Sunday, March 2, 2025

Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.2.25

“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 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 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 


March 3-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Public Utility Commission.  House Floor.  Click Here to watch online.


March 4-- House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on House Bill 109 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing a DEP Environmental Justice 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.


March 4-- Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Geoff Bristow, gbristow@pa.gov  or (717) 783-8411. (formal notice)


March 4-- Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, Black Appalachian Coalition, PennFuture, Partners Webinar -- Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?  And Going Higher?  6:00 to 7:00 p.m.


March 6-- In-Person. PA Outdoor Recreation Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshop.  3:00 p.m.  Bike Co, 1536 N American St, Philadelphia.


-- 151 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]   


-- Stories You May Have Missed Last Week:  PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic  [PaEN] 


-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN]  


-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN] 


-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 22 to 28 - 11 More Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; 12,600 Gallon Wastewater Spill; Failure To Comply With Shale Well Plugging Order  [PaEN] 


-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: Coterra Energy Spills 12,600 Gallons Of Wastewater From Shale Gas Well Pad In Bridgewater Twp., Susquehanna County  [PaEN]  


-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP Issues Violations For Abandoning 11 More Shale Gas Wells; Shale Gas Well Owner Fails To Comply With Plugging Order [PaEN] 


-- Inquirer: Inside Mostly Volunteer Firefighters’ Grueling Effort To Battle SPS Technologies Industrial Fire In Montgomery County 


-- TribLive: Last Pieces Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant To Meet Wrecking Ball In Allegheny County


-- Erie Times: Erie County Holds Household Hazardous Waste, Electronics Waste Collection Events Starting March 15


-- Centre Daily Times: Recycling: Mark Your Calendar For These Upcoming Earth-Friendly Events In Centre County


-- PennLive: Fmr DCNR, National Heritage Area Director Brenda Barrett Protests Cuts To National Parks: They Are ‘Endangering Our Crown Jewels’


-- LancasterOnline - Rachel McDevitt: Lancaster County’s Protected Natural Space, Parks Increased Only Slightly In Past Decade


-- Republican Herald: Rausch Creek In Schuylkill County Featured On US Postal Service Stamp Issued For 100th Anniversary Of The Appalachian Trail Conservancy


-- Citizens Voice: Susquehanna Warrior Trail Extension Proposed


-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Bird Flu Devastates Cranberry’s Seggond Chance Farm, A Sanctuary For Misfit Birds 


-- Centre Daily Times: Volunteers Drawn To PA Saw-Whet Owl Banding Stations Appreciate Small, Cute Raptor 


-- Citizens Voice: Game Commission: Chronic Wasting Disease In Deer Here To Stay In NE PA


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- TribLive/AP: PA Congressional Republicans Who Narrowly Won Their Seats Feel The Heat Of Early Votes Back Home

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Congress May Be More Afraid Of President Than It Is Of Voters - By Mark Singel

-- PennLive: John Fetterman For President?  Bill Maher Says Democrats Should Make It Happen

-- TribLive: Measles Risk Is Real For Those Not Vaccinated, Experts Say

-- TribLive Editorial: Medicaid Doesn’t Just Provide Care To The Poor

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[Posted: March 2, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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