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 June 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

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Senate next voting day June 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

June 10-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on Road Dumping Oil & Gas Waste and House Bill 2384 (Vitali-D-Delaware) banning road dumping oil and gas wastewater. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.

June 11-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds voting meeting on House Bill 2384 (Vitali-D-Delaware) banning road dumping oil and gas wastewater; House Bill 2238 (Scott-D-Montgomery) banning certain common consumer products from containing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00 a.m. Read more here.

June 11-- 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 about the agenda.

June 11-- Protect PT Hosts 4 Workshops On How To Protect Yourself If You Live Near Shale Gas Facilities. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

June 13-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Check the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395. Read more here about the agenda.

-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets June 13 On Migration Of Waste From Injection Wells; E&S Permitting; Federal Plugging Programs; Updated Conventional Waste Regs; Financial Assurance To Prevent Well Abandonment [PaEN]

-- Better Path Coalition: DEP Removes Co-Product Category From Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database; Well Owners Continue To Fail To Report How They Dispose Of Their Waste [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Former DEP Secretary Wants Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater On Roads To Remain Illegal

-- PA Capital-Star/Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Rural Pennsylvania, Cryptocurrency Mining Offers A Lifeline For Dying Gas Wells [But Do They Bother To Get Permits]

-- Warren Times: Consistent Decline Seen In Warren County Population

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 8 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 85 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health News: The Oil & Gas Industry’s Radioactive Problem: Q & A With Author Justin Nobel

-- Observer-Reporter: State Police Fire Marshal Unable To Determine Cause Of the Bailey Mine Coal Waste Plant Fire In Greene County

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Means More Facking Pollution, False Promises - By Talor Musil, Environmental Health Project & Sean O’Leary, Ohio River Valley Institute

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Pennsylvania, Landowners Could Be Forced To Let Carbon Dioxide Be Buried Under Their Property

-- DCNR Celebrates Reaching Renewable Energy Goal At Presque Isle State Park In Erie With Installation Of Solar Energy Arrays [PaEN]