House holds Regular Session June 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22
Senate holds Regular Session June 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
TODAY 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 was held on the bill June 5. ; 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.
TODAY 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.
TODAY 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.
TODAY 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.
TODAY 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.
-- Inside Climate News: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants In PA, Study Shows
-- Republicans, Shale Gas Industry Oppose House Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution [PaEN]
-- House Passes Bipartisan Legislation To Strengthen Rail Safety After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Mountain Watershed Assn. Calls On DEP To Reform Coal Mining Permit Process, Oppose 4,200 Acre Expansion Of Rustic Ridge Mine In Westmoreland County
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Assess Abandoned Mine Pollution In Moshannon Creek Watershed With DEP Grant [PaEN]
-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Training, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals Host 3-Part Riparian Buffers On Ag Lands Training Starting June 23 [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Learn How To Protect Your Watershed By Attending 3 Upcoming Community Science Webinars Starting June 7 [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts June 7 Water Quality Monitoring Workshop
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Farm Gets $10,000 DEP Grant To Help Students Explore Their Watershed
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Mourns The Loss Of Dr. Beth McGee, Director Of Science & Agricultural Policy
-- PA Senate Passes Resolution Designating June 4 to 10 Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week In Pennsylvania
-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map Forecasts High Danger TODAY In 59 Of 67 Counties
-- MCall: Route 33 Reopens After Wildfire Closes Part Of Highway In Northampton County
-- PennLive: National Weather Service Issues WildFire Weather Watch For Tuesday Across Central PA
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Ban On Outdoor Fires Could Take Effect Friday As Drought Worsens
-- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecast Air Quality Action Day For Tuesday, June 6 For Particulate Matter In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Southwest PA, Liberty-Clairton Area
-- TribLive: Canadian Wildfires A Factor As Air Quality Action Day Warning Issued For Tuesday
-- Post-Gazette: Smoke From Canada Wildfires To Cause Unhealthy Air In Pittsburgh Region Tuesday
-- TribLive: Dry Conditions Expected To Continue In Western Pennsylvania
-- MCall: No Significant Rain In Sight For Lehigh Valley As Region Moves Closer To Drought
-- KYW: Bucks County Officials Asking Residents To Conserve Water Due To Dry Conditions
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Farmers Worried About Lack Of Rain
-- Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days On Tap For August 8-10 In Centre County [PaEN]
-- Penn State, PA Forest Products Assn. Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Crews Continue To Address Aftermath Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosion In Allegheny County
-- TribLive Editorial: Was Smokestack Demolition Blast A Failure Of Planning Or Communication?
-- PennLive: Firefighters From 14 Volunteer Companies Put Out Blaze At Lycoming County Landfill
-- Republican Herald: Natural Soil Products In Pottsville Fined $50,000 By DEP, Ordered To Reduce Biosolid Smells
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Hannah Hohman, Allegheny CleanWays Cleaning Their Way Down The Mon River
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: How Climate Activists Are Working To Shift Trillions Of Dollars Away From Fossil Fuels And Into Renewables
-- Covestro Signs First Major Renewable Energy Agreement For Its U.S. Operations Headquartered In Pittsburgh
-- WHYY: PA Residents Receiving LIHEAP Or Weatherization Assistance Can Get Free Air Conditioners This Summer
-- PUC Urges Consumers To #CheckForID When Dealing With Door-To-Door Or In-Person Energy Sales Agents
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Health Dept. Takes Action To Slow Mosquito Breeding
-- Registration Open! PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 17-19 In Scranton [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Firefly Festival: Lights Out For Lightning Bugs! June 24-30 [PaEN]
-- WESA/LehighValleyNews: How A Statewide Study Of Wildlife Corridors Could Impact PA
-- Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Opens Chirp, Chitter, Caw - Surrounded By Bird Song Experience
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Soar 20% As Market Shows Signs Of Tightening
Other States/National/International
-- AP: Amount Of Warming Triggering Carbon Dioxide In Air Hits New Peak, Growing At Near-Record Rate
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA House Democrats Pass Budget Bill With More Spending Than Shapiro Proposed; Republicans Say It Will ‘Bankrupt’ State
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA House Passes Democrats’ 446.4 Billion Spending Plan; Republicans Call It Unsustainable
-- The Center Square: Pricier Budget Offer Squeaks Through PA House
-- PA Capital-Star: House Democrats Propose $903 Million In Additional Spending Over Shapiro’s Proposal
-- AP: Growing State Budget Fight In Divided Legislature Could Test PA’s Democratic Governor
-- AP: Partisan Stalemate Keeps Child Sexual Assault Lawsuit Window From Advancing In PA Legislature
-- PennLive: PA House Passes Expansion Of Clean Slate Criminal Record Legislation By Wide Margin
-- Spotlight PA: General Assembly, Governor’s Office Spent $12.6 Million On Private Lawyers To Fight Challenge To State’s Education Funding Formula
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: North Fayette Man Sentenced To 4+ Years In Federal Prison For Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. Capitol
-- Politics PA: Conservative Moms For Liberty Group: Who Are They? What Do They Want?
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[Posted: June 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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