-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, March 3, 4, 5, 6
March 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
April 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24
May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 24
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30
Senate Voting Schedule
Budget Hearings February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, March 4, 5, 6
March 24, 25, 26, 31
April 1, 2
May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
February 17-- Agenda Posted. Cecil Township, Washington County Zoning Hearing Board hearing on Range Resources challenge to shale gas setback ordinance. 7:00 p.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.
February 18-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Caron Building. 9:00 a.m. Check webpage for options on attending the meeting remotely. Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbyron@pa.gov or (717) 772-8951. [Update on federal climate, energy grant programs]
February 19-- Agenda Posted. DEP Aggregate Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Caron Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit Board webpage for options on attending the meeting remotely. Contact: Daniel Snowden, dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846.
February 20-- NEW. House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on Get The Lead Out. Room G50 Irvis Building. Noon. Click Here to watch live.
February 25-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30: Department of Environmental Protection. Click Here to watch live.
February 26-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Department of Agriculture. House Floor. Click Here to watch online.
February 27-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30 - Department of Agriculture. Click Here to watch live.
February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. House Floor. Click Here to watch online.
March 3-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Public Utility Commission. House Floor. Click Here to watch online.
March 4-- NEW. House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on House Bill 109 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing a DEP Environmental Just permit Review Program. Lathem Hall, Widener University, 1 University Place, Chester. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here on legislation.
-- Gov. Shapiro Files Lawsuit Challenging President's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze In Order to Protect PA Interests; Mine Reclamation, Conventional Well Plugging, Many Other Funds At Risk [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Republican Attorney General Dave Sunday OKs Shapiro Lawsuit On Federal Funding Freeze
-- Appalachian Voices: Tell Congress To Preserve Federal Funding For Rural Communities [PaEN]
-- Natural Resources Defense Council: Federal Freeze On Solar For All Grant Leaves Pennsylvania In The Dark [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay - The Heart Of Chesapeake Bay Restoration Is The People Of The Watershed, Not Government - By Hilary Harp Falk, President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
-- DCNR: The Votes Are In - Delaware River Named Pennsylvania's 2025 River Of The Year [PaEN]
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 14 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Rain City Resources, Kendra II Agree To Set Up Pilot Plant To Extract Lithium From Marcellus Shale Wastewater In Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Renewable Natural Gas Plant Operator At Keystone Landfill Begins Test Drilling For Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage
-- PA Business Report: Bipartisan Abandoned Conventional Well Grant Flexibility Act Introduced In Congress By PA Members
-- PaHomePage.com: Nanticoke Creek Watershed Restoration Underway By Earth Conservancy
-- Williamsport Sun: Environmental Education Expo Event Was A Massive Success At Montour Preserve
-- North Central Grassroots Conservation Fair March 14 Wellsboro, Tioga County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension To Host Feb. 27 Webinar: General Update Of Large-Scale Solar In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- PUC Publishes Final Policy Statement On Electric Utility Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging
-- The Center Square: A Closer Look At Shapiro’s Carbon Tax Plan
-- WESA: Truck Overturns Spilling 2,000 Gallons Of Diesel Fuel Into Allegheny River In Pittsburgh
-- Call For Presentations: PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Inviting Presentation Proposals For Annual Conference Sept. 10-12 In State College [PaEN]
-- Governor’s Office Publishes Updated Agency-By-Agency Agenda Of Regulations In Development
-- February 15 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available
-- WITF: Here’s How Pennsylvania Is Handling Latest Outbreak Of Bird Flu In Lancaster County
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests Nearly $6.7 Million To Protect 19 Farms In 16 Counties From Future Development [PaEN]
-- Auditor General DeFoor: DCNR Did Not Award All Community Conservation Partnership Grants On A Competitive Basis [PaEN]
-- Fish & Boat Commission Awards First Round Of Boating Facility Grants [PaEN]
-- PA, NY To Host Feb. 25 Webinar On New Wild Trout Management Plan for Delaware River Tailwaters [PaEN]
-- KDKA: Bald Eagles At US Steel’s Irvin Plant Lay First Egg Of The Season [Watch Online]
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart
-- York Dispatch: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Plans Posted For Public, Regulatory Review
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Scranton Times: Scranton Wants PUC To Hold Hearing On 7.5% to 11% UGI Gas Rate Hike Request
-- Reuters: US Inflation Increases At Fastest Pace In Nearly 18 Months In January; Gasoline, Natural Gas Prices Up 1.8%
-- Utility Dive: New Jersey Residential Customers Face 20% Electric Bill Hikes, Driven By PJM Capacity Prices: NJ Board Of Public Utilities
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Extends Plunge From 2-Year High In Whipsaw Week
-- Post-Gazette/AP: FERC Approves Fast-Tracking Power Plants By PJM Over Complaints It Favors Natural Gas
New Federal Administration
-- PennLive: Confusion Over President’s Plan To Cut Budget, Cull Federal Workers Spreads To Central PA
-- The Allegheny Front: What President’s Halt Of $5 Billion EV Charging Program Could Mean For PA
-- Politico: US Forest Service Fires 3,400 Probationary Employees After ‘Deferred Resignation’ Deadline Passes
-- Bloomberg: President’s Hiring Freeze Throws Wildfire Fighters Into Disarray
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- The Center Square: House Democratic Leader Says ‘We Will Meet Republicans Halfway’
-- DelawareValleyJournal.com: Senate Republican Pro Tempore Blasts Shapiro’s Big-Spending Budget, Mocks His Social Media Entourage
-- PA Gaming Control Board Reports Over $100 Million In Super Bowl Waters Placed In PA
-- KDKA: Charleroi Glass Plant Closing Pushed Back Again; Workers Relieved But Confused
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[Posted: February 14, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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