PA Environment Digest Blog: Monday 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 Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23, 24, 25, 30

-- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 2:30: Gov. Shapiro To Join EPA Administrator Regan In Pittsburgh To Announce Recipients of EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Competition Read more about PA grant.

July 23-- Virtual. PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Webinar On Large-Scale Solar Energy Facilities In Pennsylvania. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

July 24-- House Republican Policy Committee hearing on the Positive Impact of Coal. [Greene County hosted by Rep. Bud Cook (R-Greene), Location To Be Determined] 10:00 a.m.

July 25-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Daniel E. Snowden, D.Ed., dsnowden@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-787-5103. [Note: Update on investing new federal mine reclamation funds.]

July 25-- House Republican Policy Committee hearing on road dumping oil and gas wastewater. [hosted by Rep. Lee James (R-Venango) Location To Be Determined] 10:00 a.m. [Read the real story here]

July 26-- Virtual. State Museum Of PA Webinar: Pennsylvania Caves - Time Capsules Of The Past Featuring Rose-Anna Behr, PA Geological Survey. 12:15 p.m.

August 15-- NEW. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

-- July 22 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- Feature: Rock - Water - Air: The Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County 22 Years Later [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 13 to 19 - Pipeline Construction Spill; 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Comply With Order [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 20 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 20 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- EPA Awards $396.1 Million To Pennsylvania For Reducing Industrial Sector Carbon Emissions [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: Franklin County Cuts Deal To OK Transource Power-Line Project To Feed PA Power To Maryland, Virginia, W. Virginia And DC, Will Receive $5 Million Payment

-- PennLive: Will Central PA Drought Get Any Worse? Forecast Suggests Rain On The Horizon

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Hazelwood Summer Camp Teaches Life Lessons Along With Rowing On The Mon River

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Falls To Lowest In Week As Texas LNG Export Facility Restarts