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]

House next voting day April 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 39, 30

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Senate next voting day April 9, 10, 29, 30

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 9:00: House State Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 1169 (Warren-D- Bucks) requiring the installation of water bottle refilling stations in state buildings (sponsor summary). Room 523 Irvis Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

TODAY 10:00: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1943 (McNeill-D-Lehigh) requires disclosure of all chemicals used in oil and gas well fracking (sponsor summary). Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

TODAY 10:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider a package of bills related to acquisition of water and sewer systems - House Bill 1862 (Matzie-D-Beaver), House Bill 1863 (Matzie-D-Beaver) and House Bill 1864 (Matzie-D- Beaver), House Bill 1865 (Matzie-D-Beaver) (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

TODAY Noon & 7:00: Penn State Extension:Webinars: Introduction To Working Riparian Buffers You Can Eat; Other Buffer Resources. Noon and 7:00 p.m.

TODAY 12:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov. Read more here on agenda.

-- New Penn State Study Shows Continuous Radioactive Radium Exposure From Oil & Gas Wastewater Poses A Threat To Aquatic, Human Health As It Accumulates In Aquatic Species [PaEN]

-- The Derrick: State Intervenes In Venango Water Case [Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill] [PaEN]

-- CNX Completing $20 Million Fresh Water Pipeline To Serve Future Shale Gas Drilling, And Potentially Local Communities As An Alternative To The Westmoreland Municipal Authority [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA House Republicans: Federal Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Export Facilities May Spark ‘Electricity Crisis’ [If We Don’t Ship More PA Gas Out Of The Country? And to China like EQT Wants?]

-- PA Capital-Star: Biden ‘Moratorium’ On LNG Gas Exports Could Hurt PA’s Energy Future, House Republican Panel Hears [There Is No Moratorium, It’s A Pause On New LNG Export Facilities, Export Facility Capacity Will Still Double During Pause ]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Fracking Industry Has Opportunity To Defeat Biden In 2024

-- Fox News: West Virginia State Treasurer Banned 4 Major Banks From Entering Into State Contracts Over Their Environmental Policies: ‘We Are Absolutely Going To Stand By… Fossil Fuels’

-- CNHI News: House Dem Says Electric Vehicle Road Fee Talks Resume, Senate Republican Firm On Current Proposal

-- Erie Times: Erie Basks In Limelight Of The Solar Eclipse: ‘Center Of The Universe’

-- WTAE: Plum Borough In Allegheny County Accepting Solar Eclipse Glasses For Recycling To Astronomers Without Boarders

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Scientists Experiment With Bioreactors To Address Nitrogen, Phosphorus Pollution From Region’s Springs

-- Vote Now! For Your Favorite Photo In Chesapeake Bay Foundation Contest; One PA Photo Included