“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
January 29
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
January 29
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 Off the Floor: Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 154 (Boscola-D-Lehigh) reenacting “Chapter 14” utility protections related to utility termination for unpaid bills ; Senate Bill 186 (Yaw-R- Lycoming) abrogates Pennsylvania's carbon pollution reduction program covering power plants consistent with RGGI; Senate Bill 187 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing an Independent Energy Office like the Independent Fiscal Office. Rules Committee Room [No video]. Off the Floor. Read more here on SB 186, SB 187.
February 4-- Governor’s Budget Address
-- Range Resources And MarkWest Liberty Midstream File Legal Challenges To The 2,500 Foot Shale Gas Facility Setback Ordinance Adopted By Cecil Township, Washington County [PaEN]
-- Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Compliance With 2022 DEP Methane Reduction Regulation Put On Hold Pending Outcome Of Litigation [PaEN]
-- Rep. Vitali Introduces Bill To Restore DEP Authority To Increase Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Bonds To Prevent Hundreds Of New Well Abandonments A Year [PaEN]
-- PA Republican Senator To Introduce Bill Suspending State Taxes On Natural Gas Producers; Cut DEP Permit Fees; End Drilling Moratorium On DCNR Lands; Exempt Coal-Fired Power Plants From EPA Regulations [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Reaches Agreement With PJM To Prevent Unnecessary Price Hikes And Save Consumers Over $21 Billion On Utility Bills [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette-Ford Turner: Shapiro, PJM Electric Grid Operator Reach Deal As Top PA Regulator Predicts ‘Spikes’ In Cost
-- WHYY/BillyPenn: PJM Electric Grid Operator Agrees To Shapiro Demand On Power Price Cap
-- The Center Square: New Shapiro Deal Could Dampen Shock Of Anticipated Price Spikes By PJM Electric Grid Operator
-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Announces Settlement With PJM To Prevent Billions In Extra Electricity Costs
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Reaches Deal With PJM To Limit Electricity Price Hikes For PA Consumers
-- US EIA: Electric Power Sector Has Driven Rising PA Natural Gas Consumption Since 2013
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Moves Bill To Reinstate Utility Cutoff Protections, But Disputes Remain
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Rising Toward A Cleaner Future: PA’s Carbon Capture And Storage Ladder For Industrial Decarbonization [ All Federal Disbursements Now Frozen ]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: China’s A.I. Announcement Tanks US Stocks, Including Shale Gas Drillers [PDF of Article]
-- Utility Dive: Generator, Advanced Nuclear Stocks Reel As China’s Low-Cost DeepSeek A.I. Chills Load Growth Outlook
-- Utility Dive: Calpine To Sell 2 PA Gas Power Plants To Avoid Market Power Concerns From Constellation Merger
-- AP: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks New Administration’s Freeze On Federal Grants And Loans
-- Pennsylvania Solar Center Now Accepting Nominations For 2025 Lodestar Awards [PaEN]
-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Announces $16 Million In Act 13 Funding For Watershed Restoration, Flood Mitigation, Recreation; Small Water & Sewer Application Period Opening [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times: Beaver County Receives State Grants For Parks, Green Spaces
-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Hosts 3-Part Online Faithful Green Leaders Training Starting March 11 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension To Hold Feb. 21 In-Person Volunteer Live Staking Workshop In Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- Save The Date! May 13-15 DCNR Watershed Forestry Summit [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Conservative Group Objects To Slippery Rock University STEM Program’s Minority Recruitment
-- Aqua Pennsylvania Awarded Nearly $29 Million In Federal Funding To Remove PFAS From Drinking Water Across Commonwealth [ All Federal Disbursements Now Frozen ]
-- The Guardian: Pennsylvania Flood Museum In Johnstown Temporarily Closed Due To Flooding
-- MyChesCo.com: Chester County Reports Preservation Of Over 1,240 Acres In 2024
-- Erie Times: Ice Dunes At Presque Isle Are Beautiful, But Dangerous
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Announces Winners Of 2024 Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Charges Expected For Lebanon County Snowmobilers Who Ran Over Fox
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Hunters Gain Access To 2,000 More Acres Of State Game Lands
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bird Flu Raises Concerns About Poultry, Wildfowl In Chesapeake Region
Train Derailments
-- TribLive/AP: Norfolk Southern And East Palestine Announce $22 Million Settlement After 2023 Derailment
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart
-- ABC27: Could Three Mile Island Restart Be At Risk Due To Federal Funding Freeze?
-- Reuters: Talen Goes To Court Over FERC’s Amazon Co-Located Data Center Rejection
6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables
[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]
-- Reuters: Venture Global Given FERC OK To Start Up Another Louisiana LNG Gas Export Plant
-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Gas Traders Now Fear Summer More Than Winter
New Federal Administration
-- AP: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks New Administration’s Freeze On Federal Grants And Loans
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Push For Independent Redistricting Commission To Draw Political Maps
-- Inquirer: Gov. Shapiro Says Federal Funding Freeze Is Creating ‘Havoc,’ As PA, NJ Officials Scramble
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Can’t Access Medicaid, Other Portals Because Of Federal Funding Freeze, Shapiro Says
-- TribLive: Western PA Leaders React To Federal Funding Freeze
-- MCall: Federal Funds Freeze Means Some Agencies Temporarily Suspending Food, Housing Programs
-- Erie Times: City Of Erie Seeks Answers On Federal Funding Freeze
-- Altoona Mirror: Federal Freeze Worries Local Agencies
-- Scranton Times: Officials Concerned Federal Funding Pause Could Hurt Local Communities
-- The Center Square: New Federal DEI Order Revokes Funding For Homeless Aid Programs
-- AP: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks New Administration’s Freeze On Federal Grants And Loans
-- Post-Gazette: PA Again Receives Dismal Grades In State Of Tobacco Control Report
-- TribLive: Conservative Group Objects To Slippery Rock University STEM Program’s Minority Recruitment
-- TribLive Editorial: No Excuse Justifies Silencing Student Journalism
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[Posted: January 29, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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