Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.13.25

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- 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

-- Committee Schedule

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

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY Noon:  Virtual. Dept. Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Host Webinar On Caring For Persons Living And Working In Communities Involved In Oil & Natural Gas Extraction. Noon to 1:00 p.m.  [Uses CNX Pipeline Pigging Facility Emissions As Challenge/Case.  Read more here.]

TODAY 1:00:  Agenda Posted.  DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.  1:00 p.m.  Contact: Robert Haines, robhaines@pa.gov or (717) 787-7565.  [Note: Chapter 102, 105 Permitting Initiatives]

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.

-- TODAY Noon:  Dept. Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Webinar To Educate Medical Professionals, Public On Exposures To Natural Gas Facility Pollution; Real Washington County CNX Facility Case Study Used  [PaEN] 

-- PA Outdoor Recreation Office Hosting 10 Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshops In March To Help Shape The Future Of Recreation In PA  [PaEN]

-- National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: Continuing Federal Funding Freeze Hurting Farmers-- Honor Legal Obligations  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline/WITF: President Freezes Rural Energy For America Grant Program Reimbursements, Farmers Hurt

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA Can’t Cede Bipartisan Clean Energy Progress To President’s Fossil Fuel Focus - Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- North Branch Land Trust Receives Susquehanna River Basin Commission Grant For Guide For Watershed Guardians In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts March 29 Rain Barrel Discovery Workshop In Lebanon County [PaEN]

-- WHYY: 70 Gallons Of Gasoline Spill In Cheltenham, Infiltrate Sewer System, Tookany Creek

-- WHYY: Philly Children Exposed To Lead More Often Than In Other Cities, Analysis Finds

-- Forests For Chesapeake Bay Update: Eastern Hemlocks; Extrafloral Nectaries; Phenological Fun! Lancaster Tree Tender Training; Much More

-- Game Commission Finds Deer Testing Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease In Carbon County

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission Sees $221 Million Drop In Natural Gas Royalties From Previous Year

-- Post-Gazette: Illinois Governor Delays $1.2 Billion Great Lakes Invasive Carp Project Over Concerns President Won’t Cover Federal Share

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- Utility Dive: FERC Approves PJM’s Fast-Track Power Plant Interconnection Plan; Plan May Not Adequately Address Potential Capacity Shortfalls

-- Financial Times: China’s Construction Of Coal-Fired Power Plants Reaches Highest In A Decade 

New Federal Administration

-- Scientific American: President Gives EPA One Week To Decide On Abandoning Its Authority  To Regulate Climate Pollution Under Federal Clean Air Act 

-- CNN: Billions In Federal Funding Remain Frozen Despite Federal Court Orders To Keep The Taps Open 

-- NYT: EPA Still Has Grants Frozen Despite 2 Federal Court Orders To End The Freeze     

-- Bloomberg: EPA Seeking To Claw Back $20 Billion In Awards From Federal Climate Law 

-- Grist: President’s Push For ‘Efficiency’ May Destroy The EPA; What Does That Mean For You?

-- WHYY: President’s Funding Freeze Could Leave Communities On Their Own As Climate Threats Grow

-- TribLive: Butler County Federal Storage Facility In An Old Mine In Spotlight After Musk Mention

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- City & State PA: Independent Fiscal Office Predicts State Budget Deficit Could Grow To $6 Billion By 2025-26 Fiscal Year

-- The Center Square: Sen. Martin: ‘For The Love Of God’ Close The State’s Structural Budget Deficit - Video

-- PennLive: Federal Freeze Hits Major PA Food Bank, Halts Fresh Milk, Eggs And Meat Program

-- WITF: Church World Service Preparing For Permanent Layoffs After Federal Funding Stripped From Programs To Help Immigrants, Refugees

-- WESA: Penn State Warns Of Impact President’s Health Funding Policy Changes Could Have

-- WESA: Federal Judge Freezes Federal Health Funding Cuts As Pittsburgh Universities Join Legal Challenge

-- PennLive: Dauphin County Jail Among Those That Won’t Hold People For ICE

-- Inquirer: Montgomery County Doubling Down On Expanding Its DEI Office

-- TribLive: UPMC Walks Back Mask Requirements

-- PA Capital-Star: Kenyatta: President Is “Worst Reverse Robin Hood That We Could Have Imagined’

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[Posted: February 13, 2025]  PA Environment Digest