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 next voting day March 25, 26, 27, April 8, 9, 10

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Senate next voting day April 8, 9, 10, 29, 30

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

March 25-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging, Abandonment. Room G-50 Irvis Office. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online

March 26-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1732 (Webster-D-Montgomery) requiring testing of landfill leachate for hazardous waste and radioactivity (sponsor memo); House Bill 1943 (McNeill-D-Lehigh) require disclosure of all chemicals used in fracking oil and gas wells (sponsor memo); House Bill 919 (Rabb-D-Philadelphia) establishing natural organic reduction as an option for human interment (sponsor memo). Room 60 East Wing. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online

March 27-- Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee hearing on Norfolk Southern train derailment one year later. Darlington Township Volunteer Fire Company, 3590 Darlington Road, Darlington, PA Beaver County. 10:30 a.m. Click Here to check availability of live stream.

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 23 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 80 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 23 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Fayette County Commissioners Unanimously Pass Ordinance Restricting Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: LNG Gas Exports Are A Rotten Deal For Appalachians

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Moratorium On Exporting LNG Gas Hurts This State And Europe Too [The Real Story: There Is No Moratorium On Exporting LNG, There’s A Pause On Permits For NEW Facilities, Export Capacity Will Double Under Biden Pause ]

-- Reading Eagle: West Reading Chocolate Factory Natural Gas Explosion A Year Later - A Tragic Day

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Drill Shows How CONSOL Responds To Fire Emergency Inside Its Big Coal Mine

-- The Allegheny Front/WVIA: Preserving PA’s Coal History To Look To The Future

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Why Gov. Shapiro’s Energy Plan Puts PA On The Renewable Energy Map - By Mark Schneider, Cordia Energy

-- Allegheny National Forest Partnership Projects Improve Stream Health Using Federal Inflation Reduction Act Funds [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets April 29 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For Arcadia Develop Corp. Industrial Project In Northampton County [PaEN]

-- DEP Will Hold May 2 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For Maiden Creek Warehouse Project In Berks County [PaEN]