PA Environment Digest Blog: Sunday 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

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Senate next voting day June 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

June 24-- 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.

-- 125 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]

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

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Still Pose A Threat - By Amanda Veazey, Geologist, CSR Services, LLC, Crawford County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: RiverFest - Celebrating The Susquehanna River

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Hurricane Agnes Could Never Wash Away The Spirit Of The People

-- CNHI News/Sunbury Daily Item Editorial: It Matters Where Solar Energy Facilities Are Placed

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Lake Erie Horizon Cluttered With Windmills? S.O.N.S. Of Lake Erie Is A Hard ‘No’ - By Jerry Skrypzak

-- Lancaster Farming: Concerns About Spreading Biosolids Containing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As Fertilizer In Northampton County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Luzerne Community College Holds Ribbon Cutting For Yeager Arboretum

-- TribLive: Despite Deaths, Inquest Jurors’ Recommendations, Whitewater In-Boat Rafting Guides Remain Optional On Youghiogheny River

-- Republican Herald: Working Together Volunteers Improve Wildlife Habitat On State Game Lands

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette: How Dark Money Fueled Allegheny County Executive Race Exposing Weaknesses In PA Campaign Finance Laws

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Don’t Give ‘Skill’ Gambling Game Operators A ‘Disastrous’ Sweetheart Tax Deal - By Former Gov. Ed Rendell

-- PA Capital-Star: Teenage Campaign Manager Working On Former Teacher’s Republican Bid For Congress In Chester County