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 Voting Schedule

[End Of Session, All Bills Die]

January 7 New Session

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

[End Of Session, All Bills Die]

January 7, 27, 28, 29

Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6.

February 3, 4, 5

March 24, 25, 26, 31

April 1, 2

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .

House/Senate: The General Assembly’s Website Will Change To New Members Dec. 1

TODAY 9:00: Virtual. Public Utility Commission Technical Conference On Adequacy Of Electricity Supplies In Pennsylvania. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

November 26-- Virtual. PA Emergency Management Agency, Delaware River Basin Commission: Hazard Mitigation Grant Funding Webinar, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.

December 5-- 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 agenda.

-- November 25 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 16 to 22 - $5.257 Million In Penalties; Conventional Well Owners Issued More Violations Than All Of 2023; More Abandoned Wells; Failure To Submit Shale Gas Reports [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 23 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 60 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 23 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- MyChesterCounty: DEP Slashes Permit Backlog By 75%, Ends Oil & Gas Delays - What It Means For Pennsylvania

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Dried Waterways Stun Residents, Leave Fish Stranded, Hurt Outdoor Tourism From Lehigh Valley, To Philly, New Jersey’s Pinelands

-- AP: Record Dryness In US Northeast Should Change Water Behavior, Experts Say

-- Republican Herald: Donated PA Campers To House Carolina Hurricane Survivors

-- Courier Times: Bucks County Post Office To Be Named For Beloved Worker Who Was A Flood Victim In 2023

-- Vista.Today: Community Volunteers Lead Environmental Research Across Delaware River Basin

-- Penn State’s Center For Dirt & Gravel Road Studies Spearheads New Design Standards For Stream Crossings [PaEN]

-- Reforest Our Future Patch Project Creates Mini-Forests In Beaver County Community [PaEN]