“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
April 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
Senate Voting Schedule
May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
April 16-- Agenda Posted. DEP Sewage Advisory Committee meeting.
April 17-- DEP Climate Action Plan Community Climate Conversations Webinar. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Read more here.
April 17-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community, Penn State Beaver In-Person Beaver County - Our Future, Our Environment, Penn State Beaver, 5:30 -8:30 p.m.
April 21-- Cecil Township Zoning Hearing Board 2nd hearing on Range Resources Appalachia, LLC Substantive Validity Challenge to 2,500 foot setback ordinance. Municipal Building, 3599 Millers Run Road, Cecil, Washington County. 7:00 p.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.
April 22-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams. DEP Contact: Lindsay Byron at lbyron@pa.gov or calling 717-772-8951. Read more here.
April 23-- [Tentative Agenda] House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 586 (Friel-D-Chester) amending the Solid Waste Management Act to further regulation food processing residuals; House Resolution 167 (Sappey-D-Chester) recognizes the week of May 9-18 as Go Public Gardens Days; House Resolution 177 (Mihaleck-R-Allegheny) recognizes April as Low Head Dam Public Safety Awareness Month. Click Here to watch online.
April 24-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to join via Microsoft Teams: ID: 274 896 265 706 Passcode: GfvsJL or telephone +1 267 332 8737 ID: 377 402 179# Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.
April 24-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.
April 24-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission hearing on water withdrawal requests, including renewal of two shale gas water projects in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties. SRBC Offices, 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg. 6:00 p.m. Join by telephone by calling (877) 304-9269, passcode 2619070#. Read more here.
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-- Tribune-Democrat: Storm-Driven Mine Drainage Blowout Pollutes Bens Creek Trout Stream In Conemaugh Twp., Somerset County [PDF of Article]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Study To Focus On Hazardous Materials Passing Through Luzerne County
-- PUC Approves Aqua Pennsylvania’s Lead Service Line Replacement Plan
-- PUC Approves Expansion Of Duquesne Light ‘Time Of Use’ Rate
-- The Derrick: Pleasantville, Venango County Donates Fire Engine To Hurricane-Battered Tennessee Fire Department
-- Game Commission: Highlights From April 12 Commissioners Meeting + Award Winners
-- Republican Herald - T.C. Mazar: Game Commission Wrangling Invasive Shrubs On State Game Lands
-- Scranton Times - Tom Venesky: Monarch Butterfly Endangered Species Plan May Not Fly With Farmers [PDF of Article]
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive Editorial: Term Limits Return Power To People
-- Centre Daily Times: A School Shooting Was Planned For State College High School Police Say, Suspect Arrested
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh-Area Farmers Split On Whether President’s Tariffs Will Benefit Their Operations
-- KDKA: PA Farmers View President’s Trade War As A ‘Double-Edged Sword’
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Even With The ‘Pause’ On Tariffs, The Damage Is Already Done - By Mark Singel
-- WPost Guest Column - Salena Zito: On The Ground In Pennsylvania With US Steel Workers Lobbying President To Approve A Foreign Deal
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[Posted: April 13, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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