PA Environment Digest Blog: Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

Notice: PA Environment Digest Will Not Publish Feb. 2 thru Feb. 10

“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 11:00: House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee organizational meeting. Room 515 Irvis Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

TODAY Off The Floor: Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee [not yet on Committee webpage] meets to consider Senate Bill 187 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing an Independent Energy Office like the Independent Fiscal Office [text not yet available]; Senate Bill 186 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) abrogates Pennsylvania's carbon pollution reduction program covering power plants consistent with RGGI [text not yet available]. Rules Committee Room [no video]. Off the Floor [no set time]. Read more here on agenda.

TODAY 3:00: NASEO Hosts Webinar On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program, PA Energy Programs For Industry. 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

January 28-- Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee hearing on understanding your electric bill, what are you paying for power? Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

January 28-- Penn State Extension Conservation Cornerstone Webinar On Climate-Smart Ag Project (CARAT). 8:30 to 9:30.

January 28-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Hosts Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' And Impacts To Local Waterways. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

February 4-- Governor’s Budget Address

-- January 27 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - January 18 to 24: DEP Issues Abandoned Well Plugging Order; Well Leaks Gas For 9 Months [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 25 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 90 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Meets Jan. 27 On Establishing An Independent Energy Office, Eliminate Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants [PaEN]

-- PA Senate Republicans Reintroduce Bills To Eliminate State Appeals Of Pipeline Permits; Limit Grounds For Appeal Of Any DEP Permits; Punish Communities For Protecting Their Constituents Against Shale Gas Drilling Impacts [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Escalating Demand And Diminished Supply Has Spiked PUC Concern About The Future Ability Of State’s Electric Grid

-- Reuters: Diversified Energy To Buy Permian Basin Oil & Gas Producer Maverick In $1.3 Billion Deal [Diversified Specializes In Buying Old Wells]

-- Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Assn. Now Accepting Mine Reclamation Grant Applications [PaEN]