PA Environment Digest Blog: Saturday 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

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

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

March 18-- 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.

-- 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]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Billions In PA Taxpayer Subsidies Go To Polluting Shell Petrochemical Plant Without Regard To Environmental Compliance

-- WTAE: 3 Allegheny County Home Explosion Investigations Launched In Past 2 Years Remain Open

-- Gov. Shapiro: PA Labor & Industry Leaders Praise Energy/Climate Plan

-- Gov. Shapiro: PA Environmental Leaders Praise Energy/Climate Plan

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To General Air Quality Permit Authorizing Coal Mine Methane Flares [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 30 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties [PaEN]

-- Clean Air Council, Moms Clean Air Force, Earthworks Host March 20 Webinar On Federal Waste Oil & Gas Emission Charges [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light: National Faith + Climate Online Forum Set For April 16; In-Person Watch Party

-- Observer-Reporter: Water Quality Problems Return For East Dunkard Water System Customers In Greene County

-- DEP Environmental Justice Update Highlights Governor’s New STEM Fellowship; Grant Deadlines; May 14 Environmental Justice Advisory Board Meeting [PaEN]