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 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate next voting day June 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 2277 (Otten-D-Chester) Governor’s PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live. Read more about agenda here.

June 25-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 589 (Kinkead-D-Allegheny) establishing a state landslide insurance program; House Bill 2393 (Friel-D-Chester) establishing a permit program for food waste disposal. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Call of the Chair. Click Here to watch live.

June 25-- House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 831 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) geologic carbon sequestration primacy bill. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

June 25-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Lindsay Bryon lbyron@pa.gov.

June 26-- Legislative Budget & Finance Committee meets on House Resolution 131 (Steele-D-Allegheny) requiring the Legislative Budget & Finance Committee to conduct a study comparing the Act 13 shale gas drilling impact fee revenues with a natural gas severance tax. Room 8E-B East Wing. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

June 26-- Agenda Posted. DEP Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Henry, at lahenry@pa.gov or (717) 772-5713.

DEP Advisory: CLOSED: DEP Southcentral Regional Office In Harrisburg Monday, June 24

-- June 24 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 15 to 21 - More Failed Shale Gas Well Plugs; Landslides; Venting Gas; Injection Well Issue? [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 22 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 53 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 22 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- FIG Lancaster: Allyson Gibson, Lancaster Clean Water Partners, Is Passionate About Clean And Clear Water

-- News-Item: Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Receives Foundation For PA Watersheds Grant To Support Watershed Manager

-- Scranton Times: Archbald’s Mine Car Restoration Moving Forward

-- Spotlight PA: A Rainy PA Forest In Ohiopyle State Park Offers Fun Window Into An Appalachian Ecology Debate

-- Sunbury Daily Item Guest Essay: You Are Nature’s Best Hope - Transform Your Property To Encourage Species Biodiversity - By Barb Jarmoska, Responsible Decarbonization Alliance

-- TribLive: Poison Prevention, Deer Damage Techniques Earn Kudos For Local Master Gardeners

-- Williamsport Sun: Big Upgrades Coming To 2 Williamsport Parks