PA Environment Digest Blog: Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

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-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]

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TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .

November 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Laboratory Accreditation Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Check the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Annmarie Beach at anbeach@pa.gov or (717) 346-8212. (formal notice) [Note: Testing biosolids, drinking water, clean water for PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ on the agenda.]

November 19-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing On Declaring A Water Supply Emergency. 1:30 p.m.

November 20-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Nicole Faraguna 717-346-7636 or nfaraguna@pa.gov. (formal notice) Read more on agenda.

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-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 9 to 15 - Failed Well Pluggings; Leaking Gas Storage Area Wells; More Abandoned Conventional, Shale Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- MCall: Lehigh River At Lowest Level In Eight Years After Months Of Abnormally Dry Weather

-- TribLive: Snowfall Expected To Be Minimal In Western PA This Winter

-- Post-Gazette: Industrial-Grade Chemical Used To Preserve Plastic Showing Up In Street Drugs

-- WESA: Allegheny County Executive Revamps County Board Of Health With 8 New Appointees

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents To DEP: Stop The Stench From Waste Facility