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

Budget Hearings February 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, March 3, 4, 5, 6

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

Budget Hearings February 20, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6

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 Noon: House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on Get The Lead Out. Room G50 Irvis Building. Noon. Click Here to watch live.

TODAY 2:00: House Republican Policy Committee hearing on ‘Stopping New Energy Taxes.’ Pennsylvania College of Technology, Mountain Laurel Room, Williamsport. 2:00 p.m.

February 25-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30: Department of Environmental Protection. Click Here to watch live.

February 26-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Department of Agriculture. House Floor. Click Here to watch online.

February 27-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30 - Department of Agriculture. Click Here to watch live.

February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. House Floor. Click Here to watch online.

March 3-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Public Utility Commission. House Floor. Click Here to watch online.

March 4-- House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on House Bill 109 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing a DEP Environmental Just permit Review Program. Lathem Hall, Widener University, 1 University Place, Chester. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here on legislation.

-- Part I - Environmental Impacts: State Dept. Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction [PaEN]

-- Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept. Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction [PaEN]

-- Foundation For PA Watersheds Accepting Letters Of Funding Interest For New Grant Round Until March 15 [PaEN]

-- Feb. 25 Conservation Cornerstone Webinar - Biosecurity Essentials By The Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training [PaEN]

-- MCall: B Braun Found Not Negligent By Jury To Settle Claims The Company’s Ethylene Oxide Emissions In Lehigh Valley Caused Cancer

-- Inquirer: Residents Worry About Chemical Exposure, Charred Debris As Industrial Fire Burns For 3rd Day In Montgomery County

-- Inquirer: Residents Can Expect More Testing And Cleanup After Industrial Fire Police Chief Says, Schools Remain Closed Thursday

-- Republican Herald: Water Users In Berks, Schuylkill Asked To Conserve Water As Drought Drags On

-- PA DEP Current Drought Declaration Status

-- ClearWater Conservancy Preserves 100 Acres Of Beaver Branch Property To Enhance Conservation Efforts In Centre County [PaEN]