PA Environment Digest Blog: Tuesday PA Environment & Energy 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]

Governor’s Budget Address: February 6

Senate next voting day February 5, 6, 7, March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

House next voting day February 6, March 18, 19, 20

-- Committee Schedule

-- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

CANCELED: TODAY 11:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee hearing on House Bill 1842 (Schweyer-D-Lehigh) authorizing community solar energy programs. Room G-50 Iris Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

WEDNESDAY 10:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee hearing on House Bill 1077 (Matzie-D-Beaver) reauthorization of Chapter 14 water, gas, electric customers billing and shut-off requirements. Room 140 Main Capitol. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.

WEDNESDAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Lucas Hershey 717-787-7019 or luchershey@pa.gov

THURSDAY 9:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:30 a.m. The agenda has options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Bob Haines robhaines@pa.gov

-- State Office Weather Delay: Due to inclement weather, some State Offices under Governor’s Jurisdiction are operating under a 2-hour delay. Click Here for more.

-- Senate and House CLOSED Today

-- DEP & DCNR Advisory: DEP and DCNR continue to experience problems with their websites and problems with distributing press releases.

-- WJAC - Stoker Wieczorek: Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Leak Site Not Cleaned Up Over A Year Later In Cambria County

-- Better Path Coalition: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment - One Year Later, Feb. 1 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing [PaEN]

-- Juniata County Dairy Farm Turns 1,000 Pound PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture Into Renewable Energy [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Millions Will Be Spent On Logs, Rocks To Stabilize Allegheny, Westmoreland County Stream Banks

-- Williamsport Sun: Beech Creek A Top Priority For Trout Unlimited Watershed Restoration Efforts

-- Berks County-based East Penn Battery Manufacturer Launches Power2Recycle Campaign [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: East Penn Manufacturing Rolls Out Power2Recycle Campaign

-- Michael A. Braymer Appointed DEP Chief Counsel [PaEN]

--TribLive: Westmoreland Native Completes 8,000 Mile ‘Triple Crown Of Hiking’

-- Warren Times: Warren County Christmas Bird Count Tallies Over 4,500 Birds, Nearly 60 Species