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

September 22, 23, 24, 29, 30

October 1, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

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

September 8, 9, 10

October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

November 17, 18, 19

December 8, 9, 10

-- 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)

-- The Derrick: List Of Nearly 300 Military Veterans Who Have Died In Venango, Clarion And Forest Counties Since Last Memorial Day

-- 149 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 17 to 23 -- Failure To Comply With Shale Well Plugging Order; 28 Months Without 3 Conventional Well Cleanups; 206 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Road Dumping Continues [PaEN]

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Energize Efforts To Regulate Its Oil And Gas Industry - By By Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee

-- WITF The Spark: Legal Battle Over Carbon Pollution Cap Could Shape Pennsylvania’s Energy Future

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Fact-Free US Energy Policy Portends Long-Term Damage To The US - By John Quigley

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: As Pittsburgh Faces Electricity Rate Hike Of 15%, PA Lawmakers Ratchet Up Debate On Energy Sources

-- The Citizens Voice: Local Electric Rates To Increase June 1; PUC Offers Cost-Saving Tips

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Data Centers Can Be A Boon, But Shouldn’t Go Unchecked Locally

-- Post-Gazette: Residents In Butler County Town Push Back On $53 Million Sewage Plan

-- Centre Daily Times: How To Recycle Electronics, Tires And More In Centre County

-- WNEP: Supporting Reforestation After Carbon County Packerton Wildfire

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Updating Parks And Trails Plan After 33 Years; Seeking Public Input

-- WNEP: Woman Dies After ATV Crash In Bradford County

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: As Pittsburgh Faces Electricity Rate Hike Of 15%, PA Lawmakers Ratchet Up Debate On Energy Sources