Committee Members
Republicans
Gene Yaw, Chair
Elder Vogel, Vice Chair
Joe Scarnati, ex-officio
Camera Bartolotta
Scott Hutchinson
Scott Martin
Democrats
John Yudichak, Minority Chair
Andrew Dinniman
Daylin Leach
Anthony Williams
2019-20 Proposed DEP Budget Summary
Testimony of Patrick McDonnell, Secretary
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Governor’s Proposal Fiscal Year 2019-20 Budget
2019-20 Proposed DCNR Budget Summary
Testimony of Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Governor’s Proposal Fiscal Year 2019-20 Budget
Committee Schedule, Votes and Bills
Meetings and Hearings
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee | September 25, 2018 | 10:00 a.m. | NOB, Hearing Room #1 | [Read More]
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee | June 12, 2018 | Room 8E-B | [Read More]
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee | April 25, 2018 | 9 a.m. | East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-B | [Read More]
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee - March 27, 2018 - Off the Floor in the Rules Room [Read More]
Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure and Environmental Resources and Energy Committees - March 20, 2018 - North Office Building, Hearing Room #1 [Read More]
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee - January 30, 2018 East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-B > [Read More]
News
Feb
28
2019
February 28, 2019
Senator Yaw asked DEP Secretary Patrick McConnell about restrictions on gas drilling, varying times for permit processing by DEP regions, and the EPA’s Chesapeake Bay regulations. [Read More]
Oct
05
2018
October 05, 2018
Sep
21
2018
September 21, 2018
The Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold a public hearing next week to review and discuss foreign influences on Pennsylvania’s energy sector, according to Committee Chairman Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23). [Read More]
Aug
27
2018
August 27, 2018
Jun
21
2018
June 21, 2018
State Senator Gene Yaw (R-23) today announced that his Senatorial District, consisting of Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Union counties, has surpassed the $250 million mark for natural gas “Impact Fee” disbursements since passage of Act 13 of 2012. Listen [Read More]
Jun
12
2018
June 12, 2018
The state Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee today approved six measures, including legislation that will provide compensation for landowners in the Delaware River Basin who are in jeopardy of losing valuable property rights to a pending ban on natural gas drilling, according to Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), Committee Chairman. [Read More]
Useful Links
- Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy
- Community Conservation Partnership Program (DCNR Grants)
- DEP Air Quality State Implementation Plans
- Environmental Quality Board
- Growing Greener (DEP Grants)
- PA DCNR Advisory Council
- PA DEP Advisory Committees
- PA Department of Environmental Protection
- PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
- PA Environment Digest
- PA Infrastructure Investment Authority
- PA Senate Coal Caucus
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Wild Resource Conservation Program