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

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

September 22, 23, 24, 29, 30

October 1, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

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

September 8, 9, 10

October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 10:00: House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 501 (Otten-D-Chester) which would establish the PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard to modernize Pennsylvania’s outdated renewable energy standards, incentivizing innovation in nuclear and renewable energy, including battery storage, to remain competitive with other states, create jobs and help diversify energy sources and make energy more affordable (part of Gov. Shapiro’s Lightning Energy Plan) [Read more here]; Senate Bill 349 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing minimum decommissioning bonding and other requirements for solar energy facilities; House Bill 589 (Kinkead-D-Allegheny, Gaydos-R- Allegheny) establishing a state landslide and sinkhole insurance program (sponsor summary). Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

TODAY Off The Floor: Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 682 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) changing the name of the Dept. of Environmental Protection to the Dept. of Environmental Services. Rules Room [No video coverage]. Off the Floor.

June 3-- Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider nominations of Darryl A. Lawrence as PA Consumer Advocate and Stephen M. DeFrank to Public Utility Commission. Hearing Room 1 North Office Building. 10:30 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

June 4-- House Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 948 (Ciresi-D- Montgomery) prohibiting the blocking of electric vehicle charging stations; House Bill 1239 (Hanbidge-D-Montgomery) preventing owners’ association from blocking installation of solar energy. Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

June 4-- Agenda Posted. Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting. 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg. 2:30 p.m. (formal notice)

June 6-14-- Lancaster County Water Week

June 10-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171. Read more here on agenda.

-- June 2 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- DEP: XTO Energy Failed To Restore 5 Multi-Million Gallon Shale Gas Water Impoundments In Butler County [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 24 to 31 -- Failed To Restore 5 Shale Gas Water Impoundments In One County; 5 New Cases Of Defective Shale Well Cement; More Abandoned Shale, Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 31 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 67 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 31 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Failing To Properly Regulate Its Oil & Gas Industry - By Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair, House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Congressional Republican Budget Cuts Threaten America’s Clean Energy Future - By Stephen Herzenberg, Keystone Research Center

-- Reminder: DEP Meeting/Hearing June 4 On Modification To Liberty Soils Biosolids Management Facility In Schuylkill County

-- WNEP: Sinkhole Opens Up In Backyard Of Lackawanna County Home; DEP Investigating Possible Coal Mine Subsidence

-- Inquirer: American Water’s New CEO Wants To Take Over More Water And Sewer Utilities

-- LancasterOnline: Smoke From Wildfires In Canada Expected To Bring Haze To Central PA

-- PennLive: Parts Of PA Received Twice Normal Rainfall In May

-- Republican Herald: June 5 World Environment Day Aims To End Plastic Pollution [PDF of Article]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times Guest Essay: Sustainable Products - An Engine Driving Business Success - By Peter Votruba-Drzal, Vice President Of Global Sustainability At Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries

-- PA Capital-Star: Home Repair Program In PA Would Continue Investment In Essential Renovations, Energy Efficiency Improvements

-- Altoona Mirror: PA Resources Council June 7 Household Chemical Collection Event In Cambria County

-- Observer-Reporter: Greene County Master Gardener Program Looking To Grow

-- Inquirer: DOGE Closed Campgrounds At Federal Raystown Lake, Now The Locals Are Suffering: ‘If They Don’t Do Anything Soon, This Summer Is Ruined’

-- Bloomberg: President Plans To Offload National Park Sites, But States Don’t Want Them [Flight 93 Memorial; Gettysburg National Military Park, Delaware Water Gap]

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers

-- Altoona Mirror/AP: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Concerned Over Data Centers

New Federal Administration

-- Inquirer: DOGE Closed Campgrounds At Federal Raystown Lake, Now The Locals Are Suffering: ‘If They Don’t Do Anything Soon, This Summer Is Ruined’

-- Bloomberg: President Plans To Offload National Park Sites, But States Don’t Want Them [Flight 93 Memorial; Gettysburg National Military Park, Delaware Water Gap]

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Uncertainty Complicates PA Budget Haggling Over Transit, Education