PA Environment Digest Blog: Monday 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 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 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 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

WARNING: This Is Budget Season, Watch Out For Anything!

June 23-- NEW. House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 364 (Vitali-D-Delaware) restoring Environmental Quality Board authority to change oil and gas well plugging bonding amounts [Read more here]; House Resolution 218 (Haddock- D-Lackawanna) directs the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on compensation and benefits packages for game wardens, waterways conservation officers and DCNR rangers; Senate Bill 109 (Laughlin-R-Erie) reducing fee for Lake Erie groin structures. Room 205 Ryan Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

June 24-- NEW. House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee hearing on House Bill 505 (Donahue-D-Lackawanna) modernizing the Act 129 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program (part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan). Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

June 24-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m.

June 25-- NEW. House Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 502 (Steele-D- Allegheny) fast-track energy generation projects of 25 MW and larger and energy storage facilities of 10 MW or larger overriding local government control and public input [Read more here]; House Bill 1239 (Hanbidge-D-Montgomery) limits the ability of homeowner's associations (HOAs) to restrict the installation of rooftop solar energy systems. Room 515 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

June 25- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Read more here on the agenda.

June 25-- Protect PT, Partners Webinar: 5 Years Later - A Progress Report On PA's Grand Jury Report On Fracking. Noon.

-- June 23 - Short - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN]

-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 21 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 60 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 21 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- EPA AirNow Current Conditions: Monday June 23 Code Orange Air Quality Day: Altoona, Erie, Indiana, Johnstown, Lehigh Valley, Mercer, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Susquehanna Valley

-- PJM Issues Alert Requiring All Electric Generators To Operate At Maximum Output For Monday, June 23; No Customer Action Required At This Time [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Recovery From Flood Damage Still A Work In Progress In Murrysville Area 2 Weeks After Storms; Heritage Trail Damage In Westmoreland

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Announces Allison Sterner Is 2025 Recipient Of Conservancy Scholarship [PaEN]

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