PA Environment Digest Blog: Monday 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 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 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 1:00: 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 Justice 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.

March 4-- Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Geoff Bristow, gbristow@pa.gov or (717) 783-8411. (formal notice)

March 4-- Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, Black Appalachian Coalition, PennFuture, Partners Webinar -- Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? And Going Higher? 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

March 6-- In-Person. PA Outdoor Recreation Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshop. 3:00 p.m. Bike Co, 1536 N American St, Philadelphia.

-- March 3 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 22 to 28 - 11 More Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; 12,600 Gallon Wastewater Spill; Failure To Comply With Shale Well Plugging Order [PaEN]

-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: Coterra Energy Spills 12,600 Gallons Of Wastewater From Shale Gas Well Pad In Bridgewater Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]

-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP Issues Violations For Abandoning 11 More Shale Gas Wells; Shale Gas Well Owner Fails To Comply With Plugging Order [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 1 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 1 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Federal Funding For Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines In PA Must Be Protected - By Eric Dixon, Ohio River Valley Institute

-- Post-Gazette: Industrial Scientific Corp Gas Detection Business Aims To Eliminate Fatalities On The Job

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: $396 Million RISE PA Program Aims To Transform Industrial Sector, Curb Carbon Emissions

-- Scranton Times: Lawmakers, Area Stakeholders Discuss Environmental Issues Impacting NE PA