PA Environment Digest Blog: Saturday 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)

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

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

-- The Derrick: PUC Judge Issues Emergency Order Appointing Aqua Pennsylvania As Temporary Operator For 6 Rhodes Estate Water Companies [Serious Community Impacts Continue From Conventional Oil Well Spill In Venango County] [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Conditions Trigger Low-Flow Water Use Restrictions At 9 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals In Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners Creates Jobs And A Healthier Planet - By Deb Haaland, Secretary, US Dept. of the Interior

-- USDA Announces Investment Of $24 Million In 112 Clean Energy Projects In PA; $20.5 Million To Allegheny Electric Cooperative Under Rural Energy Programs [PaEN]

-- DCED Begins Accepting Applications For PA Solar For Schools Grants Nov. 1 [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh Installs First Solar Panels On Dorm Rooftop

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Solar Program For Lower-Income Homeowners Could Be ‘In Jeopardy’ Under Ex-President

-- TribLive: Alle-Kiski Towns To Upgrade Water, Sewer Facilities Thanks To State Funding

-- EPA Settlement With Conemaugh Power Plant Over Coal Ash Violations Imposes $185,927 Penalty [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Is The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Coming Apart? Sure Looks Like It