PA Environment Digest Blog: Friday 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 April 15, 16, 17, 39, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21, 22, June 3, 4, 5

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Senate next voting day April 29, 30, May 1, 6, 7, 8, June 3, 4, 5

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

April 16-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 1615 (O’Mara-D-Delaware) setting energy efficiency standards for certain commercial and residential appliances. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

April 17-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on the environmental and public health impacts associated with the practice of spreading oil and gas drilling waste, known as brine, on Pennsylvania's roads for dust control and ice management. Valley Township Building, 1145 W. Lincoln Highway, Coatesville, Chester County. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here about the issue.

-- CNX Expands Air Pollution Monitoring To More Shale Gas Well Pads, Compressor Stations Under The Collaborative Agreement With State [PaEN]

-- Act 14: Little Known State Law Gives Municipalities, Counties First Chance To Comment On DEP Permits Before Applications Are Submitted; Critical First Step In Public Involvement [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: $1 Million Fine Levied Against Equitrans For Major Gas Storage Area Leak In Cambria County

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Gas Commission Approves $19 Million In New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure; Activists Say The Plan Conflicts With City’s Climate Goals

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: Regulators: Don’t Panic And Rush To Gas Amid Cries We’re Out Of Power

-- The Energy Age Blog: Gas Profiteers: It’s Our ‘Duty’ To Provide Gas To China

-- Inside Climate News: Climate Advocates Rally Around Professive Fracking Opponent PA Cong. Summer Lee

-- WNEP: School Officials Back PA Bill To Fund School District Solar Energy Facilities

-- Republican Herald: Residents Speak Out Against Solar Energy Facility In Butler Twp., Schuylkill County

-- The Energy Age Blog: Status Report On Geothermal Energy

-- Warren Times: Residents In Conewango Twp. Complain About Noise From Allshouse Oil Well Compressor

-- WHYY: Philly-Area Water Providers Grapple With Costs Of Reducing Toxic PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’