PA Environment Digest Blog: Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]

Governor’s Budget Address: February 6

Senate next voting day February 5, 6, 7, March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

House next voting day February 6, March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- DEP Website: DEP continues to experience problems with its website; Has not posted any of its press releases since January 5.

-- DEP Database Advisory: OnBase Scheduled Maintenance Jan. 27 5:00 p.m. to Jan. 28 9:00 a.m. will disable some DEP database functions. Click Here for more.

-- DCNR Document Server Advisory: DCNR’s document server will be down from 5:00 p.m. Jan. 27 until 9:00 a.m. Jan. 28 for routine upgrade.. Recreation maps and other documents will be unavailable. Click Here for more.

-- 66 Months Later, DEP Worked With Conventional Well Owner, But Multiple Spills At A Well Site Have Still Not Been Cleaned Up; No Protections In Place For Operators Or Taxpayers [PaEN]

-- PennVEST Invests $194.3 Million In 28 Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Water Quality Improvement Projects In 20 Counties [PaEN]

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund Grants; Webinar Jan. 30; Project Coaching [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards $573,000 To 10 Projects To Protect Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone; $268,000 To 5 Projects To Protect Lake Erie Coastal Zone [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension - Farm Conservation Success Story Series: First Stop Westmoreland County - John Kitz's Mount Pleasant Farm [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Shares Latest Progress On Watershed Restoration: Stream Health; Protected Lands; Forest Buffers; Wetlands; Blue Crabs; Aquatic Vegetation

-- USDA Rural Development Funds 3 More Clean Energy Projects In Huntingdon, Lancaster, Perry Counties [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For PA Brownfields Conference March 25-27 In State College [PaEN]

-- Penn State College Of Engineering: Scholarship Fund Endowed By Mitchell Family For Engineering Students From Schuylkill, Carbon, Columbia, Northumberland Counties

-- DCNR Blog: Heritage Areas Draw Visitors, Boost Economy

-- Game Commission Board Of Commissioners To Meet In Harrisburg Jan. 26-27

-- WITF/WPSU: Volunteers Rescue Birds Making Emergency Snow Landings In Central PA