PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday 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.

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.

-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Executes New Shale Gas Drilling Plan In Union Twp., Washington County

-- WTAJ: 200,000+ PA Residents Could See 18% Increase In National Fuel Gas Natural Gas Bills In 2025

-- WFMJ: National Fuel Gas Customers Could See 17% Increase In Gas Costs Starting Aug. 1

-- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Gas Natural Gas Rates To Increase Jan. 1

-- The Center Square: Shapiro Files FERC Complaints About Higher Energy Prices

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Files Complaint With FERC Against Power Grid Operator Alleging Flaws In Capacity Auction Rules

-- Reuters: PJM Responds To Gov. Shapiro’s FERC Complaint On Power Auction Rules: ‘We Have Been Warning For Over 2 Years Of The Prospect That Parts Of Our Country Could Run Short Of Power’

-- Post-Gazette: PA Senate Republicans Says Shapiro’s FERC Complaint Against PJM Rings Hollow

-- PA Senate Republicans: Shapiro’s FERC Complaint On PJM Power Auction Rules Rings Hollow [RGGI}

-- Scranton Times: Dolph Mine Fire Extinguished In Olyphant, Reclamation Work Underway In Lackawanna County

-- Pike Conservation District: Funding Available To Farmers Through Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program [Check With Your County Conservation District]

-- Pike Conservation District: Pike/Wayne Counties Contractor’s Workshop Feb. 11

-- Pike Conservation District: From Source To Sink - Groundwater Education Workshop Series Starts Jan. 13

-- Pike Conservation District: 2024 Water Quality Data Report Now Available

-- Williamsport Sun: North Carolina Flood Relief Volunteers And Donors Make Mark 600 Miles Away

-- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Houseplant Master Class Webinar Series Available; Treen Tenders Training; Good Gardening Saturday Series

-- PA Firefly Camping Events Lottery Now Open In Forest County!

-- Pike Conservation District: Linking Nature And Leisure: Outdoor Play Is ‘In’

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Bald Eagles Official National Bird, What To Know About Them In PA