PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday 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 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.

-- 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]

-- The Energy Age Blog: DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance For Land Application Of Excess Water From Shale Gas Well Development Impoundments

-- House Democrats Create New House Energy Committee, House Environmental Resources & Protection Committee; Chairs Named [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Jan. 22 Virtual Hearing On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act Interim Response At Tub Mill Farm, Clearview Farm Waste Site, Somerset County [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: How Blocking Nippon/US Steel Sale Could Impact Western PA Air Quality

-- Daily American: Corsa Coal Corp, Wilson Creek Energy, PBS Coals Coal Mine Owners File For Bankruptcy Protection In Somerset County

-- TribLive: Solar Energy Company Wins Zoning Approval In North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County

-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. Approves Solar Energy Facility In Blair County

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: New Federal Clean Energy Rebates In Limbo For Residents Of PA, DE, NJ

-- Reminder: Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts Jan. 28 Conservation Cornerstone Webinar On Climate-Smart Ag Through CARAT [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Announces Award Of $155,000+ To Support 34 Local Watershed Improvement Projects [PaEN]