News
Jun
04
2019
June 04, 2019
The Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee today advanced four measures providing funding to enhance urban forestry programs and riparian forest buffers, compensating landowners living within the Delaware River Basin, creating a nutrient procurement program and legislation amending the definition of “pollution” in the Clean Stream’s Law. [Read More]
May
08
2019
May 08, 2019
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), Chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, today released the following statement on the Committee’s vote to approve Patrick McDonnell, Governor Tom Wolf’s nominee to serve as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). [Read More]
Apr
30
2019
April 30, 2019
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), Chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, today released the following statement after voting to re-confirm Cindy Adams Dunn as the Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). [Read More]
Apr
22
2019
April 22, 2019
While the principles of Earth Day should be practiced every day, it is an important reminder that each of us must do our part to make our environment a better place for future generations. [Read More]
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]
Apr
25
2018
April 25, 2018
Today, the Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee and the Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee held a joint hearing on “Flooding and Emergency Response” at the State Capitol. [Read More]
Nov
17
2017
November 17, 2017