PA Environment Digest Blog: Tuesday 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 Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23, 24, 25, 30

-- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 8:30: PennTAP Hosts Food Waste Reduction & Upcycling Training Day & Tour; Free Pollution Prevention Assistance Available. Berks County. 8:30 a.m.

TODAY 1:30: House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee information meeting on proposed Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones - House Bill 920 (Rabb-D-Philadelphia). Manchester Bidwell Corp, 1815 Metropolitan St., Pittsburgh. 1:30 p.m. Click Here to watch live.

TODAY 7:00: Virtual. Penn State Extension Webinar On How To Plant A Tiny Forest In Your Neighborhood. 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

-- DEP Advisory: OnBase Database Will Be Unavailable July 27 From 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.

-- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecast Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Southeast PA For Tuesday, July 16-- Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery Philadelphia

-- The Allegheny Front: States Like Pennsylvania Struggling To Access, Spend Federal Funds For Abandoned Mine Cleanup And Redevelopment

July 25-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Daniel E. Snowden, D.Ed., dsnowden@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-787-5103. [Note: Update on spending federal mine reclamation funds on agenda.]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture, Keystone Ten Million Trees Partnership Giving Away 100,000 Trees [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: PA Waterways Contribute To Chesapeake Bay Earning Its Best Grade In Over 2 Decades In This Year’s Report Card

-- Penn State Ag Progress Days To Feature 400+ Commercial & Educational Exhibits; Field Demos; Forest Management; Stream Buffers Tour In Centre County Aug. 13-15 [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Releases Updated Development, Stormwater Data; Sept. 24 Workshop On Stormwater Trends [PaEN]

-- Horn Farm Center For Agricultural Education In York Hosts Annual Pawpaw Festival Sept. 26-29

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates Passage Of Solar For Schools Legislation In PA

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Refracs Becoming Common Practice For Marcellus/Utica Oil & Gas Operators [PDF]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Market Monitor Asks FERC To End PJM Energy Efficiency Capacity Payments

-- Post-Gazette: Closer Look At Proposed Fee, Permit Increases To Pay For Allegheny County’s Air Quality Program

-- Altoona Mirror: Household Hazardous Waste Collection Set For July 27 In Blair County

-- WHYY: Philly Under Heat Health Emergency With Heat Index Values Up To 109 Degrees

-- Post-Gazette: Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In A Slew Of Pittsburgh Neighborhoods