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]

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

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

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

House Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23, 24, 25, 30

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

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

July 24-- Agenda Posted. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on the Positive Impact of Coal. [Greene County hosted by Rep. Bud Cook (R-Greene). CONSOL Energy’s Pennsylvania Mining Complex, Greene County. 11:00 a.m. Contact: Tom Meinert, 412-427-5762, tom@mm-comm.com. Click Here to watch online.

July 24-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Dietrich Theater, 60 East Tioga Street, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County. 10:00 a.m. To watch online, contact Sara Vins for a link: avinsh@pa.gov. Contact: Nicole Faraguna at nfaraguna@pa.gov or (717) 346-7636. (formal notice)

July 25-- Agenda Posted. 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 investing new federal mine reclamation funds.]

July 25-- Agenda Posted. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on road dumping oil and gas wastewater. [hosted by Rep. Lee James (R-Venango)] Drake Well Museum & Park, 202 Museum Lane, Titusville. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. [Read the real story here]

July 26-- Virtual. State Museum Of PA Webinar: Pennsylvania Caves - Time Capsules Of The Past Featuring Rose-Anna Behr, PA Geological Survey. 12:15 p.m.

August 15-- NEW. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

-- Shapiro Administration Secures $396.1 Million In Federal Funding To Cut Carbon Pollution From Industries, Create Jobs [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pennsylvania Gets Nearly $400 Million For Industrial Decarbonization

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: PA Gets $400 Million From EPA To Lower Carbon Emissions From Industries

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania To Receive $396 Million For Industrial Decarbonization

-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Bipartisan Solar For Schools And Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Bills Into Law [PaEN]

-- Penn State Study Finds Solar Farms With Stormwater Controls Mitigate Runoff, Erosion [PaEN]

-- Green Building Alliance Thanks Sen. Fetterman For Seeking Critical Grant Support For Program To Expand Small Business Resilience In Erie, New Kensington, Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection To Move Forward With Long-Term Electric Transmission System Planning To Comply With FERC Order

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT Gas Driller, Equitrans Together Again As $5.45 Billion Deal Closes

-- Lancaster Farming: USDA Secretary Calls For Systemic Changes In Agriculture At Rodale Organic Farming Field Day

-- MCall Guest Essay: We Need Detailed Soil Maps Of Our Cities So We Know Where It’s Safe To Work, Live, Play And Grow Food - By Nora Vaughn, Lehigh University Student

-- The Allegheny Front/WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Task Force Makes Recommendations On Flood Insurance - New Tax Breaks, Grants And Assistance