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“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

April 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

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 9:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams. DEP Contact: Lindsay Byron at lbyron@pa.gov or calling 717-772-8951. Read more here.

TODAY 2:00: DEP To Announce Opening Of Growing Greener Plus Grant Round In Schuylkill County.

April 23-- House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 586 (Friel-D-Chester) amending the Solid Waste Management Act to further regulation food processing residuals; House Bill 1210 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing energy consumption reporting requirements for large-scale cryptocurrency data centers; House Resolution 167 (Sappey-D-Chester) recognizes the week of May 9-18 as Go Public Gardens Days; House Resolution 177 (Mihaleck-R-Allegheny) recognizes April as Low Head Dam Public Safety Awareness Month. Room B-31 Main Capitol. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

April 24-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to join via Microsoft Teams: ID: 274 896 265 706 Passcode: GfvsJL or telephone +1 267 332 8737 ID: 377 402 179# Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

April 24-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting.

April 24-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission hearing on water withdrawal requests, including renewal of two shale gas water projects in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties. SRBC Offices, 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg. 6:00 p.m. Join by telephone by calling (877) 304-9269, passcode 2619070#. Read more here.

-- Eleven Coal, Coal-Waste Power Plants In Pennsylvania Now Covered By Presidential Exemption From 2024 Mercury, Hazardous Air Pollutant Regulation For 2 Years [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: EPA Grants Exemptions To Mercury, Air Toxics Rule To More Than A Third Of US Coal-fired Power Plants

-- The Allegheny Front: President Grants Exemptions From Mercury Rules For Coal-Fired Power Plants, Including Several In PA

-- DEP Now Accepting Growing Greener Plus, Abandoned Mine Bond Forfeiture Reclamation, Stormwater Planning, Section 319 Grant Applications [PaEN]

-- CFA Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants [PaEN]

-- ACAP Ag Conservation Conference Highlights Innovation, Collaboration And Recognized Conservation Leadership [PaEN]

-- PublicSourceNews.org: Setback On Setbacks: PA Environmental Quality Board Tables Consideration Of New Limits On Drilling Near Building, Water Sources

-- Inquirer: PA Wants To Hire Federal Workers; But Now Has A Partial Hiring Freeze

-- EPA Announces Appointment Of Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey As Region III Administrator [PaEN]

-- PUC Announces May 6, 7 Hearings On Proposed 15.7% Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN]

-- PennDOT Opens 3 New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia Counties

-- WHYY: These Philly-Area Doulas Want Parents To Think About Their Exposures To Heat, Air Pollution, Lead, Other Toxins