PA Environment Digest Blog: Friday 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 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 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

June 6-14-- Lancaster County Water Week

June 9-- NEW. House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee information meeting on natural gas 101 - from generation to distribution. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

June 9-- NEW. House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 502 (Steele-D-Allegheny) establishing the Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board [part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan]. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

June 10-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171. Read more here on agenda.

June 11-- NEW. House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 502 (Steele-D-Allegheny) establishing the Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board [part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan]. Room 515 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

June 12-- NEW. House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on the abandonment and plugging of oil and gas wells and House Bill 364 (Vitali-D-Delaware) restoring the authority of the Environmental Quality Board to increase plugging bonds for all oil and gas wells to what it costs taxpayers to plug them. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

-- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Fire Resulted In Possible Release Of An Unknown Quantity Of 1,3-Butadiene And Benzene Into The Atmosphere In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Our Greatest Threat Is Fear, Fear Of Losing Hard-Earned Gains, Fear Of Retribution, But ‘It's Time for Us To Speak Up And To Act’ [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Basin Alliance Releases Restoration And Protection Plan Urging Action To Address Threats To Ohio River Basin; Public Comments Invited [PaEN]

-- DEP Healthy Waters Chesapeake Bay Update Highlights Multiple Stream Restoration Projects; PA Leads In Dam Removals; 50,000 Clean Water Academy Course Completions [PaEN]

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Farmers Take A Hit After Federal Cuts To Climate-Smart Programs

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Now Accepting Agricultural Research Grant Applications, July 25 Deadline

-- Inquirer: Gas Station Owner’s Failure To Comply With Storage Tank Safety Regulations For Years That Shut Down Gas Pumps Blow To Budding ATV, Dirt Bike Tourist Industry In Potter County

-- PA Solar Center Honors 19 Organizations For Their Leadership In Going Solar [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Plans To Buy More Solar Power For Municipal Operations, Inching Closer To Climate Goals

-- PennEnvironment: With Federal Clean Energy Rebates Under Attack, Hundreds Of Concerned Pennsylvanians Press State Lawmakers To Act [PaEN]

-- PublicNewsService.org: PA Groups Urge US Senate To Protect Clean Energy Tax Incentives

-- Rep. Martina White (R-Philadelphia) To Introduce Bill Amending Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Require 82% Of PA Electric Generation Come From ‘Non-Intermittent’ Sources [Natural Gas Promoter]