PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday 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

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. Check the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Bob Haines robhaines@pa.gov.

-- Gov. Shapiro Adds 7 Counties To Flood Disaster Proclamation: Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Elk, Indiana, York; Aid For Flood Survivors [PaEN]

-- Erie 2030 District Announces $4.2 Million In Energy Savings; Emissions; Energy Demand Reductions In 2023 [PaEN]

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: Reuse Degraded Lands For Clean Energy - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Former DEP, DCNR Secretary

-- Marcellus Drilling News/WV Gazette Mail: Diversified Energy Plugs Its Own Conventional Orphan Oil & Gas Wells

-- Observer-Reporter: Georges Twp. Residents Ready For Solar Energy Facility Hearing In Fayette County

-- WNEP: Proposed Solar Energy Facility In Lehman Twp, Luzerne County No Longer Moving Forward

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Stormwater Runoff Not An Issue In Solar Fields With Proper Management, Penn State Study Finds

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: River Rally Takeaways, Tangible And Otherwise - By Tali MacArthur, Watershed Outreach Manager

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Red Tape Leaves Most Of $1 Billion In Federal Funds To Reclaim Abandoned Mine Land Unspent, GAO Report [PA Included]

-- Bradford Era: National Forest Service Accepting Comments On Stream Habitat Project In Elk County

-- LancasterOnline: August’s Rainfall Ends Drought Conditions In Central PA

-- PA Resources Council, Partners Hold Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Fayette, Beaver Counties On Sept. 7, 21, Oct. 12 [PaEN]