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

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 19-- Agenda Posted. House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on House Bill 501 (Otten-D-Chester) establishes the PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard to modernize Pennsylvania’s outdated energy standards, incentivizing innovation in nuclear and renewable energy, including battery storage, to remain competitive with other states, part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.

May 20-- Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Geoff Bristow, gbristow@pa.gov or (717) 783-8411. Click Here for options to join remotely. (formal notice)

-- 139 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 10 to 16 -- 18 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Comply With Plugging Order; 2,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill; Consol Still Cleaning Up Water Supply Contamination [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Remembering The 1928 Mather Coal Mine Explosion That Killed 195 In Greene County

-- Post-Gazette/Medill Investigative Lab: Plagued By Black Lung, Coal Miners Wage Long Legal Fights For Benefits To Pay Bills And To Stay Alive

-- WNEP: PPL Supports Small Appliance Recycling In Hazleton

-- Inquirer: New Schuylkill River Trail Extension Draws Hundreds In Its First Opening Hours

-- WHYY: Philadelphians Celebrate Schuylkill River Trail Extension

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Hanover Area Students, Teachers Tout Trout Release As Triumph For Science In Luzerne County