PA Environment Digest Blog: Monday 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]

Senate next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

March 5-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee hearing on House Bill 491 (Young-D-Philadelphia) expanding the use of mechanical insulation in PUC Act 129 energy efficiency and conservation programs (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. Noon. Click Here to watch online.

March 6-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee informational meeting on electric vehicle infrastructure. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Noon. Click Here to watch online.

-- March 4 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 24 to March 1 - 11 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Field Of Leaking Wells; Voluntary Plugging; No Cleanup Progress In Reno Spill [PaEN]

-- Latest DEP Inspection Shows No Progress By Petro Erie In Cleaning Up The Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County 6 Months Ago [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 2 [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Tunkhannock Area Schools Going All Out For Solar Energy Generation; Will Have Largest Solar Facility Of Any Public School [Wyoming County]

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Will Climate Change Add More Nutrient Pollution To Chesapeake Bay? [Spoiler - Yes]

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philly Plans To Revamp Its Drinking Water Infrastructure, The Water Dept. Wants To Hear Your Thoughts

-- TribLive: Greater Latrobe Alumna Honoree Cites Benefits Of Sports, Outdoors, Support Of Flight 93 Memorial

-- Citizens Voice: More Recreation Projects On The Menu In Wilkes-Barre

Train Derailments

-- MCall: Cleanup, Investigation Continue After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment In Northampton County