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]

House next voting day April 15, 16, 17, 39, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21, 22, June 3, 4, 5

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Senate next voting day April 29, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8, June 3, 4, 5

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

April 16-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 1615 (O’Mara-D-Delaware) setting energy efficiency standards for certain commercial and residential appliances. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

April 17-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on the environmental and public health impacts associated with the practice of spreading oil and gas drilling waste, known as brine, on Pennsylvania's roads for dust control and ice management. Valley Township Building, 1145 W. Lincoln Highway, Coatesville, Chester County. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here about the issue.

April 25-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Penn State Technology Center Room 243 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Click Here for options to attend remotely. Contact: Adam Walters adwalters@pa.gov or 717-214-6548.

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed CNX Midstream Double 24-Inch, 14 Mile Long Gas Pipelines In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- Act 14: Little Known State Law Gives Municipalities, Counties First Chance To Comment On DEP Permits Before Applications Are Submitted; Critical First Step In Public Involvement [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 13 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 13 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets May 29 Hearing On Wheelabrator Municipal Waste Combustion Facility Air Quality Permit In Bucks County [PaEN]

-- DEP Bans Sale Of Eyoyo Electronics Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: Registration Open For Weekday Electronics Waste Collections In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Volunteers Needed For Annual Presque Isle State Park Cleanup April 27

-- TribLive: New Round Of Flooding Hits Western PA; State Road Closings, Reopenings Updated

-- Post-Gazette: Record Rainfall Leads To Major Flooding As Allegheny County Communities Start Cleaning Up

-- Observer-Reporter: Canton Twp. Businesses, Residents Lament Repeated Flooding Along Chartiers Creek, Washington County