PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday 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

September 9, 28, 29, 30

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

November 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Voting Schedule

September 28, 29, 30

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

November 17, 18

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY To Aug. 13-- In-Person. Penn State Ag Progress Days

TODAY 10:00: House, Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee joint informational meeting. Red Barn Annex - Ag Progress Day, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch live.

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson. 10:00 a.m. [Data Center Discussion With Governor’s Office Representative]

August 13-- DCNR Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program grant applications. 6th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building, Harrisburg. 11:00 a.m. Contacts: Ryan Bortnyk at (717) 783-3331, rbortnyk@pa.gov or Rebecca Bowen at (717) 772-0258, rebbowen@pa.gov. (formal notice)

August 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m.

August 19-- Solarize Greater Philadelphia, Partners Host Webinar For Municipalities On How To Take Advantage Of Solar Energy To Make Energy Costs More Predictable. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

August 20-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Penn State, State College. Room 243 Technology Center, 200 Innovation Blvd., State College. 10:00 a.m. Remote Option To Be Available. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov. Read more here on the agenda.

August 20-- DEP Meeting/hearing On Water Quality Permits For Carbon Node East Data Center Proposal In Nesquehoning Boro, Carbon County. Panther Valley Jr./Sr. High School located at 912 Coal Region Way, Lansford. 5:00 p.m. meeting, 7:00 p.m. hearing.

-- More Than 99% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Failed To Comply With DEP’s 2022 Methane Emission Reduction Regulations; How Will It Be Any Different Under DEP’s New Methane Regulations? [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Independent Candidate Jodi Borello Officially On Nov. Ballot Opposing Republican Sen. Bartolotta In Washington County

-- TribLive: Abandoned Coal Mine Site In Gilpin Proposed To Be Reclaimed By DEP In Armstrong County

-- GantNews.com: Artist Sally Veach Makes Drawings About The Red Moshannon Creek And Every Sale Helps Clean It Up In Clearfield County

-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: PA’s Coal Industry Positions Itself For A Future In Energy And New Tech

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: EPA Launches New System To Cleanup TCE Contamination In Groundwater At Luzerne County Superfund Site

-- WVIA: Group In Monroe County Calls On PA Legislature To Help Residents Struggling With Rising Energy Costs

-- Sierra Club Pennsylvania Hosts Aug. 20 Webinar On Energy Storage In PA [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: ‘We Get A 100-Year Storm Every Year:’ Intensifying Summer Storms Are Putting Philly Suburbs’ Aging Infrastructure To The Test

-- Reading Eagle: Alvernia University Student Designers Turn Discarded Materials Into Sustainable Fashion

-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Upper Mount Bethel Twp., Northampton County To Install Memorial To Larry Rymon Credited With Helping To Reintroduce Ospreys To PA