PA Environment Digest Blog: Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

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House Voting Schedule

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

March 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

March 31-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on energy affordability for consumers. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 10:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

March 31-- Governor’s Advisory Council for Hunting, Fishing and Conservation meeting. Lehigh Gap Nature Preserve, 8844 Pennsylvania Route 873, Slatington, Lehigh County. 9:00 a.m. Send email to Derek Eberly at deeberly@pa.gov for a link to join via Microsoft Teams. (formal notice)

April 1-- Environmental Health Project Webinar On What The Shapiro Administration Can Do To Better Protect Public Health From The Impacts Of Shale Gas Development. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

April 1-- DEP To Host Webinar On New Program To Reduce Methane Pollution From Oil And Gas Operations. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

April 7-- [Tentative Agenda] House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 109 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing an environmental justice permit review program in DEP to consider cumulative impacts of pollutants on communities [Read more here.] House Bill 969 (Pielli-D-Chester) requires outdoor night lighting practices that reduce light pollution from public facilities.

-- 111 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 22 to 28 - Failed To Comply With Well Plugging Order For 63 Months; Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Hit 113; Another Conventional Well Explosion, Same Owner [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Shapiro Touts Methane Digesters In Visit To Dairy Farm

-- Republican Herald: Weather Extremes Spark Perfect Conditions For Brush Fires

-- Hanover Evening Sun: West Manheim Twp. Purchases 38-acre Nace Farm Property To Preserve Agricultural Land

-- TribLive: 22 Nest Boxes At Powdermill Nature Reserve Leads Ligonier Teen To Eagle Scout Title In Westmoreland

-- Tribune-Democrat: Soaring Eagles Symbolize Importance Of Preservation, Conservation - By Chip Minemyer, Publisher [PDF of Article]

Train Derailments

-- AP: Trial Will Determine Who Will Pay $600 Million Settlement In Disastrous Norfolk Southern Train Derailment