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 Voting Schedule

-- October 22, 23

-- November 12, 13 [End Of Session, All Bills Die]

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

-- October 22, 23

-- November 13, 14 [End Of Session, All Bills Die]

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lindsay Byron lbyron@pa.gov.

October 23-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Resolution 565 (Pielli-D-Chester) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to do a study on wil native terrestrial invertebrate management (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

October 23-- Agenda Posted. Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds a hearing on waste to fuels. Room 8E-B East Wing Capitol Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here for available online video.

October 23-- Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lucas Hershey, luchershey@pa.gov. (formal notice)

DEP Advisory: DEP is migrating its website to a new platform to launch in mid-December. Updates to the current site will be limited until then.

-- Keep PA Beautiful Hosts Community Stewardship Summit In Scranton: Bridging Action, Infrastructure, Policy, Innovation [PaEN]

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Fracking In Pennsylvania Hasn’t Gone As Well As Some May Think

-- TribLive: Murrysville Council Denies Citizen Petition To Rescind Oil And Gas Leases Under Park Land In Westmoreland County

-- Sierra Club PA Hosts Oct. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here! How Oil & Gas Waste Haunts Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Floats Options For Fast-Track Interconnections For Shovel-Ready Electric Generation Projects

-- PUC Seeks Nominations For PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee

-- Firepoint Energy Has Leased 100-Acre Coal Waste Site In Indiana County for Lithium Extraction, Synthetic Fuel Production

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Starting Jan. 15 [PaEN]

-- One United Lancaster: Lancaster Celebrates $1 Million Federal Grant For Street Tree Program

-- Schuylkill Action Network To Hold Annual Meeting Nov. 1 At Albright College In Berks County [PaEN]

-- Save The Date: Penn State ACAP Ag Conservation Con 2025 - April 1-3 In Harrisburg