PA Environment Digest Blog: Thursday 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 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- 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. 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.

June 17-- NEW. House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on Hydrogen Hubs and Climate Change. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

-- DEP Establishes A Customer Experience Management Advisory Council To Put Customer Service Front And Center For Agency Leadership [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era: Rural Road Dust Suppression Technique Using Oil & Gas Wastewater Called Into Question

-- The Allegheny Front: Safety, Health Doubts Linger As Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline Gets Approval To Start Service

-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Is A Solar Electric Systems A Good Fit For Me? Improving Electric Grid Reliability; Agrivoltaics; Online Energy Education Opportunities

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hub Boosters Promise Major Jobs, Opponents, Demand More Transparency

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: MORE Money, Less Energy: State Launches Program For Municipalities To Fund Energy Efficiency Projects

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Proposed State Forests Plan In PA Addresses Variety Of Challenges And Needs

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Reports Highest Number Of Forest Buffers Planted Across Watershed Since 2016 [PaEN]

-- PA Horticultural Society, Aqua Pennsylvania Award Over $210,000 In Tree Planting Grants To Local Environmental Groups [PaEN]

-- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy, Warrenton Twp. Tree Planting Grants From Horticultural Society

-- Forests For Chesapeake Bay Newsletter: Latest News; Forest-Related Events; Snow Goose Migration; More!