PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday 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 17, 29, 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

TODAY 11:00: Virtual. 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. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here about the issue.

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, Harrisburg, 9:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Bob Haines robhaines@pa.gov. [Chesapeake Bay Implementation Progress Report on agenda.]

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson State Office Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: John Chippo, at jchippo@pa.gov or (717) 783-9730.

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Lucas Hershey 717-787-7019 or luchershey@pa.gov

April 25-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Penn State Technology Center Room 243 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Click Here for options to attend remotely. Contact: Adam Walters adwalters@pa.gov or 717-214-6548.

-- Senate Committee Hearing April 17 On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN]

-- CFA Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP: Next Round Of Growing Greener Plus Grants Will Open April 22 [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: EPA Provides $206 Million In Cleanup Grants For Chesapeake Bay Region

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards PA $21.4 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Economic Revitalization Grant [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Day 3 Of Work Fixing Abandoned Mine Subsidence Damage In Luzerne County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Issues Abandoned Mine Subsidence Repair Updates In Luzerne County

-- Natural Areas Assn. Hosts 2-Part Webinar Series - Embracing The Power Of Nature For Watershed Recovery [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Federal Regulators Combat Rise In Deadly Black Lung Disease Among Coal Miners

-- AP: Coal Miners Are Getting New Protections From Silica Dust Linked To Black Lung Disease

-- PennLive Guest Essay: President Fulfilling Promise To Our Nation’s Coal Miners To Protect Their Health And Save Lives - By US Secretary of Labor