PA Environment Digest Blog: Saturday 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 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 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

January 22-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to register to join the meeting remotely. Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.com. Read more here.

January 22-- Physicians For Social Responsibility- PA Webinar On How To Talk To Your Doctor About Environmental Threats To Your Health. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

January 23-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams With Meeting ID: 267 985 148 322 and Passcode: aAo7Qg; or by telephone 267-332-8767, conference ID 867 745 237#. Contact: Daniel E. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846.

-- UPDATED: Public Utility Commission Urges Consumers To Prepare For Extreme Cold Next Week [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection: New All-Time Peak Electricity Demand Possible Jan. 20-22; PJM Working With Gas Generators To Try To Get Them Online Before Extreme Cold Hits [PaEN]

-- Shapiro Administration Urges Readiness In Advance Of Dangerous Cold Weather

-- Bloomberg: Wintry Blast To Unleash Snow, Test Electric Grids From Midwest To NYC

-- Gov. Shapiro Threatens To Pull Pennsylvania Out Of PJM If It Does Not Protect Consumers Against Soaring Power Prices [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 18 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 107 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- PUC Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss Appointed To National Committees On Natural Gas, Pipeline Safety

-- USDOT Finalizes Rule To Modernize Gas Pipeline Methane Emissions Detection Requirements [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Yaw Proposes Low-Interest Government Loans For New Power Plants As Electricity Crunch Looms

-- TribLive/AP: Former FirstEnergy Executives Indicted In $60 Million Ohio Bribery Scheme To Secure Bailout Of Company’s Nuclear Power Plants

-- DEP Proposes Listing Nockamixon TCE Contamination Site In Nockamixon Twp., Bucks County On The PA Priority List Of Hazardous Sites [PaEN]