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 10:00: Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on addressing energy reliability and costs for consumers. Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, 615 Waterfront Dr., Allentown. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to check availability online.

TODAY 10:00: 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.

TODAY 2:00: PennEnvironment Hosts Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy. 2:00.

January 24-- DEP Webinar Q&A On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program. 11:00 a.m. to Noon.

January 27-- House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee organizational meeting. Room 515 Irvis Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

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.

-- PJM Interconnection: Extreme Cold Produces PJM Record For Winter Electricity Demand; Maximum Generation Alert Remains In Effect Into Thursday [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Utilities Standing Up Well To Record Demand For Energy During Arctic Cold Snap

-- The Center Square: Governors Of IL, MD, NJ, DE Support Shapiro’s FERC Complaint Against PJM Interconnection On Skyrocketing Power Prices

-- Dept. Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Host Feb. 13 Webinar On Caring For Persons Living And Working In Communities Involved In Oil & Natural Gas Extraction [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Report: Clean Energy Workforce Growing In PA, But Challenges Remain

-- DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffers Thru April 2 [PaEN]

-- DCNR-Funded Mini-Grants Will Be Available From 15 Groups Across PA In 2025 To Support Smaller Local Projects [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter Highlights Opening Of New Community Conservation Partnership Grant Round; Mini-Grants Available Thru 15 Groups In 2025

-- NOAA Now Accepting Applications For K-12 Environmental Literacy Grants For Delaware Bay Watershed; Applicant Webinars [PaEN]

-- PennVEST Approves $288.2 Million Investment In 39 Water Infrastructure Projects In 24 Counties; Almost All Federal Funding Now Frozen [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Billions Have Been Allocated To PA From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure, Inflation Reduction Acts, New Administration Ordered Halt To Disbursements [Water Infrastructure, Mine Reclamation, Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging, $396 million in RISE PA decarbonization funding]

-- Sen. Miller, Rep. Schweyer Secure More Than $11.7 Million In PennVEST Funding For PFAS Drinking Water Remediation In Emmaus, Lehigh County