PA Environment Digest Blog: Sunday 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]

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Pennsylvania's Margaret Mead, World Renowned Cultural Anthropologist

House Voting Schedule

May 12, 13, 14

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

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

May 12, 13

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

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

May 12-- Agenda Posted. Joint Hearing Of Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure and Environmental Resources & Energy Committees on PJM grid Reliability Resource Initiative Planning and generation market updates. Room 8E-B East Wing. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live. Read more here on agenda.

May 13-- Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 311 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) prohibiting local governments from banning any source of energy [like natural gas]. Room 8E-A East Wing. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

May 13-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Read more here on agenda.

May 13- Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m

May 14-- Agenda Posted. House Energy Committee informational meeting on electric transmission. Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

-- We’ve Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN]

-- 134 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 - May 3 to 9 - 171 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; 7 Year Effort To Clean Up Conventional Well Continues; Defective Casing, Cementing [PaEN]

-- Fox45: PA Republican Sen. Phillips-Hill Slams Maryland, Virginia For Draining Power From Pennsylvania Amid Data Center Boom

-- TribLive: Lead 400 Times Safe Drinking Level Found In Blue Hole Creek On Fayette, Somerset Border Poses Danger To Wildlife, Humans

-- Erie Times: New Litter Boom To Help Clean Water Near Erie Water Works Storm Outfall

-- State Agencies Highlight Program To Replace Invasive Species With Native Plants To Celebrate May 20 PA Native Species Day At Cumberland County Conservation District [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Moms Of All Types Raise Orphaned Raccoons, Eaglets, More At Lancaster County Wildlife Rescues

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