PA Environment Digest Blog: Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles/ 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

July 7, 8, 9

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

No Session Days Scheduled

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!

July 7-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Harrisburg. Noon

July 8-- CANCELED. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting August 12. Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov or (717) 772-3277.

July 8-- 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 about the agenda.

July 9-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Williamsport. 6:30 p.m.

July 10-- Virtual. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Noon.

July 14-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Susquehanna County. 6:30 p.m.

August 13-- Senate and House Agricultural & Rural Affairs Committees Information Session At Penn State Ag Progress Days. Red Barn Annex, Ag Progress Days Site, Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon County. 10:00 a.m.

-- EPA AirNow: Code Orange Conditions Now In Altoona, Lehigh Valley, Pittsburgh Area, Susquehanna Valley [July 5, 7:00 a.m.]

-- DEP: Active Wastewater Spill Remediation Efforts Have Continued For 30+ Days At The Seneca Resources Vandergrift Shale Gas Well Pad In Charleston Twp., Tioga County [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: 114 MW Wind Farm Under Construction At Rock Run ATV Park In Cambria County [PDF of Article]

-- MyChesco.com: A Legacy On The Water: One Family’s 4-Generation Bond With The Octoraro Reservoir And Why they’re Fighting To Save It

-- WGAL: Street 2 Creek Sidewalk Murals In York Aim To Bring Awareness To Stormwater Pollution

-- July 4 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

-- PennLive: 9 People Rescued From Swatara Creek Near Dauphin County Dam

-- TribLive: Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Annual Butterfly Count Will Take Place July 12 In Monroeville, Allegheny County

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Fireflies Are Sure To Light Up The Night

Federal Mega Budget Bill

-- Environmental Defense Fund: President Signs Bill That Will Raise Energy Costs, Increase Pollution

-- Natural Resources Defense Council: President Signs Energy Tax Megabill Into Law