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]

Governor’s Budget Address: February 6

Senate next voting day February 5, 6, 7, March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

House next voting day February 6, March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

-- DEP Database Advisory: OnBase Scheduled Maintenance Jan. 27 5:00 p.m. to 28 9:00 a.m. will disable some DEP database functions. Click Here for more.

-- DEP Website: DEP continues to experience problems with its website and problems with distributing press releases.

WEDNESDAY 1:00: Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 1:00 p.m. Remote access will be available. Contact: Gretchen Leslie 717-772-9084 or gleslie@pa.gov. (formal notice) Read more here.

-- January 22 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 13 to 19; 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; 4 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Freshwater Pipeline Break; Ice & Snow [PaEN]

-- 4 Months Later, XTO Energy, Inc. Said They Will Plug 4 Shale Gas Wells DEP Found To Be Abandoned And Not Plugged In September [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 20 [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 3 More Range Resources Shale Gas Well Pads Approved By Fawn Township, Allegheny County

-- TribLive Letter: Public Water Resources Should Not Used By Shale Gas Companies In Westmoreland County During Declared Drought - By Tom Pike, Protect PT

-- Williamsport Sun: Casey Secures $387,500 Grant For Pennsylvania Wilds Center For Entrepreneurship

-- Reuters: NY Stock Exchange Pulls Plan To Allow Private Entrepreneurs To Establish New Tradeable Asset Class Called Natural Asset Companies That Buy And Hold Rights To Ecosystem Services

-- Warren Times: Sen. Hutchinson, Rep. Rapp Oppose NYSE Proposal To Allow Private Entrepreneurs To Establish Private Natural Asset Companies That Buy And Hold Rights To Ecosystem Services

-- Warren Times: Vote By Warren School District, Warren City Council To Oppose Natural Asset Company Rule Bad Process