On December 18, Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks) was named the Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee.

He replaces Sen. John Yudichak (I-Luzerne), who is now caucusing with Senate Republicans.

Sen. Santarsiero was elected to the Senate in 2018 and served as a member of the House from 2009 to 2017 where he was a member of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee.

In 2017, Attorney General Josh Shapiro appointed Santarsiero the first Chief Deputy Attorney General for Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania.  In that role, he oversaw the prosecution of environmental crimes and led Pennsylvania’s efforts to fight the Trump Administration over proposed rollbacks of important environmental protections.  Click Here for more.

In the Senate, Sen. Santarsiero has sponsored legislation to--

-- Provide the Attorney General with concurrent jurisdiction in environmental crimes - Senate Bill 709, Senate Bill 707 and Senate Bill 708.  Click Here for more.

-- Expanding the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards to require renewable energy to be 30 percent of electricity sold by 2030-- Senate Bill 600. Click Here for more.

Sen. Santarsiero has also supported bipartisan efforts to adopt stronger controls on methane emissions from oil and gas operations, supported a variety of state actions to address climate change, and while in the House introduced legislation to strengthen environmental safeguards on natural gas drilling, supported the moratorium on further oil and gas drilling on State Forest land and a severance tax on natural gas production.

Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) serves as Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Committee and can be contacted by calling 717-787-3280 or sending email to: gyaw@pasen.gov.   Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-7305 or sending email to: senatorsantarsiero@pasenate.com.

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[Posted: December 18, 2019]

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