PA Environment Digest Blog: Tuesday 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 19, 20, April 8, 9, 10, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 10:00: 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.

TODAY 9:00: 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.

TODAY 9:30: 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.

TODAY 10:00: 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 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.

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets March 27 To Hear Update On Grant Programs, State Budget [PaEN]

-- Spring Road Dumping Season Underway As Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Get Rid Of Their Wastewater [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 8 Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals, Adopts New General Permit For Cooperative Fish Nurseries [PaEN]

-- Insurance Dept.: Stay Protected With Flood Insurance During Flood Awareness Week [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh’s Climate Emissions Aren’t Falling Fast Enough To Meet 2030 Climate Goals

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Federal Solar Subsidies Race Is On In Pennsylvania

-- The Energy Age: Development Of Range Resources-Appalachia Augustine George Shale Gas Well Pad - Act 14 Notice To Municipalities

-- Public Utility Commission Highlights 2024 ‘Fix A Water Leak Week’

-- Food & Water Watch: Groups, Residents Call On PUC To Put An End To Predatory Water System Pricing In Pennsylvania

-- Utility Dive: Up To 58 GW Of Power Generation In PJM Faces Retirement By 2030 Without Replacement Capacity In Sight, Market Monitor

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Angler Researches Lowering Lakes From The Bottom To Cool Waters And Help Trout Survive

-- Northern Appalachian Folk Festival Indiana, PA: April 27: Michael Klimkos - The Fires Of Penn’s Woods