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

Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 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 18, 19, 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 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP State Board For Certification of Water and Wastewater Systems Operators meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Chambers, lchambers@pa.gov or (717) 772-5158.

February 13-- Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. 1:00 p.m. Contact: Robert Haines, robhaines@pa.gov or (717) 787-7565. [Note: Chapter 102, 105 Permitting Initiatives]

February 13-- Virtual. Dept. Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Host Webinar On Caring For Persons Living And Working In Communities Involved In Oil & Natural Gas Extraction. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

March 4-- NEW. 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.

-- CNX CEO Tells DEP’s Citizens Council Their Monitoring Shows ‘No Material Impact’ To Air Or Water Quality From Natural Gas Development; Citizens Said CNX Lacks Scientific Rigor, Offers Misleading Greenwash [PaEN]

-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP Signs Consent Order With Roulette Oil & Gas To Plug Shale Gas Well Abandoned For 8 Years In Hebron Twp., Potter County [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: New Data Shows Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Failed To Boost Local Economy

-- Appalachian Voices: Abandoned Mine Cleanup Disrupted By Ongoing Freeze In Federal Funding [Defying Court Orders] [PaEN]

-- AP: Federal Appeals Court Won’t Halt Judge’s Order Requiring President To Unfreeze All Federal Cash

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Announces 16 Recipients Of 2024 Affiliate Volunteer, Community Partner, And Stewards For Tomorrow Youth Awards [PaEN]

-- New Growing Greener Communities Website Provides Guidance For Protecting Our Environment, Drinking Water Sources [PaEN]

-- Online PA Lake Erie Environmental Forum Set For Feb. 18 - Energy Industry And Its Impacts On Freshwater Resources [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch: Will Energy Needs, Political Forces Boost Susquehanna River Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Project?

-- FOX43: Watershed Experts Keep An Eye On Road Salt Pollution In York County Streams, Creeks