PA Environment Digest Blog: Saturday 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

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

May 27-- Virtual. Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts Webinar On Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance Practices For Dirt & Gravel Roads [PaEN]

May 28 -- Agenda Posted. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.com. Read more here. (formal notice)

June 4-- Agenda Posted. Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting. 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg. 2:30 p.m. (formal notice)

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 24 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 95 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Honors Cynthia Carrow With Lifetime Achievement Award, Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority, DEP's RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Program [PaEN]

-- PA Statewide Envirothon: Penncrest High School (Delaware County) Placed First, Carmichaels High School (Greene County) Placed 2nd - Anyone have more results?

-- May 29 Webinar: Introduction To Community Benefit Agreements For Energy, Other Industrial Projects [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: US House-Passed Budget Bill Raises Costs, Increases Health Risks; Eliminates PA’s MERP Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funding [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: $400,000 Grant Will Help Fund Solar Energy Facility At Erie County Technical School

-- LancasterOnline: How PPL, Met-Ed Customers May Be Able To Duck June 1 Electricity Price Hikes

-- PUC Sets June 5 Hearings On Proposed Acquisition Of Elizabeth Boro Wastewater System By PA American Water In Allegheny County

-- WHYY: Bartram Garden’s Mile Trail Still Closed More Than A Year After Chemical Spill

-- Tribune-Democrat: Emergency Services Keep Eye On What FEMA Revisions Could Mean: ‘Do The Most Amount Of Good’

-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Flood National Memorial To Hold 1889 Flood Anniversary Activities

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Testing Starts In Schuylkill County

-- DCNR: Tyler State Park In Bucks County Closed To Visitors Following Accident Involving Park Staff

-- Courier Times: Tyler State Park Ranger Missing After His Kayak Capsized On Neshaminy Creek In Bucks County

-- Penn’s Stewards: Miles Of Beauty - Hiking Pennsylvania’s State Forest Hiking Trails [PaEN]