PA Environment Digest Blog: Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

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“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 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

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

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

January 14-- Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov or (717) 772-3277.

January 14-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171

January 14-- DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. 14th Floor Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Check the Board webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Daniel E. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846. (formal notice)

February 26-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Department of Agriculture. House Floor.

February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. House Floor.

March 3-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Public Utility Commission. House Floor.

-- Brodhead Watershed Association Water At Risk - Counting Our Blessings - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Brodhead Watershed Association: Protecting Clean Water Together - Become A Master Watershed Steward - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN[]

-- PennLive/AP: Oh, Hellbender: PA’s Official Amphibian Could Be Deemed Endangered

-- TribLive: Solar Power Battle Brewing In North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County

-- Protect PT/Three Rivers Waterkeepers Jan. 16 Plum Boro Community Meeting On Pennaco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells, Plum Borough Community Center, Allegheny County 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Protect PT: Jan. 22 How To Run For Local Public Office Training Webinar, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

-- Warren Times: Electric Vehicle Debate Creates Spark In State

-- Horn Farm Center Ecological Gardening 16-Week Training Program Starts Feb. 9, York County.

-- Tribune-Democrat: First Day Hikes Draw Explorers To Local Trails

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Hikers Start The New Year At Nescopeck State Park

-- WNEP: Hikers Embrace Winter Chills For Annual New Year’s Trek At Beltzville State Park