Friday, February 28, 2025

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.28.25

“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.


-- Bradford Era: Former PA Senate, Chair Of Environmental Resources And Energy Committee Dies


-- DEP House Budget Hearing: Democrat Rep. Vitali Raises Concerns About Whether DEP Has The Resources To Fulfill Its Mission When Workloads Have Increased Dramatically  [PaEN]


-- House DEP Budget Hearing: Republican Rep. Kail Says It Is ‘Outrageous’ DEP Has A Process Where Citizens Can Petition Their Government For Changes To Regulations  [PaEN]


-- LancasterOnline: PA Ag Secretary ‘Nervous’ Over Federal Funds For Food Access, Animal Health, Environmental Conservation


-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: President's Proposed 65% Cut In EPA Budget, Coming Mass Layoffs Spell Disaster For Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]  


-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind:  DEP Issues Violations To 2 More Shale Gas Companies For Abandoning, Not Plugging 6 Shale Gas Wells In Butler, Greene Counties  [PaEN] 


-- WHYY: Bucks County Residents Call For Shutdown Of Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline [After 16 Month Leak Contaminated Wells]: ‘Our Lives Have Been Upended’  


-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Study Promotes Geothermal With Aim To Kill Off Shale Energy  [PDF of Article


-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Could Geothermal Be The Next Pennsylvania Energy Boom?  [An Energy Source Not Subject To Volatile Markets And Dictators, True Energy Independence]


-- Washington & Jefferson College Contributes To Penn State, Project Innerspace Geothermal In PA Report


-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Launches Eyes On Air Webpage To Provide Real-Time Air Quality For Beaver County  [PaEN] 


-- WHYY: Ruptured Gas Line Prompts Evacuations Near Philly’s Central High School 


-- PUC Holds March 18, March 19 Hearings On Proposed Pike County Light & Power Company Rate Hikes-- Natural Gas (44.4%), Electric (11.6%) 


-- The Center Square: Gov. Shapiro Floats Leaving PJM Electric Grid Opeerator As Power Demand Spike Looms


-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Hear Presentations From PA Solar Center, DCED On Housing Action Plan March 11  [PaEN] 


-- WITF: Federally-Funded Solar For All Program Needs General Assembly Approval To Get Started


-- Altoona Mirror: Antis Twp. Solar Energy Facility Proposal Raises Some Concerns Among Planners


-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Focus On Rain Gardens; March 4 Stormwater Listening Session; Learning Series Opportunities; Upcoming Events; Internship Opportunity 


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 28 RiverWatch Video Report


-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Continues Zoning Fee Waivers For Homes Damaged By Tropical Storm Debby


-- AP: Hiker Rescues Dog From Abandoned Coal Pit After Frigid Weeklong Search In Schuylkill County 

 

-- March 1 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- Post-Gazette: Fayette County Woman Arrested For Refusing To Surrender Pet Deer 


-- Warren Times: Republican Rep. Steele Wants To Make It Easier For Game Commission To Purchase Land


-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: First Pittsburgh Cases Of Avian Flu In Years Detected In American Crows 


-- MCall: Sick Bald Eagle That Died After Rescue In Bethlehem Tested Positive For Bird Flu 


-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Educational Events In March 


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

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


-- AP: President’s Tariffs On Mexico, Canada To Start March 4 [Will Impact United Refining In Warren That Uses Canadian Oil


-- Forbes: How LNG Gas Exports Will Define US Energy Policy Under New President; US Gas Market May Become More Vulnerable To Price Volatility In Global Gas Market Straining States That Rely On Natural Gas For Power Generation 


-- AP: In A Reversal, Plans For US Natural Gas Power Grow, Complicating Progress On Climate


New Federal Administration


-- AP: Federal Judge Finds Mass Firing Of Federal Probationary Workers Were Likely Unlawful 


-- AP: Hundreds Of NOAA Weather Forecasters Fired In Latest Wave Of DOGE Cuts


-- Bloomberg: Federal Pipeline Safety Agency’s Senior Leaders Exit Amid Presidential Push [PHMSA] 


-- Reuters: Congress Kills Biden Era Methane Fee On Oil, Gas Producers  


-- E&ENews/Politico: President Darkens Financial Outlook For Clean Tech Companies - Solar, Wind, Battery


-- Financial Times: Why Is America Still Building Houses In Climate Danger Zones? 


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Public Will No Longer Be In The Dark About Shapiro Flights On State Police Planes

-- WITF: President’s Shifting Federal Education Policies Steal Focus Of PA Senate Budget Hearing

-- PA Capital-Star: Senate Republican Leaders Signal Openness To Changing PA’s Public School Adequacy Funding Formula

-- Inquirer: Should PA Have Its Own DOGE? These Republicans Senators Think So - With A Twist

-- PennLive: PA Republican Members Of Congress Vote For Measure That Could Cut Medicaid, Threaten Care For Constituents

-- Inquirer: PA Democratic Members Of Congress Getting Flooded With Constituent Stories They’re Hoping To Leverage Against The President

-- York Daily Record: No Longer Off-Limits To Immigration Arrests, PA Schools Look To Law Shielding Students  

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[Posted: February 28, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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