PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday 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 9:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Coastal Zone Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact Allison Hoff, alhoff@pa.gov or (717) 772-3950

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 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.

-- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: George Wolff - One Room School To ‘The Group That Doesn’t Exist’ - By Wayne W. Kober [PaEN]

-- DEP Launches New Permit Tracking Webpage For Applicants, Public [PaEN]

-- EPA Issues Permit To Seneca Resources Company For Elk County Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well [PaEN]

-- TECfusions Unveils Massive 1,400-Acre Data Center Project With 3 Gigawatts Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Generation In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PUC Votes To Redefine Landlords With Natural Gas As Pipeline Operators [PDF of Article]

-- JD Supra: PUC Votes To Regulate Landlords As Natural Gas Pipeline Operators

-- Gas Compression Magazine: Texas Eastern Seeks FERC Approval To Replace Electric Motors At Entriken Compressor Station In Huntingdon County With Gas-Driven Turbine Due To Electric Line Uncertainty

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: When Power (Or Labor) Is Not Reliable, It’s Hard To Do Business - By Pittsburgh Works Together

-- Utility Dive: PJM Proposal To Unlock Unused Interconnection Capacity Gains Broad Support

-- WESA: How Manufacturing In Southwest PA Is Building A Clean, Green Future

-- EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessment Saying Land Application Of Biosolids With PFOA And PFOS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Can Be A Human Health Risk; Jan. 15 Webinar [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Ag Water Webinar Series: Feb. 24 PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' 101 For Farmers [PaEN]