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]

House Voting Schedule

[End Of Session, All Bills Die]

January 7, 27, 28, 29

February 3, 4, 5

March 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

April 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 24

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

[End Of Session, All Bills Die]

January 7, 27, 28, 29

Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6.

February 3, 4, 5

March 24, 25, 26, 31

April 1, 2

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events .

House/Senate: The General Assembly’s Website Will Change To New Members Dec. 1

December 5-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Check the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395. Read more here about agenda.

December 12-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Click Here for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

January 4-11-- Pennsylvania Farm Show. Harrisburg.

-- UPDATED: DEP Discovers Evidence Of Continuous Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Release At McKean County Well Site During Routine Inspection [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: FERC Approves Rover Pipeline Connection To Energy Transfer Revolution Natural Gas Liquids Cryogenic Processing Facility In Washington County [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: EPA Set To Bestow WV With CO2 Class VI Injection Well Primacy [PDF of Article]

-- DEP: Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley Touts Shapiro Administration’s Commitment To Permit Modernization, Environmental Protection In New Op-Ed

-- The Center Square: Shapiro Launches Permit Fast Track Program

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Our Society Needs To Do More Right Now To Deal With Global Warming - By Gisell Morales, Student at Dauphin County Technical School

-- Reading Eagle: Electric Rates Will Be Going Up For Met-Ed Customers

-- The Energy Age Blog: Marshall County, WV School Officials Review Safety Plans At Cameron Elementary School In The Event Of Flooding Caused By Underground Longwall Coal Mining

-- Post-Gazette: Drought-Like Weather Helped PennDOT’s 2024 Construction Season In Western PA

-- AP: Drought Is Causing Saltwater To Creep Up The Delaware River, Here’s What’s Being Done About It