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]

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

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

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

House Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23, 24, 25, 30

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

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 10:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds hearing on House Bill 2277 (Otten-D-Chester), the PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS) is the Governor’s Energy Plan that would diversify energy generation, improve grid reliability, lower consumer costs by avoiding energy price spikes and create energy-related jobs. Room G-50 of the Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live online. Read more here.

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board Regulatory, Legislative and Technical Committee meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for information on how to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Daniel Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or 717-783-8846. (formal notice)

TODAY 1:30: Virtual. Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation To DCNR meeting. 1:30 p.m. Attend remotely via Microsoft Teams. Get link by sending email to Derek Eberly at: deeberly@pa.gov. (formal notice)

July 30-- Protect PT To Host Community Meeting For Residents Near Westmoreland Landfill, Monessen Coke Works In Monessen, Westmoreland County On Air Monitoring. Monessen Public Library, 329 Donner Avenue in Monessen. 5:30 p.m.

August 15-- 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.

-- DEP Advisory: Monday, July 29 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day In Southwest PA (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland), Susquehanna Valley (Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York)

-- Monday- PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.29.24

-- July 29 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 20 to 26 - Abandoned Well Violations To Owner Of 727 Conventional Wells ‘Returned To Sender,’ More Wastewater Pipeline Spills; 2nd Attempt To Plug Shale Gas Well [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 27 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 74 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- PA US Sen. Casey Cosponsors Bill To Find, Clean Up Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Detection, Plugging Tech [PaEN]

-- AP: PUC Files Complaints Against Peoples Gas In Fatal 2021 Natural Gas Explosion In Tyrone, Blair County

-- USDA Announces $163 Million In Rural Energy For America Funding, Including 4 Projects in Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Warren Times Editorial: Carbon Capture Bill A Smart Step

-- Observer-Reporter: Davistown Residents Frustrated By Prolonged East Dunkard/PA American Water Outage

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Forges Forest Of The Future In Face Of Climate Change