The Records of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee from the 2015-2016 session, the Republicans in the majority. The chairs were John A. Maher (majority) and Greg Vitali (minority). The chair of the Subcommittee on Energy was Garth D. Everett (majority). The chairs of the Subcommittee on Mining were Carl Walker Metzgar (majority) and Pam Snyder (minority). The chairs of the Subcommittee on Parks and Forests were Jim Marshall (majority) and Stephen C. McCarter (minority). The Secretary was MacKenzie (majority).

This committee oversaw a variety of environmental and resource issues. The committee was mostly concerned with oversight regarding natural gas drilling and surface mining. The committee also held a joint hearing with its Senate counterpart on Governor Tom Wolf's Chesapeake Bay Reboot Strategy. This committee enacted several regulations mostly concerning environmental protection standards on oil and gas well sites, as well as emissions from various manufacturing materials.