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 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-- 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-- 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-- 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-- 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.

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-- EPA AirNow: Code Orange Unhealthy Air Quality Levels Now In Altoona [Red] , Indiana County, Liberty-Clairton Area Near Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, State College, Susquehanna Valley [7:04 a.m., June 8]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 31 to June 6 - Horizontal Drilling Spill; ‘Control Issue’ Blows Drilling Mud Out A Flare; Failure To Notify DEP Of Spills; More Abandoned Wells [PaEN]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Pennsylvania Has Failed Environmental Justice Communities For Years; A New Bill Could Change That

-- Reuters: Shell Reports June 4 Fire At Ethylene Cracker Plant In Pennsylvania

-- TribLive: Newborns, High School Grads, Elderly Rescued From Floods In Western PA

-- TribLive: Residents, Businesses In Murrysville-Export Area Start Cleanup From Friday’s Deluge

-- KDKA: 83-Year-Old With A Massive Hole In His Driveway From Flooding Staying Positive Despite Cleanup: ‘Just Have To Fix It’

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Declares Disaster As Flood Recovery Continues Around Pittsburgh Region