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 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 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 Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Caron Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit Board webpage for options on attending the meeting remotely. Contact: Daniel Snowden, dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846.

TODAY 1:00: Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: Department of Health. Hearing Room 1 North Office Building. Click Here to watch live.

February 20-- House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on Get The Lead Out. Room G50 Irvis Building. Noon. Click Here to watch live.

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.

-- Gov. Shapiro Formally Nominates Jessica Shirley To Be DEP Secretary [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Nominates New Leader For PA Department Of Environmental Protection

-- PoliticsPA: Shapiro Nominates Jessica Shirley As DEP Secretary; Dr. Carrie Rowe As Education Secretary

-- Courier Times: More Wells In Bucks County Contaminated, Residents Fear Impact Of Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak Spreading

-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Administration Taking ‘Aggressive Wait And See’ Approach To Federal Funding Freeze

-- Registration Open! ACAP Ag Conservation Conference Set For April 1-3 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Holds Faith & Waters Restoration Forum April 3 In Maryland [PaEN]

-- DEP Announces Public Outreach Workshops On Pennsylvania's 2024 Priority Climate Action Plan To Qualify For Federal Funding That Is Now At Risk [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold March 20 Hearing On New NPDES Water Quality Permit For Westmoreland Landfill In Rostraver Twp

-- Inquirer: Evacuations Near Industrial Fire In Montgomery County, Schools Remain Closed Wednesday As Firefighters Battle ‘Unpredictable’ Fire