PA Environment Digest Blog: Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

NOTICE: Due To A Significant Family Health Issue, The Schedule For Publishing The PA Environment Digest Will Be Uncertain Thru At Least January 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

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

January 14-- NO MEETING. 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-- Agenda Posted. 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. Read more here on agenda.

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 25-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30: Department of Environmental Protection

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

February 27-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30 - Department of Agriculture.

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.

-- Inquirer: Charles D. Dilks, Avid Conservationist, Retired Executive Of University City Science Center, Has Died At 83

-- Warren Times: Jimmy Carter Raised Climate Change Concerns 35 Years Before Paris Accords

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 21 to 31 - Record Number Conventional, Shale Gas Abandoned Well Violations In 2024; Gas Storage Area Well Leaks [PaEN]

-- Powering The Planet: The Cleanup Bill For The Fracking Boom Is Already Here; Shale Gas Drillers Are Already Abandoning Their Wells - By Justin Mikulka, Powering The Planet [PA Examples] [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition: Natural Gas And Agriculture Working In Tandem For PA

-- E&ENews/Politico: New Republican Administration’s LNG Gas Export Plans Rely On 1970s Safety Rules

-- PUC Approves $700,000 Penalty For Columbia Gas Plastic Pipeline Explosion In Clarion County [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves Settlement In 2019 Philadelphia Gas Works Explosion That Killed 2, Displaced 60 Residents [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: PUC Settles Case With PGW Over Deadly 2019 Gas Explosion In South Philly

-- WHYY: Philly Neighborhood Residents Sue PGW, PECO, City And Neighbors Over Massive 2023 Gas Explosion That Leveled Homes

-- WPXI: DEP Determining Size, Extinguishing Fayette County Mine Fire That May Have Been Burning For Months