego Set Winning Support
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[Posted: June 5, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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