PA Environment Digest Blog: Sunday PA Environment & Energy Articles

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-- 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

July 14, 15, 16

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

July: 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 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.

July 15-- In-Person. DEP Town Hall Meeting On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Petroleum Pipeline Leak In Bucks County. Upper Makefield Twp. Building, 1076 Eagle Road, Newtown. 7:30 p.m.

July 15-- Virtual. Chesapeake Bay Program Webinar On Proposed New Bay Agreement: Clean Water for a Healthy Bay - Exploring The Revised Goal. Noon.

July 16-- In-Person. DEP Hearing On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities. Montgomery County. 6:30 p.m.

July 16-- Virtual. Environmental Health Project To Launch Compounds Of Concern Online Tool During Webinar. 7:00 to 8:00 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.

-- 172 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic [PaEN] https://tinyurl.com/3uznhbp6

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

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 5 to 11 - Shale Gas Wastewater, Fracking Chemicals Release; Water Pipeline Rupture; Crude Oil Spills; More Abandoned Wells [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Chloe Jad/Anya Litvak: A Critical Energy And A.I. Summit Is Coming To Pittsburgh July 15; Is The City Ready For Its Close-Up?

-- Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro To Attend McCormick’s Energy, A.I. Summit In Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette: PA US Sen. McCormick In The Spotlight As He Brings Focus On PA Energy, A.K. To Pittsburgh

-- TribLive: President’s Participation In Energy Summit At Carnegie Mellon Met With Backlash

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Why Pennsylvanians Must Speak Up For Reducing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions - Kim Anderson, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- WNEP: Flash Flooding In Wayne And Pike Counties

-- Courier Times: Remembering 7 Lives Lost In July 2023 Upper Makefield Twp. Fatal Flood In Bucks County