PA Environment Digest Blog: Monday 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 Voting Schedule

-- October 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

-- October 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .

October 22-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lindsay Byron lbyron@pa.gov.

October 23-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Resolution 565 (Pielli-D-Chester) directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to do a study on wil native terrestrial invertebrate management (sponsor summary). Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

October 23-- Agenda Posted. Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee holds a hearing on waste to fuels. Room 8E-B East Wing Capitol Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here for available online video.

October 23-- Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lucas Hershey, luchershey@pa.gov. (formal notice)

-- October 21 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 5 to 18 - Conventional Well Owners Issued 767 Violations For Abandoning Their Wells - So Far, More Than Double Number In 2019; Leaking Gas Storage Area Wells [PaEN]

-- October 19: PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 19 [PaEN]

-- October 12: PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 12 [PaEN]

-- October 19: DEP Posted 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 19 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- October 12: DEP Posted 87 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 12 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Monday, Oct. 21 In Allegheny County

-- The Guardian: Fracking’s Return Stirs Fury In Pennsylvania Town Whose Water Turned Toxic [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: In Fight To Decide Fate Of US Steel, Climate, Public Health Take A Backseat To Politics

-- The Allegheny Front: Coal Community Groups Ask Presidential Candidates For Continued Funding To Re-Energize Coal Community Economies

-- City & State NY: The Fate Of State’s Conventional Oil/Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners May Depend On The Presidential Election [New York, Pennsylvania]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Republicans Understand Irresponsibility Of Anti-Energy Policies; But Renewable Energy Sector Should ‘Thrive’ And ‘Become A Larger Part’ Of How We Meet Our Energy Needs