PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday 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

TODAY 10:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee hearing on House Bill 1077 (Matzie-D-Beaver) reauthorization of Chapter 14 water, gas, electric customers billing and shut-off requirements. Room 140 Main Capitol. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Lucas Hershey 717-787-7019 or luchershey@pa.gov

THURSDAY 9:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. The agenda has options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Bob Haines robhaines@pa.gov

-- DEP Advisory: DEP continues to experience problems with their websites and problems with distributing press releases.

-- CFA Approves $27 Million In Watershed, Recreation Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees; Fees Dropping $104 Million In 2024; New Grant Round Opening [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: $552,000 CFA Grant For Lycoming Mall For Natural Gas Pipeline Access

-- Williamsport Sun: South Williamsport Receives $500,000 From CFA For Levee Funding

-- PJM Interconnection Extends Cold Weather Advisory Thru Jan. 21 In Western Region; Conservative Operations Remain In Effect Due To Natural Gas Fuel Restrictions [PaEN]

-- DEP Hosts In-Person, Virtual Q/A Sessions On Applying For $5 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Mitigation Grants In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- The Energy Age - Bob Donnan: PA Environmental Hearing Board Allows Appeal Of Shale Gas Well Permits

-- WHYY: PowerCorpsPHL Offers Solar Industry Training Program Focused On Justice-Involved Philadelphians

-- TribLive: Water Conservation To Continue As Beaver Run Reservoir Level Rebounds In Westmoreland; Ban On Using Water For Fracking Gas Wells Continues

-- York Dispatch: York County May Be Under Blanket Of Snow, But Drought Conditions Persist

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Rep. Ryncavage, Community Respond To Water Crisis In Ashley Mobile Home Park

-- Altoona Mirror: Hollidaysburg Water Authority Allows Coal Mining On Game Commission Land, But Not Watershed Property