PA Environment Digest Blog: Friday 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

June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

September 28, 29, 30

October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

June 1-- NEW. House Energy Committee holds hearing on House Bill 2380 (Rivera-D- Lancaster) to require electric utilities to set targets and procure grid-stabilizing battery storage as part of their resource planning to help reduce peak demand and lower system costs, while maintaining reliability and affordability for consumers. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

June 2-- In-Person. DEP To Host Informal Conference, Hearing On Permit To Add 4,342 Acres To Rosebud Clymer A Coal Mine In Cherryhill Twp., Indiana County

June 3-- Agenda Posted. DEP Storage Tank Advisory Committee meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Randy D. Martin ramartin@pa.gov. (formal notice)

June 4-- Agenda Posted. Susquehanna River Basin Commission business meeting. 4423 N. Front Street, Harrisburg. 9:00 a.m. (formal notice)

June 4-5-- In-Person. Penn State Extension: Mid-Atlantic Agroforestry Conference. Pennsylvania Furnace, Huntingdon County.

June 9-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277.

June 11-- Virtual. Team PA Webinar On Pennsylvania Nuclear Energy Roadmap. 11:30 a.m. Click Here for more on Nuclear Roadmap

June 23-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. 12:30 p.m. Contact: Ian Irvin iirvin@pa.gov or 717-579-0329.

June 25-- NEW. DEP Hearing On Air Permit For ETC Northeast Pipeline Cryo II Project At The Revolution Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Plant In Smith Twp., Washington County. Burgettstown Area Middle/High School Campus, LGI Room, 100 Bavington Road in Burgettstowns from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Republican Candidate For Governor Stacy Garrity Calls For ‘Pause’ In Development Of A.I. Data Centers To Allow Time For Communities ‘To Protect Themselves’ [PaEN]

-- DEP: Expand Operating Delhagen Shale Gas Wells Contaminate 2nd Water Supply, Part Of Ongoing Well Integrity Problems For Last 15 Years In Rush Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]

-- DEP: Blackhill Energy To Start Permanent Remediation Of Areas Impacted By Six Inadvertent Return Spills From Horizontal Drilling Of Sultana Pipeline In Springfield Twp., Bradford County [PaEN]

-- DEP: Complaint By Neighbor Experiencing Impacts From Compressor Noise For 7 Years From Shale Gas Well Pad In Bradford County Again Raises The Issue Of Why There Are No Noise Standards For Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Field Investigation Shows PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Are Widespread, Persistent And Concentrations Increase Moving Down The Delaware River; June 15 Webinar On The Results [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters News: Cleanup Investments; Growing Greener & Other Funding Opportunities; County Water Quality Improvement Projects; Much More

-- ClearWater Conservancy Hamer Community Conservation Center Designed With High-Performance Building Envelope To Reduce Energy Use, Carbon Emissions In Centre County [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Partners Host June 23 Webinar On How Two Church Congregations Decided To Go Geothermal [PaEN]

-- WHYY - Zoe Read: PA Members Of Congress Push Federal Bill To Boost Renewable Energy To Reduce Energy Costs