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 next voting day May 20, 21, 22, June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

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Senate next voting day June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

May 14-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov. Read more here on the agenda.

May 14-- Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. J. Lewis Crozer Library, 620 Engle Street, Chester, Delaware County. 1:00 p.m. Check the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Jennifer McLuckie at RA-EPOEJ@pa.gov or (717) 772-5633.

May 16-- Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Bob Haines, robhaines@pa.gov or 717-787-7565. Read More Here.

May 21-- House Tourism, Economic And Recreational Development Committee holds an informational meeting to introduce Nathan Reigner, Director Of The Office Of Outdoor Recreation updating the Committee on the work done over the last year. Room 140. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

-- May 13 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 4 to 10 - 32 More Abandoned Conventional Well Violations; Failure To Cleanup Spills; Failure To Get Permits [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 11 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 80 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 11 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- We’re Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: PA Received $16.7 Billion In Federal Funding For Infrastructure, Clean Energy, Other Projects

-- Centre Daily Times: Centre County Communities Making Strides With Solar Energy

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna Judge Orders Taylor Zoning Hearing Board To Approve Solar Energy Facility Near Ransom Road

-- TribLive: Tornadoes Confirmed In Washington, Fayette Counties From Saturday’s Storms

-- York Daily Record: Electronic Waste Recycling Available At 4 York County Goodwill Sites

-- Warren Times: Preventing Invasive Weed From Taking Root In Allegheny National Forest

-- Erie Times: The Ins And Outs Of Kayaking At Presque Isle State Park