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

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

April 29-- House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on flood risk and mitigation. Muhlenberg Township Building, 210 George Street, Reading. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

April 30-- Agenda Posted. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m.

April 30-- In-Person. Delaware River Basin Commission Public Input Session On Climate Resilience Plan. Liberty, New York.

May 1-- House Finance Committee hearing on House Bill 500 (Inglis-D-Allegheny) part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan to repurpose the EDGE Tax Credit Program to support adding reliable energy generation to the grid tax credit, a regional clean hydrogen tax credit and a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit [Read more here]. Room 523 Irvis Building. 1:00 p.m. Click Here to watch online.

May 1-- House Republican Policy Committee hearing on exploring Pennsylvania’s energy potential. Outdoor Insiders, 310 Outdoor Drive, New Milford, Susquehanna County. 10:00 a.m. Click Here for online availability.

May 1-- Virtual. DEP Virtual Update On State Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Twin Oaks Pipeline Leak In Bucks County. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

May 1-2-- Agenda Posted. Interstate Chesapeake Bay Commission meeting. Washington, D.C.

May 5-- [Tentative Agenda] House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 1233 (Siegel-D-Lehigh) establishes a stewardship program for safe disposal of portable and medium format batteries up to 25 pounds; House Resolution 192 (Hill-Evans-D-York) designating June 8-14 as Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week. Room 205 Ryan Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

-- April 28-- Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 12 to 25: Another Abandoned Shale Gas Water Impoundment; 18 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Exposed Gas Pipeline Crosses Stream [PaEN]

-- DEP: Abandoned Shale Gas Water Impoundment Not Used For 7 Years Cited For Not Being Restored In Clarion County [PaEN]

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Facility Owners Must Now File A Methane Emissions Compliance Report By June 1, 2025 Required By A 2022 DEP Methane Pollution Reduction Rule As A Result Of Court Settlement [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 19 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 26 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 96 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 19 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 77 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 26 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report [PaEN]

-- LevitttownNow.com: Waste Management Opens $131 Million Landfill Gas Facility In Falls Twp., Bucks County

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: How Bucks County Landfill Produces Enough Gas To Power 63,000 Homes

-- Erie Times: Federal Judge Refuses To Cut Health, Safety Claims From Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Federal Environmental Charges