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 (non-voting), 24 (non-voting), 25 (non-voting), 30

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

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277. (formal notice) Read more here on the agenda.

TODAY 12:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov. Read more here on the agenda.

September 11-- Agenda Posted. Independent Regulatory Review Commission meeting. Item: Draft Report Regarding Legislative Requests to Review Existing Regulations. 14the Floor Conference Room 333 Market Street, Harrisburg. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

September 12-- Senate Republican Policy Committee hearing on orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells. David Lawrence Convention Center, Room 405, Pittsburgh. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

September 17-- House Republican Policy Committee hearing on “Opportunity Lost - Bureaucracy’s Battle Against Fracking.” Hempfield Township Building, 1132 Woodward Dr., Greensburg. 2:00 p.m.

-- Cecil Township Supervisors Direct Solicitor To Prepare Ordinance Increasing Setbacks From Shale Gas Well Pads By At Least 2,500 Feet; Another Hearing, Vote Expected Nov. 4 [PaEN]

-- WESA: New Freeport, Greene County Residents File Lawsuit Against EQT Gas Drilling Company Over Contaminated Water Supplies

-- PublicSource.org: New Freeport, Greene County Residents In Federal Court Demanding Clean Water From EQT Natural Gas Company After Frack-Out

-- EQT Says We Have A ‘Duty’ To Provide LNG Gas To China; US Senators Introduce Bill To Ban LNG Gas Sales To Any Entity Under The Control Of Communist China To Protect US Jobs [PaEN]

-- TheDailyClimate.org: PA’s CNX Resources Gas Drilling Company With More Than 2,000 Environmental Violations Selected For Federal Hydrogen Hub Environmental Justice Funding

-- TribLive Letter: Between 2016-2023 PA Households Paid 51% More For Natural Gas As LNG Gas Exports Surged; Shale Gas Drillers Accumulate 81,289 Environmental Violations - By Jan Milburn, Westmoreland County

-- PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Doubles-Down On Support For Exporting PA Natural Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Fracking, Energy Policy Fight Looms Over Presidential Campaigns In PA

-- We’ve Heard This Before In PA: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Environmental, Education, Labor Advocates Celebrate New ‘Solar For Schools’ Grant Program

-- WESA: Program To Help Power PA Schools With Solar Energy Will Go Online Soon

-- Grist: Coalition Of PA Trade Unions Launch New Clean Energy Advocacy Group-- Union Energy