PA Environment Digest Blog: Tuesday PA Environment & Energy Articles

"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 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!

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

TODAY 12:30: 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.

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

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.

-- US Dept. Of Energy Releases Report On Electric Grid Reliability, Security Saying Generation Growth Must Match Needs Of A.I. Data Centers; But What About ‘Ordinary People’? [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: US DOE Report Warns Of Blackouts In Precursor To Help Coal

-- E&E News: US DOE Plays Out Worst-Case Scenarios For Electric Grid In Report Viewed As Groundwork For Order On Coal, Gas Power Plants To Support A.I. Data Centers

-- Delaware RiverKeeper, Better Path Coalition Urge Public To Oppose Federal Agency Proposal To Lift Ban On Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail; Comments Due Aug. 4 [PaEN]

-- ReImagine Appalachia Hosts July 15-16 In-Person Workshop On Applying For RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization, Energy Efficiency Grants In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Cambria County Windmill Superloads May Slow Traffic Through Bedford, Clair, Cambria, Somerset Counties Thru Mid-September

-- Reading Eagle: Reading, Berks Nature, Green Building Alliance Held Sustainability Roundtable On Green Buildings

-- TribLive: President’s EPA Delays Pollution Standards, Drawing Cheers From Nippon/US Steel In Pittsburgh, Jeers From Environmentalists

-- PA Capital-Star: After Last Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan Fell Short, New Proposal Aims To Be Flexible, Data-Driven

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Capital Region Water Working To Reduce Untreated Wastewater Flowing Into The Susquehanna River - By Capital Region Water

-- TribLive: When It Comes To Heeding Flood Warnings: ‘Overkill Is OK’ McCandless Father Says Whose Daughters Were Rescued From Flooding In Allegheny County

-- ReImagine Appalachia, Central Appalachian Network Host July 17 Webinar On Nature Based Hazard Mitigation To Reduce Flooding, Noon