PA Environment Digest Blog: DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee Meets Feb. 20 To Review 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Climate Action Plan

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is schedule to meet February 20 to hear presentations on the 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory and an update on the PA Climate Action Plan.

The agenda also includes an update on the PA Climate Network, climate outreach activities and federally funded climate and energy programs.

Public Comment Period

Individuals interested in providing public comments during the meeting must sign up to provide comments at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting by emailing Kelsey Irvine at kelirvine@pa.gov or calling 717-787-0881

Join The Meeting

The meeting will be held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building starting at 9:00 a.m. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams.

For available handouts and more information, visit DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee webpage. Questions should be directed to Lindsay Byron, at lbyron@pa.gov or (717) 772-8951.

Upcoming Event:

-- February 22-- Ohio River Valley Institute Webinar Announcing A Roadmap For Industrial Decarbonization In Pennsylvania. 3:00 p.m. Read more on the agenda.

-- Sen. Comitta: Let's Work Together To Address Climate Change, But Stop Rehashing The Same Old Arguments Against RGGI That Are Not Protecting Our Planet And Our People [PaEN]

-- Coalition For Community Solar Access Thanks House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee For Hearing, Calls For Vote On House Bill 1842 [PaEN]

-- PennEnvironment Report Finds PA Lags Behind Many States In Rooftop Solar Facilities, Recommends Policies For Improving Growth [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN]

-- PUC Invites Comments On Williams Natural Gas Pipeline Co. Proposal To Construct 2 Solar Energy Facilities To Provide Electricity To Compressor Stations In Columbia, Wyoming Counties [PaEN]

-- DEP Approves PennEnergy Resources 1.5 Million Gallon/Day Water Withdrawal For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- Southwest PA Municipal Project Hub Will Help Municipalities In 10 Counties Apply For Historic Federal Funding To Develop Clean, Sustainable Economic Development Projects, Communities [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Unraveling Hydrogen Rainbow; Renewable Energy On The Farm; Carbon Markets, Climate-Smart Forestry [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Basin Alliance, National Wildlife Federation Report Identifies Community Concerns, Priorities For Local Waters In Ohio River Watershed [PaEN]

-- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Billion Thru 2042; No Regard For Environmental Compliance Record [PaEN]