PA Environment Digest Blog: Thursday 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 6:00: PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Webinar On Winter Salting and Local Waterway Impacts: Opportunities To Work For Change. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

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

-- Rep. Vitali Introduces Bill To Ban Road Dumping Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater, Supported By The Shapiro Administration [PaEN]

-- Rep. Vitali Introduces Bill To Establish DEP Environmental Justice Permit Review Program In Law, Analyze Cumulative Impacts Of Pollution From Facilities, Supported By DEP [PaEN]

-- Shapiro Administration Accomplishments: DCNR Makes Significant Strides In Strengthening Conservation And Climate Resilience Across Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- JD Supra: PA Superior Court Reaffirms the Dunham Rule In Cases Where Multiple Mineral Rights Claims, Property Deeds Thought To Convey Or Not Convey Oil & Gas Rights

-- DEP Hosts Jan. 24 Webinar Q&A On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program [PaEN]

-- Penn State Receives $2.4 Million DOE Grant To Reduce Emissions, Increase Thermal Efficiency In Industrial Systems

-- Scranton Times: DEP To Begin Work On Mayfield Mine Subsidence [PDF of Article]

-- Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday Seeking Applicants For Pennsylvania Consumer Advocate Related To PUC Actions [PaEN]

-- WESA: PA Consumer Advocate Resigns, Alleges Pressure From Utility Companies

-- WHYY: Philly-Area Residents Discuss Climate Solutions: ‘Small Steps Are Truly Worth It’

-- WHYY: Climate Fixers: One Philly Designer Knits Nature, Fashion For Sustainability

-- Post-Gazette: Homewood Native Helps Address Climate Change On World Stage: ‘We Are All In This Together’