Friday, February 21, 2025

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.21.25

“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 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 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 


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-- 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.


-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 10.8% UGI Natural Gas Rate Increase  [PaEN] 


-- Scranton Times: PUC Will Investigate Proposed 10.8% Rate Hike By UGI Gas


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PUC To Investigate Proposed 10.8% UGI Gas Rate Hike


-- PUC To Invite Comments On Future Of Act 129 Energy Efficiency Program [PaEN]


-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show: Feb. 21- Deploying Solar Energy Facilities Successfully 


-- Williamsport Sun: Lawmaker: Electrical Grid Facing Future Shortage Of Energy


-- Guest Essay: Iceberg Ahead - Pennsylvania’s Looming Power Crisis - By Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming)


-- WTAE: Investigation Reveals Dozens Of Dangerous Abandoned Coal Mines In Western PA  [Federal Funds Now At Risk


-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Reframing Conservation Agriculture - A Focus On Economic And Environmental Impact


-- House Of Representatives: Committee Review Of Regulations Under Regulatory Review Act


-- TribLive: DEP Issues Violation To Lower Burrell Steel Plant For Spill Into Allegheny River, Two Weeks After A Fatal Explosion At The Facility  


-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Releases 2024 Swim Guide Report Highlighting E. coli Concerns And Health Of The Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio Rivers  [PaEN]  


-- Inquirer: No Contaminants Found In Air, Water Supply As SPS Technologies Fire Burns For 4th Straight Day In Montgomery County 


-- WHYY: Officials Say The Air Is Safe Near The SPS Industrial Fire, Residents Remain On Edge


-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: DEP Tested Air For 6 Chemical Compounds Near Industrial Fire, Philly Tested For 2 Dozen; DEP Opens Webpage 


-- DEP Opens Webpage On SPS Technologies Industrial Fire In Montgomery County  


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 21 RiverWatch Video Report 


-- Penn State Extension Hosts March 6 Lawn To Meadow Conversions Webinar  [PaEN]


-- March 11 Webinar On Lawn Care For Clean Water, Penn State Extension  [PaEN]


-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For County Recycling Coordinator Grants, Due April 30


-- February 22 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- TribLive: Fern Hollow Nature Center Set To Break Ground On Expansion This Fall In Allegheny County  


-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County To Create Trail, Park Authority


-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Community Developing Plan To Preserve 275-Year-Old Park  


-- WeConservePA: Buck Hill Conservation Foundation Protects 687.5 Acres With Metzgars Conservation Easement In Monroe County  [PaEN]


-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 97 Acres To Expand Popular Outdoor Recreation Areas In Fayette County  [PaEN]


-- WeConservePA: Lebanon Valley Conservancy Partnered With Brehm Family To Safeguard 78 Acre Farm In Union Twp., Lebanon County  [PaEN] 


-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Preserves 60 Acres Of Land In Bucks County  [PaEN] 


-- Lancaster Conservancy Partners With Graham Family To Protect 56 Acres In York County  [PaEN] 


-- PA Trout Newsletter Highlights Class A Stream Stocking Policy; Trout And President Carter; Trout Have No Politics;  Resource First Is Dead


-- AP: Crow Is Not The Only Thing They Eat At Wild Game Dinner In Rural PA


-- TribLive: Pine Township, Allegheny County Officially Recognized As An Audubon Bird Town


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: EU Seeks More US LNG Gas, Renewable Energy To Replace Russian Supplies; Gas Prices Rose To 2-Year Highs Last Week


-- Reuters: Oil Price Increases For Third Day On US Fuel Stocks Draw, Worries About Russia Disruptions


New Federal Administration


-- The Allegheny Front: Could Solar For All Be Doomed In Pennsylvania?


-- Inquirer: President’s Funding Freeze Suspended Millions For Electric Cranes At Philly’s Port, Now Money Is Available Again


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- WHYY: President Appoints Gov. Shapiro To New Advisory Council Of Governors

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Top State Election Official Says PA Should Replace Its System For Early Voting

-- Post-Gazette: Higher Education In PA Faces Declining Enrollment, Federal Uncertainty

-- Erie Times: Republican Sen. Mastriano Proposes State Version Of DOGE In Pennsylvania

-- Dept. Of State: KnuckleMania Bare-Knuckle Fighting Championship In Philly Delivers Huge Numbers For Commonwealth

-- Auditor General Releases Private Cyber Charter School Performance Audit, Calls For Major Reform To How They Are Funded

-- PA Capital-Star: Audit Finds PA Private Cyber charter Schools Amassed Excessive Taxpayer-Funded Reserves

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[Posted: February 21, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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