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

January 7, 27, 28, 29

February 3, 4, 5

March 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

April 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 24

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

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

ADVISORY: DEP and DCNR Websites Are Down; So Is PA Press Room

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.

December 12-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Click Here for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

January 4-11-- Pennsylvania Farm Show. Harrisburg.

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Agriculture To Get Greater Voice In Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: $40 Million+ Heading To PA Farms To Increase Climate Resilience

-- Lower Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership Holds Virtual Meeting Dec. 4 On Federal Disaster Response; Regulating Water Supplies; Roadside Springs [PaEN]

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Host Dec. 5 Webinar: Moving Towards Sustainable Consumption - Navigating The Holidays [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Conservation Sets Jan. 17 Deadline To Apply For College Scholarship Applications

-- Altoona Mirror: Council Of Governments Working To Obtain Easements For Floodplain Restoration Project Along Beaverdam Branch, Juniata River In Blair County

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Environmental Justice Communities Abandoned By Global Plastics Treaty Process [PaEN]

-- AP: Negotiators Fail To Reach Agreement On Plastic Pollution Treaty, Talks To Resume Next Year

-- NextPittsburgh: Uncovering The History Of Cement City And Clean Air In Donora

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PennDOT Among 39 States In Federal Program To Lower Carbon Emissions In Road, Bridge Work