PA Environment Digest Blog: Sunday 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.

-- 120 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [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 Solar Center Hosts March 22 Webinar Unpacking Solar Energy Interconnection With Electric Grid In PA [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Couple’s Death In House Explosion Rekindles Memories, Unanswered Questions On Home Explosions

-- Post-Gazette: Crescent Twp. Community Mourns Couple Killed In Home Explosion As Investigators Seek Answers

-- TribLive: Signs Warn Sewickley Creek Users In Yukon Of Possible Pollution From MAX Environmental Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility In Westmoreland County

-- LancasterOnline: Neighbors Bring Concerns On Rheems Quarry Expansion To State Regulators

-- LancasterOnline: Solanco Students Help Restore Hickory Trees To Lancaster City

-- Tribune-Democrat: Hikers Learn Local History On Allegheny Portage Railroad 190th Anniversary Trip