“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
February 3, 4, 5
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
February 3, 4, 5
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
TODAY 11:00: Gov. Shapiro To Announce “Commonsense Plan To Secure Pennsylvania’s Energy Future with labor, industry leaders, environmental advocates in Pittsburgh. Click Here to watch live. Read more here.
February 3-- NEW. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on stopping new energy taxes. Room 418 Main Capitol. 9:30 a.m.
February 4-- NEW. House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 362 (Fiedler-D- Philadelphia) authorizing the PA Energy Development Authority to establish a $156 million federally-funded Solar For All Program (sponsor summary) now prohibited by Fiscal Code bill passed last year with the state budget [Read more here.]. Room B31 Main Capitol. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
February 4-- Governor’s Budget Address
-- Media Advisory: Jan. 30 Gov. Shapiro To Announce ‘Commonsense Plan To Secure Pennsylvania’s Energy Future’ - Background Briefing On Issues [PaEN]
-- PA Senate Republican Leader: ‘Every Consumer Of Electricity In This Commonwealth Is Going To Pay More;’ ‘What You’re Going To Face Is Going To Be Really Unpleasant’ [PaEN]
-- House Energy Committee To Hold Feb. 4 Hearing On Bill Establishing $156 Million Federally-Funded Solar For All Program [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Should Plug These Abandoned Conventional Wells In Peters Twp., Washington County Before Fracking From Mingo Well Pad
-- DEP Announces Winners Of Student Radon Poster Contest, Encourages Pennsylvanians To Test For Radon [PaEN]
-- Courier Times: Nockamixon Superfund Site Added To DEP’s Priority Cleanup List; Here’s What Happens Next
-- Sponsorship Opportunities Available For Penn State ACAP Ag Conservation Conference April 1-3 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
-- Reminder: Call For Presentations: Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Summit For Water Educators Sept. 25 In Harrisburg
-- Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk Feb. 26 Quality Of PA Roadside Springs Webinar [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Neiswonger Underground Limestone Mine In Washington County A Go
-- First Community Foundation Partnership: 90+ Scholarships Available For Students In Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Mifflin, Northumberland, Sullivan, Snyder, Tioga, Union Counties
-- Republican Herald: Scout Reservation Land In Schuylkill County Now Permanently Protected
-- Altoona Mirror: Bedford Fulton Recreation Authority Received Grant For Trail Project Along Abandoned Turnpike
-- City & State PA: PA Tourism Marketing Efforts Get Long-Overdue Upgrade
Train Derailments
-- TribLive: PA Cong. Deluzio Pushes Rail Safety Bill With Visit To Tarentum, Allegheny County
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart
-- LancasterOnline: Activist Urges Lancaster County Commissioners To Fight Three Mile Island Opening
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Citizens Voice: Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Proposed UGI Natural Gas Rate Hike
New Federal Administration
-- AP: President Rescinds Funding Freeze But Uncertainty Lives On For Wide Array Of Environmental Programs
-- Post-Gazette -Ford Turner: Republicans US Sen. McCormick, Cong. Reschenthaler Defend Funding Freeze
-- Financial Times: President Wiped Out Dozens Of Biden’s Climate Initiatives In First-Week Blitz
-- Politico: US Senate Confirms Zeldin To Head EPA
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Spotlight PA: Efforts To Replace PA’s Outdated Glitchy Voter Registration System Months Behind Schedule
-- PA Capital-Star: State Rejects Application For Cyber Private Charter School With A.I. Teacher
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Officials React To Rescinded Federal Funding Freeze With Mix Of Relief, Skepticism
-- Post-Gazette: Sweeping Federal Funding Freeze Order Caused Chaotic Scramble Across Western PA
-- Post-Gazette -Ford Turner: Republicans US Sen. McCormick, Cong. Reschenthaler Defend Funding Freeze
-- TribLive Editorial: Government Must Be Reliable To Function
-- The Hill: Fetterman: RFK, Jr.’s Nomination In Trouble After Rocky Hearing
-- PennLive - John Baer: President’s Deportation Goals Need More Scrutiny amid Overall DC Chaos
-- TribLive/AP: Wall Street Journal Takes Critical Eye To Start Of President’s 2nd Term: ‘Remarkably Poor Judgment’
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: It’s Not Pittsburgh’s Job To Enforce Federal Immigration Law
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[Posted: January 30, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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