May. 23, 2022 /
![House ERE Committee to Advance Bills Removing Permitting Requirements/Barriers Impacting Effective Stream Maintenance, Flood Prevention, Risk Management]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a voting meeting to advance several pieces of legislation (House Bills 2404-2411) aimed at streamlining the permitting process to improve community/local government abilities to clear creeks and streams, prevent flooding, and minimize the risk to lives and property in the event of excessive rainfall.
May. 20, 2022 /
![House ERE Committee to Consider Future Landfill Location and Operating Parameters]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting to receive input on the benefits or impacts of establishing population density or setback restrictions regarding where landfills can open and operate within the Commonwealth (House Bills 2338 and 2339).
Apr. 25, 2022 /
![House ERE Committee Taking Action to Shield Land Owners, Military Installations Against Wind and Solar Liabilities]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a voting meeting to advance legislation seeking to protect landowners, high-valued farmlands and military installations against long-term liabilities associated with wind and solar development.
Apr. 22, 2022 /
![ERE Chairman Metcalfe to Convene Informational Meeting on Stream Maintenance, Clearing and Flooding Issues]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting to gather input on a package of legislation aimed at streamlining the permitting process to improve communities’ abilities to clear creeks and streams, prevent flooding, and minimize the risk to lives and property in the event of excessive rainfall.
Mar. 28, 2022 /
![Chairman Metcalfe, ERE Committee Advance Measures to Expand Energy Independence, Unleash PA’s Full Potential to Power Free World]()
HARRISBURG — House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) convened a voting meeting on Monday to consider several pieces of legislation and resolutions seeking to maximize energy independence, significantly ramp up domestic energy production across the Commonwealth and unleash Pennsylvania’s full potential to power America’s free world allies:
Mar. 25, 2022 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee to Advance Energy Independence, Domestic Production Expansion Measures]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a voting meeting to advance several pieces of legislation and resolutions to expand Pennsylvania’s energy independence, significantly ramp up domestic energy production across the Commonwealth, and to offer America’s free world allies the opportunity to reject national security-jeopardizing, Russian energy imports.
Mar. 24, 2022 /
![ERE Chairman Metcalfe to Convene Hearing on Oil and Natural Gas Byproducts: Can We Live Without Them?]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing focusing on Oil and Natural Gas Byproducts: Can We Live Without Them?
Mar. 08, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Republicans on Tuesday announced their legislative plans to divest from Russian financial assets and invest in freedom by empowering Pennsylvania’s energy producers to meet new oil and gas demands.
Mar. 07, 2022 /
![Metcalfe Responds: Wolf Pathetically Weak on Rejecting Russia, Traitorous Sellout Against Expanding Domestic Energy Production]()
HARRISBURG – House Majority Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) sent the following letter today in response to Gov. Tom Wolf’s latest fake climate science driven, Chicken Little refusal to support the Ukrainian people by rejecting all Russian imports and expanding domestic energy production:
Mar. 01, 2022 /
![Metcalfe, House ERE Committee Call on Wolf to Ban Russian Sourced Energy, Unleash PA’s Full Potential to Power Free World]()
HARRISBURG – Joined by 14 of his House Republican colleagues, House Majority Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) sent the following letter today urging Gov. Tom Wolf to ban the importation of Russian sourced energy and to end his job-killing, punitive crusade against the production and exportation of Pennsylvania natural gas and other abundant fossil fuels:
Feb. 09, 2022 / Press Release
![ERE Chairman Metcalfe Declares Lame Duck Wolf’s Final Fake Budget, ‘Environmental Crusader’ Legacy as Absolute Failures]()
HARRISBURG – House Majority Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Chairman Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) issued the following statement today declaring Gov. Tom Wolf’s record on environmental stewardship, and his final $43.7 billion 2022-23 state budget proposal as absolute failures:
Feb. 04, 2022 /
![Metcalfe, House ERE Committee to Drill Down on DEP’s Well Plugging Program]()
WHAT: House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting focusing on Pennsylvania’s well plugging program and potential federal funding options.
Jan. 11, 2022 /
![Metcalfe Employee Stock Ownership Plan Legislation Critical for Surviving Biden’s Tsunami Economy]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation sponsored by Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) to further enhance the many benefits and advantages that Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) have for Commonwealth family-owned businesses, employees, communities and the economy was reported out of the House Finance Committee on Tuesday.
Jan. 07, 2022 /
![House ERE Committee to Weigh Benefits, Challenges and Economics of Extracting PA’s Rare Earth Minerals]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing to receive testimony on the benefits, challenges and economics of rare earth mineral extraction.
Jan. 04, 2022 /
![Metcalfe Announces Legislative Retirement]()
HARRISBURG – On Jan. 1, 2022, after the clock struck midnight and the New Year rang in, State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-12) announced to his family that he does not plan to seek re-election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2022.
Dec. 14, 2021 /
![House ERE Committee to Examine Long-Term Decommissioning Options for Solar Panels and Wind Turbines]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing to receive testimony on legislation to assure the proper decommissioning, recycling and reclamation of solar panels and wind turbines (House Bill 2104).
Dec. 06, 2021 /
![Metcalfe Slams Two-Faced Attorney General/Gubernatorial Candidate Shapiro for Deceitful Approval of Wolf’s Job-Killing RGGI Scheme]()
HARRISBURG – House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) issued the following statement today in response to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s approval of the governor’s rogue Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) scheme for form and legality:
Nov. 03, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee Set to Advance Senate Resolution Rejecting Wolf’s Carbon Tax-Imposing RGGI Scheme]()
HARRISBURG — House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee (ERE) Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a voting meeting to advance Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution No. 1 to disapprove and reject Gov. Tom Wolf’s rogue executive actions to enter Pennsylvania into the multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Oct. 22, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee to Review DEP’s Economically Hazardous Biosolids Permitting Restrictions]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing to receive expert testimony on the potentially negative economic impacts of the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) proposed biosolids management permitting revisions.
Sep. 24, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee to Examine Proposed Price Rule’s Potential to Sustain Competitive and Reliable Energy Markets]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting to determine if PJM Interconnection’s, America’s largest power grid operator, proposed Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) would adequately maintain competitive and reliable energy markets.