PA Environment Digest Blog: Friday 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

January 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

January 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

TODAY 6:30: Foundation For Sustainable Forests, French Creek Valley Conservancy Virtual Woods & Water Film Series. 6:30 p.m.

January 22-- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to register to join the meeting remotely. Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.com. Read more here.

January 22-- Physicians For Social Responsibility- PA Webinar On How To Talk To Your Doctor About Environmental Threats To Your Health. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

January 23-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams With Meeting ID: 267 985 148 322 and Passcode: aAo7Qg; or by telephone 267-332-8767, conference ID 867 745 237#. Contact: Daniel E. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846.

-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: Diversified Production LLC Starts 2025 With 11 Violations For Abandoning, Not Plugging Shale Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- What The Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells On Federal Lands - Shenango River Lake, Allegheny National Forest [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Oil & Gas Companies Need Greater Incentives To Cap Their Old Wells [Higher Well Plugging Bonds Needed To Keep Number Of Abandoned Wells From Rising]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Could Treating Acid Mine Drainage Be Releasing Phosphorus Downstream?

-- Early Registration Now Open For March 29 Watershed Congress At Alvernia University, Berks County [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 17 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Penn State Extension: 4 Ag Water Series Webinars On County Clean Water Plans; Watersheds & Mapping; Mitigate Flooding & Drought; Tile Drainage Starting March 3 [PaEN]

-- Delaware Public Media - Jon Hurdle: Brandywine Flood Study Calls For ‘Massive’ List Of Efforts To Protect Region From Future Flooding, Storms

-- WESA: Why Ice Forms Differently On Pittsburgh’s Monongahela And Allegheny Rivers

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Here’s What A Cut To The Farmland Preservation Budget Will Mean In Cumberland County

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Jan. 31 Webinar On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program For Industry [PaEN]

-- Hatboro Environmental Advisory Council: Jan. 29 Hatboro Solar 101 Program - Get Your Solar Questions Answered, Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City Gets $3.1 Million Grant For Electric Vehicle Chargers In Low-Income Areas

-- York Dispatch: What Would A Planned Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Dam On Susquehanna River Mean For York County Taxpayers?

-- Planet Philadelphia: Jan. 17 Using Environmental Economics to Make Change, 4:00 p.m.