On September 22 the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee will hold its next Environmental Issues Forum featuring a presentation on emerging water pollutants.

The speaker will be J. Kent Crawford, Water Quality Specialist for the Pennsylvania Science Center with the U.S. Geologic Survey.

The Forum will be held a noon in Room 205 Ryan Building.

The September issue of Environmental Synopsis published by the puts the spotlight on the progress made in cleaning up Pennsylvania’s waste tire piles.

Other topics covered include: fluorescent light bulb recycling, climate change in the U.S., water reuse and recycling and emerging contaminants in water.

The chair of the Joint Committee is Rep. Scott Hutchinson (R-Venango) and the vice-chair is Sen. Ray Musto (D-Luzerne).

9/19/2008