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]

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.

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

-- DEP Sunday, June 22 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day: Southwest, Southeast PA

-- DEP Declares Sunday, June 22 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day In Philadelphia Area

-- DEP Declares Sunday, June 22, Monday, June 23 Code Orange Air Quality Action Days In Western PA

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

-- DEP Declares Monday, June 23 Code Orange Air Quality Action Day In Eastern, Central PA

-- Gov. Shapiro: Wait Times Cut For Permits Even Further; DEP Reduced Permit Backlog By 94%

-- TribLive: Protect PT Appeals Environmental Hearing Board Approval Of 2 Penn Twp. Shale Gas Well Permits In Westmoreland

-- The Cool Down: Residents Plead For Help In Chester, PA As Hazardous Conditions Burden Community: ‘Our Children Literally Cannot Breathe’ [House Bill 109 - Cumulative Impacts]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times Guest Essay: RISE PA Decarbonization- Investing In Industry Plays To Pennsylvania’s Strengths - By Dennis Affinati, IBEW Third District; Tom Gilbert, PA Environmental Council; Stefani Pashman, Allegheny Conference on Community Development [PDF of Article]

-- The Allegheny Front: Why President’s Budget Bill Could Mean ‘America’s Electric Vehicle Surrender’

-- The Center Square: Report: Retail Electricity Prices Lowered Over 30 Years In PA

-- The Derrick: Heavy Rain Floods Roads; Polk Borough Among Affected Communities In Venango Counties

-- Courier Times: Power Could Be Out Until Monday For Some PECO Customers In Bucks County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: A Susquehanna Celebration: RiverFest Celebrates Region’s Watershed, Heritage

-- The Allegheny Front: The Nature Conservancy Protects 1,158 Acres In Somerset County, Now Part Of Game Commission Lands

-- WNEP: Rattlesnake Roundup Returns: Guests Enjoy Wildlife, Mustic

-- Centre Daily Times: Centre Wildlife Care Is Running Out Of Space, How An Expansion Could Help More Animals

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Nearing Its Budget Deadline; The Battle Will Likely Stretch Long Into The Summer

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican PA Senate Leader Predicts Budget Deadline Will Be Blown

-- Politics PA: Shapiro Says ‘Good Progress’ Being Made In State Budget Negotiations; Criticizes Federal One Big Beautiful Bill