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 June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

-- Committee Schedule

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

ADVISORY: PA Environment Digest Will Be CLOSED on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

TODAY 10:00: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds a hearing on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ and Consumer Products and House Bill 2238 (Scott-D-Montgomery) prohibiting the use of PFAS chemicals in certain products (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

TODAY 11:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 2338 (Fiedler-D-Philadelphia) modernizing the authorities of the PA Energy Development Authority to better distributed federal funding under the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and Inflation Reduction Act to jump-start renewable energy production and support climate-resilience projects (sponsor summary). Room 523 Irvis Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

TODAY 10:00: House Game & Fisheries Committee holds informational meeting on Game Commission 2019 Performance Audit and recommendations by State Auditor General. Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

June 4-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2241 (Siegel-D-Lehigh) providing for the recycling of lithium batteries (sponsor summary). Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

DEP Advisory: OnBase Databases Will Not Be Available June 5 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.

-- June 3 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 25 to 31 - Shale Wastewater Pipeline Spill; Drill Cuttings Violations; More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 1 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 1 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: On Any Given Day, This Centre County Community Might Not Have Running Water, Residents Are At A Loss

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Will A Focus On Stream Health Boost Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?

-- WHYY: Flood Risk Is Increasing In Philly Region, Here’s What You Need To Know

-- Beaver County Times: State Leaders, Regulators Push For Solar For Former Mine Lands

-- Post-Gazette - Bruce Ledewitz: The Republican Reason We’re Not Talking About Climate Change

-- WHYY: Limerick Nuclear Power Plant To test Emergency Siren System TODAY