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, April 8, 9, 10, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, April 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 10:00: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on solar energy and economic development. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

March 19-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 254 (Merski-D-Erie) leasing certain areas of Lake Erie for wind energy development (sponsor summary); House Bill 597 (Kim-D-Dauphin) authorizing a county recycling and waste management fee (sponsor summary); House Bill 1166 (Steele-D-Allegheny) prohibit use of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in asphalt pavement sealers (sponsor summary). Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

March 19-- House Consumer, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 1842 (Schweyer-D-Lehigh) authorize a community solar energy facility program [Read more here]. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

March 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Todd M. Wallace, at twallace@pa.gov or (717) 783-6395. Read more here on agenda.

March 19-- House Game & Fisheries Committee informational meeting on Fish & Boat Commission’s 2023 Annual Report. Room 523, Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

March 20-- Senate Game and Fisheries Committee meets to consider House Bill 1409 (Kulik-D -Allegheny) renew the authority of Fish and Boat Commission to set its own fees for 10 years (House Fiscal Note & Summary). Room 8E-A East Wing. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

March 20-- House Game & Fisheries Committee informational meeting on Game Commission’s 2023 Annual Report. Room 523, Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

-- March 18 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 9 to 15 - Home Explosion; 140 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Methane In Water Supply; Porcupine Causes Wastewater Spill [PaEN]

-- DEP Cites Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators For Abandoning, Not Plugging 140 More Wells Last Week; Total Now 380 Wells This Year [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 16 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 76 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 16 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Shapiro Has Work To Do To Win Senate Republicans’ Support For His Energy/Climate Plan

-- Observer-Reporter Letter: Shale Gas Fracking Leaves A Trail Of Destruction - By Megan McDonough

-- Inside Climate News: A Window Into Persistent Inequities Of Environmental Policy - Clairton Coke [Coal] Works In Allegheny County

-- CONSOL Energy Releases 2023 Corporate Sustainability Report

-- Republican Herald: Pine Grove Junior ROTC Students Clear Tires From Illegal Dump Site In Schuylkill County

-- Centre Daily Times: Recycling: Why Isn’t Centre County A Single Stream Program? Recycling Rules In The County

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Highlights Jennings Environmental Ed Center Beavers; March 25 & April 8 Eclipse; More Activities [PaEN]