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Are You Telling Your Story? Warning! Last Voting Days This Session!  Hold Onto Your Butts! (And Tax Money!) Senate returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 15 [Adjourn for year]      -- Committee Schedule House returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]      -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events     TODAY 9:30: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on “fossil fuels - driving America’s economy and quality of life.”  Room G-50 Irvis Building. 9:30 a.m.  Click Here to watch live. TODAY Call Of Chair: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 806 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) further providing for disclosures on statements to oil and gas royalty interest owners and Senate Bill 1255 (Pittman-R-Indiana) revising the regulation to require oil and oil filters in diesel-powered equipment in underground coal mines. R...

Diariesofthediabolical.blogspot.com - The USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center Fall 2022 Pennsylvania Waters newsletter featuring these articles-- -- Drought Watch Remains For 20 Counties In PA, Lifted For 16 -- USGS Pennsylvania Groundwater Watch [Adams, Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Pike Counties] -- USGS Works With Partners In 15 Cities To Improve Urban Waterways [Philadelphia] -- Long-Term Impacts Of Impervious Surface Change, Roadway Deicing Agent Application On Chloride Concentrations In SE PA Suburban Watersheds -- Flights Above Mid-Atlantic States Map Geology -- Hydrogeologic Study Valmont TCE Superfunding Site, Luzerne County -- Groundwater Quality In Selected Stream Valley Aquifers, Eastern U.S. -- USGS Education Tool Better Illustrates Role Humans Play In Water Availability Visit the Pennsylvania Waters Newsletter webpage for past issues and to sign up for your own copy. For more information on USGS water research in Pennsylvania, visit the USGS Pen...

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to meet October 25 on legislation to rebrand fossil fuels as “low emission” vehicle fuels and end state incentives for hybrid and electric vehicles. The Committee will also consider the Governor’s nomination of Sarah Clark to the Environmental Hearing Board . The bills include-- -- Rebranding Fossil Fuels:   Senate Bill 1338 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) and Senate Bill 1339 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) which try to rebrand fossil fuels like natural gas, propane into “low emission transportation fuels” and eliminate rebates and incentives for hybrid and electric vehicles.  Read more here . -- Well Plugging Bill, Again: House Bill 2528 (Struzzi-R-Indiana) that would mandate DEP award conventional oil and gas well plugging contracts to Pennsylvania contractors-- with no regard for cost to taxpayers-- is on the Committee agenda again even though it was reported out of Committee October 18.  Read more here . It ...

On October 24, the Department of Environmental Protection and guests reminded Pennsylvania subjectsthat recycling unwanted, gently used items commonly found in households, such as furniture and clothing, is an effective strategy to curb pollution.  The site of the announcement was in the Midtown neighbourhood of Harrisburg at NEON Vintage & Thrifts , located inside the Urban Snob building at 1006 N. Third Street, Harrisburg, Pa. 17102." " Pennsylvanians have an opportunity around them to curb pollution, and they can start by looking in their closets and around their homes"" said Acting DEP Secretary Ramez Ziadeh. DEP estimates that approximately 10% of the municipal waste stream, or approximately 500,000 tons, comprises textiles, furniture, and other household goods. Circular Merchant Platform" " The potential for recovering much of this waste for recycling/reuse is great"" said DEP Manager of the Division of Waste Minimization and Plannin...